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-CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 78- UTILITIES ARTICLE III. -SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL DIVISION 2. -SEWER USE AND DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS Subdivision I. - In General Compatible pollutant means biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES/SDS permit if the treatment facilities are designed to treat such pollutants to a degree which complies with effluent concentration limits imposed by the permit. Control manhole means any manhole installed at an industry to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of waste. Easement means an acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others. Fecal coliform means any number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of man and animals whose presence in sanitary sewers is an indicator of pollution. Floatable oil means any oil that has a density less than that of water which causes it to float on the sewage and which tends to coat surfaces and cause maintenance problems. Garbage means solid waste resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage or sale of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, vegetables or condemned food. Incompatible pollutant means any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant, including nonbiodegradable dissolved solids. Industrial waste means gaseous, liquid and solid wastes resulting from industrial or manufacturing processes, trade or business or from the development, recovery and processing of natural resources, as distinct from residential or domestic strength wastes. Industry means any nongovernmental or nonresidential user of a publicly owned treatment works which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, latest edition, which is categorized in divisions A, B, D, E and I. Infiltration means water entering a sewer system, including building drains and pipe, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls. Infiltration/inflow(0) means the total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow. Inflow means water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system, including building drains, from such sources as, but not limited to roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from storm sewers, catchbasins, surface runoff, street washwater or drainage. Interference means the inhibition or disruption of the city's wastewater disposal system processes or operations which causes or significantly contributes to a violation of any requirement of the city's NPDES and/or SIDS permit. The term includes sewage sludge use or disposal by the city in accordance with published regulations providing guidelines under section 405 of the Act or any regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or more stringent state criteria applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the city. MPCA means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. National categorical pretreatment standards means federal regulations establishing pretreatment standards for introduction of pollutants in publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities which are determined to be not susceptible to treatment by such treatment facilities or would interfere with the operation of such treatment facilities, pursuant to section 307(b)of the Act. Elk River, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 3