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

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corporation, partnership, copartnership, joint stock company, trust, estate, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, the State of Indiana, the United States of America, or other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns . The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context. PHOSPHORUS (or P) shall mean the chemical element phosphorusT total ._ The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods" as defined in this article. PLUMBING INSPECTOR means the authorized agent of the Building Commissioner having responsibility for administration of the provisions of this article as such may pertain to plumbing work. PRETREATMENT shall mean 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, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR Section 403 . 6 (d) ; and shall include all applicable rules and regulations contained in the code of Federal Regulations as published in the Federal Register, under Section 307 of PL 95-217, under regulation 40 CFR Part 403 pursuant to the Act, and amendments . PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENT shall mean any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on an industrial user, other than a pretreatment standard. PRETREATMENT STANDARD (or STANDARDS) shall mean prohibitive discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards or local limits . PRIVATE SEWER shall mean a sewer which is not owned by public authority. PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension. PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (or POTW) means a "treatment works, " as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1292) which is owned by the City. This definition includes any devices or systems used in collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater to a treatment plant . PUBLIC SEWER shall mean a sewer which is owned and controlled by the public authority and will consist of the following increments : Collector Sewer, Interceptor Sewer, Force Main, Pumping Station. PUMPING STATION shall mean a station positioned in the public sewer system at which wastewater is pumped to a higher level . REPLACEMENT COSTS shall mean the expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and