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(34) (35) (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) Storm Sewer - By the term Storm Sewer is meant any sewer or open drainage channel owned, controlled or subject to the jurisdiction of the City designed to carry storm and surface water, street wash, and drainage water. Surcharge - By the term Surcharge is meant the additional sewerage service charge levied against any person for dis- charging abnormal industrial waste into a sanitary sewer. This charge is intended to defray the added cost of sampling, testing, transporting and treating abnormal industrial waste. This charge shall be in addition to the usual monthly charge for sanitary sewage service. To Discharge - By the term To Discharge is meant to deposit, conduct, drain, emit throw, run, allow to seep, or other- wise release or dispose of, or to allow, permit or suffer any of these acts or omissions. Treatment Plant Upset - An inhibition or disruption of the treatment plant, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal which is a cause of or significantly contributes to (i) a violation of any requirement of the treatment plant's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) (ii) the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the treatment plant in accordance with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations and City ordinances, (iii) a decrease in the quality of the effluent being discharged from the treatment plant or (iv) a decrease in the performance of the treatment plant processes or operations. Non-Flow Measured Wastewater Line - By the term Non-Flow Measured Wastewater Line shall mean two (2) or more main house laterals through which water metered through a single City water meter is discharged into the sanitary sewer or on which no open channel flow meter approved by the Director exists. Waste and/or Wastewater - By the term Waste and/or Wastewater is meant sewage, industrial waste, or wastes and drainage water. Wastewater Treatment Plant - By the term Wastewater Treat- ment Plant is meant any arrangement of devices or structures used for treating wastewater. Watercourse - By the term Watercourse is meant any or artificial channel for the passage of water. natural SEC. 30-61. Prohibited Discharges and Limitations. No person may discharge or cause, suffer, allow, or permit to be discharged into any sanitary sewer, any of the following: ( 1) (2 ) ( 3 ) (4 ) Other Waste, as defined herein, except as specifically authorized by the Director pursuant to Section 30-64. Flammable or explosive liquids, solids, or gases, such as, but not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, benzene, naphthas, solvents, and similar substances. Pollutants regulated pursuant to any categorical pretreat- ment standard promulgated by EPA in a concentration or in an amount which is in excess of the limit specified in such standard. Organic pollutants referred to in Section 307(A)(1) of the Clean Water Act of 1977, and presently listed in Appendix B to Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 403 that are used in a manufacturing process shall be segregated from wastewater discharged to the extent it is feasible to do so. No such pollutants shall be discharged to the sanitary sewer system in a concentration or amount sufficient to cause any of the following: -5-