(A) Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following words, terms or phrases, used in this chapter, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated.
ACT or "THE ACT." The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER.
(a) If the IU is a corporation:
1. The president, secretary, treasurer, or a vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation; or
2. The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for individual wastewater discharge permit requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(b) If the IU is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
(c) If the IU is a federal, state or local governmental facility: a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government facility or their designee.
(d) The individuals described in divisions (a) - (c) above may designate a duly authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the control authority.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OR BMPS. Schedules of activities prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in 62-625.400(l)(a) and 625.400(2), F.A.C. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, industrial sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen, expressed as a concentration in milligrams per liter (mg/l), utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions of incubation for five calendar days at a temperature of 20° centigrade.
BYPASS. The intentional diversion of wastestreams from any portion of an IU's treatment facility.
CARBONACEOUS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (CBOD). The quantity of oxygen, expressed as a concentration in milligrams per liter (mg/l), utilized in the carbonaceous biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions of incubation for five calendar days at a temperature of 20° centigrade.
CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER. An IU subject to categorical pretreatment standards under 62-625.410, F.A.C., including 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471, as defined, adopted, and incorporated in Chapter 62-625, F.A.C.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD. Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) that apply to a specific category of IUs and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND OR COD. A measure of the oxygen required to oxidize all compounds, both organic and inorganic, in water.
CONTROL AUTHORITY. The Approval Authority, defined hereinabove, or the city's designated agent if the city has an approved Pretreatment Program under the provisions of 40 C.F.R. § 403.11.
CITY. The City of Mexico Beach or the City Council or designated official or employee of the City of Council.
CITY COUNCIL. The duly elected officials of the City of Mexico Beach, Florida.
DIRECTOR. The city's Public Works Director or his/her designee.
DAILY MAXIMUM. The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant collected during a calendar day.
DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT. The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the course of the day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in terms of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken that day.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Wastewater derived principally from dwellings, business buildings, institutions, and the like; sanitary wastewater; sewage.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR EPA. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the Regional Water Management Division Director, the Regional Administrator, or other duly authorized official of said agency.
EXISTING SOURCE. Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication by EPA of proposed categorical pretreatment standards, which will be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.
FDEP OR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. The agency responsible for pollution control in the State of Florida or the duly authorized official of said agency.
GRAB SAMPLE. A sample that is taken from a wastestream without regard to the flow in the wastestream and over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
GREASE TRAP OR INTERCEPTOR. A device for separating waterborne greases and grease complexes from wastewater and retaining such greases and grease complexes prior to the wastewater exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer collection and treatment system. GREASE TRAPS also serve to collect solids that settle, generated by and from activities that subject IUs to this section, prior to the water exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer collection and treatment system. Grease traps and interceptors are sometimes referred to herein as "grease interceptors".
INDIRECT DISCHARGE OR DISCHARGE. The introduction of pollutants into the WWF from any nondomestic source regulated under F.S. Chapter 403.
INDUSTRIAL USER (IU). A source of discharge.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. shall mean process and non-process wastewater from manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silvicultural facilities or activities, including the runoff and leachate from areas that receive pollutants associated with industrial or commercial storage, handling or processing, and all other wastewater not otherwise defined as domestic wastewater. Industrial wastewater does not include demineralization concentrate as stated in 62-610.865, F.A.C.
INDUSTRY. Any establishment that uses water in a product or generates wastewater during any period of production.
INFLUENT. Wastewater, raw or partially treated, flowing into any wastewater treatment device or facilities.
INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT. The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge, which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the WWF, its treatment processes or operations, or its biosolids process, which clearly causes, in whole or in part, a violation of any requirements of the WWF's NPDES permit or a permit issued by the State of Florida, or prevents the use or disposal of biosolids by the WWF in accordance with any federal or state laws, regulations or permits, or any biosolids management plans.
LOCAL LIMIT. Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the control authority to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in § 54.30, 62-604.130, F.A.C, 62-625.400(1)(a), F.A.C, and 62-625.400(2), F.A.C.
MEDICAL WASTE. Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes.
MONTHLY AVERAGE. The sum of all "daily discharges" measured during a calendar month divided by the number of "daily discharges" measured during that month.
MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT. The highest allowable average of "daily discharges" over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all "daily discharges" measured during a calendar month divided by the number of "daily discharges" measured during that month.
