83-012 ORD ARTICLE III SEWER USE ORDINANCE

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that is acceptable. Samples shall be iced or refrigerated during sampling. 12) Control Authority - See Environmental Services Superintendent. 13) Control Manhole - A manhole giving access to a building sewer at a point before the building sewer discharge rnixes with other discharges in the public sewer. 14) Control Point - The point on a building sewer where access to a discharge is provided, preferable before the discharge mixes with others in the public sewer. The control point shall be the control manhole unless otherwise designated by the Superintendent. 15) Cooling Water - Water discharged from air conditioning, cooling or other uses, to which the only pollutant added in significant amounts is heat, exclusive of boiler blowdown wastewater. 16) Direct Discharge - The discharge of wastewater, treated or untreated, directly to the waters of the State of Texas. 17) Domestic User - Any person who discharges only domestic sewage. 18) Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA - The U.S. Environmental Protectior_ Agency, or where appropriate the term may also be used as a designation for the administra- tor or other duly authorized official of said agency. 19) Environmental Services Superintendent - The person des- ignated by the City Manager to enforce Chapter 31 of the Code of Ordinances on behalf of the City and other such duties as designated by the City Manager. 20) 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. 21) Grab Sample - A sample taken on a one-time basis with no regard to waste stream flow or consideration of time in- volved. (100 ml minimum volume) 22) Holding Tank Waste - Any waste from septic tanks, vacuum pump tank trucks, chemical toilets, campers, trailers or other direct holding vessels. 23) Indirect Discharge - The discharge of nondomestic pollu- tants from any source regulated under Section 307 (b) or (c) of the Act, (33 U.S.C. 1317) into the POTW (including holding tank waste). 24) Industrial User - A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute a"discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U. S. C. 1342), including the following : a) A major industry discharging in excess of two hundred (200) pounds of BOD or suspended solids per day, or a waste containing toxic or hazardous material; b) An institution discharging through. a monitoring device; c) A light industry discharging less than two hundred. (200) pounds of BOD or suspended solids per day; 4