(A) Purpose and policy.
(1) This subchapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly owned treatment works for the City of Rochester (“city” or “Rochester”) and enables the city 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 CFR Part 403). The objectives of this subchapter are:
(a) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will interfere with its operation;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the publicly owned treatment works;
(e) To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, and improvement of the publicly owned treatment works; and
(F) To enable the city 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.
(2) This subchapter shall apply to all users of the publicly owned treatment works. This subchapter authorizes the issuance of individual wastewater discharge permits; 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.
(3) 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.
(B) Administration. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Wastewater Superintendent shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this subchapter. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the Wastewater Superintendent may be delegated by the Wastewater Superintendent to a duly authorized city employee.
(C) Abbreviations. The following abbreviations, when used in this subchapter, shall have the designated meanings:
BOD5 | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
BMP | Best Management Practice |
BMR | Baseline Monitoring Report |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CIU | Categorical Industrial User |
CBOD5 | Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EPA RV | Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 |
FOG | Fats, Oils, and Grease |
gpd | gallons per day |
I.C. | Indiana Code |
IAC | Indiana Administrative Code |
IDEM | Indiana Department of Environmental Management |
IOSHA | Indiana Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
IWP | Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Permit |
IU | Industrial User |
mg/l | milligrams per liter |
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NSCIU | Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User |
POTW | Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
SIU | Significant Industrial User |
SNC | Significant Noncompliance |
TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
U.S. C. | United States Code |
(D) Severability; effective date.
(1) Severability. If any provision of this subchapter is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect.
(2) Effective date.
(a) This subchapter shall become immediately effective upon its adoption by the City Council and Board of Works I, signature by the Mayor, enrollment in the book of ordinances, and publication of notice as required by law.
(b) Any ordinance in contradiction to this subchapter is repealed.
(Ord. 15-2021, passed 11-23-2021)