The following words and terms, when used in this article,
shall have the following meanings:
ABSORPTION AREA
A component of an individual or community sewage system where
liquid from a treatment tank seeps into the soil; it consists of an
aggregate-filled area containing piping for the distribution of liquid
and the soil or sand/soil combination located beneath the aggregate.
(2)
ALTERNATE ABSORPTION AREAA tested area which is reserved for possible future installation of an absorption area, if the primary absorption area is clogged or otherwise is malfunctioning.
ACT
The Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P.S. §§ 750.1
to 750.20).
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Board of Supervisors of East Cocalico Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania.
COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEM
A sewage facility, whether publicly or privately owned, for
the collection of sewage from two or more lots, or two or more equivalent
dwelling units and the treatment or disposal, or both, of the sewage
on one or more of the lots or at any other site.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
HOLDING TANK
A watertight tank, whether permanent or temporary, which
receives and retains sewage conveyed by a water-carrying system and
is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal of
the sewage at another site.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the Township upon which there is erected
a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals, and from which structure sewage
shall or may be discharged.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE SYSTEM
A system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single
lot and collecting and disposing of sewage in whole or in part into
the soil or into any waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or
by means of conveyance to another site for final disposal.
OFFICIAL PLAN
A Comprehensive Plan for the provision of adequate sewage
systems adopted by the Township, and submitted to, and approved by
the Department as provided by the Act and Chapter 71 of the Department's
Regulations.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the Township.
PERSON
An individual, association, public or private corporation
for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, firm, trust, estate, department,
board, bureau or agency of the United States, commonwealth, political
subdivision, municipality, district, authority or another legal entity
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. The
term includes the members of an association, partnership or firm and
the officers of a local agency or municipal, public or private corporation
for profit or not-for-profit.
PUMPER/HAULER
Any person who engages in cleaning any or all components
of a community or individual on-lot system and evacuates and transports
the septage cleaned therefrom, whether for a fee or free of charge.
SEWAGE
A substance that contains the waste products or excrement
or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals and
any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical to
the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use of
water for domestic water supply or for recreation. This term includes
any substance which constitutes pollution under the Clean Streams
Law.
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
An official of the local agency who reviews permit applications
and sewage facilities planning modules, issues permits as authorized
by the act and conducts investigations and inspections that are necessary
to implement the Act and the regulations thereunder.
SOIL MODIFICATION
A process by which small diameter pellets of plastic or a
similar material are injected into the soil in the absorption area
of an on-lot sewage disposal system. The process is intended to fracture
the soil and improve porosity of the soil. The Township does not make
any claim or representation that such soil modification will improve
soil porosity or soil permeability.
[Amended 5-19-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-06]
TOWNSHIP
East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.