[Amended 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 598]
This chapter 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.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Nether Providence Township Wastewater Treatment Ordinance."
The DELCORA standards, rules and regulations
are hereby adopted by Nether Providence Township to govern the conduct
of all discharges to the DELCORA Wastewater Management System.
A. It is intended that this chapter 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 chapter 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 the Township of Nether Providence.
The Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Nether Providence 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 Nos.
91-03 and 91-05, 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, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Art.
II, Violations and Penalties, §
1-16, Building, health and safety violations. Every day that each violation continues of this chapter and/or DELCORA's Standards, Rules and Regulations, as amended, shall constitute a separate offense.
[Added 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 598]
The western area local limitations for discharge
of wastewater as provided by DELCORA Resolution 91-05, as amended
and codified through October 1996, which is attached hereto, made
a part hereof and identified as Exhibit C, are adopted as the local limitations for all discharges
of wastewater within the Township of Nether Providence.