A. 
Summary conviction. Any user or other person who knowingly makes any false statements, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained by this Part 5 or permit conditions; who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this Part 5; who shall violate any other provision of this Part 5; or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements hereof shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense and sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $10,000 and costs of prosecution for each and every violation or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 90 days for each violation. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
Legal action.
(1) 
If any user or other person discharges sewage, industrial waste or other waste into the POTW contrary to the provisions of this Part 5, federal or state pretreatment requirements or any order of the Authority, the Authority's Solicitor may commence an action for legal and/or equitable relief, including the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction, in a court of competent jurisdiction. In addition to the other penalties provided herein, the Authority may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, court reporter fees, and other expenses of litigation.
[Amended 6-30-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-10]
(2) 
Any fines, costs, penalties or other expenses imposed upon or incurred by the Authority as the result of any violation or violations by any user or other person of any provision of this Part 5 shall be assessed against and chargeable to the user or other person and may be collected as provided by law.
(3) 
None of the provisions of this Article XII or Article XI shall be deemed in any way to limit the enforcement power of the Authority embodied in its Enforcement Response Plan and Civil Penalty Policy, as adopted by Authority Resolution No. 94-2, and as may be amended from time to time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Enforcement Response Plan, adopted 12-17-2007 by Resolution No. 15-2007, is available in the Township offices.
C. 
Civil penalties.
(1) 
Any user who is found to have failed to comply with any provisions of this Part 5, or the orders, rules, regulations or permits issued hereunder, shall be fined up to $25,000 for each offense. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
(2) 
In addition to the penalties provided herein, the Authority may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, court reporter fees and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person found to have violated this Part 5 or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder.
(3) 
Any user upon whom a fine has been imposed pursuant hereto shall have the right to an appeal thereof, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Publicly Owned Treatment Works Penalty Law, 35 P.S. § 752.7(b) and the Administrative Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 551 et seq.
[Added 6-30-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-10]
D. 
Falsifying information. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this Part 5 or a permit condition or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this Part 5 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense and sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $10,000 and costs of prosecution for each and every violation or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 90 days for each violation.