As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AGENT
The Joint Meeting, Rutherford, East Rutherford and Carlstadt.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Rutherford in the County of Bergen and State of New
Jersey.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from domestic
or sanitary waste.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY
A person whose industrial waste output has:
A.
A flow of 5,000 gallons or more per average workday;
B.
In it a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued
under Section 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments
thereto; or
C.
Significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing
industries, on the treatment works or the quality of its effluent.
PERMITTEE
Any person which has been issued a permit for discharge of industrial
waste.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
group or owner.
The discharge of the following waste into the sewage collection system of the Agent is prohibited and shall be grounds for revocation of the permit and/or disconnection from the Agent's sewage collection system pursuant to §
93-2:
A. Gasoline, benzene, toluene, xylene, naphtha, fuel oil
or mineral oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B. Garbage, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails, paint residues, cannery waste, bulk solids, paper mill wastes or
any other solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the
flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage
system.
C. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substances which, either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a hazard
or menace to life or property or of preventing entry into the sewers for their
maintenance and repair.
D. Any radioactive isotopes.
E. Any wastes containing viable pathogenic bacteria other
than those normal to domestic sewage.
F. Concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning solutions or other
wastes which are highly colored and which color cannot be removed by the Agent's
sewage treatment plant.
G. Any waste containing grease or oil that will solidify
or become viscous at temperatures between 32º and 150º F.
H. Surface or rain water, cooling water and water from roof
or cellar drains, groundwater or unpolluted industrial or unpolluted commercial
process water.
I. Any waste which, in the opinion of the Agent, is harmful
to any portion of the sewerage system or to its operating personnel or the
general public.
J. Any water or waste which, in the opinion of the Agent,
contains any toxic substances in quantity sufficient to constitute a hazard
to humans or animals or to interfere with the process of the sewage treatment
plant whereby the discharge from the same will exceed state, federal or other
legal requirements for the receiving stream.
K. Any waste as defined in 40 CFR 128.131 of the Federal
Register.
Where the average daily flow of any individual permittee is greater
than 1% of the average daily flow of the entire sanitary system of the Agent,
as a condition to the granting of a permit, holding facilities may be required
to be constructed on the premises of the permittee by, and at the expense
of, the permittee, which shall control the quantity and rates of discharge
so that the rate will be constant over a twenty-four-hour period for each
day of the week.
All major contributing industries, and other industries deemed necessary
by the Agent, shall file periodic and other reports with the Agent as required
under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments thereto. This
information will be a requirement for issuance and continuation of any permit
issued by the Agent for connection with the Agent's sanitary sewer system.
The permit issued under this chapter is issued to a specific user for
a specific operation. The permit shall not be assigned, transferred or sold
to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation.
The disposal into the sewer system of any pollutant by any person is
unlawful, except in compliance with federal standards promulgated pursuant
to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments thereto and any
more stringent state and local standards.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined
as follows:
Consecutive Days of Noncompliance
|
Penalty
(per day)
|
---|
0 to 15
|
$750
|
15 to 30
|
$1,500
|
31 or more
|
$1,500
|
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or
circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the regulations or the application
of such provisions to other persons or other circumstances shall not be affected.
All other ordinances and parts of ordinances and resolutions, insofar
as they are inconsistent with any of the terms or provisions of this chapter,
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency only.
This chapter shall take effect following final passage, adoption and
publication on the earliest date allowable by law.