DEFINITIONS

Salt Lake City Code tit. 17, div. II, ch. 17.32, art. II

in effect

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.040 DEFINITIONS, GENERALLY

17.32.040: DEFINITIONS, GENERALLY: Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this division, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated in this article. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.050 ABBREVIATIONS

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.060 ACT OR THE ACT

17.32.060: ACT OR THE ACT: "Act" or "the act" means the federal water pollution control act, PL 92-500, also known as the clean water act, as amended, 33 USC section 1251 et seq. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.061 AMMONIA (NH3)

17.32.061: AMMONIA (NH3): "Ammonia (NH3)" means nitrogen in the form of free ammonia and ionic ammonium measured using methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor. (Ord. 42-25, 2025:

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.070 APPROVAL AUTHORITY

17.32.070: APPROVAL AUTHORITY: "Approval authority" means the state of Utah's department of environmental quality, division of water quality (DWQ) or its successor agencies. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.080 AUTHORIZED OR DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER

17.32.080: AUTHORIZED OR DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER: A. If the user is a corporation: 1. The president, secretary, treasurer, or a vice president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision making functions for the corporation; or 2. The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for wastewater discharge permit requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures. B. If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or proprietor, respectively. C. If the user is a federal, state, or local governmental facility: a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government facility, or their designee. D. The individuals described in subsections A through C of this section, may designate a duly authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the director. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.090 BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

17.32.090: BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: "Best management practices" or "BMPs" means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in subsections 17.36.060A and B of this title. BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage. BMPs also include alternative means (i.e., management plans) of complying with, or in place of certain established categorical pretreatment standards and effluent limits. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.100 BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)

17.32.100: BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD): "Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)" means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), usually expressed as concentration (e.g., milligrams per liter [mg/l]). Laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.110 BUILDING OR SEWER LATERAL

17.32.110: BUILDING OR SEWER LATERAL: "Building or sewer lateral" means a sewer conveying the wastewater of a user from a residence building or other structure to a POTW sewer, including direct connections to a POTW sewer where permitted by the POTW. A sewer lateral is a building sewer owned by the user. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.120 BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION CODE (BCC)

17.32.120: BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION CODE (BCC): "Business classification code (BCC)" means a classification of dischargers based on the "1972 Standard Industrial Classification Manual", bureau of the budget of the United States Of America or its successor. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.130 CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS OR CATEGORICAL STANDARDS

17.32.130: CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS OR CATEGORICAL STANDARDS: "Categorical pretreatment standard" or "categorical standard" means any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with sections 307(b) and (c) of the act (33 USC section 1317) that apply to a specific category of users and that appear in 40 CFR chapter I, subchapter N, parts 405-471. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.140 CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER (CIU)

17.32.140: CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER (CIU): "Categorical industrial user" means an industrial user subject to a categorical pretreatment standard or categorical standard. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.150 CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)

17.32.150: CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD): "Chemical oxygen demand (COD)" means a measure of the oxygen required to oxidize all compounds, both organic and inorganic, in water. Laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.160 CHLORINE DEMAND

17.32.160: CHLORINE DEMAND: "Chlorine demand" means the amount of chlorine required to produce a free chlorine residual of 0.1 milligrams per liter at the end of the contact period on a sample, in conformance with the procedures described in standard methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.170 CITY

17.32.170: CITY: "City" means the Salt Lake City Corporation, state of Utah. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.180 COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT

17.32.180: COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT: "Compatible pollutant" means biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria, plus any additional pollutants identified in the publicly owned treatment works' UPDES permit, where the publicly owned treatment works is designed to treat such pollutants and, in fact, does treat such pollutants to the degree required by the POTW's UPDES permit. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.190 CONTROL AUTHORITY

17.32.190: CONTROL AUTHORITY: "Control authority" means Salt Lake City Corporation. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.200 DAILY MAXIMUM

17.32.200: DAILY MAXIMUM: "Daily maximum" means the arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant collected during a calendar day. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.210 DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT

17.32.210: DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT: "Daily maximum limit" means the maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the course of the day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in terms of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken that day. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.220 DIRECTOR

17.32.220: DIRECTOR: "Director" means the director of Salt Lake City department of public utilities or his or her designated representative. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.230 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR EPA

17.32.230: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR EPA: "Environmental protection agency" or "EPA" means the U.S. environmental protection agency, or, where appropriate, the regional water management division director, the regional administrator, or other duly authorized official of said agency. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.240 ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE PLAN (ERP)

17.32.240: ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE PLAN (ERP): "Enforcement response plan" means the policies and procedures developed by the control authority and accepted by the approval authority to track compliance and take enforcement actions against noncompliance with the industrial pretreatment program requirements and limitations. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.250 EXISTING SOURCE

