[Adopted by Ord. No. 26-1988 (§§ 23-17 to 23-22 of the 1979 Revised General Ordinances)]
The following definitions apply to this article:
DEPARTMENT
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
SEWAGE
Ay wastes, including wastes from humans, households, commercial establishments, industries and stormwater runoff, that are discharged to or otherwise enter into the Township's sewage treatment facility.
SIGNIFICANT INDIRECT USER (SIU)
Solely for the purposes of this article, any user, excluding municipal collection systems, who discharges on any one day wastewater into the Township's sewage treatment facility where:
A. 
The volume of industrial process wastewater exceeds 25,000 gallons per day;
B. 
The amount of BOD, COD or suspended solids in the industrial process wastewater discharge exceeds the mass equivalent of 25,000 gallons per day of the domestic waste of the affected Township's sewage treatment facility;
C. 
The volume of industrial process wastewater in the discharge exceeds 5% or more of the average daily flow of the Township's sewage treatment facility;
D. 
The discharge of industrial process wastewater contributes, prior to any pretreatment, 5% or more of the daily mass loading of any of the pollutants listed in Appendix B, Tables II-VI, of N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.1 et seq.;
E. 
The user of the Township's sewage treatment facility is determined to be a hazardous waste facility under N.J.A.C. 7:26-12 and meets the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4.2(b)1;
F. 
The user is determined to be an industrial waste management facility under N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4;
G. 
The user has been found by the Department to be in violation of state laws or regulations or local ordinances concerning environmental issues;
H. 
The discharge consists of landfill leachate, either pure or diluted by groundwater or surface runoff;
I. 
The discharge consists of significant quantities of polluted groundwater which is pumped from the ground in order to decontaminate an aquifer; or
J. 
The Department determines it would be consistent with the intent of the Pretreatment Act or state Act to require a permit for the indirect discharger.
SIU
Solely for the purposes of this article, significant indirect user.
SLUDGE
The solid residue and associated liquid resulting from the physical, chemical or biological treatment of wastewater.
A. 
Any person classified as a significant indirect user (SIU), as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.9, shall obtain a State of New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/SIU permit prior to the connection of any building or premises with any public sanitary sewer. Each user must certify to the Township Engineer, prior to the receipt of the municipal permit, the following information:
(1) 
The user is in compliance with all Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards as set forth in 40 CFR 403.1 et seq.
(2) 
The user has complied with the deadlines established in 40 CFR 403.6(b).
(3) 
The user has complied with the reporting requirements as set forth in 40 CFR 403.12.
B. 
A user not an SIU, as defined by N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.9 et seq., must submit a certificate to the Township Engineer indicating that the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1 et seq. are inapplicable for the proposed usage and the basis for its statement.
A. 
A user may not introduce wastewater into the treatment work facility which contains toxics or other pollutants in amount or concentration that endangers public safety and physical integrity of the treatment works or causes violation of a permit or precludes the selection of the most cost effective alternative for wastewater treatment and sludge disposal.
B. 
All nondomestic users are prohibited from introducing into the publicly owned treatment works the following materials:
(1) 
Waste which creates a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment works.
(2) 
Waste which causes corrosive structural damage to the treatment works, including any waste with the pH of less than 5.0 unless the works is designed to accept such waste.
(3) 
Any pollutant, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD et seq.), released in the discharge of such volume or strength as to cause interference in the treatment works.
(4) 
Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment works resulting in interference but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the treatment works exceeds 40° C. (104° F.), unless the treatment works is designed to accommodate such heat.
A. 
Each user of the treatment works shall be notified annually by the Township of the rate and portion of the charges contributable to wastewater treatment services.
B. 
The cost of all extraneous flow shall be distributed equally among all users. The Township shall establish a financial management system that will accurately account for revenues generated by the system and expenditures for operation and maintenance, including replacement of the treatment system.
Any person who violates any portion of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.