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ORDINANCE NO. 90-10-4526
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 32-6.5 AND 32-17 OF
CHAPTER 32, WATER AND SEWERS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 32-6.5, Prohibited sewer
deposits, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 32-6.5. Prohibited sewer deposits
"(a) No person of corporation shall contribute or
cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly,
any pollutant or waste water which will interfere
with the operation or performance of the POTW.
These general prohibitions apply to all such
persons or corporations discharging waste water 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 sixty (60) degrees Celsius,
including, but not limited to, any waste
water having a temperature which will inhibit
the biological activity in the treatment
plant or would cause the temperature at the
treatment plant to influent to exceed forty
(40) degrees Celsius.
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Any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting
oil, or products of mineral oil origin in
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amounts that will cause interference or
pass-through.
(3) Any flammable or explosive liquid, solid or
gas, including, but not limited to, gasoline,
benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, and in no case
pollutants with a closed cup flashpoint of
less than one hundred forty (140) degrees
Fahrenheit (sixty (60] degrees Centigrade) of
pollutants which cause an exceedance of ten
(10) percent of the lower explosive limit
(LEL) at any point within the POTW.
(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,
unground 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 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 three hundred
(300) parts per million (mg/1).
(8) Any waters or wastes containing more than
three hundred fifty (350) parts per million
by weight of suspended solids or containing
suspended solids of such character and
quantity that unusual attention or expense is
required to handle such materials at the
sewage treatment plant.
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(9) Any concentration of chloride higher than ten
thousand (10,000) 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 quality
standards.
(14) Any waters or wastes containing acid iron
pickling wastes or concentrated plating
solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(15) Any waters or wastes containing phenols or
other taste -or -odor -producing substances in
such concentrations exceeding limits which
may be established by the pretreatment
coordinator as necessary, after treatment of
the composite sewage, to meet the
requirements of the state, federal or other
agencies or jurisdiction for such discharge
to the receiving of waters.
(16) Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of
wastes constituting 'slugs', as defined
herein.
(17) Any pollutant, including oxygen -demanding
pollutants (BOD, COD, etc.), released in a
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discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant
concentration which will cause interference
with the POTW or pass through causing
violations of the POTW's KPDES permit.
(18) Any radioactive wastes.
(19) Trucked or hauled water or waste except at
discharge points designated by the POTW
(20) Any water or waste that results in toxic
gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW in a
quantity that may cause acute worker health
and safety problems.
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(21) No person or corporation shall discharge
wastewater in excess of:
0.03 mg/l arsenic;
0.10 mg/l cadmium;
1.700 mg/l copper;
1.100 mg/l cyanide;
0.20 mg/l lead;
0.01 mg/l mercury;
1.90 mg/l nickel;
0.50 mg/l silver;
0.60 mg/l total chromium;
2.20 mg/l zinc;
25 mg/l ammonia as nitrogen (NH3)
100 mg/l oil and grease (total)
50 mg/l oil and grease of petroleum
hydrocarbon origin
(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
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(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
chapter for sources in that subcategory, shall
immediately supersede the limitations imposed
under this chapter.
(d) Where the city's waste water treatment system
achieves consistent removal of pollutants limited
by federal pretreatment standards, the city may
apply to the approval authority for modifications
of specific limits in the federal pretreatment
standards. 'Constant removal' shall mean reduction
in the amount of a pollutant or alteration of the
nature of the pollutant by the waste water
treatment system to a less toxic or harmless state
in the effluent which is achieved by the system in
ninety-five (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 the
federal pretreatment standards if these
requirements are fulfilled and prior approval from
the approval authority is obtained."
SECTION 2. That Section 3-17, Definitions, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 32.17. Definitions.
"The following words and phrases, when used in
this chapter, shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
Act. Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Public
Law 92-500) as amended by the Clean Water Act of
1977 (Public Law 95-217).
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Approval authority. The director in an NPDES
state with an approved state pretreatment program
and the administrator of the EPA in a non-NPDES
state or NPDES state without an approved state
pretreatment program.
BOD. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the
quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty
(20) degrees Centigrade expressed in parts per
million by weight.
City. The City of Paducah.
Color. The 'true color' due to the substances in
solution expressed in wave lengths of light.
Commercial and industrial wastes. Waste 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 3to BOD suspended solids and
ammonia nitrogen as NH .
Corporation. An artificial person created by law
as the representative of those persons, natural or
artificial, who contribute to or become holders of
shares in the property entrusted to it for a
common purpose.
Dry industries. Those industries that discharge
waste water from sanitary conveniences only.
Interference. The inhibition or disruption of the
POTW treatment process 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 Section 405 of the Act (33
U.S.C. 1345), or any criteria, guidelines or
regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (SWDA), 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.
Major industries. Major industries are those
industries:
(1) Having a flow of ten thousand (10,000)
gallons or more per average work day;
(2) Contributing more than five (5) percent of
the pollutant loading of the sewage treatment
plant;
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(3) Having in its waste pollutants as defined
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act; or,
(4) Having been found by the city, state or
federal agencies to have a significant
impact, either singly or in combination with
other contributing industries, on the waste
water treatment system, the quality of
sludge, the system's effluent quality or air
emissions generated by the system.
Minor industries. Minor Industries are those
industries having a flow of less than ten thousand
(10,000) gallons per average work day and
contributing less than five (5) percent of the
pollutant loading of the sewage treatment plant
and that discharges waste water other than from
sanitary conveniences.
National categorical pretreatment standard or
Pretreatmentstandard. 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.
O & 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 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 (1/2) inch
in any dimension, and only if such solid food
wastes are introduced into the sewers accompanies
by water sufficient to cause the same to flow
freely and without congesting the sewers.
Pass through. The discharge of pollutants through
the POTW into navigable waters in quantities or
concentrations which are a cause of or signifi-
cantly contribute to a violation of any require-
ment of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an
increase in the magnitude or duration of a viola-
tion) An industrial user significantly con-
tributes to such permit violation where it:
(1) Discharges a daily pollutant loading in
excess of that allowed by permit with the
POTW or by federal, state or local law;
(2) Discharges wastewater which substantially
differs in nature and constituents from the
user's average discharge;
(3) Knows or has reason to know that its dis-
charge, alone or in conjunction with dis-
charges from other sources, would result in a
hermit violation; or
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(4) Knows or has reason to know that the
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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.
Potential to discharge other than ordinary waste
This shall mean the possibility that other than
ordinary waste could be discharged, considering
the nature and characteristics of the intended
user and/or the accessibility and ease of
discharge by unauthorized users (e.g. open drains
accessible to public, etc.).
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 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.
Pretreatment coordinator. The city employee
appointed by the city manager to administer and
manage the City of Paducah's Pretreatment Program.
Properly shredded garbage. The wastes from the
preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that
have been shredded to such degree that all parties
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 (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 waste water 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 chapter, 'POTW' shall also include any sewers
that convey waste waters to the POTW from persons
outside the city who are, by contract or agreement
with the city, users of the POTW.
Receiving stream. That body of water, stream or
watercourse receiving the discharge waters from
the sewage treatment plant or formed by the waters
discharged from the sewage treatment plant.
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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 ad 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 violation. A violation which remains
uncorrected forty-five (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 3. This ordinance shall be read on two
separate days and will become effective upon publication of
title and a certified summary thereof.
GERRY B. MONTGOMERY
Mayor
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners October 9, 1990
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners October 23, 1990
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, October 23, 1990
Published by The Paducah Sun October 29, 1990
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