Part 2 — INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE — Arcadia Municipal Code

- DISCHARGE OF OFFENSIVE OR DAMAGING SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED.

A person shall not discharge or deposit or cause or suffer to be discharged or deposited at any time or allow the continued existence of a deposit of any material which may create a public nuisance, or menace to the public health or safety, or which may pollute underground or surface waters, or which may cause damage to the public sewer system or any storm-drain channel or public or private property.

- DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED.

A person shall not place, throw or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown or deposited in the public sewer system any dead animal, offal, or garbage, fish, fruit or vegetable waste, or other solid matters, or materials or obstructions of any kind whatever of such nature as shall clog, obstruct or fill the public sewer system, or which shall interfere with or prevent the effective use or operation thereof. A person shall not cause or permit to be deposited or discharged into the public sewer system any water or wastewater, or liquid waste of any kind containing chemicals, greases, oils, tars or other matters in solution or suspension, which may clog, obstruct or fill the same, or which may in any way damage or interfere with or prevent the effective use thereof, or which may necessitate or require frequent repair, cleaning out or flushing of the public sewer system to render the same operative, or which may obstruct or cause an unwarranted increase in the cost of treatment of the wastewater, or which may introduce into a POTW any pollutant(s) which cause pass through or interference.

- NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. COMPLIANCE REQUIRED.

Upon the promulgation of mandatory National Categorical Pretreatment Standards (NCPS) for any industrial subcategory, the NCPS, if more restrictive than limitations imposed by this division, shall apply to all industrial users. The Director may impose a phased compliance schedule to insure that affected industrial users meet the NCPS. Failure to meet the phased compliance schedule may result in permit suspension or revocation as provided in this Chapter. Those dischargers subject to NCPS shall comply with all reporting requirements in accordance with the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution (Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 403). Facilities subject to this division and regulated by joint permits issued in conjunction with other agencies may meet the requirements of this Section as set forth in such joint permit and by furnishing such evidence of compliance as may be required by the Director.

- LOCAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS.

The Director may establish uniform minimum standards, and criteria for the application of such standards, for pretreatment of specific industrial waste discharges. The provision of this Section shall not prohibit the Director from requiring additional pretreatment to accomplish the objectives of this Chapter.

- LOCAL LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY POTW.

No person shall introduce or cause to be introduced wastewater to the public sewer system or a POTW that exceeds specific local limits which have been developed by the receiving POTW. Such local limits shall not apply where more restrictive limitations are imposed by permit or National Categorical Pretreatment Standards.

- DILUTION PROHIBITED.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any water or other substance added for the purpose of diluting any industrial waste to achieve compliance with limitations imposed by the provisions of this Chapter.

- TOXIC SUBSTANCES.

All toxic chemical substances shall be retained or rendered acceptable before discharge into the public sewer system.

- CONTROL OF pH.

No person shall discharge acids or alkali materials into the public sewer system until the pH has been controlled to a level not less than 6.0 nor at or higher than a level which the Director finds excessive. No discharge shall have any corrosive or detrimental characteristics that may cause injury to wastewater treatment, inspection or maintenance personnel or may cause damage to structures, equipment or other physical facilities of the public sewer system.

- TEMPERATURE RESTRICTIONS.

A person shall not discharge into the public sewer system effluent exceeding a temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit or which will exceed 104 degrees Fahrenheit at the point of entry into the POTW treatment plant.

- COOLING WATER.

No uncontaminated cooling water shall be discharged into the public sewer system.

- GROUND GARBAGE.

Garbage resulting from the preparation of food may be discharged into the public sewer system if ground to a fineness sufficient to pass through a three-eighths-inch (3/8″) screen. Excessive or unnecessarily large quantities of water shall not be used to flush ground garbage into the public sewer system.

- CONSTRUCTION OF NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. INFORMATION REQUIRED.

Every person applying for a permit pursuant to the provisions of the Building Code, for construction of a new industrial building, or for an addition or alteration to an existing industrial building, shall furnish to the Director such plans, information, data, statements or affidavits as the Director may require for determination of the nature and quantity of industrial waste involved and the facilities to be provided for the proper disposal thereof, including discharges to the public sewer system.

- SAME. BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE PREREQUISITES.

An application for a permit pursuant to the Building Code to construct a new industrial building or for an addition or alteration to an existing industrial building will not be approved until provision has been made for the installation of such pretreatment facilities and disposal methods or both as, in the opinion of the Director, are necessary to carry out the provisions and intent of this Chapter.

- RAINWATER DIVERSION SYSTEMS. AUTHORIZED.

Stormwater runoff shall not be discharged into the public sewer system unless authorized by the Director. The Director may authorize the installation of a rainwater diversion system in lieu of roofing to prevent the discharge of stormwaters to the public sewer system where roofing is impractical, in conflict with existing laws or regulations, may create a hazardous or unsafe working condition, or may cause undue hardship on the applicant, providing the Director finds that:

(a)

The applicant has applied for an industrial waste discharge permit and has submitted all plans and specifications of the proposed system;

(b)

The system provides for continuous twenty-four (24) hour protection to the public sewer system;

(c)

The system meets minimum operational and component standards as may be established pursuant to this Chapter; and

(d)

Pollution of underground or surface waters, nor damage to any streets, gutters, storm drains, channels or any public or private property will not be caused by the diverted storm flows.