Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated.
“ACT” or “THE ACT” or “CLEAN WATER ACT.” The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.
“AGENCY.” The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
“AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER.”
(1) If the user is a corporation, by a responsible corporate officer:
(a) 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
(b) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000 (in second-quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(2) If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
(3) If the user 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.
(4) The individuals described in divisions (1) through (3) may designate another 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 village.
(5) If an authorization under division (4) of this section is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of division (4) must be submitted to the village.
“BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD).” The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures approved in 40 CFR 136 for five days at 20 centigrade, usually expressed as a concentration (e.g., mg/l).
“BYPASS.” The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of an industrial user's treatment facility.
“CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD” or “CATEGORICAL STANDARD.” Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by USEPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which apply to a specific category of users with Categorical Pretreatment Standard Deadline.
“CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD).” Chemical oxidantion under standard laboratory procedures as described in 40 CFR 136 usually expressed as a concentration (e.g mg/l).
“COMBINED WASTE STREAM FORMULA.” The formula set forth in 40 CFR section 403.6(e).
“COMPOSITE SAMPLE.” A sample of wastewater collected based on a flow proportional or time proportional method.
“COOLING WATER.” The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, to which the only pollutant added is heat.
“DISCHARGE PERMIT.” A permit issued to a user that specifies the requirements for discharge of wastewater or the requirements for zero discharge of wastewater if required.
“EXISTING SOURCE.” Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge, which is not a new source.
“FATS, OIL, AND GREASE (FOG).” Any hydrocarbons, fatty acids, soaps, fats, waxes, oils and any other material that is extracted by a solvent in a method approved in 40 CFR 136.
“FLOW.” Volume of wastewater per unit of time.
“GARBAGE.” Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the commercial handling, storage and sale of produce.
“GRAB SAMPLE.” A sample that is taken from a wastestream on a onetime basis without regard to the flow in the wastestream and over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
“HAULED WASTE.” Sanitary wastewater transported as a commercial venture.
“INDIRECT DISCHARGE” or “DISCHARGE.” The introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any non-domestic source regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
“INDUSTRIAL USER (IU).” A source of indirect discharge from a non-domestic source.
“INTERFERENCE.” A discharge by any user which alone or in conjunction with discharges by other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use of disposal and which is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of wastewater or sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to subtitle D or SWDA) the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, and the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
“MEDICAL WASTES.” 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.
“NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD,” “CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD” or “CATEGORICAL STANDARD.” Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471.
“NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT (NPDES PERMIT).” A permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharge of wastewaters to the navigable waters of the United States pursuant to the Act.
“NEW SOURCE.”
(1) 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 pretreatment standards under Section 307 (c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, provided that one of the following is true:
(a) The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed at a site which no other source is located;
(b) The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
(c) The production or wastewater generating processes of the building, structure, facility, or installation are substantially independent of an existing source at the site. In determining whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing source, should be considered.
(2) 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 division (1)(b) or (c) above but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment.
(3) Construction of a new source as defined under this section has commenced if the owner of operator has done one of the following:
(a) Begun, or caused one of the following to begin as part of a continuous onsite construction program.
1. Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment; or
2. 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
(b) Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment that is intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts that can be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering, and design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this division.
(4) New sources shall install and have in operating condition and shall “start-up” all pollution control equipment required to meet applicable pretreatment standards before beginning to discharge. Within the shortest feasible time (not to exceed 90 days), new sources shall meet all applicable standards.
“NON-CONTACT 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.” The discharge of pollutants that exits the POTW into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations, which alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (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, agents, or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state, and local governmental entities.
“pH.” A measure of the acidity or basicity of a solution, calculated by taking the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in standard units.
“POLLUTANT.” Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, wastewater sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt or industrial, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, or odor.)
“POTW TREATMENT PLANT.” The village facilities designed to provide treatment to wastewater.
“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, discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the POTW. This reduction or alteration can 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.
“PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR.” The Director of Public Works of Romeoville or designee.
“PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS.” Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a pretreatment standard.
“PRETREATMENT STANDARDS” or “STANDARDS” That for any specified pollutant, village prohibitive discharge standards as set forth in section 300.105 (State of Illinois Pretreatment Standards) village specific limitations on discharge as set forth in section 300.110, State of Illinois Pretreatment Standards and effluent standards, or the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, whichever standard is most stringent.
“PUBLICLY-OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW).” The “treatment works”, as defined by section 212 of the Act, owned by the village and any devices and systems used in the conveyance, storage, treatment, recycling or reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature that are connected to the village POTW regardless of ownership, but does not include sewers, pipes, and other conveyances not connected to the village POTW treatment plant.
“SANITARY SEWER.” A sewer which is designed to carry wastewater from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, and to which storm, surface and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
“SANITARY WASTEWATER.” See Wastewater.
“SHALL/MAY.” “SHALL” is mandatory; “MAY” is permissive.
“SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER.” Any industrial user of the POTW who:
(1) Is subject to any national categorical pretreatment standards; or
(2) A user that:
(3) (a) Has an average process wastewater discharge flow of 25,000 gallons (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling and boiler blow-down wastewater) or more per work day; or
(b) Has a discharge flow of process wastewater that makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or
(c) Is designated as such by the village on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
(4) Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in division (2) has not reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the village may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user, determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
“SLUDGE.” The settleable solids separated from the liquids during the wastewater treatment processes.
“SLUG.” or “SLUG LOAD.” Any discharge of water or wastewater which is non-routine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge that could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 54.020 of this chapter.
“T.” As in Cyanide-T means total.
“TOTAL SURFACTANTS.” The sum of anionic surfactants as MBAS, nonionic surfactants as CTAS, and cationic surfactants measured as the difference between sublation residue and MBAS and CTAS values.
“TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS).” Total suspended matter, expressed in milligrams per liter, that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and is removable by laboratory filtration, as prescribed methods in 40 CFR 136.
“TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS.” The summation of all quantifiable values greater than the practical quantitation limit for the toxic organics specified in the applicable regulation.
“UPSET.” An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with pretreatment standards because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the industrial user. 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.
“USER.” Any person or source that contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the POTW works.
“VILLAGE.” The Village of Romeoville.
“WASTEWATER.” The combination of the liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions including polluted cooling water.
(1) Sanitary wastewater means the combination of liquid and water carried wastes discharged from toilets and other sanitary plumbing facilities.
(2) Industrial wastewater means a combination of liquid and water carried wastes discharged from any industrial user, including the wastewater from pretreatment facilities and polluted cooling water.
“WATERS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.” All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, water courses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
“WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.” Those standards defined in the Title 35 of the Illinois, Administrative Code 35.
(Ord. 04-0108, passed 1-21-04)