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This chapter provides for the regulation of the installation
and use of public and private sanitary wastewater transmission lines,
drains and disposal systems within the Township. The chapter is intended
to prevent damage to the public wastewater collection system within
the Township, to reduce maintenance costs and to enhance and maintain
adequate flow capacity within the system.
This chapter and all the rules, regulations and requirements
established therein shall apply to all residents of the Township,
both private and commercial.
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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Allegheny County Health Department.
The Moon Township Municipal Authority.
All or part of a privately owned device or devices intended
to treat and/or dispose of sanitary wastewater discharged from structures
located on two or more parcels of land.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
An official statement from the manager of the Moon Township
Municipal Authority or his designee stating that there are no known
illegal storm or surface water connections to the Authority's
sanitary wastewater collection system on the specific property which
is being sold.
A tank mechanism with a flow rate greater than 35 gpm which
is installed underground outside the structure being served and which
extracts grease content from sanitary wastewater prior to the discharge
of said wastewater into the sanitary wastewater collection system
owned and/or operated by the Moon Township Municipal Authority.
A tank mechanism with a flow rate of 35 gpm or less which
is installed in the sanitary wastewater drainage system of an individual
premises, which mechanism extracts grease content from sanitary wastewater
prior to the discharge of said wastewater into the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the Moon Township Municipal
Authority. Grease traps shall be rated at a minimum of 22.5 gpm.
An industry which discharges wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority and which
is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau
of the Budget, 1967, as amended and supplemented, under the category
"Division D - Manufacturing" and such other classes of significant
waste producers as deemed appropriate under the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes from commercial
buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities and institutions,
whether treated or untreated.
The General Manager of the Moon Township Municipal Authority
or his designee.
A writing from the proper official of the Moon Township Municipal
Authority concerning outstanding municipal liens.
Any owner and/or occupier of premises used for purposes other
than residential and who discharges wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority. This term
shall include, but not be limited to, any and all commercial and/or
manufacturing operations, commercial buildings and nursing and/or
group homes with more than 10 residents.
Any food preparation conducted for consumption by a person
or persons other than those residing on the subject premises and/or
their household guests. This includes all restaurants, whether eat-in
or take-out, cafeterias, snack bars, church kitchens and halls, grocery
store kitchens, banquet halls, nursing and/or group homes with more
than 10 residents and food processing businesses.
A discharge which exits the Authority's wastewater treatment
facility into the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities
or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the Authority's NPDES permit, including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any person, syndicate, association, partnership, firm, corporation,
institution, agency, authority or other entity recognized by law as
the subject of rights and duties.
All or part of any privately owned device or devices located
on an individual parcel of land and intended to treat and/or dispose
of the sanitary wastewater discharged from any structure or structures
located on that parcel of land.
Owner and/or occupier of premises used only for human residency
and who discharges sanitary wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority.
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
commercial and/or industrial and/or institutional buildings or structures.
A pipe extension from a structure's sanitary wastewater
plumbing system to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned
and/or operated by the Authority.
Is mandatory, "may" is permissible.
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
A temporary statement of certification from the proper officer
of the Moon Township Municipal Authority, issued pursuant to the terms
of this chapter.
The Township of Crescent.
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water or stormwater that may be present.
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This chapter is intended to and does hereby repeal, supersede and replace Chapter 630 of this Code in its entirety.
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A.
Every owner of property in the Township on which exists a principal
building or structure, any part of which is located within 150 feet
of and is accessible to a sanitary wastewater collection line owned
and/or operated by the Authority, shall connect, at his own cost,
said principal building or structure to said sanitary wastewater collection
line at the service line connection point for the purpose of disposing
of all sanitary wastewater discharge.
B.
It shall be unlawful and in violation of this chapter for any owner,
lessee or occupier of any property on which exists a principal structure,
any part of which is located within 150 feet of and is accessible
to a sanitary wastewater collection line owned and/or operated by
the Authority, to employ any means, either by septic tank, mine hole
or otherwise, for the disposal of wastewater, other than into and
through the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the Authority.
