[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of New
Providence 5-27-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 129.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 281.
Stormwater control — See Ch. 301.
Sanitary standards — See Ch. 333.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Ch. 219, Sewers
and Sewage Disposal, adopted 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 95-10.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20° C., expressed
in milligrams per liter.
The Borough of New Providence or its authorized representative.
Any water used for the purpose of carrying away excess heat, and
which may contain biocides used to control biological growth.
Liquid:
The wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business
as distinct from domestic and/or commercial sewage.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in
grams per liter of solution.
Any solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil,
grease, sewage sludge, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive
substances, thermal wastes, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar
dirt, and industrial, municipal or agricultural waste or other residue discharged
into the Borough's sanitary collection system or waters of the state.
Treatment by application of physical, chemical and/or biological
processes to reduce the amount of pollutants in, or alter the nature of, the
pollutant properties in a wastewater, other than residential, prior to its
direct or indirect discharge to the Borough's wastewater facility and
to remove illegal and/or undesirable waste constituents, or to reduce the
strength of the waste prior to discharge to the Borough's wastewater
facilities.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewerage system used
or usable for sewage collection purposes and to which storm, surface, and
ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residence, business
buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which, in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of
longer duration than 15 minutes, more than five times its average twenty-four-hour
concentration or flows during normal operation.
Any flow occurring during or immediately following any form of natural
precipitation, including but not limited to rain, sleet, melting snow, etc.,
and resulting therefrom.
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of,
or is in suspension in, water or sewage, as determined by laboratory procedures.
Those pollutants or combinations of pollutants, including disease-causing
agents, which after discharge and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation or
assimilation into any organism, either directly or indirectly by ingestion
through food chains, will, on the basis of information available, cause death,
disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations, physiological
malfunctions, including malfunctions in reproduction or physical deformation
in such an organism or its offspring.
Any person who discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater
into the Borough's wastewater facilities.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions, whether treated
or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter the Borough's
wastewater facilities.
A.
Before granting a sewer connection permit, the Borough
Council may require the applicant to furnish a bond with one or more sureties
acceptable to the Council. The bond shall be conditioned that:
(1)
The applicant shall indemnify and save harmless the Borough,
the Council and the officers, employees and officials of the Borough from
all suits and actions of every name and description brought against the Borough
or any officer, employee or official of the Borough for or on account of any
injury or damage received or sustained by any person in consequence of or
resulting from any work performed by the applicant, his servants, agents or
contractors or subcontractors or of or from any improper materials used in
the work, or of or from any negligence in guarding such work, or of or from
any act or omission of the applicant, his servants, agents, contractors or
subcontractors.
(2)
Such applicant shall faithfully perform or cause to be
performed such work in all respects and shall replace and restore that portion
of any street and sidewalk in which the applicant, his servants or agents,
contractors or subcontractors shall make any excavation to as good condition,
of which the Borough shall be the judge, as that In which the same was before
work was performed, and shall also keep and maintain such street and sidewalk
in like condition to the satisfaction of the Borough for a period of one year.
(3)
The Borough Council may, within such year, with or without
notice to such applicant, repair the street or cause it to be repaired, and
the cost thereof shall be paid forthwith by the applicant upon demand.
(4)
The applicant shall comply in all respects with the rules
and regulations established by the Borough relative to such work and shall
pay all fines imposed upon him for violation of this chapter or of any such
rule or regulation.
B.
The bond shall be in the sum of $1,000 for one connection
and in the sum of $500 for each additional connection. Applications for more
than one connection shall show that all connections are to be made within
60 days from the date of application.
A.
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or
opening into, use, alter, or disturb any wastewater sewer or a storm sewer
without first obtaining a written permit from the Borough's Building
Department.
B.
Connections to the Borough's collection system shall
be made only by a licensed plumber. No connection shall be covered until inspected
by the Borough.
C.
Inspection of all connections to the Borough's collection
system require at least twenty-four-hour notice to the Borough's Engineering
Department.
D.
Connections shall be made with suitable materials approved
by the Borough. All work included in the construction of connections to the
Borough's collection system shall be done to the satisfaction of the
Borough, and the person or persons doing said work shall accept as final all
decisions of the Borough as to the fitness of all materials or work done and
shall immediately replace all work rejected.
E.
Connections shall be such as to provide flexibility and
watertight joints. A manhole shall be provided if required. Connections shall
be cast iron or PVC Schedule 40 and shall be of sufficient strength to sustain
any loads under which they are subjected.
F.
All connections to the Borough's collection system
shall be made using a saddle with stainless steel straps which completely
surrounds the sanitary sewer pipe where the connection is made.
H.
Cleanouts shall be provided at 75 feet intervals to permit
complete cleaning. Cleanouts shall be constructed by using a "Y" fitting in
the length of pipe with a forty-five-degree bend and riser to the ground surface.
