Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 880 - QUONSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION › Chapter 00 - N/A › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 4 - Quonset Business Park Development Package › Section 880-RICR-00-00-4.16 - Sewer Treatment System User Regulations

Current through June 14, 2024
4.16.1
Purpose
The purpose of these regulations is to set forth the rules
								governing the use of the QDC's sewers and drains, the installation and
								connection of building sewers, the discharge of waters and wastes into the
								sewers and the penalties for violations.
4.16.2
Building Sewers and
							Connections
A. No person shall uncover,
							make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any QDC sewer
							or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the
							Director. All such connections shall be subject to such terms and conditions as
							the Director shall prescribe.
B.
							There shall be two classes of building sewer connections; residential and
							commercial/industrial. For the commercial/industrial class all prospective
							users must be evaluated by the QDC Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP). The
							IPP will inform the potential user of additional applicable requirements as
							defined in § 4.16.9 of this Part.
C. All costs and expenses incidental to the
							installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the user
							who shall indemnify the QDC from any loss or damage that may directly or
							indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D. A separate and independent building sewer
							shall be provided for every building that is not already connected to the QDC's
							sewer system on the date this regulation is put into effect. Where one building
							stands at the rear of another on an interior lot, the building sewer from the
							front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as
							one building sewer; however, the QDC does not and will not assume any
							obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or resulting from any such
							single connection.
E. Old building
							sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found,
							on examination and testing by the Director, to meet all requirements of this
							regulation.
F. The size, slope,
							alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be
							used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the
							trench, shall all conform to the requirements of 510-RICR- 00-00-1 and
							510-RICR- 00-00-3 and to other applicable rules of the QDC. In the absence of
							Code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set
							forth in appropriate specifications shall comply with WPCF Manual of Practice
							No. 9, incorporated above in §
											4.3(J)     of
							this Part.
G. Whenever possible,
							the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the
							basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to
							permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such
							building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the
							building sewer.
H. No person shall
							make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains
							or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or
							building drain that in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a QDC
							sanitary sewer.
I. The connections
							of the building sewer into the QDC sewer shall conform to the requirements of
							the 510-RICR- 00-00-1 and 510-RICR- 00-00-3 or other applicable rules of the
							QDC, and the procedures set forth in WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9,
							incorporated above in §
											4.3(J)     of
							this Part. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any
							deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the
							Director before installation.
J.
							The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Director when the
							building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the QDC sewer. The
							connection shall be made under the supervision of the Director or his/her
							representative.
K. All excavations
							for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and
							lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, pavements
							and other QDC property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
							a manner satisfactory to the QDC.
L. Privately owned and operated pump stations
							and collection systems connected to or desiring to connect to the QDC
							Wastewater System shall adhere to the following:
1. Owners of Privately Owned Wastewater
							Treatment Facilities shall maintain the system in good working order and
							operate the facility as efficiently as possible. Proper operation and
							maintenance shall include, but shall not be limited to, effective
							performance-based on-facility design, adequate operator staffing and training,
							adequate laboratory process and controls, including quality assurance
							procedures as determined to be appropriate by QDC, and backup or auxiliary
							facilities or similar systems to assure compliance or effective performance.
							Proper operation and maintenance must include emergency procedures and
							reporting requirements in case of power outages, natural disaster, labor
							shortage (whether the result of intentional work stoppages or epidemics),
							equipment failure, acts of terrorism/vandalism, accidental discharges or
							sanitary sewer overflow. Reporting requirements shall include verbal
							notification to the Director and RIDEM as soon as possible, but not exceeding
							twenty-four (24) hours of discovery of the event. A written report must be
							submitted to the Director and RIDEM within five (5) business days of the
							event's ending.
2. The owner shall
							submit, for review and approval, an Operations and Maintenance Plan describing
							standards and procedures by which the Privately Owned Wastewater Treatment
							Facilities, pump station(s) and/or collection system(s) will be staffed,
							operated and maintained during normal and emergency conditions. Should
							development of the Plan include the practice of engineering, the Plan must be
							prepared and certified by a Rhode Island Registered Professional Engineer. The
							Operations and Maintenance Plan must be approved prior to the commencement of
							the construction of the new Wastewater Treatment Facility.
3. The owner is required to conduct (at a
							minimum) monthly inspections of any pump station(s) within their facility. The
							inspection reports shall be forwarded to the QDC within fifteen (15) business
							days after the inspection. At a minimum, the inspection report shall provide
							the name of the individual or firm performing the inspection, hours of
							operation for each pump, generator run time, summary of alarms, any maintenance
							undertaken during that month, condition of the station, and
							recommendations.
4. The Operations
							and Maintenance Plan shall include, but not be limited, to the following
							elements:
a. Describe the detailed operating
							procedures for the pump station(s) and collection system;
b. Provide a Preventative Maintenance Plan
							for the pump station(s);
c. Provide
							staffing requirements;
d. Provide a
							list of material suppliers and essential spare parts necessary to be kept on
							the site for normal and emergency conditions;
e. Provide operating procedures for the
							emergency generator and automatic transfer switch;
f. Provide a Spill Prevention Plan;
g. Provide a description of the auxiliary
							system, such as water, heating, ventilation, sump pump and
							dehumidifying;
h. Provide a
							description of the alarm system and response procedures;
i. Provide names, addresses, and telephone
							numbers of all emergency contacts, facility owners and facility
							operators;
j. Provide a list of
							subcontractors that are on call for emergency equipment rental (e.g., septage
							hauler, portable pump, generator, etc.);
k. Provide emergency procedures and reporting
							requirements in case of power outages, natural disasters, equipment failure,
							acts of terrorism/vandalism or sanitary sewer overflow;
l. Provide a description of the means of
							record keeping (the records must be accessible for a three (3) year
							period);
m. Provide as-built plans
							for the pump station(s) and/or collection system;
n. Provide a map of the collection system,
							including but not limited to, the overall service area, diameter of pipes,
							distance between manholes, slopes and direction of flow;
o. Provide all required procedures, easements
							or other administrative items necessary to allow the QDC access to the site for
							unannounced periodic inspections pursuant to § 4.16.5 of this Part; and
p. Provide a sample template of a
							monthly report.
5.
							Owners of an Existing Privately Owned Wastewater Treatment Facility without an
							approved Plan must submit for approval of a Plan as appropriate and as
							described herein to comply with the requirements of this Sewer System
							Regulation within one (1) year of its passage.
6. There shall be an Operations and
							Maintenance Plan Review Fee that shall be set from time to time by the
							Director.
7. There will be an
							Annual Fee set from time to time by the Director.