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City of Schenectady, NY Definitions; Word Usage
Ch 220 Pt 2 Art III Definitions; Word Usage
§ 220-6 Definitions.
Article III Definitions; Word Usage
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean Water Act, as amended," 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The Director in a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System state with an approved state pretreatment program and the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in a non-National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System state or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System state without an approved state pretreatment program.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship; a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
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 his or her designee.
The individuals described in Subsections A through C above 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 City.
For the purposes of the calculation of the daily indirect discharge of a pollutant in § 220-71, such average will be calculated as the sum of all daily values taken on days when processed wastewater is indirectly discharged divided by the number of days during which sampling events occurred during the pretreatment year of July 1 to June 30.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.[1]
The approval authority, defined above, or the Director, if the City has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions of 40 CFR Part 403.11.
DAILY INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The indirect discharge of a pollutant measured during the calendar day or any twenty-four-hour period that the Director determines reasonably represents a calendar day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed in units of mass, the daily indirect discharge is calculated as the total mass of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations expressed in other units of measurement, the indirect daily discharge is calculated as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day.
The Director shall mean the Director of the Department of Water and Wastewater of the City of Schenectady, New York, or his or her designee.
[Added 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 88-91; amended 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23]
FLASH POINT LIMITATION OF 140º F. OR 60º C.
Prohibits discharges of pollutants with closed-cap flashpoint of less than 140º F. or 60º C.
[Added 6-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-20]
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any waste from holding tanks, such as chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
An indirect discharge is the introduction of pollutants into the City POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under § 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Clean Water Act.
A discharge, which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and therefore is a cause of a violation of the City’s SPDES permit or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions or permits issued thereunder, or any more stringent state or local regulations; Section 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act, including Title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); any state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
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. § 1317) which applies to industrial users. This term includes prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5.
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARDS
Any regulation developed under the authority of 307(b) of the Act and 40 CFR Part 403.5.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or its duly authorized representative.
A discharge which exits the publicly owned treatment works into waters of the United States of America in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the publicly owned treatment works facility and/or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of the violation.)
[Amended 6-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-20]
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight to hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d) or this Code. Appropriate pretreatment technology includes control equipment, such as equalization tanks or facilities, for protection against surges or slug loadings that might interfere with or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW; however, where wastewater from a categorical standard process is mixed in an equalization facility with unregulated wastewater or with wastewater from another regulated process, the effluent from the equalization facility must meet an adjusted pretreatment limit calculated in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e).
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, by-product, or waste product.
A "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned by the City. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater to a treatment plant. It also includes sewers, pipes, and other conveyances if they convey wastewater to the POTW.
Is designated as such by the City on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW’s operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection B has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW’s operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may, at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972, or its most recent edition.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.[2]
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the provision of Clean Water Act Section 307(a) or other Acts.
WASTEWATER CONTRIBUTION PERMIT or WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
As set forth in § 220-44 of this Part 2.
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Commissioner of Health," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-27-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-23.
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Superintendent," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-12-1988 by Ord. No. 88-91.