New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXX - Niagara Falls Water Board › Part 1960 - Wastewater Regulations › Section 1960.5 - Conditions to the use of the water board's POTW and MS4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Prohibited wastewater discharges and
				certain notifications to water board.
(1) No
				person shall discharge, allow to be discharged, or otherwise allow to enter any
				of the following proscribed waters or wastes to the water board POTW or MS4,
				any sanitary sewer, combined sewer, or to the diversion sewer:
(i) Any pollutant which creates a fire or
				explosion hazard, including but not limited to, waste streams with a closed cup
				flashpoint of less than 140° F (60° C) as determined by using the test
				methods specified in 40 CFR part 262.21.
(ii) Any waters or wastes containing solids,
				liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, acting either singly or by interaction
				with other properly shredded wastes, which may create damage, cause pass
				through or interference, be a hazard to the water board personnel, create a
				public nuisance, create a hazard to life, or after treatment cause a violation
				of the water board's SPDES discharge permit.
(iii) Any water or wastes which will cause
				corrosive structural damage, but in no case those discharged with the following
				properties:
(a) having a pH less than
				5.0;
(b) having a pH greater than
				12.0 for any period exceeding 30 minutes;
(c) having a pH greater than 10.0 for more
				than five hours daily or 70 hours monthly;
(d) having by itself or by interaction with a
				discharge or discharges from other sources, properties which would cause the pH
				of the effluent of the water board POTW or MS4 to be outside the range of
				6.0-9.0 for greater than 60 minutes;
(e) having by itself or by interaction with a
				discharge or discharges from other sources, any other aggressive property in a
				quantity or quality capable of causing damage or hazard to any structure or
				equipment;
(iv) any
				solid or viscous substance, including but not limited to fats, waxes, greases,
				petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oils, or products of mineral oil
				origin, of such quantity or size discharged, or by interaction with other
				substances, which cause obstruction of flow in the POTW, interference of the
				POTW, or pass through;
(v) any
				liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F (65° C) at the
				discharge to the water board POTW or MS4. In addition, any liquid or vapor
				which causes, either singly or in combination with other wastewater discharges,
				the combined influent to the water board POTW to exceed 104° F (40° C)
				is also prohibited;
(vi) any
				materials containing radioactivity of such half-life, concentration or other
				property as may exceed limits established by applicable State or Federal laws,
				regulations, guidelines or limitations, or that may cause the water board
				POTW's or MS4's effluent or sludge to exceed such laws, regulations, guidelines
				or limitations, or to be classified as a hazardous substance under the Federal
				Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act;
(vii) slug or batch discharges which, in the
				opinion of the director, could cause or substantially contribute to an upset of
				the POTW treatment process, or result in a violation of the water board's SPDES
				discharge permit;
(viii) any waters
				or wastes containing substances which, either singly or in combination with
				other properly shredded wastes, are not amenable to treatment or reduction by
				the wastewater treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only
				at excessive cost or amenable to treatment only to such degree that the water
				board's POTW effluent cannot meet the requirements of the water board's SPDES
				discharge permit;
(ix) any waters
				or wastes from a motor vehicle, tank truck or any other mobile conveyance
				without prior written authorization by the director, specifying the nature,
				volume, manner, time and place of discharge except for such mobile conveyance
				discharges from within an SIU facility to sewers carrying water through a
				monitoring station;
(x) any
				substance which may cause the water board's POTW or MS4 effluent or any other
				product of the water board POTW or MS4 such as residues, sludge, furnace
				solids, or scum, to be unsuitable for discharge, disposal, reclamation or
				reuse. In no case shall a substance discharged to the water board's POTW or MS4
				cause the water board POTW or MS4 to be in non-compliance with sludge use or
				disposal criteria, air emissions permit, guidelines or regulations affecting
				sludge use or disposal pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act (including
				title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery
				Act), the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act,
				the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act or State criteria
				applicable to the sludge management method being used;
(xi) any pollutant, including oxygen
				demanding pollutants, released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant
				concentration which will cause interference with the water board's
				POTW;
(xii) any discharge of
				pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within
				the water board POTW or MS4 in a quantity that may cause acute worker health
				and safety problems.