[Added 4-13-1992 by Ord. No. 92-08]
A.
This article is adopted to promote and protect the
public health, safety, comfort, convenience and other aspects of the
general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the specific
enforcement of the various regulations promulgated by the Delaware
County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA), the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and such other agencies which
may succeed the aforementioned agencies to implement the Delaware
County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment Standards,
40 CFR 401 et seq.
[Amended 11-25-1996 by Ord. No. 96-30]
B.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the
"Radnor Township Wastewater Treatment Ordinance."
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations
are hereby adopted by Radnor Township to govern the conduct of all
discharges to the DELCORA Wastewater Management System.
A.
It is intended that this article provide for the enforcement
and prosecution of the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations and
the National Pretreatment Standards.
B.
It is the specific intent of this article to provide
a means of enforcement of the National Pretreatment Standards promulgated
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as set forth
in 40 CFR 401 et seq. (1983) pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as amended,
33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
C.
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations shall
be minimum standards and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind
of user within Radnor Township.
The Board of Commissioners of Radnor Township
hereby ordains and establishes that any person, firm or corporation
who fails or refuses to comply with the DELCORA Standards, Rules and
Regulations, embodied in DELCORA Resolution No. 91-04, adopted May
22, 1991, as the same may be amended from time to time, which is incorporated
herein by reference and attached hereto as Appendix A,[1] shall be subject to the penalties set forth in this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: DELCORA Res. No. 91-04 is on
file in the office of the Township Secretary.
[Amended 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-12]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of any article shall be subject to pay a fine of up
to $1,000 or the maximum legal limit of the fining authority, whichever
is greater, and/or, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that each violation continues
of this article and/or DELCORA's Standards, Rules and Regulations,
as amended, shall constitute a separate offense.
A.
The Township of Radnor hereby appoints DELCORA or
its designee as its agent having the power of the Township of Radnor
to institute proceedings in the name of the Township of Radnor against
any and all persons, firms or corporations who violate the provisions
of this article.
B.
In cases involving the enforcement of this article,
the Solicitor of DELCORA or its designee may cause subpoenas to be
issued for witnesses for the prosecution and may conduct the hearing
on behalf of the Township of Radnor.
[Added 11-25-1996; amended 9-22-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-12]
The eastern area local limitations for discharge
of wastewater as provided by DELCORA Resolution No. 91-04, which is
on file at the Township Municipal Building, is made a part hereof
and identified as Exhibit C,[1] are adopted as the local limitations for all discharges
of wastewater within the Township of Radnor.
[1]
Editor's Note: DELCORA Res. No. 91-04 is on
file in the office of the Township of Secretary.