17.32.250: EXISTING SOURCE: "Existing source" means any source of discharge that is not a "new source". (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.260 FATS, OILS AND GREASE

17.32.260: FATS, OILS AND GREASE: "Fats, oils and grease" (FOG) shall mean any fats, oils or grease of animal or plant origin having a potential to cause interference with or obstruction to the POTW. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.270 FOOD PREPARATION AND PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS

17.32.270: FOOD PREPARATION AND PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS: "Food preparation and processing establishments" means establishments engaged in the preparation of food or drink to be consumed on the premises and/or to be delivered or picked up for resale and/or consumption. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.280 GARBAGE

17.32.280: GARBAGE: "Garbage" means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from handling, storage and sale of produce. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.290 GRAB SAMPLE

17.32.290: GRAB SAMPLE: "Grab sample" means a sample which is taken from a waste stream on a onetime basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.300 HAZARDOUS WASTE

17.32.300: HAZARDOUS WASTE: "Hazardous waste" means any material having the characteristics identified under or listed pursuant to section 3001 of RCRA and listed in 40 CFR 261. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.310 INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT

17.32.310: INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT: "Incompatible pollutant" means all pollutants other than compatible pollutants as defined in section 17.32.180 of this chapter, or its successor. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.320 INDIRECT DISCHARGE

17.32.320: INDIRECT DISCHARGE: "Indirect discharge" means the introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any nondomestic source which is regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the act (including septic tank waste discharged into the POTW). (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.330 INDUSTRIAL USER OR USER

17.32.330: INDUSTRIAL USER OR USER: "Industrial user" or "user" means a source of indirect discharge. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.340 INDUSTRIAL WASTE

17.32.340: INDUSTRIAL WASTE: "Industrial waste" means solid, liquid or gaseous wastes, including cooling water (except where exempted by UPDES permit), resulting from any industrial, manufacturing or business process, or from the development, recovery or processing of a natural resource. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.350 INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT

17.32.350: INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT: "Instantaneous limit" means the maximum or minimum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete, grab, or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.360 INTERFERENCE

17.32.360: INTERFERENCE: "Interference" means a discharge that, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, either inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge process use or disposal and therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's UPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder or more stringent state or local regulations; section 405 of the clean water act; the solid waste disposal act (SWDA), including title II, more commonly referred to as the resource conservation and recovery act (RCRA); state regulations contained in any Utah state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to subtitle D of the SWDA; the clean air act; the toxic substances control act; and the marine protection research and sanctuaries act. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.370 LOCAL LIMIT

17.32.370: LOCAL LIMIT: "Local limit" means specific discharge limits referred to in section 17.36.090 of this title and developed and enforced by the city upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in section 17.36.060 of this title and 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b). (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.380 MEDICAL WASTE

17.32.380: MEDICAL WASTE: "Medical waste" means isolation wastes, infectious agents, human or animal blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.390 MONTHLY AVERAGE

17.32.390: MONTHLY AVERAGE: "Monthly average" means the sum of all "daily discharges" measured during a calendar month divided by the number of "daily discharges" measured during that month. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.400 MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT

17.32.400: MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT: "Monthly average limit" means the highest allowable average of "daily discharges" over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all "daily discharges" measured during a calendar month divided by the number of "daily discharges" measured during that month. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.410 NEW SOURCE

17.32.410: NEW SOURCE: "New source" means: A. Any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under section 307(c) of the act that will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, provided that: 1. The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or 2. The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or 3. The production or wastewater generating processes of the building, structure, facility, or installation are substantially independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing source, should be considered. B. Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility, or installation meeting the criteria of subsection A2 or A3 of this section but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment. C. Construction of a "new source" as defined under this subsection has commenced if the owner or operator has: 1. Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on site construction program: a. Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment; or b. Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation, or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of new source facilities or equipment; or 2. Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation. Options to purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering, and design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this paragraph. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.420 NONCONTACT COOLING WATER

17.32.420: NONCONTACT COOLING WATER: "Noncontact cooling water" means water used for cooling that does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.425 OIL AND GREASE

17.32.425: OIL AND GREASE: "Oil and grease" means the total oil and grease measured in a wastewater sample by methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor. Oil and grease is composed of a mixture of all those polar and nonpolar materials which are soluble in hexane at pH 2 or less, and remain after boiling off the solvent. If an environmental sample is composed of nonpolar material (such as petroleum hydrocarbons), and polar materials (such as animal or vegetable oils and fats), EPA method 1664A will directly quantify all the materials as hexane extractable materials (HEM). The silica gel treated hexane extractable material (SGT-HEM) procedure of the same EPA method will measure the nonpolar material (petroleum hydrocarbons) after the polar material is removed. The difference between the two (2) measurements will give the amount of polar material (animal and vegetable) present. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.430 PASS-THROUGH

