360 CMR: MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES …

1 360 cmr : MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY6/20/03360 CMR - 61360 CMR :SEWER USES ection:GENERAL : : : : : : General : Permits - General : Monitoring, Sampling, and : Signatories and : Record : Public : Access to : Noncomplying Discharges: Required Notifications and : User : Implementation : Gas/Oil : Grease Traps and Grease : Significant Industrial UsersPROHIBITED WASTES AND LOCAL : General : National Pretreatment : Specific : Specific Discharge Limitations/Local : Dilution : Compliance Measurement : Septage Origination RequirementsSEPTAGE DISCHARGE : Requirement for Septage Discharge Permit and Permit Application and : Terms and Conditions of Septage Discharge : Permit : Notice to Employees and : Municipal Permit : Permit Requirements for Industrial Waste and/or Industrial Waste Mixed with SeptageMUNICIPAL : : Municipal Permit : Sewer Use Ordinances/User : Terms and : Public : General : Septage : Assessments for authority Extra CostsSEWER USE DISCHARGE : Sewer Use Discharge Permit : Permit Application and : Terms and Conditions of Sewer Use Discharge : Terms and Conditions for Hauled and Discharged Industrial : Permit : Posting : Terms and Conditions for a Discharge from a WATER Treatment Plant Owned and Operated by a Municipality, or by a WATER District Created by a Special or General Act of the MASSACHUSETTS Legislature360 CMR: MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY6/20/03360 CMR - 62360 CMR :SEWER USE (continued)GROUP AND GENERAL : Group Permit for Photo Processing and Printing.

2 General Permit for Low Flow and Low Pollutant : Group Permit for Food : Combined Permit for Photo Processing, Printing, and Low Flow OperationsLANDFILL DISCHARGE : Landfill Discharge Permit : Permit Application and : Terms and Conditions of Landfill Discharge : Permit ModificationsDIRECT CONNECTION : : Permit : Permit : Costs and LiabilityTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SITE DEWATERING : : Permit Application and : Terms and Conditions of Temporary Construction Site Dewatering : Permit ModificationsINCENTIVE AND OTHER : Permitting : Monitoring : Billing, Payment, and Appeals for Permitting and Monitoring : Effect of 360 cmr through on Enforcement and Other LiabilityAppendix A: Metropolitan Sewerage Service Area Toxic OrganicsAppendix B: Clinton Sewerage Service Area Toxic OrganicsAppendix C: Clinton Sewerage Service Area Prohibited PollutantsAppendix D: Clinton Sewerage Service Area Facility Specific LimitsAppendix E: PesticidesGENERAL : Authority360 CMR are the rules and regulations of the MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES authority , promulgatedunder the authority of St.

3 1984, c. 372, St. 1987, c. 307, and St. 1991, c. 41, governing the discharge of sewage,drainage, substances, and wastes into any sewer under the control of the authority , or into any sewer tributary CMR is established in compliance with all applicable requirements of federal and state law, including,without limitation, the requirements of the Federal WATER Pollution Control Act, 92-500, 33 1251 etseq., and the regulations thereunder, 40 CFR Part 403; the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System programpermits issued to the authority by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the MassachusettsDepartment of Environmental Protection; and the MASSACHUSETTS Clean Waters Act, c. 21, 26 et seq., and314 CMR , , and : Purpose360 CMR is intended to protect the public health, safety and welfare and the environment and to ensureproper and safe operation of the authority 's wastewater treatment facilities by regulating the direct and indirectdischarge of wastewater and pollutants to the authority Sewerage CMR: MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY6/20/03360 CMR - : SeverabilityThe provisions of 360 cmr are severable.

4 If any provision of 360 cmr , or application to anyperson or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications which can begiven effect without the invalid provision or : DefinitionsUnless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in 360 cmr shall be asfollows:Act shall mean , c. 372, and St. 1987, c. shall mean a definite part of a whole, such as an aliquot quantity of a sample for shall mean the MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES Fiscal Year shall mean the 12-month period from July 1 through the next June 30. The number of the fiscalyear is the number of the calendar year in which the fiscal year ends. For example, authority Fiscal Year 2003 runsfrom July 1, 2002, through June 30, Sewerage District shall mean the Clinton Sewerage Service Area and the Metropolitan Sewerage Sewerage System shall mean the sewerage works under the control of the authority .

5 This includes thesewers, pump stations, treatment plants, and all other works under the control of the authority used in collection,storage, transport, treatment, and discharge of waters and wastes and in the operation of the residuals Discharge shall mean a discrete or discontinuous short-term discharge to the sewer, often characterized by adischarge of all or most of the contents of a vessel. A batch discharge is not a part of a series of episodic dischargestaking place with little time between each shall mean the minimum discharge of recirculating WATER for the purpose of discharging materialscontained in the WATER , the further buildup of which would cause concentration in amounts exceeding limitsestablished by best engineering shall mean an intentional or negligent diversion of a wastestream, by direct or indirect means, to the AuthoritySewerage System, from any portion of a Pretreatment facility prior to completing pretreatment, or from any industrialprocess or other source of Wastewater prior to Sewerage Service Area shall mean the area consisting of the following political subdivisions.

