Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-5-.03 General Pretreatment Standards and Prohibitions and Local Limits

• Library: Alabama Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 3, December 29, 2023
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-5-.03

(1) An industrial user, whether or not the user is subject to other categorical pretreatment standards or any national, state, or local pretreatment requirements, shall not introduce into publicly or privately owned treatment works any pollutant(s) which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, cause pass through or interference or in any other manner adversely impact the operation or performance of the treatment works, to include the method of sludge disposal in use by the publicly or privately owned treatment works.

(2) The following pollutants may not be introduced into a publicly owned treatment works:

(a) pollutants which create a fire or explosion hazard in the publicly owned 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 40Characteristic of ignitability261.21(1994);

(b) pollutants which will cause corrosive structural damage to the treatment works, but in no case discharges with pH lower than 5.0, unless the treatment works are specifically designed to accommodate such discharges;

(c) solid or viscous pollutants in amounts which will cause obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the operation of the treatment works;

(d) any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.) released in a discharge of such volume or strength as to cause interference in the treatment works;

(e) heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment plant resulting in interference but in no case in such quantities that the temperature of the influent, at the treatment plant, exceeds 40° C (104° F) unless the treatment plant is designed to accommodate such heat;

(f) pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the treatment works in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems;

(g) any trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the treatment works and

(h) petroleum oil nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.

(3) The Department shall develop and enforce any specific local...