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Seaford takes first reading on code change to reclassify small industrial wastewater dischargers

5580975 · August 13, 2025
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Council heard a first reading to amend the municipal industrial pretreatment code so certain categorical industrial users with small flows can be reclassified as non-significant, aligning the city definition with EPA streamlining rules; matter was deferred for second reading.

Seaford council on Aug. 12 received a first reading of a proposed municipal code change to the industrial pretreatment ordinance that would allow the city to reclassify certain categorical industrial users as non-significant industrial users when their discharges meet federal exclusion criteria. Operations coordinator Brian Tift explained the change mirrors federal EPA pretreatment guidance (the streamlining rule) that recognizes very small dischargers…

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