Section
General Provisions
51.001 Objectives
51.002 Definitions
51.003 Abbreviations
Sewer Usage; Disposal and Discharges
51.015 General discharge prohibitions
51.016 Use of public sewers required
51.017 Private sewage disposal
51.018 Prohibitions on discharges
51.019 Storm drainage and ground water
51.020 Unpolluted water
51.021 Radioactive wastes
51.022 Garbage grinders
51.023 Point of discharge limitations
51.024 Holding tank wastes
51.025 Wastewater strength limitations
51.026 Unacceptable waste disposal
51.027 Discharges to public sanitary sewers; special provisions
51.028 State requirements
51.029 Town's right of revision
51.030 Excessive discharge
51.031 Accidental discharges
Wastewater Volume Determination
51.045 Metered water supply
Reports, Permits and Administration
51.060 Wastewater discharges
51.061 Discharge reports
51.062 Wastewater discharge permits
51.063 Permit modifications
51.064 Monitoring facilities
51.065 Inspection and sampling
51.066 Pretreatment
51.067 Protection from accidental discharge
51.068 Control manhole
51.069 Flow control measuring equipment
51.070 Confidential information
Charges and Fees
51.085 Schedule of charges and fees
51.086 Types of charges and fees
51.087 Basis for determination of surcharges
51.088 Method of determining surcharges
51.089 Sampling procedures and analysis
51.090 Sampling, small industries
Administration and Enforcement
51.105 Duties of user upon unlawful discharge
51.999 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment system for the town and enables the town to comply with all applicable state and federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. and the general pretreatment regulations (40 C.F.R. part 403). The objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipality wastewater system which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the resulting sludge;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which will pass through the system, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
(3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the system; and
(4) To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the municipal wastewater system.
(B) This chapter provides for the regulation of direct and indirect contributors to the municipal wastewater system through the issuance of permits to certain non-domestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting, assumes that existing customer's capacity will not be preempted, and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein. Any contributors from the adjacent unincorporated areas that enter into a contract or agreement with the town shall comply with all requirements in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § C.2.00) (Ord. passed 12-10-1987)
(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
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.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The Director of Water Resources of the town or his or her appointed agents, or in their absence the Director of the State Division of Natural Resources and Community Development, Environmental Management Section.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER. An authorized representative of an industrial user and may be:
(a) A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice-president, if the industrial user is a corporation;
(b) A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively; and/or
(c) A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above if the representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
BENEFICIAL USES. Uses of the waters of the state that may be protected against quality degradation including domestic, municipal, agricultural and industrial supply, power generation, recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, navigation and the preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resource or reserves, and other uses, both tangible and intangible as specified by federal or state law.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or B.O.D. The empirical test run in accordance with latest edition of Standard Methods for Analysis of Water and Wastewater, published by American Public Health Association and Water Pollution Control Federal, or Methods for the Analysis of Water and Wastes, published by the E.P.A. to determine the relative oxygen requirements of wastewater's effluents and polluted waters. B.O.D. is a measure of the oxygen required to oxidize the organic matter in a sample, through the action of microorganisms in that sample.
BUILDING SEWER. A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to a town sewer.
CATEGORICAL STANDARDS. The national categorical pretreatment standards or pretreatment standards.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or C.O.D. The quantity of oxygen used in the chemical oxidation or decomposition of organic substances in a sample.
CITY. The Town of Sparta, North Carolina, or any authorized official(s) acting on behalf of the town.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Pollutants such as B.O.D., T.S.S., pH, oil and grease, ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) and fecal coliform bacteria, plus any additional pollutants identified in the town's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (N.P.D.E.S.) permit, or any pollutants the town's treatment works was designed to treat. The pollutants shall be amenable to the town's biological waste treatment process; shall not cause town to use additional chemicals, extra personnel or cause undue wear or operating expenses; shall not cause town's waste water treatment plant to exceed effluent limitations as set forth in N.P.D.E.S. permit.
COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DIRECT DISCHARGE. The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the state.
DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCES. The Director of Water Resources of the town or his or her authorized representative.
DOMESTIC WASTES. The liquid wastes from bathrooms, toilet rooms, home kitchens and home laundries.
E.P.A. The federal agency named the Environmental Protection Agency.
EXCESSIVE RADIATION DOSE. A dose of radiation in excess of the maximum permissible dose. (MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE shall mean a dose of radiation to any part of the body, internal and external or both that, in the light of current knowledge, is not expected to cause appreciable bodily injury to a person at any time during his or her lifetime.) Application of this section will conform to all federal and state regulations concerning the use of radioactive materials.
