Ohio Admin. Code 3745-36-04 - Prohibited discharges
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(A) Pollutants
introduced into a POTW by an industrial user shall not pass through the POTW or
interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW. These general
prohibitions and the specific prohibitions in paragraph (B) of this rule apply
to all sources of indirect discharge whether or not the source is subject to
other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or
requirements.
(B) None of the
following described substances shall be introduced into a POTW:
(1) Pollutants that create a fire or
explosion hazard in the POTW including, but not limited to, wastestreams with a
closed cup flashpoint of less than sixty degrees Celsius (one hundred forty
degrees Fahrenheit), using the test methods specified in
40 C.F.R.
261.21.
(2) Pollutants that will cause corrosive
structural damage to the POTW, but in no case discharges with pH lower than
5.0, unless the POTW is specifically designed to accommodate such
discharges.
(3) Solid or viscous
pollutants in amounts that will cause obstruction to the flow in sewers, or
other interference with the operation of the POTW.
(4) Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding
pollutants, released in a discharge at a flow rate or pollutant concentration
as to cause interference or pass through of the POTW.
(5) Heat in amounts that will inhibit
biological activity in the POTW's treatment plant resulting in interference or
pass through, or causing damage, but in no case heat in such quantities that
the temperature exceeds forty degrees Celsius (one hundred four degrees
Fahrenheit) at the POTW treatment plant unless the director, upon request of
the POTW, approves an alternate temperature limit.
(6) Petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting
oil, or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference
or pass through of the POTW.
(7)
Pollutants that result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within
the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety
problems.
(8) Any trucked or hauled
pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the POTW.
(C) No industrial user shall
discharge any pollutant in violation of applicable pretreatment
standards.
(D) In cases where
pollutants contributed by an industrial user may result or have resulted in
interference or pass through of the POTW and such violation is likely to recur,
the director may require POTWs that are not required to develop a pretreatment
program pursuant to paragraph (A) of rule
3745-3-03
of the Administrative Code, to develop and enforce BMPs and specific
technically supported effluent limits for an industrial user, and all other
users, as appropriate, that together with appropriate changes in the POTW's
treatment plant's facilities or operation, are necessary to ensure renewed and
continued compliance with the POTW's NPDES permit, or sludge use or disposal
practices.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6111.03(P), 6111.042
Rule Amplifies: 6111.03(P), 6111.042
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