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(15) Cloth or textile waste. Any clothing rags, textile remnants or waste, cloth, scraps, except fibers of scrap that will pass through a one - fourth -inch mesh screen or its equivalent in screening ability, provided such fibers do not interfere with the normal operation of the treatment plant. (16) Fixed solids limit. Any waters or wastes in which the total fixed solids exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) mg/l. (17) Excessive discharge rate and/or concentration. Any pollutant released in a discharge at a flow volume, flow rate and/or pollutant concentration, which will, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, cause the POTW to violate any of its NPD>S and /or state disposal system permits or the receiving water quality standards. (18) Excessive residues, Any pollutant released in a discharge at a flow volume, flow rate and/or pollutant concentration, which either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, may cause the POTW's effluent or any other product of the POTW, such as residues, sludges, or scurns, to be unsuitable for reclamation and recycling or to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case, shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with applicable local, State or Federal sludge use or disposal guidelines. (19) Heavy metals. Any waters or wastes containing amounts of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, or other heavy metals which exceed national categorical standards, local limits, interfere with treatment efficiency or sludge disposal criteria or cause the POTW to exceed N1 permit limitations. (20) Poisons. Any waters or wastes containing cyanide or other such poisonous substances. (21) Interfering solids. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quality that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the POTW. (22) Color. Any wastewater which imparts color and passes through the POTW treatment plant, including, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions, which consequently imparts sufficient color to the treatment plant's effluent thereby violating any State or Federal regulations pertaining to the effluent from the plant or the receiving water (23) Pretreatment sludges. Any removed substances to include, but not be limited to, sludges, screenings or other residues from the pretreatment of wastewater. (24) Medical wastes. Any medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the Executive Director in a wastewater discharge permit. (25) Ammonia compounds. Any material containing ammonia, ammonia salts, or other chelating agents which will produce metallic complexes that interfere with the wastewater treatment system. (26) Hazardous waste. Any material that would be identified as hazardous waste according to 40 CFR Part 261 if not disposed of in a sewer except as may be specifically authorized by the Executive Director. (27) Human or animal parts. Recognizable portions of the human or animal anatomy. (28) Toxicity. Wastewater causing, alone or in conjunction with other sources, the treatment plant's effluent to fail a toxicity test. 16 Attachment number 3 H -3 Page 271