New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter LXXXII - Buffalo Sewer Authority › Part 10075 - Buffalo Sewer Authority Sewer Use Regulations › Section 10075.7 - Wastewater and stormwater discharge regulations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Prohibited discharges.
No user shall discharge or cause to be discharged, either
				  directly or indirectly to any public sewers, any substance or wastewater which
				  could interfere with the operation or performance of the authority's
				  facilities. These general prohibitions also apply to all non-domestic users of
				  the authority's facilities whether or not the user is subject to national
				  pretreatment standards or any other national, state or local pretreatment
				  requirements. The following substances and wastewaters are specifically
				  prohibited from discharge into the authority's facilities:
(1) Any liquids, solids or gases which by
				reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or
				by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious
				in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time, shall
				two successive days readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of
				discharge into the system (or at any point in the system), be more than 10
				percent nor any single reading be 20 percent or more of the lower explosive
				limit (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to:
				gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols,
				ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides,
				hydrides and sulfides and any other substances which the B.S.A., city, State or
				EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system.
(2) Solid or viscous substances which may
				cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the
				operation of the wastewater treatment facilities such as, but not limited to:
				grease, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings,
				entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or
				marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent
				grains, spent hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues,
				residues from refining, or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass
				grinding or polishing wastes.
(3)
				Any water or wastes having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or
				hazard to structure, equipment of the sewer system, or personnel employed in
				its operation.
(4) Any water or
				wastes containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by
				interaction with other pollutants, to injure or interfere with any wastewater
				treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic
				effect in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant effluent, or to
				exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic
				pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified
				pursuant to section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act.
(5) Any water or wastes containing any
				chemical or biological constituent or having physical characteristics which
				could cause interference with any POTW wastewater treatment process.
(6) Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases,
				or solids which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are
				sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to
				prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance and repair.
(7) Any garbage containing particles greater
				than one-half inch in any dimension. The installation and operation of any
				garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths horse power (0.76 hp
				metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the general
				manager.
(8) Materials which exert
				or cause discolorations, such as, but not limited to, dye waters and vegetable
				tanning solution.
(9) In no case,
				shall a substance discharged to the authority's facilities cause the authority
				to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or
				regulations developed under section 405 of the Clean Water Act; any criteria,
				guidelines, or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant
				to Federal, State or local laws and regulations.
(10) Any substance which will cause the
				authority to violate its N.P.D.E.S./S.P.D.E.S. permit or the receiving water
				quality standards.
(11) Any
				substance or wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public
				nuisance.