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Home My WebLink AboutTWP 94 038 Control Wste Dschrge ,. i; 'i ~ I' , , i; < I !: ¡; I I , I , i Ii . . " ¡: " L r I , i I I , i. Ii ,¡ fþ ': it :! ¡: I' ~ : , - Ii ;1 ~/ . . :! THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF KINCARDINE " ~ j BY-LAW NO. 'T-I-:S8 ,1 . ; i , :í Ii .; ¡! ; ~ BEING A BY-LAW TO CONTROL WASTE DISCHARGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 210 OF THE MUNICIPAL CHAPTER 302, AS AMENDED TO MUNICIPAL SEWERS ACT, R.S.O. 1980, :1 'I l' ¡j NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Kincardine ENACTS as follows: , , ~ SECTION 1 '1 ,j DEFINITIONS In this by-law I :1 \ ~ , " ~ i ~ . , I; (a) "biochemical oxygen demand" means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of matter in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees celsius; ;, J' ;¡ (b) "combined sewer" means a sewer intended to function simultaneously as a storm sewer and a sanitary sewer; i" I' f: 'i I !I Ii II t¡ I: " (j ~ ¡ ¡, ¡! H ~ ¡ ;~ , q ~ i , :1 ì ., , rJ " Ii ¡¡ (c) "matter" includes any solid, liquid or gas; (d) "Municipality" means the Corporation of the Township of Kincardine; (e) "pH" means the logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in grams per litre of solution; (f) "phenolic compounds" means those derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons which have a hydroxyl group directly attached to the ring; (g) "sanitary sewer" means a sewer for the collection and transmission of domestic, commercial and industrial sewage or any of one or combination thereof; !! !j (h) "sewage" means any liquid vegetable or mineral matter in except uncontaminated water; waste containing animal, solution or in suspension, :i '~ :, 1: ,'j f.O' (i) "sewage works" means transmission, treatment part of such works; any works for or disposal of the collection, sewage, or any " 'I " n q H '\ '1 " (j) "Standard Methods" means a procedure set out in "Standard Methods" for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" published jointly by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and Water Pollution Control Federation, current at the date of testing, or a procedure approved by an analyst of the Ministry of the Environment; (k) "storm water" means water from rainfall or other natural precipitation or from the melting of snow or ice; , ., ì if ¡ ~ :¡ (1) "suspended solids" means solid matter in or on a liquid which matter is removable by filtering; (m) "uncontaminated water" means water to which no matter has been added as a consequence of its use, or to modify its use, by any agent. 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SECTION 2 DISCHARGES TO SANITARY SEWERS No person shall discharge or deposit or cause or permit the discharge or deposit into land drainage works, private branch drains or connections to any sanitary sewer, matter of any type or at any temperature or in any quantity which mayor may become harmful to a sewage works, or which may cause the sewage works effluent to violate discharge criteria, or which may cause sewage works sludge to violate Sludge Guidelines for the utilization of sludge on agricultural lands if this is the intended means of sludge disposal or which may interfere with the proper operation of a sewage works, or which may impair or interfere with any sewage treatment process, or which may be or may become a hazard to persons, animals or property, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any of the following: (a) Sewage that may cause an offensive odour to emanate from a sewage works, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, sewage containing hydrogen sulphide, carbon disulphide, other reduced sUlphur compounds, amines or ammonia; (excluding in-situ generation of these compounds due to decomposition/reduction of human wastes in sewage). (b) Unless otherwise indicated, storm water, water from drainage of roofs or land, or from a watercourse, or uncontaminated water; except that which may be discharged into a combined sewer; (c) Sewage at a temperature greater than 65 degrees Celsius. (d) Sewage having a pH less than 6.0 or greater than 10.5; (e) Explosive solvents quantity; matter, gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or sewage containing any of these in any (f) Sewage containing more than 100 milligrams per litre of solvent extractable matter of animal, vegetable, mineral or synthetic origin; (g) Sewage which consists of two or more separate liquid layers; (h) Sewage in which the biochemical oxygen demand exceeds 300 milligrams per litre; (i) Sewage containing more than 350 milligrams per litre of suspended solids; (j) Sewage containing any of the following matter in excess of the indicated concentrations; Note: The presence in sewage of anyone of the matters on this list in a concentration in excess of its limit constitutes a separate offence. ¡ -,I ¡! I ¡; ~ i! - I , i l' i I . ': :1 ¡. , I , \; ~ I. Ii j¡ ¡: II )1 . . 