28 - Article III Chapter 34 Wastewater Discharge and Disposal Revisions

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Environmental Protection Agency or EPA. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official of such agency. Environmental services supervisor. The person designated by the city manager to enforce this chapter on behalf of the city and other such duties as designated by the city manager. Flow -weighted (or flow proportional) composite sample. A composite sample in which twelve (12) or more aliquots have been proportioned either by varying the volume of each aliquot in accordance to the flow within a fixed time or collecting a fixed volume for each aliquot by varying the time interval according to changing flow. Garbage. Animal and vegetable wastes and residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, processing, storage and sale of food products and produce. Generator. A person who causes, creates, or otherwise produces waste. Grab sample. An individual sample collected over a period of time not exceeding fifteen (15) minutes with no regard to instantaneous wastestream flow. Holding tank waste. Any waste from septic tanks, vacuum pump tank trucks, chemical toilets, campers, trailers or other direct holding vessels. Hazardous waste. Any waste (or combination of wastes), which because of its quantity, concentration, physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may: (1) Have any of the following characteristics: Toxic, corrosive, chemically reactive, flammable or combustible, explosive or otherwise capable of causing substantial personal injury or illness. (2) Pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of, or otherwise improperly managed. (3) Be identified or listed as a hazardous waste in 40 CFR part 261 as defined by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Federal "Solid Waste Disposal Act" as amended by the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976" as amended. Indirect discharge. The discharge of non-domestic pollutants from any source regulated under section 307(B) or (C) of the Act, (33 USC 1317) into the POTW (including holding tank waste). Industrial user or user. A source of indirect discharge into the city POTW. Industrial waste. Waste resulting from any process involved with industry, manufacturing, trade or business establishments including nonprofit organizations and government agencies, concerned with the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of the waste with water or domestic wastewater, as distinct from normal wastewater. Page 8 of 45