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For any property not in compliance with the requirements of § 630.04, the Authority Manager or his designee may notify the owner, lessee or occupier of such premises in writing to make proper connection for the discharge of sanitary wastewater to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority, as provided in this article, within 60 days after receipt of such notice.
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A.
Should any owner of property required to connect to the Authority's sanitary wastewater collection system pursuant to § 630.04 neglect or refuse to so connect within a period of 60 days after service of the notice as set forth in § 630.05, the Authority or its agent may enter upon such property and construct such connection.
B.
Should the Authority or its agent construct said connection pursuant
to this section, the Authority Manager or his designee shall forthwith,
upon completion of the work, send an itemized bill of the cost of
construction of such connection to the owner of the property to which
connection has been so made, which bill shall be payable forthwith.
C.
In the event of nonpayment of said itemized bill, a municipal lien
in the amount set forth in the itemized bill plus costs associated
with the filing of the lien shall be filed within six months of the
date of completion of construction of the subject connection.
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Any person required to or desiring to connect to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority shall submit a Service Application to the Authority on a form furnished by the Authority and shall set forth in such application the character of the structure to be connected, its use, the lot number and location and the name of the person who is to construct said connection. After connection has been made in accordance with the rules, regulations, plans and specifications established by the Authority, and before the service line and connection point are covered, the Authority shall be notified of said connection and shall conduct an inspection of same as required by § 630.22 of this chapter.
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The Authority is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to
make reasonable rules and regulations for service line installation
and connection to the public collection system as it deems necessary,
which shall include, but not be limited to:
A.
Establishing the appropriate materials, procedures, plans and specifications
for service line installation and connection;
B.
Establishing the form of service application;
C.
Establishing appropriate inspection and/or testing methods;
D.
Establishing the appropriate fee for inspection of service line installation
and connection.
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All rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section shall
be in writing and shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the
Moon Township Municipal Authority prior to such rules and regulations
becoming effective.
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[Ord. No. 476 passed 5-8-2002]
A.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or other similar
receptacle for sanitary wastewater solids shall at any time be connected
with the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the Moon Township Municipal Authority.
B.
After connection has been made to the sanitary wastewater collection
system owned and/or operated by the Authority from any premises pursuant
to this article, no privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole
or similar receptacle for sanitary wastewater solids shall continue
to be maintained on said premises, and any privy vault, cesspool,
septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle for sanitary wastewater
solids shall be abandoned, cleansed and filled in accordance with
ACHD rules, regulations and requirements.
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A.
It shall be unlawful for any person whose premises are connected
to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the Authority to permit, allow or cause to enter into such system
any wastewater from any property other than that for which service
application was made.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person whose premises are connected
to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the Authority to permit, allow or cause to enter into such system
any of the following pollutants, substances or wastewater.
1.
Pollutants which create a fire or explosive hazard in the sanitary
wastewater collection system or the Authority's wastewater treatment
facility, including, but not limited to, waste streams with a closed-cup
flash point of less than 140° F;
2.
Wastewater having a pH less than 5.0, or otherwise causing corrosive
structural damage to the sanitary wastewater collection system or
the Authority's wastewater treatment facility or other equipment,
or endangering Authority personnel;
3.
Solid or viscus substances in amounts which will cause obstruction
of the flow in the Authority's sanitary wastewater collection
system;
4.
Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral
oil origin, in amounts exceeding 100 mg/l as oil and grease in discharge
or in amounts that will cause obstruction of the flow in the sanitary
wastewater collection system or the Authority's wastewater treatment
facilities or which will cause pass through at the treatment facility;
5.
Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or
fumes within the Authority's sanitary wastewater collection system
or its wastewater treatment facilities in a quantity that may cause
worker health and/or safety problems;
6.
Stormwater, surface water, groundwater, artesian well water, roof
runoff or subsurface drainage.
C.
The Manager or his designee, bearing proper identification, shall
be permitted to enter the premises of any nondomestic discharger at
any reasonable time for the purpose of inspection of facilities to
ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.
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All industrial dischargers of wastewater which are located within the Township and which discharge industrial wastewater into the Authority's sanitary wastewater collection system must comply with the provisions of Chapter 635 of this Code.
