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Engineer and shall discharge to a storm sewer. In the event that a storm sewer is not readily available, as determined by the City Engineer, to serve storm sewer piping for roof runoff, then such roof runoff may be discharged by underground storm sewer piping to a ditch or stream or to a leaching bed designed and constructed in accordance with standards set by the City Engineer. Splash blocks may only be used when authorized under the provisions of Section 911.19, or for small roof areas such as sheds or garages accessory to existing single family residences when approved by the City Engineer, and no water is allowed to drain onto adjacent property, accumulate in depressions or otherwise become a public hazard or nuisance. (c) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes into any public sewers: (1) Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference; but in no case, wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into the POTW which exceeds forty degrees Centigrade, 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (2) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction, to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the operation of the POTW. Under no circumstances shall the flashpoint of any discharge be less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit or sixty degrees Centigrade as measured using the closed cup test method specified in 40 CFR 261.21. (3) Any discharge of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradeable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that can cause interference or pass through; but in no case, water or wastes containing free oils, emulsified oils and grease exceeding an average of 100 parts per million or 833 pounds per million gallons -,-of (4) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including cyanides.