[Adopted 2-10-2000 by Ord. No. 725]
The Township of Whitemarsh, pursuant to an intermunicipal
agreement entered into with the Township of Springfield, discharges
certain of its wastewater through Springfield Township to the Philadelphia
Wastewater Collection and Treatment System, for which the City of
Philadelphia is primarily responsible. This article provides for the
establishment, by resolution, of regulations and uniform requirements
for direct and indirect contributions of wastewater within the jurisdiction
of Whitemarsh and which is ultimately discharged to the Philadelphia
Wastewater Collection and Treatment System. Whitemarsh is responsible
for enforcement of this article in the first instance, but the City
of Philadelphia and Whitemarsh Township share the duty to enforce
this article to the extent necessary to assure the City of Philadelphia's
compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended
by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, the
Clean Water Act of 1977 and the Water Quality Act of 1987, 33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq., and any subsequent amendments thereto, and the general
pretreatment regulations (40 CFR Part 403), along with all applicable
state and federal laws and permits. The City of Philadelphia shall
not have any jurisdiction or authority to enforce this or any article
as they might relate to contributors whose discharge does not enter
the Philadelphia Wastewater Collection and Treatment System.
Regulations shall be adopted by resolutions
approved by the Board of Supervisors, providing for the regulation
of direct and indirect contributors to the Philadelphia Wastewater
Collection and Treatment System through the issuance of permits to
certain nondomestic users and through enforcement of general requirements
for other users; authorizing the monitoring and enforcement activities;
requiring user reports; assuming that the existing customers' capacity
will not be preempted; and providing for the setting of fees for the
equitable distribution of cost resulting from the program established
herein.
This article and the regulations adopted pursuant
thereto shall apply to the Township and to persons outside the Township
who are users of the Township wastewater collection system that ultimately
flows into the Philadelphia Wastewater Collection and Treatment System.
This article and the regulations adopted hereunder shall apply to
only that part of the Township that is served by and flows into the
Philadelphia Wastewater Collection and Treatment System.
A.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Manager of
the Township shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions
of this article. This article shall be implemented with the adoption
of detailed regulations at the time of the adoption of this article.
B.
The judicial enforcement remedies shall be as stated
in Section 6, Civil Penalties Assessment Policy, of the regulations
adopted by resolution pursuant to this article.
