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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other places of disposal.
CLEAN WATER ACT. The Federal Pollution Control Act of 1972, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., as amended.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. A substance amenable to treatment in the wastewater treatment plant, such as biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES permit if the publicly-owned treatment works was designed to treat such pollutants, and in fact does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree. Examples of such additional pollutants may include: chemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds, nitrogen compounds, fats, oils, and greases of animal or vegetable origin.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. Charges levied to customers of the wastewater system, which charges are used to pay principal, interest, and administrative costs of retiring the debt incurred for construction of the wastewater system. The DEBT SERVICE CHARGE shall be in addition to the user charge specified above.
FEDERAL GRANT. A grant in aid in construction of wastewater treatment works provided under 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.
FEDERAL GRANT AMOUNT FOR THE INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY CHARGES. Only that portion of the total project costs of Project No. C-262310 for wastewater treatment which was funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS. Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant.
INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY. Recovery by the local agency from industrial users of the treatment works, or that portion of the federal grant amount allocable to the construction of facilities for the treatment of wastes from such users.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Wastewater discharges from industrial, manufacturing, trade, or business processes, as distinct from their employees domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
LOCAL AGENCY. The City of Negaunee or its designated official or department.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. Any industrial user of the publicly-owned treatment works that:
(1) Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day;
(2) Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(3) Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in the standards issued under § 307(a) of the Act; or
(4) Is found by the Permit Issuance Authority, in connection with the issuance of an NPDES permit to the publicly-owned treatment works receiving the waste, to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on that treatment works or upon the quality of effluent from that treatment works. All
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRIES shall be monitored.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface ground water.
NON-INDUSTRIAL USER. Any governmental or residential user and also includes commercial, institutional, and other industrial users where it has been determined that the wastes contributed by these users are primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTES. Wastewaters from segregated domestic and/or sanitary conveniences, as distinct from wastes from industrial processes, which domestic wastes do not exceed a BOD strength of 250 mg/l or a suspended solids strength of 300 m/l.
NPDES PERMIT. A permit issued pursuant to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System prescribed in the Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. All work, materials, equipment, utilities, and other effort required to OPERATE AND MAINTAIN the wastewater transportation and treatment system consistent with insuring adequate treatment of wastewater to produce an effluent in compliance with the NPDES permit and other applicable state and federal regulations, and includes the cost of replacement.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, group, or corporation.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Wastes from the preparation, cooking, or dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by the local agency.
RECOVERED AMOUNTS. Annual payments from industrial users for their share of the federal grant amount allocable to the treatment of industrial waste by the recovery period. The first payment by an industrial user shall be made not later than one year after such user begins use of the treatment works.
RECOVERY PERIOD. The industrial cost recovery period, which is hereby defined as a period of 30 years.
REPLACEMENT. The replacement in whole or in part of any equipment in the wastewater transportation or treatment systems to ensure continuous treatment of wastewater in accordance with the NPDES permit and other applicable state and federal regulations.
RETAINED AMOUNTS. The portion of the recovered amounts retained by the local agency. The RETAINED AMOUNTS will be equal to 50% of the recovered amounts, together with interest earned thereon. RETAINED AMOUNTS shall be under the jurisdiction of the city.
REVENUES and NET REVENUES. Defined in § 3 of the Public Act 94 of 1933, as amended, being M.C.L.A. § 141.103.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE. The sum applicable of the user charge, surcharges, industrial cost recovery, and debt service charges.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
STORM DRAIN and STORM SEWER. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but which excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SURCHARGE. As a part of the service charge, means the additional charge required to be paid by any customer discharging wastewater having strength in excess of 250 mg/l BOD and 300 mg/l SS, to cover the cost of treating such excess strength wastewater.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage, or other liquids, and that are removable by laboratory filtering.
SYSTEM. The complete city sanitary sewage system, including all mains, pumps, lift stations, and collection and disposal facilities, including all appurtenances thereto and including all extensions and improvements thereto, which may hereafter be acquired.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of a treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance of sewage works, pursuant to the Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1284(b), and includes the cost of replacement.
USER CLASS. The kind of user connected to sanitary sewers, including, but not limited to, residential, industrial, commercial, institutional, and governmental.
(1) COMMERCIAL USER. An establishment listed in the Office of Management and Budget’s Standard Industrial Classification Manual (1972 edition), involved in a commercial enterprise, business, or service which, based on a determination by the local agency, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences and which is not a residential user or an industrial user.
(2)
GOVERNMENTAL USER. Any federal, state, or local government user of the wastewater treatment works.
(3) INDUSTRIAL USER. Any non-governmental user or manufacturing or processing facility that discharges industrial waste to a publicly-owned treatment works. INDUSTRIAL USERS shall be identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (1972 edition), Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under the following divisions: Division A - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing; Division B - Mining; Division D - Manufacturing; Division E - Transportation, Communication, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services; Division I - Services.
