[Adopted 9-9-1991 by Ord. No. 552, approved 9-9-1991]
A. 
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Eddystone Borough Wastewater Treatment Ordinance."
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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) and 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, the national pretreatment standards, Code of Federal Regulations 40 CFR 401 et seq.
[Amended 1-13-1997 by Ord. No. 569, approved 1-13-1997[1]]
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Editor's Note: Sections 2 and 3 of this ordinance also provided as follows:
"Section 2. Amendments to regulations.
The DELCORA standards, rules and regulations, adopted by Eddystone Borough Ordinance No. 552 as Eddystone Borough's Wastewater Treatment regulations, are amended as provided by DELCORA Resolution Nos. 95-06 and 95-12, which are attached hereto, made part hereof and identified as Exhibits A and B, respectively.
Section 3. Local limitations.
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 Borough of Eddystone."
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The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations are hereby adopted by Eddystone Borough to govern the conduct of all discharges to the DELCORA Wastewater Management System.
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It is intended that this article provide for the enforcement and prosecution of the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations and the national pretreatment standards.
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It is the specific intent of this article to provide the means of enforcement of the national pretreatment standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Agency as set forth in 40 CFR § 401 et seq. (1983) pursuant to the Clean Waters Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
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The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations shall be minimum standards and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of user within the Borough of Eddystone.
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The Borough Council of the Borough of Eddystone 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. 91-03, adopted May 22, 1991, as the same may be amended from time to time, which is incorporated hereby by reference and attached hereto as Exhibit A,[1] shall be subject to the penalties set forth in this article.
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Editor's Note: Said resolution is on file in the Borough offices.
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Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall be subject to pay a fine of up to $1,000 dollars 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 of this article and/or DELCORA's Standards, Rules and Regulations, as amended, continues shall constitute a separate offense.
A. 
The Borough of Eddystone hereby appoints DELCORA or DELCORA's designee as its agent having the power of the Borough of Eddystone to institute proceedings in the name of the Borough of Eddystone against any and all persons, firms or corporations who violate the provisions of this article.
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In cases involving the enforcement of this article, the Solicitor of DELCORA or DELCORA's designee may cause subpoenas to be issued for witnesses for the prosecution and may conduct the hearing on behalf of the Borough of Eddystone.