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PROCESS WASTEWATER: Water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact
<br /> with or results from the production 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 of
<br /> runoff and surface water through the soil.
<br /> STORMWATER: Storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface water runoff and drainage.
<br /> SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued by the Department of Environmental Protection
<br /> (DEP) pursuant to 314 CMR 3.00 that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the
<br /> Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
<br /> TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL or 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.
<br /> WATERCOURSE: A natural or man-made channel through which water flows or a stream of water,
<br /> including a river, brook or underground stream.
<br /> WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH: All waters within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, including,
<br /> without limitation, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, springs, impoundments, estuaries, wetlands, coastal
<br /> waters, and groundwater.
<br /> WASTEWATER: Any sanitary waste, sludge, or septic tank or cesspool overflow, and water that during
<br /> manufacturing, cleaning or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or
<br /> use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct or waste product.
<br /> SECTION 3. APPLICABILITY
<br /> This by-law shall apply to flows entering the municipally owned storm drainage system.
<br /> SECTION 4. AUTHORITY
<br /> This bylaw is adopted under the authority granted by the Home Rule Amendment of the Massachusetts
<br /> Constitution and the Home Rule Procedures Act, and pursuant to the regulations of the federal Clean
<br /> Water Act found at 40 CFR 122.34.
<br /> SECTION 5. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION
<br /> The DPW shall administer, implement and enforce this by--law. Any powers granted to or duties imposed
<br /> upon the DPW may be delegated in writing by the DPW to employees or agents of the DPW.
<br /> SECTION 6. REGULATIONS
<br /> The DPW may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this by-Law. Failure by the
<br /> DPW to promulgate such rules and regulations shall not have the effect of suspending or invalidating this
<br /> by-law.
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