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HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-7-3045134 ORDINANCE N.O. 87-7-3045 \1 AN.ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 32-6..5, 32-11, 32-12, 32-17, AND CREATING SECTION. 32-83.1:OF:CHAPTER 32 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY follows: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That Section 32-6.5 is hereby amended to read as "SECTION 32-6.5. Prohibited Sewer Deposits. a. No person or corporation shall contribute or cause to 'be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or .performance of the POTW. These general prohibitions apply to all such persons or corporations discharging wastewater to a POTW whether or not the person or corporation is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or any other national:, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements. A person or corporation may not contribute the following substances into or through any .portion of the sewer system of the City: 1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 600 Celsius, including, but not limited to, any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit the biological activity in the treatment plant or would cause the temperature at the treatment plant influent to exceed 400 Celsius. 2. Any water or waste which may contain more than 50 parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil, or grease, exclusive of soap. 3. Any flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas, including, but not limited to gasoline, benzene, naptha, and fuel oil. 4. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. 5. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, offal, underground fruit or vegetables, or other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works. 6. Any waters or wastes having a stabilized pH lower L' than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewer works._ 7._ Any waters.or wastes having a Biochemical Oxygen Demand in excess of 300 parts per million (mg/1). 8. Any waters or wastes containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids or containing suspended solids of such character and 135 quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant. 9. Any concentration of chloride higher than 109000 parts per million. 10. Any wastes or waters having an objectionable color which is not removable in the existing sewage treatment plant process. 11. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance or any other materials in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, or constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving.stream at the sewage treatment plant. 12. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. 13. Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or state disposal system permit or the receiving water quality standards. 14. No person or corporation shall discharge wastewater in excess of: 0.1 mg/l arsenic 0.2 mg/l cadmium 3.5 mg/l copper 1.3 mg/l cyanide 0.7 mg/1 lead 1.0 mg/l mercury 4.0 mg/l.nickei 0.5 mg/1 silver 3.0 mg/1 total chromium 2.8 mg/l zinc 25 mg/l ammonia nitrogen as NH3 b. When the City determines that a person or corporation is contributing to the POTW, any of.the above enumerated substances in such amounts as to•interfere with the operation of'the POTW, the City shall: (1) Advise the person of the impact of the contribution of the POTW; and . (2) Develop effluent limitation(s) for such person or corporation to correct the interference with the POTW. c. Upon the promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard for a particular industrial subcategory, the Federal Standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this i i Chapter for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this Chapter.- d. hapter. d. Where the City's wastewater treatment system achieves consistent removal of pollutant.s._limi.ted:by'Federal pretreatment standards, the City may apply to the Approval ..Authority for modifications of specific li.mits'in the Federal pretreatment standards. 136 "Constant removal" shall mean reduction in the.amount of a pollutant or alteration of the nature of the pollutant by the wastewater treatment system to a less .toxic or harmless state -in the effluent which is achieved by the system in 95 percent of the samples taken when measured according to the procedures set forth in 40 CFR, Part 403, Section 403.7(c)(2). The City may modify pollutant discharge limits in theme, Federal pretreatment standards if these requirements are fulfilled and prior approval from the Approval Authority is obtained. e. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense, and a separate :offense shall,be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues." SECTION 2. That Section 32-11 is.hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 32-11. Industrial discharge permits. a. Any person desiring to deposit or discharge, or who is now depositing or discharging any industrial waste into the sanitary I� sewers shall make application for the disposal of industrial waste to 1 the City sewer system if.required by the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or.Section of this chapter.. b: c. An application for an Industrial Discharge Permit shall contain but not be limited to, the following information: 1. Name, address and location (if different from address); 2. SIC number; 3. Wastewater constituents and characteristics including but not limited to those mentioned in Section 32-6 of this chapter as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; 4. Time and duration of contribution; 5. Average daily and 30 -minute peak flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any; 6. Description of plant processes including all materials which are or could be discharged; 7. A statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional 0 & M and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet these standards. If additional pretreatment and/or 0 & M' will be required, the shortest 137 schedule by which such additional pretreatment will be provided: a. The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events; b. Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance,- a progress report shall be submitted to the City. 8. Each product produced by type, amount, process and rate ofproduction, including type and amount of raw materials used; 9. Number and type of employees; 10. Any other information as may -be deemed by the City to be necessary to'evaluate the permit application; 11. A written statement reauestina the Citv to allow the discharge of compatible pollutants in excess of the limits contained in Sec. 32-6.50. The statement to include pollutant name and quantity. C. The City will evaluate the data furnished by the person and may require additional' information. After evaluation and accept- ance of the data furnished, the City may .issue an=Industrial Discharge Permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein. If the appli- cation is rejected, the person will be notified and the reasons for the }J rejection will be stated." follows: SECTION 3. That Section 32-12 is hereby amended to read as "SECTION 32-12. Permit Conditions. Industrial Discharge Permits may contain the following: 1. Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents.and characteristics; 2. Requirements for flow regulation and/or equalization; 3. Requirements for installation and :maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities; 4. Requirements for monitoring programs which may include sampling .locations, frequency of .sampling, number, types, and standards for tests and reporting schedules; 5. Compliance schedules;. 6. Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as. specified by the City, and accessible to authorized city, state, and federal personnel; 7. Requirements for notification of the City on any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the wastewater treatment system; 8. Requirements for notification of slug.discharges; err T, T -4.