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POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) 40 CFR 403.3 (n). (an) Person. Person shall mean any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context. (ao) al. pH shall mean a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of wastewater. pH is measured on a scale of 0 to 14, 0 being extremely acidic, 7 neutral, and 14 extremely alkaline. The pH corresponds to the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in gram -ions per liter of solution. (ap) Pollutant. Pollutant shall mean any dredge spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. (aq) Pollution. Pollution shall mean an alteration of the quality of the Waters of the State by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects such waters for beneficial use or facilities which serve such beneficial uses. Pollution may include contamination. (ar) POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works. POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works shall mean a sewage treatment plant as defined by Section 212 of the Act which is owned by the City including any sanitary sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW, including pipes, lift stations, sewers or other conveyances. (as) Premises. Premises shall mean a parcel of real estate including any improvements thereon which is determined by the City to be a single User for purposes of receiving, using, and paying for service. (at) Pretreatment or Treatment. 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 the sanitary sewer system. The reduction or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means except dilution. (au) Pretreatment Facility. Pretreatment Facility shall mean any facility or device for treatment, control or flow limitations of sewage or industrial waste, prior to discharge into a City sanitary sewer. (av) Pretreatment Requirements. Pretreatment Requirements shall mean any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on an Industrial User. (aw) Private Sewer Lateral. Private Lateral shall mean any sewer lateral not maintained as part of the public system by the public agency responsible for operation and 6