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b. Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation, or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which are necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of new source facilities or equipment; or 2. Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering, and design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this paragraph. Pass through means a discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation). Person means any indiividual. partnership. copartnership. firm. company. corporation. limited liability company. association. ioint stock company. trust. estate. 2:overnmental entity. or any oth(~r le2:al entity: or their le2:al representatives. a2:ents. or assi2:ns. This definition includes all Federal. State. and local 2:overnmental entities. pH means the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentrate of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solutiion. Pollutant means any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, explosives, chemical wastes, corrosive substances, biological materials or nutrients, radioactive materials, heat, malodorous substances, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, slurry, cellar dirt, untreatable waste or industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water or with water. Pollution means the manmade or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological integrity of water. Potential contributor means industries which may be classified as categorical industries and the nature of their processes are such that priority pollutants are not discharged under normal operations. This includes anyone storing hazardous materials as defined in this chapter. Pretreatment or treatment means the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes or other means, except as prohibited by S 403.6(d). Appropriate pretreatment technology includes control equipment, such as equalization tanks or facilities, for protection against surges or slug loadings that might interfere with or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW. However, where wastewater from a regulated process is mixed in an equalization facility with unregulated wastewater or with wastewater from another regulated process, the effluent from the equalization facility must meet an adjusted pretreatment limit calculated in accordance with S 403.6(e). 7