Amending Certain Portions of Chapter 17 Sewers and Water

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(.T - 1NACLU,SZEZA1-WA. T.E,S-meal- the-3�q+a - wa-s-&s-4 ' 1-41.1d't1s-tt-i-aa maxaufa4t uring-.pr'.oce z€-s,-4 'a4e,-O4'- J41.s4 1e£€-ea£- d1-st-4 ie4-4 'er- satilt8-"y sewage . ( 11) INDUSTRIAL WASTES (also domestic wastes) means solid, liquid, or gaseous waste resulting from any industrial , manufacturing, trade , or business process or from the development, recovery, or processing of natural resources . ( 12) INTERFERENCE means the inhibition or disruption of the Municipal sewer system, treatment processes, or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement of its NPDES permit, and/or any other waste disposal permit, and/or the inhibition or disruption of any receiving systems thereof. ( 13) MAY means the indication of a discretionary condition. ( 14) mg/1 means milligrams per liter. ( 15) NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARD: 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 . ( 16) 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" ) . ( 17) NPDES means the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program of the U.S. EPA. F&}( 18) NATURAL OUTLET means any outlet into a watercourse , pond, ditch, lake , or other body of surface or ground water. (-9-}( i9 ) pH means the logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. (-1-a)-(20) PLUMBING INSPECTOR means the authorized agent of the Building Commissioner having responsibility for administration of the provision of this Article as such may pertain to plumbing work. (-1--) (21) PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE means the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have 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 ( 1 . 27 centimeters ) in any dimension. (-1-. ) (22) PUBLIC SEWER means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. (-1-3-) (23) SANITARY SEWER means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted . (-1-10 (24) SEWAGE means a combination of the water-carried from residences, business building, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.