FEDERAL ACT. Pub. Law No. 92-500, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.
FILL. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GRAB SAMPLE. A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.
GREASE AND OILS. A group of substances with similar physical characteristics including hydrocarbons, fatty acids, soaps, waxes, oils and any other material that is extracted with a stated solvent from an actified sample and that is not volatilized during the test.
HOLDING TANK WASTE. Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum pump tank trucks.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Any pollutant which is not a "compatible pollutant", as defined in this section.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE. The discharge or the introduction of non-domestic pollutants from any source regulated under § 307(b) or (c) of the Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1317), into the POTW (including holding tank waste discharged into the system).
INDUSTRIAL USER. A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued pursuant to § 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Liquid- or water-carried wastes from institutional, commercial and industrial processes and operations, as distinguished from domestic wastes.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE SURCHARGE. A charge placed on all users who discharge wastewaters having characteristics in excess of the limits set by this chapter on compatible pollutants.
INTERFERENCE. The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations which contributed to a violation of any requirement of the town's N.P.D.E.S. permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with § 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345) or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) being 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq., the Clean Air Act being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act being 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. or more stringent state criteria (including those contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA) applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.
MASS EMISSION RATE. The weight of material discharged to the town sewer system during a given time interval. Unless otherwise specified, the MASS EMISSION RATE shall mean pounds per day of a particular constituent or combination of constituents.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine; the singular shall include the plural, where indicated by the context.
POLLUTANT. Any dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTION. An alteration of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects the waters for beneficial use or affects the facilities which serve beneficial uses. POLLUTION may include contamination.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT. The portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater.
PREMISES. A parcel of real estate or portion thereof including any improvements thereon which is determined by the town to be a single user for purposes of receiving, using and paying for service.
PRETREATMENT OR TREATMENT. 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 a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes or process changes other means, except as prohibited by 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user,
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW). Treatment works, as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned, in this instance, by the town. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purposes of this chapter, POTW shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the town who are, by contract or agreement with the town, users of the town's POTW.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER. Any industrial user of the town's wastewater disposal system who:
(a) Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average work day;
(b) Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the town's wastewater treatment system;
(c) Has, in his or her wastes toxic pollutants, as defined pursuant to § 307 of the Act of state statutes and rules; or
(d) Is found by the town, (state control agency) or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system, the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality, or air emissions generated by the system.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC). A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget/1972.
STATE. The State of North Carolina.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER. A sewer which carries storm or surface waters, but not sewage or industrial wastes.
STORM WATER. Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT. The person designated by the town to supervise the operation of the publicly owned treatment works and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this chapter, or his or her duly authorized representative.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The measure of the solids that either float on the surface or are held in suspension in wastes and which are removable from the liquid by laboratory filtering.
TOWN. The Town of Sparta, North Carolina.
TOWN MANAGER. The Town Manager or, in the event of no Town Manager, the Town Clerk/Finance Officer of the town.
TOWN SEWER. A sewer owned and operated by the town, tributary to a treatment facility operated by the town.
TOXIC POLLUTANT. Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provision of CWA § 307(a) or other acts.
TREATMENT WORKS OR PLANT. Any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal wastewater or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, including interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, wastewater collection systems, pumping, power and other equipment and appurtenances, extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations, extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units, and clearwell storage facilities, and any works, including site acquisition of the land, that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from the treatment; or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal wastes, including storm water run-off or industrial and sanitary sewer systems;
USER. Any person who contributed, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the town's POTW.
USER CHARGE SYSTEMS. The charge that users are required to pay for the right to discharge their type waters into the sewage system.
WASTE. Sewage and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any reducing, manufacturing or processing operation of whatever nature, including the waste placed within containers for whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of disposal.
WASTEWATER. Wastes and water, whether treated or untreated, discharged into a town sewer.
WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS. The individual chemical physical, bacteriological and radiological parameters, including volume and flow rate and other parameters that serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality and strength of wastewater,
WATERS OF THE STATE. All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, 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.
(B) (1) Other terms used in this chapter, but not defined hereinabove, shall have the meanings set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association (APHA), the American Waterworks Association (AWWA) and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF).
(2) Unless otherwise expressly stated in this chapter, waste constituents and characteristics shall be measured by methods set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and/or Methods for Chemical Analysis of Waters and Wastes, published by the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.).
(Prior Code, § C.2.01)
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