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74 any fo the following described waters or wastes into the municipal sanitary sewer system i (a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 Degress F. (b) Any water or waste containing more than 100 parts per million by weight, of fat, oil or grease. (c) Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil or other inflammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas. (d) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. (e) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, plastic, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewer system. (f) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals or creates any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant. (g) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such char- acter and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant. (h) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nusance. (i) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Village Engineer, they are necessary for the properly handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amount, or any inflammable wastes, sand, or other harmful in- gredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private dwelling units which discharge only normal wastes there -from. Such grease and oil interceptors shall be of sub- stantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily remov- able covers which when bolted in place shall be gas -tight and water -tight. All grease, oil and sand be gas -tight and water- tight. All greases, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all time. (2) It shall be unlawful to discharge into the municipal sanitary sewer system any industrial wastes unless the prior approval of the Village Engineer is obtained. The Village Engineer shall approve the discharge of industrial wastes when, in his opinion, the proposed wastes wily, not be of an unusual amount or character. When in the opinion of the Village Engineer, the proposed wastes are of an unusual amount or character, the Village Engineer may approve such wastes. SECTION 8. Discharge of Surface Waters Prohibited.