(A) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly owned treatment works for the Town of Plainfield (“Plainfield” or “town”) and enables the town to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations (“CFR”) Part 403). The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will interfere with its operation;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will pass through the publicly owned treatment works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise be incompatible with the publicly owned treatment works;
(3) To protect both publicly owned treatment works personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public;
(4) To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the publicly owned treatment works;
(5) To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, and improvement of the publicly owned treatment works; and
(6) To enable the town to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other Federal or State laws to which the publicly owned treatment works is subject.
(B) This chapter shall apply to all direct and indirect users of the publicly owned treatment works, including persons or entities outside the town who are, by contract or agreement with the town, users of the publicly owned treatment works. The chapter authorizes the establishment of a pretreatment program; provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein and fines and other remedies for violation of the chapter.
(C) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms shall have the meanings adopted in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, American Waterworks Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation, as set forth in 40 CFR Part 136. Waste constituents and characteristics shall be measured by standard methods unless a mutually agreed upon acceptable alternative method is adopted by agreement of the permittee and the permitting authority or any other method is established by federal or state regulatory agencies. Monitoring and metering shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods.
(Ord. 06-2017, passed 5-22-2017)