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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