§ 13.20.105. Definitions and abbreviations.

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases used in this Ordinance shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:

1.

Act or the Act. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq. Pursuant to California Water Code § 13370 et seq., the State is authorized to implement the provisions of the Act.

2.

Approved analytical methods. The sampling referred to in 40 CFR Part 403, Appendix E, and analysis of samples so collected, shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 CFR Part 136 and amendments thereto. Where 40 CFR Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, or where the EPA determines that the Part 136 sampling and analytical techniques are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analysis shall be performed using other sampling and analytical procedures approved by the City and the EPA.

3.

Approval authority. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region.

4.

Approved pretreatment program. Shall mean a program administered by a POTW that meets the criteria established in 40 CFR 403.8 and 403.9 and which has been approved by a Regional Administrator or State Director in accordance with 40 CFR 403.11.

5.

Authorized representative of industrial user. An authorized representative of an industrial user means:

a.

A responsible corporate officer, if the user submitting required reports is a corporation;

b.

A general partner or proprietor if the user submitting the required reports is a partnership or sole proprietorship respectively;

c.

The person in responsible charge, if the user is a governmental agency; or

d.

An individual responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates.

If authorization under this definition is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matter for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of these definitions shall be submitted to the City prior to or together with any reports to be signed by the new authorized representative.

6.

Best Management Practices. The schedule of activities, prohibition of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b). BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage of raw materials storage.

7.

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). The quantity of oxygen (expressed in mg/L), required to biochemically oxidize the organic material in a wastewater sample over a five-day period at 20 degrees centigrade.

8.

BMR. Baseline monitoring report. This is the first report required by an industrial user that determined to be subject to a Categorical Pretreatment Standard. The purpose of the BMR is to provide information to the Control Authority to document the industrial user's current compliance with a Categorical Pretreatment Standard.

9.

BOD. Biochemical oxygen demand (five-day). See definition under "Biochemical oxygen demand."

10.

Bypass. The intentional diversion of wastestreams from any portion of an industrial user's pretreatment facilities.

11.

Categorical industrial user. An industrial user who is subject to any promulgated Categorical Standard.

12.

Categorical Pretreatment Standard or Categorical Standard. Any regulation containing Pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with sections 307 (b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471, as it exists and as it may be amended.

13.

CFR. Code of Federal Regulations.

14.

Chemical oxygen demand (COD). The quantity of oxygen (expressed in mg/L) required to chemically oxidize the contents of a wastewater sample under specific conditions of oxidizing agent, temperature, and time.

15.

City. The City of Beaumont or the City Council of the City of Beaumont.

16.

Class I user. A categorical industrial user.

17.

Class II user. A non-categorical significant industrial user.

18.

Class III user. A non-significant industrial user, including a non-significant categorical industrial users (NSCIU).

19.

Class IV user. A temporary industrial user.

20.

Class V user. A wastehauler.

21.

COD. Chemical oxygen demand. See definition under "Chemical oxygen demand."

22.

Compliance time schedule (CTS). A formal timetable issued by the Director for users to achieve compliance with the provisions of this chapter and/or a wastewater discharge permit. Each compliance time schedule shall contain milestone dates as well as a final compliance date.

23.

Composite sample. A sample which is collected from a wastewater discharge at selected intervals over a time period of 24 hours. A composite sample may be collected using automatic continuous or discrete sampling equipment, or by manually collecting a minimum of four grab samples. When specified by the Director, composite samples shall be collected in a manner which is proportional to the flow rate of the discharge.

24.

Constituent. Any physical, chemical, or microbiological component or parameter of water or wastewater which can be quantified using Approved Analytical Methods.

25.

Control authority. The term control authority refers to:

a.

The POTW if the POTW's Pretreatment Program Submission has been approved in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 403.11; or

b.

The approval authority if the submission has not been approved.

26.

County. The County of Riverside or the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside.

27.

Daily maximum limit. The term means the maximum allowable discharge limit that may be discharged during a calendar day and may be expressed as a concentration and/or lbs/day limit.