17.32.430: PASS-THROUGH: "Pass-through" means a discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's UPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of the violation. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.440 PERSON

17.32.440: PERSON: "Person" means any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state, and local governmental entities. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by context. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.450 pH

17.32.450: pH: "pH" means a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution, expressed in standard units. Theoretically pH equals the negative logarithm (base-10) cH, where cH is the concentration of hydrogen ions in grams per liter. Scale ranges from 0 to 14, pH 7 being neutral, less than 7, acidic, more than 7, basic. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.451 TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (TP)

17.32.451: TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (TP): "Total Phosphorus (TP)" means all forms of phosphorus (orthophosphate, condensed phosphate, or organic phosphorus) measured using methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor. (Ord. 42-25, 2025)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.460 POLLUTION OR POLLUTANT

17.32.460: POLLUTION OR POLLUTANT: "Pollution" or "pollutant" means any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes, and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, or odor) including the manmade or man induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.470 PRETREATMENT

17.32.470: PRETREATMENT: "Pretreatment" means the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes, or by other means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.480 PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS

17.32.480: PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS: "Pretreatment requirements" means any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a pretreatment standard imposed on a user. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.490 PRETREATMENT STANDARDS OR STANDARDS

17.32.490: PRETREATMENT STANDARDS OR STANDARDS: "Pretreatment standard" or "standard" means any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with section 307 (b) and (c) of the act, which applies to industrial users. This term includes prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.500 PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS OR PROHIBITED DISCHARGES

17.32.500: PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS OR PROHIBITED DISCHARGES: "Prohibited discharge standards" or "prohibited discharges" means absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in section 17.36.060 of this title. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.510 PUBLIC SEWER

17.32.510: PUBLIC SEWER: "Public sewer" shall mean any sewer dedicated to public use and which is controlled by a public corporation or governmental agency. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.520 PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)

17.32.520: PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW): "Publicly owned treatment works (POTW)" means a treatment works, as defined by section 212 of the act (33 USC 1292), or its successor, which is owned by Salt Lake City Corporation having statutory authority to collect and treat sewage. This definition includes any sewers, pumping stations and appurtenances used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances, which convey wastewater to a treatment plant. Building and sewer lateral shall not be included in this definition. For the purposes of this division, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW by persons outside the POTW boundaries who are by contract or agreement with the POTW actually users of the POTW. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.530 SANITARY SEWER

17.32.530: SANITARY SEWER: "Sanitary sewer" means the pipe or conduit system, and appurtenances, for the collection, transportation, pumping and treatment of sewage. This definition shall also include the terms "public sewer", "sewer system", and "sewer". (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.540 SEPTIC TANK WASTE

17.32.540: SEPTIC TANK WASTE: "Septic tank waste" means any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, airplane holding tanks and septic tanks. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.550 SEWAGE

17.32.550: SEWAGE: "Sewage" means human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing operations, etc.) and any of the wastewater of the community which has been contaminated by use such that treatment is required before it may be safely discharged to the environment or reused. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.560 SHALL, WILL AND MAY

17.32.560: SHALL, WILL AND MAY: "Shall" and "will" are mandatory; "may" is permissive. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.570 SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)

17.32.570: SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU): Except as provided in subsections C and D of this section, a "significant industrial user" is: A. An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or B. An industrial user that: 1. Discharges an average of twenty five thousand (25,000) gpd or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater); 2. Contributes a process waste stream which makes up five percent (5%) or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or 3. Is designated as such by the city on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement. C. The city may determine that an industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards is a nonsignificant categorical industrial user rather than a significant industrial user on a finding that the industrial user never discharges more than one hundred (100) gallons per day (gpd) of total categorical wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater, unless specifically included in the pretreatment standard) and the following conditions are met: 1. The industrial user, prior to city's finding, has consistently complied with all applicable categorical pretreatment standards and requirements; 2. The industrial user annually submits the certification statement required in subsection 17.52.210B of this title, together with any additional information necessary to support the certification statement; and 3. The industrial user never discharges any untreated concentrated wastewater. D. Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in subsection B of this section has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the city may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.580 SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)

