[Adopted 12-30-1952 by Ord. No. 91]
[Amended 1-28-2004 by Ord. No. 743]
No person or persons, co-partnership or corporation
shall make an entry into any public sewer or drain line or lateral
thereto in the Township of Carneys Point for any purpose whatsoever
without a written permit from the Carneys Point Township Sewerage
Authority. New connections to existing sewer mains will be at the
expense of the applicant, including connection fee, tapping fee (if
approved by the Authority), fittings, pipe, labor and related materials.
The applicant will be fully responsible for street permits, excavation
and restoration and the complete cost thereof.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 734[1]]
No unauthorized person or persons shall uncover,
make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any
public sewer, service lateral or appurtenances thereof without first
obtaining a written permit from the Carneys Point Township Sewerage
Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 173-1.01, Mandatory
sewer connection, adopted 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 734, which Immediately
preceded this section, was repealed 1-28-2004 by Ord. No. 743. This
section, originally adopted as Section 173-1.02 was renumbered during
codification.
[Amended 1-28-2004 by Ord. No. 743]
Any public sewer or drain line or the lateral
thereto shall immediately upon the completion of the work be returned
to its original condition. Any trench or excavation shall be refilled
and thoroughly compacted by tamping and left in as good and safe a
condition as it was before such digging or excavating.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 734[1]]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following substances into the
Carneys Point Township Sewerage system:
A.
Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their
nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction
with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in
any other way to the wastewater facilities or to the operation of
the said facilities.
(1)
At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion
hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any
point in the system), be more than 5% nor any single reading be over
10% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter.
(2)
Prohibited materials include, but are not limited
to, gasoline, kerosene, naptha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers,
alcohols, ketones, chlorates, perchloates, bromates, carbides, hydrides
and sulfides and any other substances for which the Authority, the
state or EPA has determined there is a fire hazard to the system.
B.
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction
to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of
the wastewater treatment facilities, such as but not limited to grease,
garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal
guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails,
whole blood, feather, ashes cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble
dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent
grains, spent hops, wood, plastic, tar, asphalt residues, residues
from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass
grinding or polishing wastes.
C.
Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.5 or greater
than 8.0 or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or personnel
or the Authority.
D.
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to
injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving
waters of the treatment works, or to exceed the limitation set forth
in a categorical pretreatment standard.
E.
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids
which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient
to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to
prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance and repair.
F.
Any substance which may cause the treatment works
effluent or any other product, such as residues, sludges, or scums,
to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the
reclamation process where the Authority is pursuing a reuse and reclamation
program. In no case, shall a substance discharged to the Authority
cause the Authority to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal
criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of
the Act; any criteria, guidelines, or regulations affecting sludge
use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act,
the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or state criteria
applicable to the sludge management method being used.
G.
Any substances which will cause the treatment works
to violate its NJPDES permit.
H.
Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed
in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions.
I.
Any wastewater, liquid or vapors having a temperature
higher than 40° C. (105° F.).
J.
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants
released at a flow and/or pollutant concentration which will cause
interference to the treatment works. In no case shall a slug load
have a flow rate or contain concentration or qualities of pollutants
that exceed for any time period longer than 15 minutes more than three
times the average twenty-four-hour concentration, quantities, or flow
during normal operation.
K.
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or
isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established
by the Authority in compliance with applicable state and/or federal
regulations.
L.
Any nonpolluted water including stormwater and cooling
water.
M.
Any wastewater with dissolved oxygen concentration
below 0.5 mg/l.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section, adopted as § 173-1.03,
was renumbered during codification.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 734[1]]
The properly identified agents of the Authority
shall have the right of access to any premises served by the Authority,
at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of reading meters, collecting
samples, examining fixtures and pipes, observing the manner of use
of same, and for any other purpose which is proper and necessary in
the conduct of the business of Carneys Point Township Sewerage Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section was adopted as
§ 173-1.04 and renumbered during codification.
[Added 12-10-2003 by Ord. No. 734[1]]
No persons shall willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure or appurtenance
which is part of the Carneys Point Township Sewerage Authority Wastewater
Facilities.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section was adopted as
§ 1.05 and renumbered during codification.
[Amended 5-20-1985 by Ord. No. 393; 12-10-2003 by Ord. No.
734]
Any persons or person who shall violate the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a
fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment in the Salem County Corrections
Facility for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. In addition, any
person found to have maliciously, willfully or negligently damaged,
injured, defaced or tampered with property owned by the Authority
shall be responsible for the full cost, including legal and engineering
fees, which the Authority shall incur in order to restore and repair
said property.
