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?.... <br />. ..,.- <br />(83) "Superintendent" means the Person in Charge of the Wastewater <br />Treatment System, or his authorized deputies, agents, or <br />representatives, as may be designated by him to supervise and <br />enforce the provisions hereof. <br />(84) "Surcharge" means the assessment in addition to the service <br />charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are <br />greater in strength than the concentration values established <br />as representative of normal sewage. <br />(85) "Suspended Solids" (TSS) means solids that either float on <br />the surface of, or are in suspension or will settle in water, <br />sewage, or industrial waste, and which are removable by a <br />laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of <br />suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures <br />set forth in Standard Methods, as defined in Section <br />911.03 (82) . <br />(86) "Total solids" refers to the sum of suspended and dissolved <br />solids. <br />(87) "Toxic amounts" are concentrations of any pollutant or combi- <br />nation of pollutants which, upon exposure to or assimilation <br />into any organism, will cause adverse effects such as cancer, <br />genetic mutations, and physiological manifestations, as <br />defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307(a) of the <br />Act. <br />(88) "Toxic pollutants" are definec3 as those substances referred <br />to in Section 307(a) of the Act as well as any other known <br />potential substances capable of producing toxic effects. <br />(89) "Treatment plant." See Wastewater Treatment Plant. <br />(90) "Unpolluted water or unpolluted liquid" means any water or <br />liquid containing none of the following: free or emulsified <br />9rease or oil; acids or alkalides; substances that may impart <br />taste, odor, or color characteristics; toxic or poisonous <br />substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; odor- <br />ous or otherwise obnoxious gases. It shall not contain more <br />than 2,500 parts per million by weight of dissolved solids <br />and no more than ten parts per million each of Suspended <br />Solids (TSS) or biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). Analytical <br />determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures <br />set forth in Standard Methods as defined in Section <br />911.03(82). <br />(91) "Upset" or operating upset is an exceptional incident in <br />which a discharger unintentionally and temporarily is in a <br />state of noncompliance with the standards set forth in this <br />Chapter hereto due to factors beyond the reasonable control <br />of the discharger, and excluding noncompliance to the extent <br />-11-