The riser must be provided with a standard four-inch screw-type ferrule.
I.
All connections to the Borough's collection system
shall exit all structures above basement floor level to prevent the installation
of illegal floor drains into the Borough's system.
J.
Inspection risers shall be placed at the curbline or
in an area designed by the Borough and shall be constructed by using a "T"
fitting in the length of pipe with a riser to the ground surface.
K.
Manholes shall be located at all junctions and changes
in slopes and direction of sewers. The maximum spacing of manholes shall be
400 feet. Drop manholes shall be provided at all junctions where the difference
in elevation of effluent and effluent inverts is more than two feet. All manhole
covers shall be embossed with the words "Borough of New Providence Sanitary
Sewer" in a pattern approved by the Borough.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any
stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof drains, subsurface drainage,
uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water to the
Borough's sanitary collection system.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be
discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers,
or to a natural outlet approved by the Borough, but under no circumstances
into sanitary sewers. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process water
may be discharged, by the Borough's approval, to a storm sewer or natural
outlet, but under no circumstances into the sanitary collection system.
C.
The owners of the property served assume all risk of
damages that may result from water getting into the premises from the public
sewers or their connections. Any connection subject to backflow or back pressure
should have installed an approved type backwater valve to prevent such occurrences.
D.
No person shall discharge or deposit or allow to be discharged
into the Borough's sanitary collection system any wastewater which contains
the following:
(1)
Oil and grease (not to exceed 100 mg/L).
(2)
Explosive and/or flammable mixtures.
(3)
Noxious materials.
(4)
Garbage wastes.
(5)
Radioactive wastes.
(6)
Solid or viscous wastes.
(7)
Toxic wastes.
(8)
Discolored materials.
(9)
Corrosive wastes.
(10)
High temperature (in excess of 150° F).
(11)
Heavy metals.
(12)
Toxic metals and organics.
(13)
pH allowable range 6.0 to 9.0.
(14)
BOD: maximum 250 ppm.
(15)
Suspended solids: maximum 250 ppm.
E.
In no case shall any substance be discharged which is
known to be harmful to humans or animals and detrimental to the Borough's
sanitary collection system and wastewater treatment facilities.
F.
No person shall discharge any ashes, cinders, sand, mud,
straw, shavings, metals, glass, rags, feathers, offal, plastics, wood, paunch,
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime residues, cannery waste bulk solids,
unshredded garbage, antibiotic wastes, free mineral acids, concentrated pickling
wastes or plating solutions causing interference with the operation of the
Borough's Wastewater Treatment facilities.
A.
No grease trap or interceptor required by this chapter
shall be installed, modified, or removed from a building or premise without
a permit approved by the Borough Engineer, the Board of Health, and the Plumbing
Subcode Official.
B.
Discharge of any liquids which contain more than 100
parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease is strictly prohibited.
C.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when,
in the opinion of the Board of Health, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid waste containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes,
sand or other harmful ingredients. All interceptors or traps shall be of a
type and capacity approved by the Board of Health/Plumbing Subcode Official
and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
D.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious
materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of a substantial construction and watertight and shall be equipped
with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight
and watertight. All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained
by the users, at their expense, in continuously effective operation at all
times.
E.
The user shall notify the Borough and/or the Board of
Health of any problems or damage with the interceptor/trap including but not
limited to any missing or broken baffles, screens, and pipes.
F.
The use of emulsifiers, surfactants and thinners, is
strictly prohibited.
G.
Any grease arising out of any cooking, grilling, frying
or meat trimming shall be recycled using a qualified firm equipped to handle
such materials. The user shall keep an accurate record of such recycling and
make that record available to authorized representatives from the Board of
Health/Borough.
H.
The user of every location containing any commercial-type
kitchen shall be required to install and maintain an approved grease interceptor
or trap on all sinks and drains discharging into the Borough's sanitary
sewer system. Commercial-type kitchens are those where foods are prepared
for public consumption on or off the premises. The design, location, installation,
and permitting for the interceptor or trap shall conform to the regulations
of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
(1)
It shall be the responsibility of each user to regularly
clean and maintain the interceptor or trap to prevent grease from entering
the sewer system, and to post and maintain a log adjacent to said interceptor
or trap for each cleaning.
(2)
The Board of Health shall have the right to inspect said
equipment to ensure proper maintenance.
(a)
Failure to maintain this equipment shall be in violation
of this chapter and shall be subject to a penalty up to $1,000 per occurrence.
Failure to pass inspection or reinspection shall necessitate a reinspection
within a period of not more than two weeks.
(b)
Cost of reinspection ($200) will be paid by the user.
(3)
In addition to any penalties imposed for a violation
of the chapter, the following costs shall also be imposed:
(a)
The costs for clearing and cleaning any blockages in
the Borough's sanitary sewer mains that are attributable to a commercial-type
kitchen shall be paid by the user.
