(A) Abbreviations.
AO — Administrative Order
CA — Control Authority
ERG — Enforcement Response Guide
ERP — Enforcement Response Plan
IU — Industrial User
NOV —Notice of Violation
POTW — Publicly Owned Treatment Works
WL — Warning Letter
(B) Definitions. For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONTROL AUTHORITY. The entity directly administering and enforcing pretreatment standards and requirements against industrial users. The (insert approved pretreatment program city or district).
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER.
(a) Wastewater from normal residential activities including, but not limited to, wastewater from kitchen, bath and laundry facilities; or
(b) Wastewater from the personal sanitary conveniences (toilets, showers, bathtubs, fountains, noncommercial sinks, and similar structures) of commercial, industrial or institutional buildings, provided that the wastewater exhibits characteristics which are similar to those of wastewater from normal residential activities. Specifically excluded from this definition is wastewater from commercial, industrial, or institutional laundries or food preparation facilities.
INDUSTRIAL USER. Any source that introduces pollutants into a POTW from any nondomestic source.
PUBLICLY-OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW). Devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant.
(Ord. 948, passed 1-3-2006)