28.

Director. The Public Works Director/City Engineer for the City of Beaumont or his authorized representative, agent or deputy.

29.

Discharge. The introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any non-domestic source regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Clean Water Act.

30.

Discharger. Any person who, directly or indirectly, causes or contributes to a discharge into the POTW.

31.

Discharge to the ground. The discharge of wastewater to or into the soil which is not contained in an impermeable facility approved by the Director.

32.

Domestic wastewater. Water bearing wastes from residences and other premises resulting from personal use of water for ordinary living processes of humans and of such a character as to permit satisfactory disposal, without special treatment, into the POTW. The typical strength shall be considered from 250—300 mg/L each for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and for total suspended solids (TSS).

33.

Effluent. The treated wastewater flowing from the wastewater treatment facilities, or the non-domestic wastewater discharged by an industrial user, to the POTW.

34.

Enforcement response plan (ERP). A plan that details the progressive responses to escalating noncompliance issues related to violation(s) of a wastewater discharge permit or any section of this Ordinance.

35.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly authorized official of the agency.

36.

Exchange-type water conditioning equipment. Water conditioning equipment that is removed for regeneration from the premises at which it is normally operated to a commercial regeneration facility.

37.

Fats, oils, and grease (FOG). Organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established in 40 CFR 136, as may be amended.

38.

Federal regulations. Any applicable provision of the Act as amended and any regulation promulgated by the EPA under Title 40 CFR implementing the Act.

39.

Food processing facilities. Those wholesale or retail facilities which handle, process or prepare food intended for human and/or animal consumption.

40.

Grab sample. A sample which is collected from a wastewater discharge, without regard to the flow in the wastestream, over a period of time not exceeding 15 minutes.

41.

Gravity separation interceptor (or grease interceptor ). A detention chamber designed to remove oil and grease, and solids from wastewater before discharge to the POTW and which detention chamber is acceptable to the Director.

42.

Grease. See definition under "Oil and Grease."

43.

Hazardous substance. Any substance which is toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable or an irritant, or which generates pressure through heat or decomposition including but not limited to, any substances determined to be a toxic or hazardous substance pursuant to Section 307 and 311(b)(2) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C., Section 1251, et seq., or its implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 116 and 129; any substance classified as a hazardous substance pursuant to California Water Code Section 13050(p) and; any imminently hazardous chemical substance subject to regulation under the Toxic Mixtures or Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C., Section 2601, et seq.

44.

Hazardous waste. Any hazardous substance which is either the resultant and/or intermediate or final by-product of any process.

45.

Indirect discharge. See "Discharge."

46.

Industrial user (IU). Any non-residential user who discharges non-domestic wastewater to the POTW.

47.

Instantaneous maximum allowable discharge limit. The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited sample collected independent of the industrial flow rate and duration of the sample event.

48.

Interference. A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:

a.

Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and

b.

Causes a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent State or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including State regulations contained in any applicable State sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.

49.

L. Liter.

50.

LEL. Lower explosive limit. See definition under "Lower explosive limit."

51.

Local limits. Discharge limits developed and enforced by the City upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b).

52.

Lower explosive limit (LEL). The minimum concentration of a combustible gas or vapor in the air which will ignite if an ignition source is present.

53.

Mass emission rate. The mass of material discharged to the POTW during a given time interval. Unless otherwise specified, the mass emission rate shall be expressed in pounds per day of a particular constituent or combination of constituents.

54.

May is permissive.

55.

MBAS. Methylene Blue Activated Substances.

56.

Medical waste. Isolated wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, formites, etiologic agents, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, dialysis wastes, hypodermic needles, syringes, instruments, utensils or any other paper or plastic items of disposable nature used for medically related purposes. The term "Medical waste" shall exclude de minimus amounts of wastes, human blood and paper items of a disposable nature associated with domestic wastewater discharges.

57.

Mg. Milligrams.

58.

Milligrams per liter (mg/L). Shall mean unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 1 gram of the constituent in 1,000 liters of water.