(b)
Such charges shall include, but not be limited to, the
full cost for labor, including fringe benefits, equipment costs, and surcharges,
if any, whether those costs were incurred by Borough employees or by a contractor
hired by the Borough, or both.
(c)
Any property damage arising out of a sewer blockage caused
by the commercial-type kitchen shall also be borne by the user of the premises
causing the blockage.
If wastewater containing any substance prohibited, exceeding prescribed
limits, or violating restrictions imposed by this chapter are discharged or
proposed to be discharged into the Borough's sanitary collection system,
the Borough may take any of the following actions necessary to protect the
treatment facilities:
A.
Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater;
B.
Require an industrial user to demonstrate that in-plant
modifications will reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substances so
as to be in conformance with this regulation;
C.
Require pretreatment, including storage facilities, or
flow equalization necessary to insure complete compliance with this chapter.
D.
Require the discharger making, causing or allowing the
discharge to pay all the additional cost or expense incurred by the Borough
for any damages caused by excess loads imposed on, the treatment facilities,
including NJDEPE fines for violations occurred from plant excursions; and
E.
Take such other remedial action as may be deemed to be
desirable or necessary to achieve the purpose of this chapter.
A.
All industrial users who discharge wastewater to the
Borough's sanitary collection system shalt maintain such records of production
and related factors, effluent flows, and pollutant amounts or concentrations
as are necessary to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of these
rules and regulations and any applicable state or federal pretreatment standards
or requirements.
B.
Such records shall be made available upon request to
the Borough. All records relating to compliance with pretreatment standards
shall be made available to officials of NJDEPE and USEPA upon demand.
C.
The owner of any premises or facility discharging industrial
wastes into the system shall install at his/her own expense suitable monitoring
equipment to facilitate the accurate observation, sampling, and measurement
of wastes. Such equipment shall be maintained in proper working order and
kept safe and accessible at all times. The equipment and maintenance thereof
shall be to the standards promulgated by the NJDEP and the Joint Meeting of
Essex and Union Counties.
D.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics
of wastewater, to which reference is made in this chapter, shall be determined
in accordance with an approved test method by an NJDEPE certified wastewater
laboratory. Sampling method, location, time, duration, and frequency shall
be determined on an individual basis by the governmental authority requiring
the sampling.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any wastewater or other polluting
material into any natural outlet within the Borough, except where suitable
treatment has been provided and where an NJPDES permit has been obtained from
the appropriate governmental authority, where required.
No person shall maliciously, intentionally, or negligently break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment,
including but not limited to sampling or monitoring equipment that is part
of the Borough's sanitary collection system and wastewater facilities.
If for any reason, a facility does not comply with or will be unable
to comply with any prohibitions or limitations in this chapter, the facility
responsible for such discharge shall take immediate corrective action to prevent
continued harm to the sanitary collection system and treatment facilities
and shall immediately notify the Borough so that additional corrective action
may be taken to protect the treatment facilities. In addition, a written report
addressed to the Borough's Engineer detailing the date, time and cause
of the accidental discharge, the quantity, and characteristics of the discharge,
and actions taken to prevent future discharges, shall be filed by the responsible
person within five days of the occurrence of the noncomplying discharge.
A.
Whenever the Borough finds that any person has violated
or is violating the rules and regulations, or any prohibition, limitation
or requirement contained herein, the Borough may serve upon such person a
written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable
time, not to exceed 10 days, for the satisfactory correction thereof. If the
violation is not corrected by timely compliance, the Borough may order any
person who causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to show cause before
the Borough why services should not be terminated.
B.
The Borough may suspend the wastewater treatment services
when such suspension is necessary, in order to stop an actual or threatened
discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment
to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment, causes interference
to the Borough's sanitary collection system, or causes the Borough's
wastewater treatment facilities to violate any conditions of its NJPDES Permit.
C.
Any person notified of a suspension of the wastewater
treatment service shall immediately stop or eliminate the discharge. In the
event of a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension
order, the Borough shall take such steps as are deemed necessary, including
immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage
to the Borough's sanitary collection system and wastewater treatment
facilities or endangerment to any individuals. The Borough shall reinstate,
at the owner's expense, the wastewater service upon proof of the elimination
of the noncomplying discharge. A written statement submitted by the discharger
describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to
prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the Borough within 15
days of the date of occurrence.
A.
Any person violating any provisions of this chapter shall
be liable for any costs incurred by the Borough in correcting any hazardous
condition. The costs incurred by the Borough shall include an administrative
surcharge of 15% of the labor and material costs.
B.
Any person who intentionally discharges into a grease
trap or interceptor any liquids which contain more than 100 parts per million
by weight of fat, oil or grease shall be fined $500 per discharge.