500 ma/li tre Chlorides expressed as c1- Sulphates expressed as S04 50 ma/li tre ~ i 'j ;j " ¡¡ n q Aluminum expressed as A1 Iron expressed as Fe 10 ma/li tre Fluorides expressed as F- Phosphorus expressed as P !i 5 mall i tre L " i I L j' Antimony expressed as Sb Bismuth expressed as Bi Chromium expressed as Cr Cobalt expressed as Co Lead expressed as Pb Manganese expressed as Mn Molybdenum expressed as Mo Selenium expressed as Se Silver expressed as Ag Tin expressed as Sn Titanium expressed as Ti Vanadium expressed as V . \ ~ ! ~ ' 'j 11 Ii :' !1 ij " " '1 2 ma/litre Copper expressed as Cu Cyanide expressed as HCN Nickel expressed as Ni Zinc expressed as Zn '¡ ., fj H , Ii 1 ma/litre ¡. >, jJ ~ j " Arsenic expressed as As Cadmium expressed as Cd Phenolic Compounds ¡¡ Ij [1 No Discharae " ~ , ~ i Waste Mercury Waste Radioactive Materials Waste Pathogenic Materials Wastes Containing know Human Carcinogens except as Permitted by the By-law Waste Pesticides/Herbicides Hazardous industrial wastes and chemicals (as defined in Schedules 1-3 of O. Reg. 309) ~ j ,¡ , , ~ " '; Dilution to achieve any limits eXDressed in this bYlaw is Drohibited. Ii 'i ; ~ ;1 " , I,. 1'- . I I II II I II ~ I il II II II Ii I " 'I ! . . ,I II I, :1 II II II SECTION 3 AGREEMENTS A person who has entered into an agreement with the Municipality with respect to the discharge or deposit of sewage shall not be prosecuted under Section 2 of this by-law for the discharge or deposit of sewage in accordance with the terms of that agreement. II II II II II ,I II II II I, II I 'I I, II II II Ii II II II II " I II I I I I , I I, 'I I I SECTION 4 PROGRAM APPROVAL A program approval complying effluent construction and/or may be issued for the discharge of a non- during the period of planning, design, installation of treatment facilities. (a) The owner or occupant of commercial, institutional or industrial premises may submit to the municipality a program to prevent or to reduce and control the discharge or deposit of sewage or uncontaminated water into connections to a sewage works or to a storm sewer from those premises. (b) The municipality may "program approval" program. issue an approval to be known to the person who submitted as a the (c) A person to whom a program approval has been issued shall not be prosecuted under Section 2 or 3 of this by-law for the discharge or deposit of sewage during the period within which the program approval is applicable provided that the person complies fully with the terms of the program approval. SECTION 5 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 1. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this by-law, all tests, measurements, analyses and examinations of sewage, its characteristics or contents shall be carried out in accordance with Standard Methods; Note that the definition of Standard Methods includes a method approved by an analyst of the Ministry of the Environment. 2. (a) The Owner or occupant of commercial, institutional or industrial premises with one or more connections to a sewage works shall install and maintain in good repair in each connection a suitable manhole to allow observation, sampling and measurement of the flow of sewage therein, provided that where installation of a manhole is not possible, an alternative device or facility may be substituted with the approval of the Municipality. (b) Every manhole, device or facility installed as required by (a) (above) of this by-law shall be designed and constructed in accordance with good engineering practice and the requirements of the municipality, and shall be constructed and maintained on the lands of the owner or occupant of the premises at his expense; (c) The owner or occupant of commercial, institutional or industrial premises shall at all times ensure that every manhole, device or facility installed as required by (a) (above) of this by-law is at all times accessible for purposes of observing, sampling and measuring the flow of sewage therein; I l, !I' II I, .1 I I !I II ,i Ii " " I' I[ i , I , i I II II - II 'I II II :i II il Ii ,I I I I " ~ I I il ii I, II II I I 'I I: ~ . . ,i ,I Ii (d) The municipality may require the owner or occupant of commercial, institutional or industrial premises to install devices to monitor sewage discharges and to submit regular reports regarding the discharges to the municipality. II H il Ii Ii It " 'I L !i " I II ,! ;I 'I !, ;I Ii II 'I II II " I I, Ii Ii " Ii II II I' II I: 'I II II Ii II II I! i) " " Ii " Ii il II Ii II II II ! " II (e) Should the development be of a nature where the above requirements are considered to be onerous, the municipality may waive or amend the above requirements in a development agreement. 3. For the purpose of the administration of this by-law, an agent of the Municipality may, upon production of his identification, enter any commercial, institutional or industrial premises, to observe, measure and sample the flow or sewage to any sewer. 4. No person shall break, damage, destroy, deface or tamper with: (a) Any part of a sewage works; (b) Any device whether permanently or temporarily installed in a sewage works for the purpose of measuring, sampling and testing of sewage. 5. Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an liable to a fine or part thereof continue. offence and on summary conviction is of not more than $2.000. for every day upon which such offence occurs or time this ~--ti day of A""'tfhNtÁ-I, READ,/ a FIRST and SECOND 199..:z::. ~~ EEVE ¢2""~,,.j/ ~~IJ;'J» C RK-TREASUR ti- S day PASSED this of RE~ a ~HIRD time and ÁJ 'iJh71 ~, 199-i. ~~ REEVE ,., FINALLY ~-t"h ~AL~h C RK-TREASUR II II I Ii II II ij i I I , I I i i , ! Ii il II 'I II " II I' II i: