<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-82. - Definitions and abbreviations.</div>
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               (a)
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               Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases,
               as used in this article, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
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               <span class="ital">Act</span> or <span class="ital">the Act.</span> The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended,
               33 U.S.C. Â§ 1251 et seq.
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               <span class="ital">Approval authority.</span> The Director of the Division of Water Quality of the North Carolina Department of
               Environment and Natural Resources or his designee.
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               <span class="ital">Authorized representative of the user.</span>
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               (1)
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               If the user is a corporation, authorized representative shall mean:
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               a.
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               The president, secretary or a vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal
               business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making
               functions for the corporation; or
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               b.
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               The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation facilities provided,
               the manager is authorized to make management decisions which govern the operation
               of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of making
               major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct comprehensive measures
               to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations;
               can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete
               and accurate information for control mechanism requirements; and where authority to
               sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate
               procedures.
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               (2)
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               If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, an authorized representative
               shall mean a general partner or the proprietor, respectively.
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               (3)
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               If the user is a federal, state or local government facility, an authorized representative
               shall mean a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation
               and performance of the activities of the government facility or their designee.
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               (4)
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               The individuals described in subsections (1)â€”(3) above, may designate another authorized
               representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the
               individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from
               which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental
               matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the county.
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               (5)
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               If the designation of an authorized representative is no longer accurate because a
               different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the
               facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new
               authorization satisfying the requirements of this section must be submitted to the
               POTW director prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized
               representative.
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               <span class="ital">Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD).</span> The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
               standard laboratory procedures for five days at 20 degrees Centigrade, usually expressed
               as a concentration (e.g., mg/l).
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               <span class="ital">Building sewer.</span> That part of the drainage system that extends from the end of the building drain
               and conveys the discharge to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal
               system or other point of disposal.
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               <span class="ital">Bypass.</span> The intentional diversion of wastestreams from any portion of a user's treatment
               facility.
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               <span class="ital">Categorical standards.</span> See <span class="ital">National Categorical Pretreatment Standards</span> or <span class="ital">pretreatment standard.</span>
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               <span class="ital">Composite sample.</span> A sample collected over a 24-hour period by continuous sampling or combining grab
               samples of at least 100 ml, in such a manner as to result in a total sample representative
               of the wastewater discharge during the sample period.
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               <span class="ital">Control authority.</span> The County of Durham.
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               <span class="ital">Environmental Protection Agency</span> or <span class="ital">EPA.</span> 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.
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               <span class="ital">Existing source.</span> Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to
               the publication by EPA of proposed categorical pretreatment standards, which will
               be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance
               with Section 307 of the Act.
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               <span class="ital">Grab sample.</span> A sample which is taken from a wastestream on a one-time basis without regard to
               the flow in the wastestream and over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
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               <span class="ital">Holding tank waste.</span> Any waste from holding tanks, including, but not limited to, such holding tanks as
               vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
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               <span class="ital">Indirect discharge</span> or <span class="ital">discharge.</span> The discharge or the introduction of any substance(s) from any nondomestic source
               regulated under Sections 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act, (33 U.S.C. 1317), into the
               POTW (including holding tank waste discharged into the system).
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               <span class="ital">Interference.</span> The inhibition, or disruption of the POTW collection system, treatment processes,
               operations, or its sludge process, use or disposal which causes or contributes to
               a violation of any requirement of the control authority's (and/or POTW's, if different
               from the control authority) NPDES, collection system, or nondischarge permit or prevents
               sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with specified applicable state and federal
               statutes, regulations or permits. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use
               or disposal by the POTW in accordance with Section 405 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. 1345)
               or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal
               Act (SWDA) (42 U.S.C. Â§ 6901 et seq.), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control
               Act, the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuary Act (MPRSA), or more stringent state
               criteria (including those contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant
               to Title IV of SWDA) applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Manhole.</span> A structure through which a person can gain access to the sanitary sewer.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Medical waste.</span> Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathogenic wastes,
               sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated
               laboratory wastes and dialysis wastes.
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               <span class="ital">National Categorical Pretreatment Standard</span> or <span class="ital">categorical standard.</span> Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance
               with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. Â§ 1317) which applies to a specific
               category of users, and which appears in 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405â€”471.
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               <span class="ital">National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System</span> or <span class="ital">NPDES permit.</span> A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. Â§ 1342), or pursuant
               to G.S. 143-215.1 by the state under delegation from EPA.
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               <span class="ital">National Prohibitive Discharge Standard</span> or <span class="ital">prohibitive discharge standard.</span> Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions
               appear in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26UT_ARTIVSEUS_DIV2SEUSRE_S26-96PRDIST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">section 26-96</a> of this article and are developed under the authority of 307(b) of the Act and 40
               CFR, Section 403.5.
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               <span class="ital">New source.</span>
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               (1)
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               Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there may be a discharge
               of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed
               categorical pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act, which will be
               applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
               with Section 307(c), provided that:
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               a.
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               The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed at a site at which
               no other source is located;
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               b.
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               The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces the process or
               production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source;
               or
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               c.
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               The production or wastewater generating processes of the building, structure, facility
               or installation are substantially independent of an existing source at the same site.
               In determining whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent
               to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant and the extent to
               which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing
               source should be considered.
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               (2)
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               Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification
               rather than a new source, if the construction does not create a new building, structure,
               facility or installation meeting the criteria of subsection (1)b. or c. above, but
               otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
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               (3)
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               For purposes of this definition, construction of a new source has commenced if the
               owner or operator has:
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               a.
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               Begun or caused to begin as part of a continuous on-site construction program:
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               1.
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               Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment; or
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               2.
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               Significant site preparation work, including clearing, excavation or removal of existing
               buildings, structures or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly
               or installation of new source facilities or equipment.
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               b.
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               Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment
               which is intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to
               purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss,
               and contracts for feasibility, engineering and design studies do not constitute a
               contractual obligation under this definition.
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               <span class="ital">Noncontact cooling water.</span> Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact with any raw material,
               intermediate product, waste product or finished product.
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               <span class="ital">Nondischarge permit.</span> A disposal system permit issued by the state pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1
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               <span class="ital">Pass through.</span> A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state in quantities or concentrations
               which, alone or with discharges from other sources, causes a violation, including
               an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation, of the control authority's
               (and/or POTW's, if different from the control authority) NPDES, collection system,
               or nondischarge permit.
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               <span class="ital">Person.</span> Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association,
               joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity
               or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. This definition includes all federal,
               state and local government entities.
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               <span class="ital">pH.</span> A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, expressed as standard units
               and calculated as the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of
               hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
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               <span class="ital">Pollutant.</span> Any "waste" as defined in G.S. 143-213(18), dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator
               residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes,
               chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded
               equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
               and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, metals, BOD,
               COD, toxicity, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, color and odor).
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               <span class="ital">POTW collection system.</span> That portion of the POTW that conveys wastewater to the POTW treatment plant.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">POTW director.</span> The county engineer or his designee.
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               <span class="ital">POTW treatment plant.</span> That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment of wastewater.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Pretreatment</span> or <span class="ital">treatment.</span> The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the
               alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu
               of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollution into a POTW collection system
               and/or POTW treatment plant. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical,
               chemical, or biological processes, or process changes or other means, except as prohibited
               by 40 CFR Part 403.6(d).
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               <span class="ital">Pretreatment program.</span> The program for the control of pollutants introduced into the POTW from nondomestic
               sources which was developed by the county in compliance with 40 CFR 403.8 and approved
               by the approval authority as authorized by G.S. 143-215.3(a)(14) in accordance with
               40 CFR 403.11.
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               <span class="ital">Pretreatment requirements.</span> Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a pretreatment
               standard.
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               <span class="ital">Pretreatment standards.</span> Any prohibited discharge standards, categorical standards, or local limits which
               apply to a user.
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               <span class="ital">Process wastewater flow.</span> That portion of the facility discharge that is attributable to any water which, during
               research, manufacturing or processing, comes in direct contact with or results from
               the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product,
               byproduct or waste product.