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A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the nondomestic
preparation of food or the washing of dishes used to serve food for
nondomestic consumption without a properly installed, operational
and regularly maintained grease interceptor or grease trap system
to separate, remove, collect and contain grease content from wastewater
prior to the discharge of said wastewater into the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority. The grease
interceptor or grease trap system shall be installed and maintained
in accordance with the requirements of the Authority and the ACHD.
B.
The type of installation (either grease trap interceptor or grease
trap system) shall be determined by the total fixture flow through
rate of potential grease-laden fixtures discharging through the building
sanitary wastewater lines as determined by the ACHD Plumbing Division.
C.
A grease interceptor or grease trap system shall be installed at
an appropriate location along the building sanitary wastewater discharge
system before the point of connection between the sanitary wastewater
service line and public collection system. Said grease interceptor
or grease trap system and its installation shall be in compliance
with the rules, regulations, plans and specifications as established
by the Authority.
D.
The grease interceptor or grease trap shall limit the amount of grease
discharged into the public collection system to a level not to exceed
100 mg/l as oil and grease downstream of the interceptor or trap.
E.
Where a grease interceptor is required, an inspection site tee shall
be installed between the interceptor discharge point and the sanitary
wastewater service line connection to the public collection system.
F.
Grease interceptors and grease traps shall be maintained and kept
in proper working order at all times in accordance with the rules,
regulations and requirements as established by the Authority. Records
of all grease interceptor or grease trap system cleaning and/or maintenance
shall be kept on the subject premises at all times and shall be available
for review by the Manager or his designee.
G.
No solid waste devices, such as waste grinders, disposals, potato
peelers, etc. shall discharge through a grease trap or grease interceptor.
Only potential grease laden fixtures may discharge through the trap
or interceptor.
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B.
All grease interceptors and/or grease trap systems located on premises subject to § 630.12 shall be inspected at least annually by the Manager or his designee. All such interceptors and/or trap systems located on premises which maintain a dining seating capacity of 50 or more shall be inspected semiannually. A written record of all inspections shall be maintained by the Authority.
C.
All owners or occupiers of premises subject to § 630.12 shall be required to pay the Authority a fee for each annual or semiannual inspection conducted pursuant to § 630.13B above. The fee shall be established by the Authority as reimbursement for costs incurred in conducting the required inspection. The fee shall be included in the Authority's next regular billing invoice following the subject inspection.
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The Authority is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to make reasonable rules and regulations regarding the grease trap or interceptor requirement and inspection as set forth in §§ 630.12 and 630.13 as it deems necessary, which shall include, but not be limited to:
A.
Establishing the appropriate materials, plans and specifications
for the type of grease interceptor and/or grease trap system to be
installed;
B.
Establishing the appropriate materials, plans and specification for
the installation of a grease interceptor and/or grease trap system;
C.
Establishing the appropriate inspection and/or testing methods;
D.
Establishing the appropriate maintenance activities and schedule
required for grease interceptors and/or grease trap systems.
E.
Establishing the appropriate fee for inspection of grease trap interceptors
and/or grease trap systems.
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All rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section shall
be in writing and shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the
Moon Township Municipal Authority prior to such rules and regulations
becoming effective.
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[Ord. No. 476 passed 5-8-2002]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any property owner within the Township whose
premises are connected to the sanitary wastewater collection system
owned and/or operated by the Authority to discharge or permit to be
discharged any storm or surface water from the premises into the Authority's
sanitary wastewater collection system.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any property owner within the Township to
maintain any connection of a roof drain, downspout, french drain or
other surface or stormwater collection system to the Authority's
sanitary wastewater collection system.
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The Authority Manager or his designee, bearing proper identification, shall be permitted to enter any premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting and/or testing to ensure compliance with § 630.15.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to sell property located
within the Township on which a building or improvement exists without
first delivering unto the purchaser a document of certification or
temporary document of certification issued by the Authority. The Authority
shall not issue a municipal lien letter for the subject property transaction
unless and until a document of certification or temporary document
of certification has been issued.
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A.
Any person selling property located within the Township upon which
exists any structure or improvement, shall make application for a
document of certification to the Authority at least 14 days prior
to the date of sale of the subject property.
B.
