Ohio Admin. Code 3745-3-04 - Prohibited discharges
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(A) Pollutants introduced into
POTWs 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) The following described substances shall
not 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 with the POTW .
(5) Heat in amounts that will inhibit
biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference 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 .
(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 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
Prior Effective Dates: 11/01/1984 (Emer.), 01/31/1985, 02/28/1990, 04/15/1991, 05/21/2001, 02/01/2007, 10/01/2012
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