59.

Monthly average limit. Shall mean the highest allowable average of daily discharges over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month

60.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit. The permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) for the City's POTW treatment plant.

61.

New source. Is defined in 40 CFR 403.3 and shall mean any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed Pretreatment Standards under section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, provided that:

a.

The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or

b.

The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or

c.

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.

62.

Non-categorical significant industrial user. A significant industrial user who is not subject to promulgated Categorical Standards.

63.

Non-contact cooling or heating water. Water discharge from any use which has no direct contact with any raw material, intermediate or final product, and to which the only pollutant added is heat.

64.

Non-domestic wastewater. All wastewater except domestic wastewater and unpolluted water as defined herein. Non-domestic wastewater shall include, but not be limited to, wastewater resulting from Industrial, commercial, producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional, governmental, and agricultural operations, and brine wastewater resulting from the regeneration of water conditioning devices. All liquid wastewater hauled by truck, rail, or any other means shall also be considered as non-domestic wastewater, regardless of the original source of the wastes.

65.

Non-significant categorical industrial user (NSCIU). A categorical industrial user that meets all of the following requirements: (a) never discharges more than 100 gallons per day of a total categorical wastewater (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater, unless specifically included in the applicable Pretreatment Standard); (b) if an existing facility has consistently complied with all applicable categorical pretreatment standards and requirements; (c) annually submits the certification statement required in § 403.12(q) together with any additional information necessary to support the certification statement; (d) never discharges any untreated concentrated wastewater; and (e) is found by the Director to have no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any Pretreatment Standard or requirement.

66.

Non-significant industrial user (NSIU). Any industrial user who is not a significant industrial user, including without limitation any NSCIU.

67.

NPDES. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

68.

NPDES permit. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit. See definition under "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit."

69.

Oil and grease. Any of the following in part of in combination:

a.

Petroleum derived products, e.g., oils, fuels, lubricants, solvents;

b.

Vegetable derived products, e.g., oils, shortenings, soluble cutting oils;

c.

Animal derived products, e.g., fats, greases, oils, lard.

70.

Pass through. A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with other discharges, causes a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).

71.

Permittee. Any user or group of users which are issued a permit to discharge to the POTW pursuant to Sections 13.08.300 et seq. of the Beaumont Municipal Code. The permit may be an individual (for a specific industrial user) or group (general) permit as deemed appropriate by the Director to control wastewater discharges to the POTW.

72.

Person. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their representatives, agents, or assigns.

73.

pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions, as analyzed in accordance with Approved Analytical Methods. pH represents both acidity and alkalinity on a scale ranging from 0 to 14 where 7 represents neutrality, numbers less than 7 increasing acidity and more than 7 increasing alkalinity.

74.

Plumbing Official. Plumbing Official shall mean the Director of Community Development of the City or his authorized representative or deputy.

75.

Pollutant. Any constituent or characteristic (including but not limited to pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity or odor) of wastewater on which a discharge limit may be imposed either by the City or regulatory bodies empowered to regulate the POTW; and any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemicals wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal, and agriculture wastes.

76.

Pollution. The man-made or man-induced adverse alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological integrity of water.

77.

POTW. Publicly owned treatment works. See definition under "Publicly owned treatment works."

78.

POTW treatment plant. The portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater.

79.

Pretreatment or treatment. The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of Pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical, or biological processes, or process changes of other means, except, as prohibited by 40 CFR Section 403.6(d), with the use of dilution.

80.

Pretreatment requirements. Any substantive or procedural pretreatment requirement, other than a Pretreatment Standard, imposed on an industrial user.

81.

Pretreatment standard. Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits or prohibitions promulgated by EPA or the City, applicable to industrial users, including promulgated Categorical Standards; National Prohibitive Discharge Standards developed pursuant to Section 307(b) of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5, general discharge prohibitions contained in Section 13.20.210 herein; and any specific local discharge limits established by the City.

82.

