8409-93 Amending Articles 1 & 2 of Chapter 17 Pretreatment Requirements the Public Sewers

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violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided. USER CHARGES shall mean a charge levied on users of the wastewater treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance of such works pursuant to Section 204 (b) of Public Law 92-500 . USER CLASS shall mean the division of wastewater treatment customers by source, function, waste characteristics, and process or discharge similarities, (i .e . residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental in the User Charge System) . VOLATILE ORGANIC MATTER shall mean the material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated to 550 degrees C for 15 to 20 minutes . WASTEWATER shall mean water in which sewage has been discharged. WATERCOURSE shall mean a natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently. WHOLESALE USER shall mean any municipal governmental entity which has entered into an intermunicipal contract with the City of South Bend for wastewater treatment service. SECTION III . Division 3 of Article 2, Chapter 17 of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended to read as follows : DIVISION 3 . USE OF THE PUBLIC SEWERS Section 17-8 . General Di charge Prohibitions.Prohibited Discharge Standards . (a) General Prohibitions . No person shall discharge, introduce or cause to be discharged or introduced into the POTW any pollutant or wastewater which causes pass through or interference. These general prohibitions apply to all users of the POTW whether or not they are subject to categorical pretreatment standards or any other National, State or local pretreatment standards or requirements . (a) (b) Specific Prohibitions. No person shall discharge introduce or cause to be discharged or introduced any of the following described waters or wastes pollutants, substances or wastewater into any public sewers-:-or directly or indirectly into the POTW: (1) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas .pollutants which create a fire or explosive hazard to the POTW, including, but not limited to, wastestreams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than 1400F (600C) using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261 .21 . (2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant .