28 - Article III Chapter 34 Wastewater Discharge and Disposal Revisions

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(g) Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, COD, etc.) released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration that will cause interference with the POTW. (h) Any trucked or hauled waste including, but not limited to, septage, grease trap wastes, and grit trap wastes except as specified in this article. Such wastes shall only be discharged to the POTW at points designated by the city. Any wastes defined as hazardous by RCRA standards will not be accepted. Each load brought to the POTW must bear a signed certification statement declaring the load non -hazardous on the trip manifest. (i) Any wastewater or other substance containing toxic pollutants in any sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to interfere with any wastewater treatment process cause damage to any part of the POTW, cause a hazard to POTW personnel, the public or the environment, or create a toxic effect in the receiving stream of the POTW. (j) Any wastewater or other substance with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process, such as but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions. (k) Any pollutant regulated pursuant to any categorical pretreatment standard promulgated by the EPA or TCEQ in a concentration or amount which is in excess of the limit specified in the standard. (1) Any herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, rodenticides or any other pesticide that will create a toxic condition in the POTW resulting in interference, pass through, or hazards to human, animal or plant life, including aquatic organisms, or cause any deleterious effect to the environment. (m) Any wastewater or substance containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such concentration or half-life that may exceed any limits set by applicable state and federal regulations. No person may discharge such radioactive wastes into the POTW without the written approval of the city manager, the wastewater treatment plant superintendent, and supervisor. (n) Any unpolluted stormwater, surface or groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or other unpolluted drainage. The city engineer may designate storm sewers and other watercourses into which unpolluted drainage may be discharged. (o) Any discharge that required unusual provisions, attention, or expense to treat or control in the sewer system, treatment plant, or sludge disposal facility. Sec. 34-106. - Specific pollutant limitations. No person shall discharge wastewater in excess of the following allowable concentrations of specific pollutants: These limits shall be applied uniformly to the end of pipe discharge. Page 32 of 45