Acuity Specialty Products Group Inc.

for a chemical blending facility that manufactures detergent and cleaning products.14. Wastewater resulting from the manufacturing processes at the ASPfacility also included water with a highly acidic or basic composition. The acidic orbasic composition is referred to in the Permit as "pH." The scale for measuring pHranges from 0 to 14. Wastewater with a low pH is highly acidic, and wastewatercontaining high pH is considered to be basic. A pH of 7 is considered to be neutral.15. At all times relevant to the Information, the Seaboard facility was subjectto Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit No. C128 (the "Permit"), which had beenissued to Zep Manufacturing, Inc. by the City of Atlanta. At all times relevant to theInformation, Permit No. C128 incorporated the City of Atlanta's Sewer UseOrdinance ("Sewer Use Ordinance") by reference.16. Permit No. C 128 allowed the Seaboard facility to discharge industrialwastewater effluent to the R.M. Clayton Reclamation Center POTW, from thefacility's Wastewater Pre-Treatment Plant, in accordance with effluent limitations setby the Permit.17. The Permit prohibited the discharge of wastewater containing aconcentration of phosphorous greater than 10 mg/L if the facility discharged 25,000gallons or more of wastewater per day. The Permit provided for an alternative massbasedphosphorus limit of 2.0 pounds of phosphorus per day if the facility discharged5