Pretreatment wastes. All wastes liquid or solids, removed from a waste stream or discharge by physical, chemical or biological means.

83.

Process wastewater. means any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product, or waste product.

84.

Public sewer. Any sewer located in or maintained by the City of Beaumont. The term as used herein does not include storm drains or channels for conveyance of natural surface waters.

85.

Publicly owned treatment works (POTW). The Beaumont Wastewater Treatment Plant and any other devices or systems used by the City in the storage, conveyance (including all sewers, pipes, lift stations, and other conveyances which convey wastewater to the wastewater treatment plant), treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage.

86.

RCRA. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) as amended or revised.

87.

Regional Board. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region.

88.

Responsible Corporate Officer.

a.

A president, secretary, treasurer, or 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.

b.

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 million (in second-quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the Manager in accordance with corporate procedures.

89.

Restaurants. Restaurants shall include, but not be limited to, retail establishments selling prepared foods and drinks for consumption or off the premises.

90.

Sample point. A location approved by the Director from which wastewater that is representative in content and consistency of the entire flow of wastewater being sampled can be collected.

91.

Septic waste. Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum pump trucks.

92.

Service area. The area in which discharges to the sewerage system flow to, or are intended by the City to flow to, the POTW.

93.

Sewage. Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing operations, etc.).

94.

Sewer collection system. All facilities, owned and maintained by the City, that are used for collecting, conveying, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater, excluding sewer service laterals.

95.

Sewer service lateral. The wastewater collection pipe extending from the structure where the wastewater is generated up to and including the connection to the City's sewer collection system.

96.

Shall is mandatory.

97.

SIC. Standard industrial classification.

98.

Significant industrial user (SIU). An industrial user of the POTW who (1) is subject to categorical standards, or (2) has an average daily discharge of 25,000 gallons or more of process wastewater (excluding sanitary waste, unpolluted water, and boiler/cooling tower blowdown discharges), or (3) has a discharge which makes up five percent or more of the average dry-weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the wastewater treatment facilities receiving the wastewater, or (4) has in its wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act, or (5) is designated by the Director to have a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or violating any applicable pretreatment standard, requirement or discharge limit set forth in this chapter.

99.

Significant noncompliance (SNC). Violations of pretreatment standards or requirements, which include violations of effluent limits, sampling violations, analysis violations, reporting violations, compliance schedule and regulatory deadline violations, which satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

a.

Violations of wastewater discharge limits:

i.

Chronic Violations. Sixty-six percent or more of all the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l);

ii.

Technical Review Criteria (TRC) Violations. Thirty-three percent or more of all the measurements for the same pollutant parameter during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric Pretreatment Standard or Requirement including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l) multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC=1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil, and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);

iii.

Any other violation of a Pretreatment Standard or Requirement as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l) (daily maximum or long-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) that the Director determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through (including endangering the health of the POTW personnel or the public).

iv.

Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health or welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the POTW's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge.

v

Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, achieving final compliance;

vi.

Failure to provide, within 45 days after the due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, 90-day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;

vii.

Failure to accurately report noncompliance.

viii.

Any other violation or group of violations, which may include a violation of Best Management Practices, which the Director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the Pretreatment Program.

100.

Single pass non-contact cooling or heating water. Water used solely for the purpose of cooling or heating, which has no direct contact with any raw material, or any intermediate, final or waste product, and which is used only once and then discarded.

101.

SIU. See definition under "Significant industrial user."

102.

Slug discharge control plan. A plan submitted to the City by a user pursuant to Section 13.08.330D of this chapter, which specifies to the Director's satisfaction the potential pollutants used and/or stored at the user's facility; potential pathways of entry of the potential pollutants into the POTW; and facilities and procedures for preventing or controlling the occurrence of slug loading.

103.

Slug loading (slug discharge). The discharge of any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), which is released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which may cause pass through of or interference with the POTW.

104.

SNC. Significant noncompliance. See definition under "Significant noncompliance."

105.

