N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Ws 904.04

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Env-Ws 904.04 - Municipal Sewer Use Ordinance

Subject to Env-Ws 904.07, in order to be approvable pursuant to Env-Ws 904.08, a municipal sewer use ordinance or revisions thereto shall include the following minimum pretreatment standards and related provisions applicable to indirect dischargers:

(a) Local limits as specified in Env-Ws 904.05;

(b) Fume toxicity, explosivity, and ignitability screening levels when necessary for the protection of personnel or sewer structures;

(c) A requirement that wastes introduced into a POTW by any person shall not:

(1) Interfere with the safety, operation, maintenance, or performance of the POTW;

(2) Have an adverse effect on the receiving stream;

(3) Prevent beneficial use of sludge as defined in Env-Ws 802.05; or

(4) Otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance;

(d) A prohibition on diluting any waste stream to meet required limits;

(e) A list of wastes prohibited to be discharged to the POTW, which shall include as a minimum the items listed in Env-Ws 904.06;

(f) A provision or provisions by which the municipality may require a discharger to:

(1) Install and maintain monitoring and sampling equipment;

(2) Keep records of monitoring and sampling data, including quality assurance/ quality control records for a period of at least 5 years from the date of the measuring, sampling, or report, which period shall be extended through the duration of any enforcement action; and

(3) Submit records upon written request to local or state officials.

(g) A space for documentation that the local authority has adopted the sewer use ordinance, including adoption date and signatures of adopting officials;

(h) A requirement that an indirect discharge of wastewater shall only be allowed to a sewer connected to the POTW;

(i) A requirement that all newly-connected discharges shall be in compliance with pretreatment standards prior to connection to the POTW;

(j) A requirement that each significant indirect discharger obtain a discharge permit from the municipality in accordance with Env-Ws 904.14 prior to discharging any industrial waste to the POTW; and

(k) A requirement that any discharge permit issued shall include the provisions identified in Env-Ws 904.15.

N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Ws 904.04

#2240, eff 12-31-82; ss by #2851, eff 9-21-84; EXPIRED 9-21-90

New. #6373, eff 11-16-96; ss by #8203, INTERIM, eff 11-16-04, EXPIRES: 5-15-05; ss by #8328, eff 4-23-05