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"Control manhole. A manhole giving access to a building sewer at a point before the building sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer. "Control point. The point on a building sewer where access to a discharge is provided, which shall be before the discharge mixes with others in the public sewer. The control point shall be the control manhole unless otherwise designated by the supervisor. "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. "Direct discharge. The discharge of wastewater, treated or untreated into or adjacent to the waters of the state. "Discharge. In verb form: to deposit, conduct, drain, spill, emit, throw, allow to seep, or otherwise release or dispose; or to allow, permit, or suffer any of these acts or omissions. In it's noun form: the product of any of these acts. "Disposal. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of a waste into or on land, water, air, or the POTW. "Domestic user. Any person who discharges only normal domestic sewage. "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 fZow 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.