MUNICIPAL USER. Any municipality, contributing jurisdiction, or utility authority that contributes all or a portion of its wastewater to any WWF owned or operated by the county, regardless of contract or agreement with the county.
NEW SOURCE.
(a) Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed categorical pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act, which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated, provided that:
1. No other source is located at that site;
2. The source totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
3. The production or wastewater generating processes of the source are substantially independent of an existing source at that site. In determining whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which the new facility is integrated with the existing source, and the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing source, should be considered.
(b) Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting the criteria of divisions (a)2. and (a)3. of this definition but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
(c) Construction or operation of a new source as defined under this definition has commenced if the owner or operator has:
1. Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on site construction program:
A. Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment; or
B. Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation, or removal of existing buildings, structures or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of new source facilities or equipment; or
2. Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment that are intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time, but not including options to purchase or contracts that can be terminated or modified without substantial loss and contracts for feasibility, engineering and design studies.
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER. Water used for cooling that does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished product.
PASS THROUGH. A discharge that exits the WWF into waters of the United States containing quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of WWF's NPDES permit, a NPDES permit for a facility operated by Bay County, or a permit issued by the State of Florida including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives, agent or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state and local governmental entities.
pH. A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed in standard units.
POLLUTANT(S). Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, wastewater, garbage, domestic wastewater sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes; and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, CBOD, COD, toxicity or odor) that causes or may reasonably expected to cause, alone or in conjunction with other sources, a violation of the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in § 54.30, 62-604.130, F.A.C., 62-625.400(l)(a), F.A.C., and 62-625.400(2), F.A.C.
PRETREATMENT. The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to, or in lieu of, introducing such pollutants into the WWF. The reduction or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes; by process changes; or by other means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard or requirement.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. Any substantive or procedural requirements related to pretreatment imposed on an IU, other than a pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR STANDARDS. Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards and local limits.
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS OR PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances that appear in § 54.30.
PUBLIC SEWER. A common sewer owned, operated or controlled by a governmental or other public agency that is a contributor to the treatment plant.
SEPTIC TANK WASTE. Any domestic wastewater from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers and septic tanks.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SLU).
(a) Industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
(b) Any other IU that:
1. Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of industrial wastewater into the WWF; or
2. Contributes a process wastestream which makes up five percent or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the treatment plant, or
3. Is designated as significant by the director on the basis that the IU has a reasonable potential for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement or otherwise adversely affecting the operation of the WWF (in accordance with 62-625.500(2) (e), F.A.C., as hereby incorporated.
(c) Upon a finding that an IU has no reasonable potential for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement or otherwise adversely affecting the operation of the WWF, the director may determine that such an IU is not a SIU in accordance with 62-625.500(2)(e), F.A.C, as hereby incorporated.
SLUG LOAD OR SLUG DISCHARGE. Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the general or specific discharge prohibitions in § 54.30, or any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through, or in any other way violate the WWF's regulations, local limits or permit conditions.
SOURCE. Any and all points of origin, building, structure, facility, or installation, whether privately or publicly owned or operated, from which there is or may be the discharge of pollutants.
STORMWATER. Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water, wastewater, or other liquid, and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
UPSET. An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the IU. An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance or careless or improper operation.
WASTEWATER. Industrial wastewater and domestic wastewater from any source, whether treated or untreated, which are contributed to the WWF.
WASTEWATER FACILITY (WWF). Any device and system used in the collection, conveyance, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage, industrial wastewater or other waste, WWF shall include any sewers, intercepting sewers, clarifiers, outfall sewers, wastewater collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances and any extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions or alterations thereof; any elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply, such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; any works, including land used as an integral part of the treatment process or for the ultimate disposal of residue resulting from such treatment; and any other method or system used for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater or other waste, including wastewater in combined sewer water and sanitary sewer systems. For the purposes of this chapter, WWF shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the WWF from outside of the city that are owned or operated by persons who are, by contract or agreement with the city, users of the WWF.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. The document or documents issued to an IU by the city in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
WASTEWATER HAULER. Any person, partnership, unit of government or corporation engaged in transporting wastewater as a commercial venture or as a public service.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OR TREATMENT PLANT. That portion of the WWF that is designed to provide treatment of municipal domestic wastewater and industrial wastewater.
(Ord. 679, passed 9-26-2017)