6 Clinton,Lancaster, Sterling, Bolton, and Permit shall mean the Permit described in 360 cmr It is substantially equivalent to a combinationof the General Permit for Low Flow and Low Pollutant Dischargers, 360 cmr , and the Group Permit forPhoto Processing and Printing Operations, 360 cmr Sewer shall mean a Sewer designed to receive both Wastewater and storm or surface Wastestream Formula shall mean the formula defined in the Environmental Protection Agency"General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution" at 40 CFR (e).Composite Sample shall mean a combination of a series of aliquots taken on either a time or flow proportional basisover a period of : continuedCooling WATER shall mean the WATER discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling,refrigeration, or other system of heat Cooling WATER shall mean WATER used in a process for cooling purposes that has come in direct contact with araw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished CMR: MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY6/20/03360 CMR - 64 Daily Maximum Limit shall mean the highest allowable concentration for any Pollutant in a wastestream.

7 The DailyMaximum Limit shall be determined as set forth in 360 cmr (3).DEP shall mean the MASSACHUSETTS Department of Environmental Connection Permit shall mean the permit required or issued by the authority for connection of a buildingsewer directly into the authority sewer shall mean the United States Environmental Protection shall mean something containing one or more operations that generate industrial shall mean any structure or property where one or more motor vehicles are kept, stored, or serviced, includinga public or private garage, carport, motor vehicle repair shop, paint shop, service station, lubritorium, car wash,gasoline station with grease pits or wash racks or areas, or any building used for similar Permit shall mean a permit in 360 cmr It contains requirements for eligibility and coverage andstandard conditions that must be Sample shall mean an individual aliquot collected over a period of time not exceeding 15 Permit shall mean a Permit described in 360 cmr and It is applicable to a specific type ortypes of industrial processes or discharges.

8 It shall have standard terms and conditions for all Persons to whom it Waste shall mean a waste, or combination of wastes, that at the time of discharge:(a) Is identified as a hazardous waste by EPA pursuant to the resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 USC 6901, et seq., and is listed in 40 CFR Part 261, as amended from time to time;(b) Has any of the hazardous waste characteristics identified by EPA in 40 CFR Part 261 as amended from timeto time;(c) Has been identified by DEP as a hazardous waste pursuant to c. 21C and is listed in 310 ; as amended from time to time; or(d) Has any of the hazardous waste characteristics identified by DEP in 310 CMR , as amended fromtime to waste that would be a hazardous waste pursuant to the EPA or DEP criteria but for the fact that it is dischargedto the sanitary sewerage system shall be, for purposes of this definition, a hazardous waste unless it is in wastewaterwhich is discharged to the sewer system pursuant to a permit issued under 360 cmr and in compliance withAuthority discharge Shredded Garbage shall mean Wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, anddispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce, excluding rubbish and trash, which hasparticles greater than _ inch or centimeters in any dimension so as to prevent the particles from being carriedfreely under normal flow conditions in Municipal Waste shall mean any solid, liquid.

9 Or gaseous Wastes or Wastewater, resulting from an industrial ormanufacturing process, or from a commercial, governmental, or institutional activity, or from the development,recovery, or processing of natural : continuedInfiltration shall mean the WATER entering a Sewerage System from the ground or a WATER body, including through suchmeans as, defective building drains and sewers, pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manhole shall mean the discharge into a Sewerage System, including service connections, from such sources as, but notlimited to, roof leaders, cellars, yards, and area drains, foundation drains, sump pumps, Cooling WATER discharges,drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from Storm Sewers and Combined Sewers,catch basins, storm WATER , surface runoff, or street wash shall mean a discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, both.

10 (1) inhibits or disrupts the authority Sewerage System, or any Municipal Sewerage System that is a tributary tothe authority Sewerage System, their treatment processes or operations, or the authority 's Sludge processes, use,or disposal; and(2) causes a violation of any requirement of the authority 's NPDES permit (including an increase in the360 CMR: MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY6/20/03360 CMR - 65magnitude or duration of a violation) or prevents the authority from using or disposing of its Sludge incompliance with applicable federal, state, or local laws or any shall mean a facility or place established for the deposit of wastes on Leachate shall mean a liquid that has passed through or emerged from wastes deposited at a Landfill,including liquid resulting from the percolation of runoff, subsurface drainage, groundwater, and storm WATER throughthe Permit shall mean the permit required or issued by the authority for discharge from a Sewerage Service Area shall mean the area consisting of the following political subdivisions.