Solvent management plan (toxic organic management plan). A plan submitted to the City by an industrial user pursuant to Section 13.20.330C of this section, which specifies to the Director's satisfaction the solvents and other toxic organic compounds used and stored; the methods of delivery, storage, and disposal used; and procedures for assuring that solvents and other toxic organics do not routinely spill or leak into the POTW or ground.

106.

Specific compliance plan. A plan submitted to the City by an industrial user pursuant to Section 13.08.330E of this section, which specifies to the Director's satisfaction the cause of noncompliance, the corrective actions which will be taken to prevent recurrence of the noncompliance, and, if required by the Director, a proposed compliance time schedule.

107.

Spent solutions. Any concentrated non-domestic wastewater (i.e., plating solutions and static rinses), which contains concentrations of pollutants, the discharge of which may cause interference, pass through or a violation of any pretreatment standard or requirement.

108.

Spill containment. A protection system to prevent the discharge of noncompliant pollutants to the sewerage system.

109.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1987 or latest edition thereof.

110.

Standard methods. "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," latest edition, prepared and published by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation, which specifies accepted procedures used to assess the quality of water and wastewater.

111.

State. State of California.

112.

State Water Board. The State of California Water Resources Control Board.

113.

Stormwater. Any flow of water resulting from natural precipitation.

114.

Stormwater system. All stormwater conveyance and treatment facilities located within the City including, but not limited to storm drains, catch basins, storm drain manholes, and storm water pumping facilities.

115.

SWDA. Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

116.

TDS. Total dissolved solids. See definition under "Total dissolved solids."

117.

Temporary industrial user. Any industrial user who is granted temporary permission by the Director to discharge unpolluted water or wastewater to the POTW. Such temporary permission shall not be granted to industrial users subject to promulgated categorical standards.

118.

TFR. Total filterable residue. See definition under "Total suspended solids."

119.

Total dissolved solids (TDS). The quantity of nonvolatile substances remaining after filtration through a standard filter and drying to constant weight at 180 degrees C, expressed in terms of milligrams per liter (mg/l) and analyzed in accordance with approved analytical methods. TDS is synonymous with total filterable residue (TFR).

120.

Total suspended solids. The concentration of nonfilterable residue determined in conformance with standard methods procedures

121.

Total toxic organics (TTO). The sum of the concentrations for each of the toxic organic compounds regulated by applicable categorical standards which are found in the user's discharge at a concentration greater than 0.010 mg/L, and analyzed in accordance with approved analytical methods. The local limit TTO constituents shall be defined in the local limit resolution.

122.

Toxic pollutant. Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in 40 CFR 401.15 or 40 CFR 403, Appendix B.

123.

TRC. Technical review criteria.

124.

TSS. Total suspended solids.

125.

Unpolluted water. Non-contact cooling or heating water, air conditioning condensate, ice melt, condensate, rain water, or uncontaminated groundwater, surface water, stormwater or other water to which no pollutant has been added either intentionally or unintentionally.

126.

U.S.C. United States Code.

127.

User. Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution of wastewater into the POTW.

128.

Wastehauler. Any person engaging in vehicular transport of waste, as part of or incidental to any business, for the purpose of discharging the transported waste to the POTW.

129.

Wastewater. The liquid and water-carried domestic wastes or non-domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, Industrial facilities, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.

130.

Wastewater discharge permit or permit. The regulatory procedure established and enforced by the Director to control the flow and quality of wastes discharged into the POTW.

131.

Wastewater treatment facilities. The structures, equipment, and processes maintained by the City which accept untreated sewage from the public sewer and which treat and dispose of domestic and non-domestic wastewater.

132.

Water conditioning equipment. Any device or apparatus used to soften or otherwise condition water, including zeolite or resinous anion or cation exchange softeners, demineralizers or any other like device.

133.

Waters of the States. All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, well, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof. Words used in this chapter in the singular may include the plural and the plural the singular. Use of masculine shall include feminine and the use of feminine shall include masculine.

( Ord. No. 1094, 11-7-2017 )