Amending Various Sections of Chapter 17 Sewers & Water

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• 2. Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/1 or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two and one hundred fifty ( 32 and 150 ) degrees Fahrenheit or zero and sixty-five ( 0 and 65) degrees Celsius. 3 . Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths ( 3/4) horsepower ( 0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Board. 4. Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not. 5. Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Director for such materials. Under no circumstances shall a discharger release water or waste containing concentrations of the following substances in amounts exceeding the stated values: Parameter 1-Day Maximum 4-Day Average Arsenic 1. 0 0.2 Cadmium 2.7 1.2 Copper 5.0 3.5 Cyanide 1.5 0.5 Lead 2.0 0.8 Mercury 0. 1 0.005 Nickel 5. 0 2.5 Total Chromium 7.5 5.0 Zinc 10. 0 6.0 all units mg/1. 6. Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Board as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the State, Federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters. 7. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Board in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations. 8. Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9. 5. 9. Materials which exert or cause: (a) Unusual concentrations of inert S.S. (such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate) . (b) Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions) . (c) Unusual S.S. , CBOD, BOD, Ammonia-Nitrogen, Phosphorus, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a sianificant load on the sewaae treatment works.