—r -711111 r -T -T r *n. 7 r ... T 138 follows: 9. Other conditions as --deemed appropriate by the City to insure compliance with..this.Chapter. 10. Pay to the.City., a .fee :to reimburse the City its cost of authorizing and reviewing the permit application. 11. Pay an annual fee to the City to reimburse the City the cost of annual authority and testing. 12. Allowances for the industry, to discharge compatible pollutants. ..in excess. of the limits of established in Section 32-6.5." SECTION 4. That Section 32-17 is here by amended to read as "SECTION 32-17. Definitions. ACT. Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Public Law 92-500) as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-217). Approval Authority.. The. Director in an NPDES state with an approved st.ate--.pretreatment program and the Administrator of the EPA in a non-NPDES state or NPDES state without an approved state pretreatment program. . B.O..D. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter, under standard,laboratory -procedure in 5 days at 200 C, expressed in parts per million by weight. CITY is the City of Paducah. Color is the 'true color' due to the substances in solution expressed in wave lengths of light.. Commercial and Industrial Wastes means wastes carried away from commercial and industrial establishments, as distinguished from ordinary sewage,- and has particular reference, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to wastes containing chemical or other substances which present unusual problems and hazards necessitating .supervision of, special_ treatment before introduction into the sewers. Compatible Pollutant. .Those pollutants contained in ordinary sewage for which the POTW was specifically designed to remove during the treatment-. process,. Compatible pollutant shall include and be limited to BOD, suspended solids and ammonia nitrogen as.NH3. an artificial person created of. those persons, .natural or or..become .holders of shares for.a.common purpose. Corporation is representative contribute to, entrusted to.it by law as the artificial, who in the property Dry Industries are those industries..that discharge wastewater from sanitary conveniences only. Interference. The inhibition ,or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations or which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the City's NPDES Permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or -disposal by the POTW in accordance with 405 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. 1345) or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal,Act.(SEDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic -Substances Control Act, or more stringent state criteria (including those contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA) applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW. 139 Major Industries are those industries: 1. Having .a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day, or 2. Contributing more than 5% of the pollutant loading of the sewage treatment plant, or 3. Having in its waste toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act, or 4. Having been found by the city, state of federal agencies to have a significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system, the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality or air emissions generated bythe system. Minor Industries are those industries having a flow of less than 50,000 gallons per' average. work day and contributing less than 5% of the pollutant loading of plant that discharges wastewater other than from sanitary conveniences. 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 Act (33 U.S.C..1347) which -applies to a specific category of Industrial -.Users. 0 and M 'Operation and.Maintenance`.. Ordinary -Sewage or Ordinary Sewage Wastes. Those flowable wastes which are comparable.: to wastes which ordinarily originate in residential units and contain only human excrement and wastes from kitchen, laundry, bathing, and other household facilities. Such term also includes solid J food wastes from the preparation,:cooking and disposing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce, but only if such .solid wastes .have been ground or: shredded to such degree that all particles may be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the City sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (2") in any dimension, and only if such solid food wastes are introduced into the sewers accompanied by water sufficient to cause the same to flow freely and without congesting the sewers. Person. Any individual,. firm, company, association or corporation. pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in grams per liter:of solution.. A.stabilized pH will be considered as a pH which does not change beyond the specified limits when the waste is.subjected to aeration. A pH value indicates the degree of acidity of alkalinity. Premises. This term means and includes all places and properties where people live;or.congregate, or where flowable sewage wastes are otherwise generated, which should be drained away and disposed of in the interests of the public health, safety and general welfare, and specifically includes but not by way of limiting the generality of the foregoing, all homes, apartments, hotels, motels, trailer camps, establishments for manufacturing, business, commercial, or industrial purposes, and other structures of any and every nature whatsoever. Properly Shredded Garbage. The wastes from the preparation, cooling, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension. — 77,11F I n-r,p­_F­__F7 _{-p .. ,.—,F_ ;—.a ..�—r7........ 140 Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)._ A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1292) which is owned in this instance by .the City. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected_to. a facility providing treatment. For the purposes_ of this; ordinances, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the (city) who are, by contract or agreement with.the (city), users of the (city's) POTW. Receiving Stream. That body of water, stream or water course receiving the discharge waters. from the sewage treatment plant or formed by the waters discharge from the sewage treatment plant. Sewers or Sanitary .Sewers. .Those .properties, works and facilities by and through which the City provides service in draining and treating flowable.polluted .sewage wastes, and includes not only such facilities as presently exist but also all future extensions, additions, enlargements, and improvements thereof and thereto. Shall is mandatory: May is permissive. - SIC. Standard Industrial Code. Significant Discharge .Violation. A violation which remains uncorrected 45 days after notification of noncompliance; which is part of .a pattern of noncompliance over a twelve-month period; which involves a failure to accurately report noncompliance; or which resulted in the POTW exercising its emergency authority. Suspended Solids. Solids that either .float on the surface of, or are in -suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering." SECTION 5. That a new section, 32-83.1, is hereby created to read as follows: "SECTION 32-83.1. Excessive Strength Surcharge. When an industrialuser is -allowed by its industrial discharge permit to discharge compatible pollutants in excess of the limits established in Section 32-6.5, the industry shall be assessed a monthly surcharge in addition to the standard sewer rates. The surcharge rate shall be updated annually and shall be based on a 12 -month average cost to treat one pound of compatible pollutant." SECTION 6- This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will become -effective upon publication of title and a certified summary thereof. JOE VITERISI Mayor 141 Introduced by the Board of Commissioners.July 14, 1987 Adopted by the Board of Commissioners July 28, 1987 Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, July 28, 1987 Published by The Paducah Sun August 3, 1987.