New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
Subchapter 21 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIRECT USERS
Section 7:14A-21.2 - Minimum requirements for all indirect users

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14A-21.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

(a) The following conditions apply to all indirect users:

1. The prohibitions, as set forth in 40 CFR Part 403.5, against the introduction into a local agency's treatment works of any of the following:
i. Any pollutant(s) which causes pass through or interference;

ii. Any pollutants which create a fire or explosion hazard in the local agency's treatment works including, but not limited to, wastestreams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit or 60 degrees Centigrade using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21;

iii. Any pollutants which will cause corrosive structural damage to the local agency's treatment works, but in no case a discharge with pH lower than 5.0, unless the treatment works is specifically designed to accommodate such discharges;

iv. Any solid or viscous pollutants in amounts which will cause obstruction to the flow in the local agency's treatment works resulting in interference;

v. Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (for example, BOD) released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the local agency's treatment works;

vi. Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity at the local agency's treatment works resulting in interference, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the local agency's treatment works exceeds 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) unless the Department, upon request of the local agency, approves alternative temperature limits;

vii. Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or any product of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass through;

viii. Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the local agency's treatment works in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems; or

ix. Any trucked or hauled pollutant, except at discharge points designated by the local agency.

2. The State pretreatment standards for petroleum hydrocarbons pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12; and

3. Local limits developed by the local agency pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-19.7.

(b) All indirect users shall notify the local agency immediately of all discharges that could cause problems to the local agency's treatment works, including any slug discharge loading.

(c) The penalties, including mandatory minimum penalties, and the settlement restrictions applicable to any civil administrative penalty assessment, as specified under N.J.A.C. 7:14-8, are fully applicable to violations by indirect users occurring on or after January 19, 1999.

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