Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
(1) “Act” means the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), as amended; as well as any guidelines, limitations and standards promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Act.
(2) “Applicable pretreatment standard” means any pretreatment limit or prohibitive standard (federal and/or local) contained in this chapter deemed to be the most restrictive which nondomestic users will be required to comply with.
(3) “Approval authority” means the Director in an NPDES state with an approved state pretreatment program and the Administrator of the EPA in a non-NPDES state or NPDES state without an approved state pretreatment program. The State of Ohio is an NPDES state with an approved state pretreatment program.
(4) “Authorized representative of industrial user” 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;
C. A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
(5) “Average monthly discharge limitation” means the highest allowable average of “daily discharges” over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month.
(6) “Average weekly discharge limitation” means the highest allowable average of “daily discharges” over a calendar week, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges, measured during a calendar week divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that week.
(7) “Beneficial uses” include, but are not limited to, domestic, municipal, agricultural, and industrial use, power generation, recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, navigation, the preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resources or reserves and other uses, both tangible or intangible, as specified by state or federal law.
(8) “Categorical pretreatment standards” means the national pretreatment standards specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged or introduced into a POTW by specific industrial dischargers.
(9) “County” means the Board of Commissioners of Lucas County and/or the Lucas County Sanitary Engineer, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative, who shall be the governmental entity enacting and enforcing this chapter.
(10) “Composite sample” should contain a minimum of eight discrete samples taken at equal time intervals over the compositing period or proportional to the flow rate over the compositing period. More than the minimum number of discrete samples will be required where the wastewater loading is highly variable.
(11) “Daily discharge” means the discharge of a pollutant measured during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar for purposes of sampling.
(12) “Director” means the Lucas County Sanitary Engineer or his duly authorized agent.
(13) “Discharger - industrial discharger” means any nonresidential user who discharges an effluent into a POTW by means of pipes, conduits, pumping stations, force mains, constructed drainage ditches, surface water intercepting ditches, intercepting ditches and all constructed devices and appliances appurtenant thereto.
(14) “Easement” means an acquired legal right of the specific use of land owned by others.
(15) “Garbage” means any solid wastes from the preparation, cooking or dispensing of food and from handling, storage or sale of produce.
(16) “Grab sample” means 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.
(17) “Ground (shredded) garbage” means garbage that is shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under the conditions normally prevailing in the sewerage system, with no particle being greater than one-half inch in dimension.
(18) “Indirect discharge” means the discharge or the introduction of non-domestic pollutants from a source regulated under Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act, into a POTW.
(19) “Industrial user” means any industrial or commercial establishment, manufacturing or processing facility that discharges industrial waste to a POTW.
(20) “Industrial waste” means any solid, liquid or gaseous waste resulting from any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing of natural resources.
(21) “Industrial waste permit” means a permit to deposit or discharge industrial waste into any sanitary sewer as issued by the POTW.
(22) “Influent” means the water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing into a drain, sewer, receptacle or outlet.
(23) “Interference” means the inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the County’s NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with Section 405 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. 1345) or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 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.
(24) “Major contributor” means a contributor that:
A. Has a flow of more than 25,000 gallons per average workday;
B. Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in Section 307 of the Federal Act;
C. Has a flow greater than five percent of the flow carried by the sewer system receiving the waste;
D. Has in its wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act or State statutes and rules; or
E. Is found by the County, State or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to have sufficient 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.
(25) “Maximum daily discharge limitations” means the highest allowable “daily discharge”.
(26) “May” indicates a discretionary condition.
(27) “National categorical pretreatment standard or pretreatment standard” means any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.
(28) “New source” means any source, the construction of which is commenced after the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a Section 307(c) (33 U.S.C. 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter promulgated within 120 days of proposal in the Federal Register. Where the standard is promulgated later than 120 days after proposal, a new source means any source, the construction of which is commenced after the date of promulgation of the standard.
(29) “NPDES permit” means the national pollutant discharge elimination system permit setting forth conditions for the discharge of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the navigable waters of the United States pursuant to Section 402 of PL 92-500.
(30) “O and M” means operation and maintenance.
(31) “Other wastes” means decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, lime, refuse, ashes, garbage, offal, oil, tar, chemicals and all other substances except sewage and industrial wastes.
(32) “Person” means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, partnership, copartnership, joint stock company, trust, estate, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, the State of Ohio, the United States of America, or 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.
