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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 which cannot be removed by the treatment process, including, but not limited to, dye wastes and egetable tanning solutions, which consequently imparts sufficient color to the treatment plant's effluent to render the waters injurious to public health or secondary recreation or to aquatic life and wildlife or to adversely affect the palatability of fish or aesthetic quality or impair the receiving waters for any designated use. 23. Pretreatment sludges. Any sludges, screening or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes. 24. Medical Wastes. Any medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the Executive Director in a wastewater discharge permit. 25. ~m--onia 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. 29. Excessive Foaming. Any wastes containing detergents, surface active agents, or other substances which may cause excessive foaming in the wastewater treatment system. 30. Explosive limit. At no time, shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any point in the system) be more than five percent (5%) nor any single reading over ten percent (10%) of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. 31. Discharge of untreated wastewater. Within the boundaries of the County, it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge to any outlet, other than a sanitary sewer, any domestic or industrial waste except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this Article or where an appropriate NPDES permit has been obtained. 32. Alkyl Phenol Ethoxylates (APEs). Any compounds containing APEs shall be prohibited due to the inhibiting and toxic effect of APEs on the biological treatment at the POTW. Linear alcohol ethoxylates, a more readily biodegradable surfactant, may be substituted for APEs. Pollutants, substances, wastewater, or other wastes prohibited by this Article shall not be processed or stored in such a manner that they could be discharged accidentally or illegally to the wastewater treatment system. All floor drains located in process or materials storage areas must discharge to the industrial user's pretreatment facility before connecting with the system. When the Executive Director determines that a user(s) is contributing to the POTW andy of the above enumerated substances is such amounts which may cause or contribute to interference of POTW operation or pass through, the Executive Director shall: (1) Advise the user(s) of the potential impact of the contribution on the POTW in accordance with Section 10-8.1; and (2) Take appropriate actions in accordance with Section 10-4 for such user to protect the POTW from interference or 43