Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 360 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCE AUTHORITY › Title 360 CMR 10.00 - Sewer Use › GROUP AND GENERAL PERMITS › Section 10.063 - Group Permit for Food Processing

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) No Person shall
						discharge or cause or allow to be discharged, directly or indirectly, into the
						Authority Sewerage System, any Industrial Waste required to be covered by the
						Group Permit for Food Processing, unless such discharge complies with such Group
						Permit issued to the discharger. This includes Industrial Waste that is hauled
						for discharge to a Sanitary Sewer System within the Authority Sewerage
						District.
(2) For purposes of 360 CMR
						10.063, Food Processing shall be defined as preparing food for wholesale
						commercial distribution and sale including, without being limited to: operations
						which involve washing, cooking, baking, or curing food or food products
						including, but not limited to: beverage making and bottling; candy making; cereal
						making; condiment making; dairy product processing; fish cutting, processing and
						cooking; frozen food making; jams, jellies and fruit filling making; meat
						processing and packing; nut and nut product processing; pasta making; prepared
						food making; and vegetable and other produce washing and processing. Food
						Processing does not include: preparing meals or snacks for immediate consumption
						on the premises, or for take-out; transport and distribution operations which
						consist solely of packaging for transport and distribution without generating
						wastewater from the packaging process; and warehousing or other storage solely
						for transport, distribution, or sale.
(3) A Person performing Food Processing is
						covered by the Group Permit for Food Processing if its discharge of Industrial
						Waste to a Sanitary Sewer in the Authority Sewerage District (or to a holding
						tank whose contents are hauled for discharge to a Sanitary Sewer in the Authority
						Sewerage District) consists solely of the Food Processing wastes it generates,
						and if it is not exempted from coverage by 360 CMR 10.063(4) or (5).
(4) A person is not required to be covered by
						the Group Permit for Food Processing, if its only industrial sewer discharge is
						from its Food Processing operations and it applies for and is covered by
						360 CMR
						10.062.
(5) Notwithstanding 360 CMR 10.063(3), a Person
						discharging Food Processing waste to the Sewer is not covered by the Group Permit
						for Food Processing, but requires a Sewer Use Discharge Permit to discharge
						Industrial Waste to the Sewer if it is not exempted by
						360 CMR 10.007(3)
						 and it:
(a)
						Discharges other Industrial Wastewater in addition to Food Processing
						wastes;
(b) Has a total industrial
						wastewater sewer discharge that averages 25,000 gallons per day or more, or is
						notified by the Authority that it otherwise is a Significant Industrial User as
						defined in
						360 CMR
						10.004;
(c) Uses a pretreatment system other than
						passive pretreatment
(e.g.,
a settling tank, grease trap, or a
						limestone chip tank); or
(d) Does not
						or is unable to meet Authority discharge requirements,
						360 CMR 10.021
						through
						10.026,
						by following the operations and management practices required by the Group Permit
						for Food Processing, and upon notice from the Authority.