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45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 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 tea !ess ho~'-znfu! st°Se 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 §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 §403.6(e). Pretreatment requirements means any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National categorical pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user. o,.a o~.~n ~,.~h,~ .... ~;,; .... r ...... , ..... ,ow Pretreatment standard~ or National pretreatment standard, or standard means ag ~,,...~.~r,~, r,~,~,~ ,.,~ .... ,~ any regulation containing pollutant disch~ge limits promulgmed by EPA in accordance with section 307 (b) ~d (c) of the act, which applies to Indus~ial Users. ~is te~ includes prohibitive disch~ge limits established p~su~t to ~ 403.5. ~ .... ~,~,o ~ .... ,~.. e~,~. ~a~ ~v,~ ~ ~ Priority pollutants means any of the various toxic compounds that can reasonably be expected in the discharges from industries as determined by the EPA, pursuant to section 307(a) of the Act (33 USC {}1317(a)). Private sewage disposal system means any sewage disposal system other than public facilities, such as privies, privy vaults, septic tanks, soil absorption systems, cesspools, chemical toilets, package treatment plants or similar facilities which receive or are intended to receive wastewater and which are not connected to the POTW; but this term shall not include any treatment plant which has a valid NPDES permit. Publicly owned treatment works (POTW) means a treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act, (33 USC {}1292) which is owned in this instance by the city. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW