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*DRAFT#4* OCTOBER 21, 2019 Annual Town Meeting Warrant
<br /> POLLUTANT: Any element or property of sewage, agricultural, industrial or commercial waste, runoff,
<br /> leachate, heated effluent, or other matter whether originating at a point or nonpoint source, that is or
<br /> may be introduced into any sewage treatment works or waters of the Commonwealth. Pollutants shall
<br /> include without limitation:
<br /> 1) Paints, varnishes, and solvents;
<br /> 2) oil and other automotive fluids;
<br /> 3) Non-hazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes;
<br /> 4) Refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, ordnances,
<br /> accumulations and floatables;
<br /> 5) Pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers;
<br /> 6) Hazardous materials and wastes; sewage, fecal colifo.rm and pathogens;
<br /> 7) Dissolved and particulate metals;
<br /> S} Animal wastes;
<br /> 9) Rock, sand, salt, soils;
<br /> 10)Construction wastes and residues; and
<br /> 11) Noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
<br /> PROCESS WASTEWATER: water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact
<br /> with or results from theproduction or use of any material, intermediate product, finished product, or
<br /> waste product.
<br /> RECHARGE: The process by which groundwater is replenished by precipitation through the percolation
<br /> of runoff and surface water through the.soil,
<br /> STORMWATER Storm water.runoff, snow melt runoff,..and surface water runoff and drainage.
<br /> SURFACE WATER:.D.ISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued by the Department of Environmental Protection
<br /> (DEP) pursuant to .314 CMR 3.40.. that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the
<br /> Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
<br /> TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL o.r.WASTE: Any material, which because of its quantity, concentration,
<br /> chemical, corrosive,flammable, reactive,toxic, infectious or radioactive characteristics, either separately
<br /> or in combination with any substance or substances, constitutes a present or potential threat to human
<br /> health, safety,welfare,or to the environment. Toxic or hazardous materials include any synthetic organic
<br /> chemical, petroleum product, heavy metal, radioactive or infectious waste, acid and alkali, and any
<br /> substance defined as Toxic or Hazardous under G.L. Ch.21C and Ch.21E, and the regulations at 310 CMR
<br /> 30.000 and 310 CMR 40.0000.
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