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Pass Through shall mean a discharge which exits the wastewater treatment plant into waters of the State in quantities or concentrations which, alone or with discharges from other sources, causes a violation of the wastewater treatment plant's NPDES or Non-discharge Permit or a downstream water quality standard. Person shall mean any individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate,. governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. pH shall mean a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, expressed as standard units, and calculated as the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution. A pH value of 7.0 is neutral, above 7.0 is alkaline and below 7.0 is acid. Pollutant shall many any "waste" as defined in N.C.G.S. 143-213 (13) and dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materi~!s, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. Pretreatment or Treatment shall mean the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a wastewater treatment plant. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical and 'biological prccesses, or process changes or other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR Section 403.6 (d). Pretreatment Program shall mean the program for the control of pollutants introduced into the wastewater treatment plant from nondomestic sources which was deveIoped by the Authority in compliance with 40 CFR 403.8 and approved by the State in accordance with 40 CFR 403.11 and as authorized by N.C.G.S. 143-215.3(a) (14). Pretreatment Standards and Requirements shall mean any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, including National Pretreatment Categorical Standards and prohibitive discharge standards imposed on an industrial user. Process Wastewater shall mean any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production of or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct, or waste product.