Amending Various Sections of Chapter 17 Sewers & Water

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# 1 (mm) MAY shall mean the indication of a discretionary condition. (nn) MG/L means milligrams per liter. (oo) NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARD means any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1347) which applies to a specific category of nonresidential dischargers. (pp) NATURAL OUTLET shall mean any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water. (qq) NONRESIDENTIAL DISCHARGER means any user of the sewer system who discharges a nondomestic effluent into the system by means of pipes, conduits, pumping stations, force mains, constructed drainage ditches, surface water intercepting ditches, and all constructed devices and appliances appurtenant thereto. (Specified in 40 CFR Part 403 as "industrial user. " ) (rr) NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE (for the purpose of determining surcharges) shall mean wastewater or sewage having an average daily concentration as follows: S.S. . . . . not more than 250 mg/1 BOD . . . not more than 250 mg/1 Ammonia-Nitrogen . . . . not more than 25 mg/1 Phosphorus . . . . not more than 10 mg/l. As defined by origin, wastewaters from segregated domestic and/or sanitary conveniences as distinct from industrial processes. (ss) NPDES PERMIT - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit setting forth conditions for the discharge of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the navigable waters of the United States pursuant to Section 402 of Public Law 95-217 . (tt) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COST include all costs, direct and indirect, necessary to provide adequate wastewater collection, transport and treatment on a continuing basis and produce discharges to receiving waters that conform with all related Federal, State and local requirements. (These costs include replacement. ) (uu) OTHER SERVICE CHARGES shall mean tap charges, connection charges, area charges, and other identifiable charges other than excessive strength surcharges. (vv) pH shall mean the reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen-ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen-ions, in grams per liter of solution. (ww) PERSON shall mean any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private 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.