(4) INSTITUTIONAL USER. Any establishment listed in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (1972 edition) involved in a social, charitable, religious, or educational function, which, based on a determination by the local agency, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
(5) RESIDENTIAL USER. A user of the treatment works whose premises or buildings are used primarily as a domicile for one or more persons, including dwelling units such as detached, semi-detached and row houses, mobile homes, apartments, and permanent multi-family dwellings. Transit lodging is not included; it is considered commercial.
WASTEWATER. A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground waters as may be present.
WASTEWATER PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating wastewater.
WASTEWATER WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019)
(A) No person shall place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the local agency, or in any area under its jurisdiction, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
(B) No person shall discharge to any natural outlet any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted water, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
(D) The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, situated within the local agency and abutting on any street, alley, or right- of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer, is hereby required at his or her expense to install suitable sewage facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 50.02(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system that complies with the county’s Health Department regulations.
(B) At such times as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in § 50.02(D), direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned for sanitary use, filled with suitable material, and sealed.
(C) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the local agency.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019)
(A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or openings into, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the local agency. No building sewer shall be covered until after it has been inspected and approved by the authorized official. The cost of the application and permit shall be $10.
(B) All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer to the public sewer connection shall be borne by the owner.
(C) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building.
(D) Old building sewers may be used in connection with the new buildings only when they are found on examination and test to meet all requirements of this chapter.
(E) A newly constructed building sewer shall be schedule 40 PVC, cast iron, vitrified clay sewer pipe, or asbestos cement pipe. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Materials and joints shall be as approved by the local agency. Any part of the building sewer that is located within ten feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of cast iron. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle. Transitions or connections will be constructed only with fabricated connection fittings approved by the local agency.
(F) The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the local agency, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six inches. The slope of such six-inch pipe shall not be less than one-eighth inch per foot, unless otherwise permitted.
(G) Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in a straight line.
(H) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by a pumping system approved by the local agency and discharged to the building sewer.
(I) No sewer connection will be permitted unless there is capacity available in all downstream sewers, lift stations, force mains, and the sewage treatment plant, including capacity for treatment of BOD and suspended solids.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, water from footing drains, or roof water to any sanitary sewer or sewer connection except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Downspouts and roof leaders shall be disconnected from sanitary sewers within one year of the date of this chapter.
(B) Storm water, ground water, water from footing drains, and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon application and approval of the local agency and the appropriate state agency, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
(C) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F (66°C) or lower than 32°F (0°C);
(2) Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil, or grease;
(3) Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel, oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
(4) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(5) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, woods, paunch manure, or other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage works;
(6) Any waters or wastes having corrosive properties capable of causing drainage hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewerage works;
(7) Any waters with a pH lower than 6.5 or greater than 9.5;
(8) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the treatment plant;
(9) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant;
(10) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance; and/or
(11) Any industrial waste that may cause a deviation from the NPDES permit requirements, pretreatment standards, and other state or federal regulations.
(D) Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when liquid wastes contain grease in excessive amounts, or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for single-family or multiple-family dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the local agency and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, water-tight, and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted into place, shall be gas-tight and water-tight.
(E) Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(F) (1) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes containing more than 250 mg/l of BOD or 300 mg/l of suspended solids, or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in division (C) above, having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily flow of the local agency, shall be subject to review and approval of the local agency. Preliminary treatment shall be provided at no expense to the local agency as may be necessary to reduce the BOD to 250 mg/l and suspended solids to 300 mg/l, or to reduce objectionable characteristics for constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in division (C) above, or to control the quantity and rates of discharges of such waters or wastes. A person may be required to remove, exclude, or require pretreatment of any industrial waste in whole or in part for any reasons deemed to be in the interest of the local agency. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for approval, and no construction of any facility shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
(2) The local agency may elect to treat industrial wastes, discharged in excess of normal domestic concentrations, on a basis prescribed by written agreement and for an established surcharge to cover the added cost.
(G) The owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the local agency. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(H) (1) All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which references are made shall be determined in accordance with standard methods for examination of water and wastewater and guidelines establishing test procedure for the analysis of pollutants, Federal Regulation 40 C.F.R. part 136, published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1973, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in division (G) above, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
(2) In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
(I) No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement between the local agency and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern, provided that such agreement shall not violate NPDES requirements and provided that user charges, surcharges, and industrial cost recovery payments as provided in this chapter are agreed to in the agreement.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019) Penalty, see § 50.99
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any sewerage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under a charge of disorderly conduct.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019) Penalty, see § 50.99
Duly authorized employees or representatives of the local agency, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 4-11-2019)
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