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These limits shall be deemed pretreatment standards for the purposes of Section 307(d) of the Act.

A. No person shall discharge wastewater containing in excess of:

Discharge Limitations

POLLUTANT

DAILY COMPOSITE SAMPLE

(values in mg/L)

Arsenic

0.20

Barium

7.00

Beryllium

0.03

Cadmium

0.01

Chromium—(Total)

0.42

Cyanide

0.26

Lead

0.12

Mercury

0.001

Selenium

0.10

Silver

0.10

Zinc

1.00

Phenol

1.00

B. Any discharge which contains greater than two thousand mg/L of suspended solids or one thousand five hundred mg/L BOD, except discharges containing greater amounts of suspended solids and/or BOD that are subject to a discharge permit that permits such greater amounts of suspended solids and/or BOD.

C. Any water or waste which contains more than one hundred mg/L, by weight, of oil or grease of petroleum origin or fat, oil or grease of animal or vegetable origin, or which contains grease or oil or other substances that will solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two to one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (zero to sixty degrees centigrade).

D. Any waste containing total toxic organics (TTO), as defined in this part, greater than one mg/L.

E. Any wastewater containing copper or nickel at levels above the domestic concentrations as determined by the city authority, unless issued a wastewater discharge permit containing mass-based limits for copper and/or nickel.

F. Any wastewater containing items listed in Section 15.48.030(A) through (D) or any other regulated compound found in excess of concentrations found in normal domestic sewage unless an abnormal sewage surcharge is levied as defined in Section 15.44.020(A)(1) and (2). At no time shall a twenty-four-hour composite sample of a user’s discharge contain these constituents in excess of permit limits.

(Ord. 2472 NCS §2 (part), 2013; Ord. 2282 NCS §3 (part), 2007.)