17.32.580: SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC): "Significant noncompliance (SNC)" shall be applicable to all significant industrial users (or any other industrial user that violates subsection C, D or H of this section) and shall mean: A. "Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits", defined here as those in which sixty six percent (66%) or more of all the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter taken during a six (6) month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits as defined herein; B. "Technical review criteria (TRC) violations", defined here as those in which thirty three percent (33%) or more of wastewater measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter during a six (6) month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement including instantaneous limits, as defined herein, multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC equals 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and TRC equals 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH); C. Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement as defined herein (daily maximum, long term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) that the director determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through, including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public; D. Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the director's exercise of emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge; E. Failure to meet, within ninety (90) days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance; F. Failure to provide within forty five (45) days after the due date, any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules; G. Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or H. Any other violation(s), which may include a violation of best management practices, which the director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.590 SLUG LOAD OR SLUG DISCHARGE

17.32.590: SLUG LOAD OR SLUG DISCHARGE: "Slug load" or "slug discharge" shall mean any discharge at a flow rate or concentration, which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in section 17.36.060 of this title. A slug discharge is any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including, but not limited to, an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass-through, or in any other way violate the POTW's regulations, local limits or permit conditions. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.600 STATE

17.32.600: STATE: "State" means the state of Utah. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.610 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)

17.32.610: STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC): "Standard industrial classification (SIC)" means a classification pursuant to the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual" issued by the executive office of the president, office of management and budget, 1972, or its successor. The "North American industry classification system (NAICS)" is similar to the SIC and means a classification pursuant to the office of management and budget, official 2007 U.S. NAICS Manual, as amended. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.620 STORM SEWER

17.32.620: STORM SEWER: "Storm sewer" means a sewer that carries only stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.630 STORMWATER

17.32.630: STORMWATER: "Stormwater" means any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom, including snowmelt. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.640 SUBDIVISION

17.32.640: SUBDIVISION: A. "Subdivision" means the division of a tract, or lot, or parcel of land into three (3) or more lots, plots, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development or redevelopment; provided, however, that divisions of land for agricultural purposes or for commercial, manufacturing or industrial purposes shall be exempt. Further, the above definition shall not apply to the sale or conveyance of any parcel of land which may be shown as one of the lots of a subdivision of which a plat has theretofore been recorded in the office of the county recorder. B. The word "subdivide" and any derivative thereof shall have reference to the term "subdivision" as herein defined. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.650 TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) OR SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)

17.32.650: TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) OR SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS): "Total suspended solids" or "suspended solids" means the total suspended matter that floats on the surface of or is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquids, and which is removable by laboratory filtering in accordance with methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.660 TOXIC POLLUTANT

17.32.660: TOXIC POLLUTANT: "Toxic pollutant" means any pollutant or combination of pollutants found to be toxic or stipulated as toxic in regulations promulgated by the administrator of the environmental protection agency under the act. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.670 UTAH POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (UPDES) PERMIT

17.32.670: UTAH POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (UPDES) PERMIT: "Utah pollution discharge elimination system (UPDES) permit" means a permit issued pursuant to section R317-8 of the Utah administrative code, or its successor. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.680 VISCOSITY

17.32.680: VISCOSITY: "Viscosity" means the property of a fluid that resists internal flow by releasing counteracting forces. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.690 WASTEWATER

17.32.690: WASTEWATER: "Wastewater" means the liquid and water carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities and institutions, together with any infiltrating groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which enters the POTW. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.700 WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT OR PERMIT

17.32.700: WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT OR PERMIT: "Wastewater discharge permit" or "permit" means a control document issued by the city which authorizes the discharge of industrial wastewater into the POTW by an SIU. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.710 WASTEWATER STRENGTH

17.32.710: WASTEWATER STRENGTH: "Wastewater strength" means the quality of process wastewater discharged, as measured by its elements, including its constituents and characteristics. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.720 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OR TREATMENT PLANT

17.32.720: WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OR TREATMENT PLANT: "Wastewater treatment plant" or "treatment plant" means that portion of the publicly owned treatment works designed to provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage and industrial waste. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.730 WATERS OF THE STATE

17.32.730: WATERS OF THE STATE: "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through or border upon the state or any portion thereof. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Salt Lake City Code § 17.32.740 ZERO DISCHARGE INDUSTRIAL FACILITY

17.32.740: ZERO DISCHARGE INDUSTRIAL FACILITY: "Zero discharge industrial facility" means an industry which may be identified by the director as a "significant industrial user", as defined herein, which has voluntarily elected or is required by the categorical pretreatment standard not to discharge any of its process wastewater to the POTW, but to dispose of it by other legal means. For the purposes of inspection, sampling and enforcement, a zero discharge industrial facility shall be considered an industrial user. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)

Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-58475Fetched: 11/1/2026