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Timestamp: 2020-02-21 10:31:57
Document Index: 497952543

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 553', '§ 553', '§ 553', '§ 553', '§ 1251', '§ 1317', 'arts 405', '§ 553', '§ 1292', '§ 553']

Ch 553 Art I General Provisions
§ 553-1 Purpose, objectives and applicability.
§ 553-2 Administration.
§ 553-3 Abbreviations.
§ 553-4 Definitions.
This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) for the City of Gardner and enables the City to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR 403).
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will interfere with its operation.
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will pass-through the POTW, inadequately treated, into the receiving waters or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW.
Protect both POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public.
Promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the POTW.
Enable the City to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the POTW is subject.
This chapter shall apply to all users of the POTW. This chapter authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; and requires user reporting.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Director of Public Works shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the Director may be delegated by the Director to other City employees or officers.
The Region 1 United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator or a designee.
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
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.
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 a designee.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain or other nonpublic sewers from residential, commercial and industrial areas to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
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 apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
The Director of the Department of Public Works, the City of Gardner, or other designated or authorized representative of the City.
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication of the EPA proposed categorical pretreatment standards which will be applicable to such source, if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.
The solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
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 NPDES 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 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.
The production or wastewater generating processes of the building, structure, facility, or installation are substantially independent of an existing source at the same 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.
Construction of a new source as defined herein has commenced if the owner or operator has:
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
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment which is intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss and contracts for feasibility, engineering, and design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this subsection.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters within the boundaries of the United States 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 City's NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, or any other legal entity, or his or its legal representatives, agents, or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state, or local governmental entities.
Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes, and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, or odor).
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, 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.
Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 553-18 of this chapter.
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.
Is designated as such by the City on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the operation of the POTW or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection B has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the operation of the POTW 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.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 553-18 of this chapter.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of or is suspended in water, wastewater, or other liquid and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment of municipal sewage and industrial waste.