§ 132-9. Specific definitions., Article II. Definitions, Part 1. Sewer Use, Chapter 132. Sewers, Part II. General Legislation, Code of Ordinances, Shenandoah County

Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meaning of specific terms in this Part 1 shall be as follows:

ACT: The Federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.

APPROVAL AUTHORITY: The Executive Director or Director of the Department of Environmental Quality.

ASTM: The American Society for Testing and Materials.

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER

(1)

A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation; or

(2)

A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, respectively; or

(3)

A duly authorized representative of the individual designated in Subsection A(1) or (2) above, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge to the POTW originates. The authorization must be submitted to the (Manager) prior to or together with any reports to be signed by the authorized representative.

BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand): The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20º C., expressed in milligrams per liter.

BUILDING SEWER: The extension from a building wastewater plumbing facility to the treatment works.

CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD: Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(a) and 307(c) of the Act, which apply to specific categories of industrial users which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.

COMBINED SEWER: A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater or surface water.

COUNTY: Shenandoah County, Virginia.

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR: The County Administrator of the County of Shenandoah wastewater system or an authorized designee.

DAY: The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.

DISCHARGER: Person or persons, firm, company, industry or other similar sources of wastewater who introduce such into the POTW.

EASEMENT: An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.

EPA: The United States Environmental Protection Agency.

ESTABLISHMENT: Any industrial establishment, mill, factory, tannery, paper or pulp mill, mine, coal mine, colliery, breaker or coal processing operations, quarry, oil refinery, boat, vessel, and each and every other industry or plant or works, the operation of which produces industrial wastes or other wastes or which may otherwise alter the physical, chemical or biological properties of any state waters.

EXISTING SOURCE: Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication of proposed categorical pretreatment standards which will be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.

GARBAGE: The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.

GROUNDWATER: Any water beneath the land surface in the zone of saturation.

INDIRECT DISCHARGE: The introduction of (nondomestic) pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.

INDUSTRIAL USER: A source of indirect discharge or a nondomestic discharge to a treatment works.

INDUSTRIAL WASTES: Liquid or other wastes resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade or business, or from the development of any natural resources.

INTERFERENCE: An inhibition or disruption of the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, which clearly causes, in whole or in part, a violation of any requirement of the POTW's VPDES permit, including those discharges that prevent the use or disposal of sludge by the POTW in accordance with any federal or state laws, regulations, permits or sludge management plans.

MUNICIPALITY: A city, county, town, district association, authority or other public body created under the law and having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial or other wastes.

NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or any other body of surface water or groundwater.

NEW SOURCE: Shall have the same meaning as provided in 40 CFR 403.3(k) (1990).

PASS-THROUGH: The discharge of pollutants through a POTW into state waters in quantities or concentrations which are a cause, in whole or in part, of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's VPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.

PERSON: Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership, corporation, municipality, or other similar organization, agency or group.

PH: The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration, expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by standard methods.

POLLUTANT: Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical waste, chemical waste, industrial waste, biological materials, radioactive material, heat wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial waste, and certain characteristics of the wastewater (i.e., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, odor).

POTW, PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS: The North River Wastewater Treatment Plant.

PRETREATMENT: The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to discharge to the County of Shenandoah treatment works.

PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS: Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on an industrial user, other than a pretreatment standard.

PRETREATMENT STANDARD: Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which applies to industrial users.

PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in the treatment works, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.

RESIDENTIAL USER (CLASS 1): All premises used only for human residency and which is connected to the treatment works.

SANITARY WASTEWATER: Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, office buildings, industrial plants, or institutions.

SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER: Shall be defined as follows:

SLUG LOAD: Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standard in Article V of this Part 1 or any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge.

STANDARD METHODS: The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, Water Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.

STATE: The Commonwealth of Virginia.

STORM SEWER: A sewer for conveying stormwater, surface, and other waters, which is not intended to be transported to a treatment works.

SURFACE WATER

(1)

All waters which are currently used, were used in the past, or may be susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters which are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide;

(2)

All interstate waters, including interstate "wetlands";

(3)

All other waters, such as inter/intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, "wetlands," sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds, the use, degradation, or destruction of which would affect or could affect interstate or foreign commerce including any such waters:

(a)

Which are or could be used by interstate or foreign travelers for recreational or other purposes;

(b)

From which fish or shellfish are or could be taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce; or

(c)

Which are used or could be used for industrial purposes by industries in interstate commerce.

(4)

All impoundments of waters otherwise defined as surface waters under this definition;

(5)

Tributaries of waters identified in Subsection A(1) to (5) of this definition;

(6)

The territorial sea; and

(7)

"Wetlands" adjacent to waters other than waters that are themselves wetlands, identified in Subsection A(1) to (6) of this definition.

SUSPENDED SOLIDS: The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater as determined by standard methods.

TOXIC: Any of the pollutants designated by federal regulations pursuant to Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.

TREATMENT FACILITY: Only those mechanical power-driven devices necessary for the transmission and treatment of pollutants (e.g., pump stations, unit treatment processes).

TREATMENT WORKS: Any devices and systems used for the storage, treatment, recycling and/or reclamation of sewage or liquid industrial waste, or other waste necessary to recycle or reuse water, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances, extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, or alterations, and any works, including land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment, or any other method or system used for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in combined sewer water and sanitary sewer systems.

USER: A source of wastewater discharge into a POTW.

USER PERMIT: A document issued by the POTW to the user that permits the connection and/or introduction of wastes into the treatment works under the provisions of this Part 1.

VPDES: Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, as administered by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

WASTEWATER: A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industries, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, or stormwater that may be present.

WPCF: The Water Pollution Control Federation.