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               <span class="ital">Publicly owned treatment works (POTW)</span> or <span class="ital">county wastewater system.</span> A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. Â§ 1292) which
               is owned in this instance by the county. This definition includes any devices or systems
               used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal
               sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes and
               other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant. For
               the purposes of this article, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters
               to the POTW from persons outside the county who are, by contract or agreement with
               the county, or in any other way, users of the county's POTW, unless the sewers are
               the property of another unit of government.
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               <span class="ital">Quarterly.</span> For user permits, samples are to be collected in specific calendar quarters (January
               to March, April to June, July to September, and October to December).
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Sanitary sewer.</span> A sewer that carries sewage and excludes storm, surface and groundwater.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Semi-annual.</span> For user permits, samples are to be collected in specific semi-annual periods (January
               to June and July to December).
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               <span class="ital">Septic tank waste.</span> Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers
               and septic tanks.
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               <span class="ital">Severe property damage.</span> Substantial physical damage to property, damage to the user's treatment facilities
               which causes them to become operable, or substantial and permanent loss of natural
               resources which can reasonably be expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. Severe
               property damage does not mean economic loss caused by delays in production.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Sewage.</span> Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing operations, etc.).
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Significant industrial users</span> or <span class="ital">SIU.</span> Any user of the county wastewater system who:
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               (1)
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               Has an average daily process wastewater flow of 25,000 gallons or more unless otherwise
               designated by the control authority in accordance with 15A NCAC 02H .0907(b); or
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               (2)
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               Contributes process wastewater which makes up five percent or more of the NPDES or
               nondischarge permitted flow limit or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant.
               In this context, organic capacity refers to BOD, TSS and Ammonia, unless otherwise
               designated by the control authority in accordance with 15A NCAC 02H.0907(b); or
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               (3)
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               Is required to meet a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, unless otherwise
               designated by the control authority in accordance with 15A NCAC 02H.0907(b); or
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               (4)
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               Is designated as such by the control authority on the basis that the user has a reasonable
               potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation, or for violating any pretreatment
               standard or requirement, or for contributing to violations of the POTW's effluent
               limitations and conditions in its NPDES or nondischarge permit, or for limiting the
               POTW's sludge disposal options.
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               <span class="ital">Significant noncompliance</span> or <span class="ital">SNC</span> is the status of noncompliance of a significant industrial user when one or more
               of the following criteria are met. Additionally, any industrial user which meets the
               criteria in Parts 1(C), (D), or 5 shall also be in SNC.
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               (1)
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               Violations of wastewater discharge limits.
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               a.
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               Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined as those in which 66 percent
               or more of all the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter (not including
               flow) during a semi-annual period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment
               standard or requirement including instantaneous limits, as defined in 40 CFR Part
               403.3(1);
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               b.
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               Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined as those in which 33 percent or
               more of all the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter during a semi-annual
               period equal or exceed the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement
               including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR Part 403.3(1) multiplied by the
               applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease; 1.2 for all other pollutants,
               except flow and pH. Flow and pH do not have TRC criteria);
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               c.
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               Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement as defined by 40 CFR
               part 403.3(1) (daily maximum, long-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative
               standard) that the control authority and/or POTW determines has caused, alone or in
               combination with other discharges, interference or pass through (including endangering
               the health of POTW personnel or the general public);
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               d.
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               Any discharge of a pollutant or wastewater that has caused imminent endangerment to
               human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in either the control
               authority's or the POTW's, if different from the control authority, exercise of its
               emergency authority under 40 CFR Part 403.8(f)(1)(vi)(B) and subsection 26-201(e)
               of this article to halt or prevent such a discharge.
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               (2)
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               Violations of compliance schedule milestones, contained in a pretreatment permit or
               enforcement order, for starting construction, completing construction and attaining
               final compliance by 90 days or more after the schedule date.
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               (3)
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               Failure to provide reports for compliance schedule, self-monitoring data, baseline
               monitoring reports, 90-day compliance reports and periodic compliance reports within
               30 days from the due date.
