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(a) Pollutants that create a fire or explosion hazard in the sewer collection <br />system orthe publicly owned treatment works (POTW), including but not limited to waste <br />streams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140° Fahrenheit or 60° Centigrade using <br />the test methods specified in 40 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) section 261.21. <br />(b) Pollutants that will cause corrosive structural damage to the sewer <br />collection pipes and structures, but in no case discharges with pH lower than 5.0, unless <br />the sewer system is specifically designed to accommodate such discharges. <br />(c) Solid or viscous substances in amounts which will cause obstruction to the <br />flow in the sewer collection system or the POTW, resulting in interference. <br />(d) Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants, exerting biological <br />oxygen demand, released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration <br />which will cause interference with the POTW. <br />(e) Heat in amounts, which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW resulting <br />in interference, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the POTW <br />treatment plant exceeds 40° Centigrade (104° Fahrenheit) unless the approval authority, <br />upon request of the POTW, approves alternate temperature limits. <br />(f) Petroleum oil, non -biodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil in <br />amounts that will cause interference or pass through. <br />(g) Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes <br />within the sewer collection system or the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker <br />health and safety problems. <br />(h) Any trucked or hauled pollutants. <br />(i) Large volume discharges in a short period of time (slug flows) that adversely <br />affect the operational capacity of the sewer. <br />Sec. 39-59. - Private sewer overflows prohibited. <br />(a) No person shall cause or create a condition which causes a private sanitary <br />sewer overflow. When a private sanitary overflow is found to occur, it shall be the <br />responsibility of the private property owner to: <br />(1) Immediately prevent the continued discharge of wastewater onto the public <br />right-of-way; <br />(2) Capture and collect any overflowed or spilled wastewater and return it to <br />the appropriate sewer facilities; <br />Ordinance No, NS -XXX <br />Page 50 of 56 <br />11 A-52 <br />