The application shall be submitted on a form furnished by the Authority
and shall be accompanied by payment of an established fee, which fee
represents the costs incurred by the Authority in performing the required
test(s) and in processing the application.
C.
The information set forth on the application form shall include,
but not be limited to, the name and address of the seller, the location
of the property being sold, the name and address of the buyer and
a description of the structure and/or improvement on the property.
D.
The Authority shall then have an inspector proceed to the subject property and perform a dye test, smoke test or air test of the stormwater and wastewater drainage systems on the subject property. The purpose of such test(s) is to determine whether any surface and/or stormwater is being discharged into the Authority's sanitary wastewater collection system in violation of §§ 630.15 through 630.21 of this chapter.
E.
The Authority's inspector shall have the right to conduct as
many of the above-referenced tests as he deems necessary. The Authority
shall also have the right to rely on the results of any internal televising
of the main sewer completed by the Authority or its contractor.
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A.
In the event that there are no illegal storm or surface water discharges
and the existing drainage system is sound, the Authority shall issue
a document of certification.
B.
When an illegal storm or surface water discharge or malfunctioning
drainage system is discovered by means of the above-referenced testing,
no document of certification will be issued until the illegal discharge
and/or malfunctioning drainage system are removed and/or repaired
and the system retested and certified by the Authority. The established
fee described in § 4-B of this article must be paid to the
Authority prior to each retesting required.
C.
In the event of discovery by the Authority of an illegal discharge
and/or a malfunctioning drainage system, a notice describing said
violations and the required remediation will be sent by the Authority
to the applicant.
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A temporary document of certification may be issued at the sole
discretion of the Authority when either.
A.
When the Authority determines that the required testing cannot be
performed because of weather conditions, and when such is the case,
the applicant shall provide the Authority with a signed written acknowledgement
from the purchaser of the subject property, agreeing to correct, at
the said purchaser's sole expense, any unlawful discharges that
may be discovered as a result of subsequent testing, and the following
conditions are met.
1.
The application shall also provide the Authority with full payment
of the Authority's established fee for testing and processing
costs.
2.
Within 30 days of the date of issuance of a temporary document of
certification, the Authority will perform adequate testing of the
subject property and will issue a document of certification if the
testing reveals no unlawful discharges. If unlawful discharges are
found during this testing, the purchaser of the property will be held
responsible for immediate remediation.
3.
A failure to remediate within a reasonable time specified by the
Authority may result in the imposition of a fine for violation of
this chapter.
B.
When an unlawful discharge or malfunctioning drainage system has
been discovered and the necessary remedial activities to correct such
violation(s) would require a length of time such as to create a practical
hardship for the applicant, the applicant may apply to the Authority
for a temporary document of certification which may only be issued
when the applicant provides the Authority with all of the following.
1.
A bona fide executed contract between the applicant and a registered,
licensed plumber to complete the necessary remedial work;
2.
A deposit equal to the amount of said plumbing contract is posted
with the Authority as surety for work completion; and
3.
An agreement by the purchaser to be responsible for all cost overruns
related to the remedial work, together with a license to the Authority
to enter upon the property to complete work in case of default by
the contractor. The Authority Manager or his designee shall determine
when such temporary document of certification shall expire. At the
expiration of such time period, if the remedial work has been completed
on the subject property, the deposit shall be returned to the applicant.
4.
If the time period set forth on the temporary document of certification
should expire prior to the completion of the required remediation
work, the deposit will be forfeited in the amount required by the
Authority to complete the necessary remedial work.
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The Authority is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to
make reasonable rules and regulations for the application and/or issuance
of the required document of certification as it deems necessary, which
shall include, but not be limited to:
A.
Establishing acceptable forms of security or guaranties;
B.
Establishing the appropriate fee for the required testing and processing;
C.
Establishing acceptable testing methods;
D.
Establishing the forms of applications, purchaser acknowledgements,
document of certification and temporary document of certification;
E.
Limiting the times of year in which temporary documents of certification
are available for weather-related reasons.
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All rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section shall
be in writing and shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the
Authority prior to such rules and regulations becoming effective.
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[Ord. No. 476 passed 5-8-2002]
A.