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               (4)
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               Failure to accurately report noncompliance.
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               (5)
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               Any other violation or group of violations that the control authority and/or POTW
               director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local
               pretreatment program.
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               <span class="ital">Slug load</span> or <span class="ital">slug discharge.</span> Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which has a reasonable potential to
               cause interference or pass-through, or in any other way violates the POTW's regulations,
               local limits, or significant industrial user permit conditions. This can include,
               but is not limited to, spills and other accidental discharges; discharges of a nonroutine,
               episodic nature; a noncustomary batch discharge; or any other discharges that can
               cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26UT_ARTIVSEUS_DIV2SEUSRE_S26-96PRDIST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">section 26-96</a> of this article.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Standard industrial classification (SIC).</span> A classification pursuant to the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual", issued
               by the executive office of the president, office of management and budget, 1987, as
               amended from time to time.
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               <span class="ital">Stormwater.</span> Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting
               therefrom.
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               <span class="ital">Superintendent.</span> The person designated by the county to supervise the operation of the publicly owned
               treatment works and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this
               article, or his duly authorized representative.
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               <span class="ital">Suspended solids.</span> The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water,
               wastewater or other liquids and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">TAG research triangle owners and tenants association technical advisory group.</span> An organization formed under the research triangle owners and tenants association
               to assist the county on technical and regulatory issues associated with the sewer
               use ordinance and industrial pretreatment program. The TAG has no adjudicatory power
               nor responsibility. The TAG will monitor the success of the program and advise at
               the request of users or the county.
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               <span class="ital">Upset.</span> An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance
               with categorical pretreatment standards because of factors beyond the reasonable control
               of the user. An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational
               error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities,
               lack of preventive maintenance or careless or improper operation.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">User.</span> Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into
               the county's POTW.
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               <span class="ital">Wastewater.</span> The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial
               buildings, industrial facilities, mobile sources, treatment facilities and institutions,
               together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether
               treated or untreated, which are contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Wastewater permit.</span> As set forth in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26UT_ARTIVSEUS_DIV4WADIPEAPIS_S26-132WAPE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">section 26-132</a> of this article.
               </p>
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               <span class="ital">Waters of the state.</span> All streams, rivers, brooks, swamps, sounds, tidal estuaries, bays, creeks, lakes,
               waterways, reservoirs and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground,
               natural or artificial, public or private, which are continued within, flow through,
               or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
               </p>
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               (b)
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               This article is gender neutral and the masculine gender shall include the feminine
               and vice-versa. Shall is mandatory; and may is permissive. The use of the singular
               shall be construed to include the plural and the plural shall include the singular
               as indicated by the context of its uses. The following abbreviations when used in
               this article, shall have the designated meanings:
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            <p class="incr1">
               (1)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               BOD - Biochemical oxygen demand.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (2)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (3)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               COD - Chemical oxygen demand.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (4)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               EPA - Environmental Protection Agency.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (5)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               gpd - Gallons per day.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (6)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               IPP - Industrial pretreatment program.
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            <p class="incr1">
               (7)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               l - Liter.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (8)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               mg - Milligrams.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (9)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               mg/l - Milligrams per liter.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (10)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               N.C.G.S. or G.S. - North Carolina General Statutes.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (11)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (12)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               O&amp;M - Operation and maintenance.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (13)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               POTW - Publicly owned treatment works.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (14)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (15)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               SIC - Standard industrial classification.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (16)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               SOP - Standard operating procedure.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (17)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               SWDA - Solid Waste Disposal Act.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (18)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               TSS - Total suspended solids.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (19)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               TKN - Total kjeldahl nitrogen.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr1">
               (20)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content2">
               U.S.C. - United States Code.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="historynote0">
               (Ord. of 9-26-94, Â§ 1.2; Ord. of 8-25-03, Â§ 1; Ord. of 4-14-08, Â§ 6; Ord. of 3-23-09(1),
               Â§ 1; Ord. of 11-26-12, Â§ 3)
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