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(82) "Standard Methods" means the laborato in the most recent edition of Standard~Me~thocds for the forth of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes Examination published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations. (83) "Superintendent" means the person in charge of the wastewater treatment system, or his authorized deputies, agents or representatives, as may be designated by him to supervise and enforce the provisions hereof. (84) "Surcharge" means the assessment in addition to the service charge which is levied on those person whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established as representative of normal sewage. (85) "Suspended Solids: (TSS) means solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension or will settle in water, sewage or industrial waste, and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods, as defined in subsection (82) hereof. (86) "Total solids" means the sun of ~p~~ arxi dissolved solids. (87) "Toxic Amounts" means concentrations of any pollutant or combination of pollutants which, upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism, will cause adverse effects such as cancer, genetic mutations and physiological manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307 (a) of the Act. (88) "Toxic pollutants" means those substances referred to in Section 307 (a) of the Act as well as any other known potential substances capable of produci~ toxic effects . (89) "Treatment plant" See sewage treatment plant). (90) "Unpolluted water" or "unpolluted liquid" means any water or liquid containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; acids or alkalies; substances that may impart taste, odor or color characteristics; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; odorous or otherwise obnoxious gases. It shall not contain more than 2,500 parts per million by weight of dissolved solids and no more than ten parts per million each TSS or BOD. Analytical determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods as defined in subsection (82) hereof . (91) "Upset" or "operating upset" means an exceptional incident in which a discharger unintentionally and temporarily is in a state of noncompliance with the standards set forth in this chapter hereto due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the discharger, and excluding noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance or careless or improper operation thereof. (92) "User" means a person that discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater into the sewerage system. (93) "User charge" means the fee imposed upon all users serviced by the sewage disposal works of the City in a total amount sufficient to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, including the costs of replacement of equipment in the wastewater disposal system. - 8 -