(33) “POTW” means Publicly Owned Treatment Works and shall include any sewage treatment works and the sewers and conveyance appurtenances discharging thereto, owned and operated by the County.
(34) “Pollutant” means any substance discharged into a POTW or its collection system, listed in Appendices A and B hereto, (or any substance which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse effects such as cancer, genetic mutations or physiological manifestations as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act.)
(35) “Pollutant parameters”:
A. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes shall mean the quantity of dissolved oxygen in milligrams per liter required during stabilization of the decomposable organic matter by aerobic biochemical action under standard laboratory procedures for five (5) days at 20 degrees Centigrade. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in “Standard Methods”.
B. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes is a measure of the oxygen equivalent of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in “Standard Methods”.
C. Fecal coliform - Any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of man and animals, whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
D. Floatable oil - Oil, fat or grease in a physical state, such that will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
E. Grease and oil - A group of substances including hydrocarbons, fatty acids, soaps, fats, waxes, oils or any other material that is extracted by a solvent from an acidified sample and that is not volatilized during the laboratory test procedures. Greases and oils are defined by the method of their determination in accordance with “Standard Methods.”
F. Grease and oil of animal and vegetable origin - Substances that are less readily biodegradable in nature such as are discharged by meatpacking, vegetable oil and fat industries, food processors, canneries and restaurants.
G. Grease and oil of mineral origin - Substances that are less readily biodegradable than grease and oil of animal or vegetable origin; and are derived from a petroleum source. Such substances include machinery lubricating oils, gasoline station wastes, petroleum refinery wastes and storage depot wastes.
H. pH - The logarithm (to the base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution expressed in gram atoms per liter of solution.
I. Suspended solids - Solids which either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquid and which are removable by laboratory filtering. Their concentration shall be expressed in milligrams per liter. Quantitative determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in “Standard Methods”.
J. Total solids - The sum of suspended and dissolved solids.
K. Volatile organic matter - The material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at 550 degrees Centigrade for 15 to 20 minutes.
L. Any other pollutant parameter deemed appropriate.
(36) “Pollution” means an alteration of the quality of the waters of the State by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects such waters for beneficial uses or facilities which serve such beneficial uses. The man-made or man induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.
(37) “Pretreatment” means 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.
(38) “Pretreatment requirements” means any substantive or procedural requirements related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.
(39) “Receiving stream” means the watercourse, stream or body of water receiving the water finally discharged from the POTW.
(40) “Sewage” means water-carried wastes or a combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, storm or other waters as may be present.
(41) “Sewer” means any pipe, conduit, ditch or other device used to collect and transport sewage or storm water from the generating source.
(42) “Shall” means mandatory.
(43) “Sludge” means any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility or any other waste having similar characteristics and effects as defined in standards issued under Sections 402 and 405 of the Federal Act and in the applicable requirements under Sections 3001, 3004 and 4004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act PL 94-580.
(44) “Slugload” means any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than 5 times the average 24 hour concentration or flow during normal operation and shall adversely affect the wastewater treatment works.
(45) “Standard industrial classification (SIC)” means a classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972.
(46) “Standard Methods” means the laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
(47) “Toxic amount” means concentrations of any pollutant or combination of pollutants which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse effects such as cancer, genetic mutations and physiological manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307 (a) of PL 92-500.
(48) “Toxic pollutant” is defined as those substances referred to in Section 307 (a) of the Act as well as any other known potential substances capable of producing toxic effects.
(49) “Unpolluted water” means water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
(50) “Upset” means an exceptional incident in which a discharger unintentionally and temporarily is in a state of noncompliance with the standards set forth in Appendices A and B hereto due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the discharger, and excluding noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventative maintenance or careless or improper operation thereof.
(51) “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or EPA” means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official of said agency.
(52) “User” means any person that discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater into the POTW.
(53) “Village” means the Municipal Administrator of the Village, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
(54) “Wastewater” means industrial waste or sewage or any other waste including that which may be combined with any ground water, surface water or storm water, that may be discharged to the POTW.
(55) “Wastewater constituents and characteristics” means the individual chemical, physical, bacteriological and radiological parameters, including volume, flow rate and such other parameters that serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality, quantity and strength of wastewater.
(56) “Watercourse” means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89.)
(Ord. 9-89. Passed 6-20-89.)