Sanitary wastewater service lines shall convey only sanitary wastewater
and a nominal amount of infiltration and shall not be connected to
any source of surface or stormwater of any nature.
B.
All sanitary wastewater service lines carrying wastewater from any
structure within the Township into the sanitary wastewater collection
system owned and/or operated by the Authority shall be constructed
of SDR 35 PVC pipe.
C.
No sanitary wastewater service line shall be installed in a common
trench with any other utility line.
D.
All trenches or portions thereof created for the purpose of sanitary
wastewater service line installation and which lie in areas of regular
pedestrian travel shall be adequately marked and barricaded until
they have been filled and the surface has been restored to its original
elevation.
E.
Prior to the construction and/or installation of a sanitary wastewater
service line, the person to construct and/or install said service
line must be either the property owner or be a plumber registered
with the ACHD.
F.
The erection, construction and/or installation of all sanitary wastewater
service lines, including the trenching for same, shall be in accordance
and compliance with any and all applicable federal, state and/or local
regulations.
G.
The erection, construction and/or installation of all sanitary wastewater service lines which are to be connected with the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority shall be so connected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations, plans and specifications established by the Authority pursuant to § 630.08 of this chapter, as the same may be from time to time amended.
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A.
Every sanitary wastewater service line shall be inspected by the Authority after connection to the Authority's service line connection point has been made and before said line and connection point have been covered. The purpose of said inspection is to ensure compliance with the provisions of §§ 630.04 through 630.09 and 630.22 of this chapter as well as the rules, regulations, plans and specifications established by the Authority pursuant to § 630.08 above. An established fee shall be paid to the Authority as reimbursement for costs incurred in conducting said inspection.
B.
No water service will be permitted by the Authority unless and until
the sanitary wastewater service line has passed the required inspection.
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Where a premises is not connected to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the Authority, it shall
be unlawful for any person to cause or permit the flow of sanitary
wastewater from any structure or place except into a septic tank or
other private or community sanitary wastewater disposal system constructed
in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and those of ACHD.
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A.
No septic tank or other private or community sanitary wastewater
disposal system or any part thereof shall be erected, constructed
and/or installed within the Township until a permit for such erection,
construction and/or installation shall have first been obtained from
the ACHD or its agent.
B.
Application for said ACHD permit shall be in accordance with all
applicable rules, regulations and requirements established by ACHD.
C.
All elements of the erection, construction, installation, maintenance
and/or operation of a septic tank or other private or community sanitary
wastewater disposal system, including but not limited to design, materials,
size, capacity, efficiency and effectiveness must be in full and complete
compliance with all applicable rules, regulations and requirements
established by ACHD.
D.
No private or community sanitary wastewater disposal system which
releases effluent to any receiving waters within the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania may be erected, constructed and/or installed without
first obtaining permits from both the ACHD and the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection. A copy of all such permit applications
and permits, if and when issued, must be provided to the Authority
Manager. Erection, construction, installation, maintenance and operation
of any such sanitary wastewater disposal system must be in compliance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the rules and
regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
and the Allegheny County Health Department.
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Any person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with
any of the terms or provisions of this chapter, or with any rule,
regulation or requirement established pursuant thereto and authorized
thereby shall, upon conviction before any District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000 plus costs of prosecution to the
Township and $300 reimbursement to the Authority for costs incurred
by it in enforcing this chapter and for damage sustained by its facilities
as a result of the violation. Each day that a violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
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The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any section,
sentence, clause, phrase or provision shall be held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional,
the remaining portions of this chapter shall not be affected or impaired
thereby.
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The effective date of this chapter shall be the 8th day of May,
2002.
[Res. No. 32-02, passed 5-8-2002]
The Township hereby adopts and submits to the Department of
Environmental Protection for its approval the "Moon Township Municipal
Authority: Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan Supplement for Crescent
South Heights Wastewater Treatment Plan and Flaugherty Run Wastewater
Treatment Plant," prepared by Nichols & Slagle Engineering, Inc.
and dated May 2002. The municipality hereby assures the Department
of its intention to pursue the complete and timely implementation
of the said Plan as required by law. (Section 5, Pennsylvania Sewage
Facilities Act as amended.)
