<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 70-154. - General discharge prohibitions.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant
               or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW.
               These general prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW whether or not the user
               is subject to national categorical pretreatment standards of any other national, state,
               or local pretreatment standards or requirements. A user may not contribute the following
               substances to any POTW:
               
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               (1)
               
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               Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are, or
               may be, sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause
               fire or explosion or to be injurious in any other way to the POTW or to the operation
               of the POTW. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter,
               at the point of discharge into the system or at any point in the system, be more than
               five percent nor any single reading over ten percent of the lower explosive limit
               (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline,
               kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes,
               peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and
               any other substances which the county, the state or EPA has notified the user is a
               fire hazard or a hazard to the system.
               
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               (2)
               
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               Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or
               other interference with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities, such
               as, but not limited to, grease, garbage with particles greater than one-half inch
               in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings,
               entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble
               dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops,
               waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or
               processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes.
               
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               (3)
               
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               Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0, unless the POTW is specifically designed
               to accommodate such wastewater, or wastewater having any other corrosive property
               capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the
               POTW.
               
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               (4)
               
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               Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or
               by interaction with other pollutants, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment
               process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving
               waters of the POTW, or to exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment
               standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified
               pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act.
               
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               (5)
               
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               Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, or solids which, either singly or by interaction
               with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or
               are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance and repair.
               
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               (6)
               
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               Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or any other product of the POTW,
               such as residues, sludges, or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or
               to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance discharged
               to the POTW cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with a sludge use or disposal criteria,
               guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act; any criteria, guidelines,
               or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste
               Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or state criteria
               applicable to the sludge management method being used.
               
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               (7)
               
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               Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or state disposal
               system permit or the receiving water quality standards.
               
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               (8)
               
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               Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process, such
               as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
               
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               (9)
               
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               Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the
               POTW treatment plant resulting in interference.
               
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               (10)
               
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               Any wastewater having pollutants in excess of the limit established below:
               
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                              Pollutant
                              
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                              Concentration
                              
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                              BOD
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                                 5
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                              300 mg/l
                              
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                              Suspended solids
                              
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                              250 mg/l
                              
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                              NH
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                                 3
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                              16 mg/l
                              
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                              Phosphorous
                              
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                              12 mg/l
                              
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                              COD
                              
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                              1,200 mg/l
                              
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               (11)
               
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               Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or
               concentration as may exceed limits established by the director in compliance with
               applicable state or federal regulations.
               
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               (12)
               
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               Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance.
               
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               (b)
               
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               When the director determines that a user is contributing to the POTW any of the above
               enumerated substances in such amounts as to interfere with the operation of the POTW,
               the director shall advise the user of the impact of the contribution on the POTW and
               develop effluent limitation for such user to correct the interference with the POTW.
               
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               (c)
               
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               It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within or under the jurisdiction
               of the county any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except
               where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
               of this article.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 70-154)
               
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