[Adopted 7-6-1987 by Ord. No. 167-A (Ch. 20, Part 3B, of the 1995 Code)]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall be construed throughout this article to have the meanings indicated herein:
ACCESS ROAD
All roads within the Township, either public or private, which are used by vehicles weighing over 20,000 pounds, loaded, to transport solid waste.
BUFFER ZONE
A setback between the active area of processing, treatment, storage or disposal and the nearest property line and which is undeveloped except for grass, trees and/or shrubs.
DISPOSAL FACILITY
A facility of part of a facility at which waste is placed into or on any land or property and at which waste will remain after closure.
FACILITY
All land, structures and other appurtenances or improvements on a property where solid waste is processed, stored, treated, handled or disposed.
HAUL ROAD
Any cartway within the treatment site which shall be constructed for utilization in all weather conditions.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, sludge from an industrial or other wastewater treatment plant, sludge from a water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from municipal, commercial, industrial, institutional, mining or agricultural operations and from community activities, or any combination of the above, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under § 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880); or source, special nuclear or by-product material, as defined by the U.S. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 923); the Solid Waste Management Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and as further defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations, which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may:
A. 
Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in morbidity in either an individual or the total population as defined by the Pennsylvania DEP regulations or as supported by competent evidence of that fact.
B. 
Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed as defined by the Pennsylvania DEP regulations or as supported by competent evidence of that fact.
MUNICIPALITY
A city, borough, incorporated town, township or county or any authority created by any of the foregoing.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste in the Solid Waste Management Act, 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq., from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, joint venture, municipality, federal government or agency, state institution and agency or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
RESIDUAL WASTE
Garbage, refuse, discarded material or other waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and sewage from an industrial, mining or agricultural water supply treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution control facility, provided that it is not hazardous.
SCAVENGING
The uncontrolled and/or unauthorized removal of material from a facility site.
SOLID WASTE
Any waste, including, but not limited to, municipal, residual or hazardous waste including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous materials.
TRANSFER STATION
A facility for the transfer and packing of solid waste from smaller collection vehicles to larger transport vehicles.
TREATMENT SITE
Tract of land upon which is located a cogeneration or solid waste facility including all structures and other appurtenances or improvements created thereon and includes solid waste resource recovery, trash-to-steam (electric).
It shall be unlawful for any person or business entity to use or continue to use land within the Township as a trash to steam cogeneration, solid waste transfer, resource-recovery or pyrolysis treatment facility without first obtaining a one-year permit therefor from the Board of Commissioners. After the effective date of this article, such permit may be obtained only by a municipality or municipal authority; provided, however, that a trash-to-steam cogeneration, solid waste transfer, resource-recovery or pyrolysis treatment facility in existence and operation within the Township on the effective date of this article shall be eligible to apply for such permit.
[Amended 3-23-1995 by Ord. No. 192]
A. 
Each application for a permit or renewal application shall be accompanied by a permit fee in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Commissioners and a further deposit in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, both payable to the Township in the form of a certified check or money order, to be applied against the actual cost to the Township of technical review of the application and impact statement and to be further applied against the actual cost to the Township for the testing of underground monitoring wells, as hereinafter provided in § 198-23, together with the actual cost to the Township of providing labor, materials and/or equipment to ensure compliance by the permit applicant and/or permittee with the terms and provisions of this article.
B. 
Prior to the Township's expenditure of any portion of the aforesaid deposit for the testing of underground water monitoring wells as hereinafter provide in § 198-23, together with the actual cost to the Township of providing labor, materials and/or equipment to ensure compliance by the permit applicant and/or permittee with the terms and provisions of this article, the Township shall promptly advise the permit applicant and/or permittee, in writing, of the actual cost of the Township's expenditure(s). Thereafter, the permit applicant and/or permittee shall be afforded seven calendar days within which to consent to, in writing, or contest the Township's expenditure(s). In the event the permit applicant and/or permittee shall elect to contest the Township's expenditure(s), in writing, as aforesaid, such controversy or claim shall be promptly settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) shall be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
[Amended 3-23-1995 by Ord. No. 192]
A. 
Each permit shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. The permit holder desiring to renew an existing permit shall complete and submit to the Board of Commissioners an application at least 90 days before the expiration date thereof and shall tender with each application such permit fees as are required herein.
B. 
Renewal fees. Fees for renewal of permits and for technical review charges incident thereto shall be in such amounts as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
A. 
No application for a permit under this article shall be accepted by the Board of Commissioners unless the applicant has first obtained and received a permit from the Pennsylvania DEP for such use. All permit fees submitted with a permit application or renewal application are nonrefundable, even if the permit is denied or subsequently suspended or revoked.
B. 
The application for a permit shall be submitted in writing to the Board of Commissioners and shall contain:
(1) 
A topographical drawing and a land development plan in accordance with the Township of Lower Pottsgrove Land Development and Subdivision Regulations (Chapter 215), prepared by a professional engineer or professional land surveyor registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to a scale as shall from time to time be required by resolution of the Township of Lower Pottsgrove showing:
(a) 
Location of site relative to public roads.
(b) 
Owners of adjacent properties.
(c) 
Proposed fencing and improvements.
(d) 
Proposed screening.
(e) 
Cross sections showing the existing grades and the proposed grades upon completion and closure of the treatment site.
(f) 
Active areas within the site to include staging and the location of haul roads and access roads.
(g) 
Location of equipment cleaning and tire cleaning areas.
(h) 
Location of weighing scales (if applicable), fire-fighting equipment and all facilities.
(2) 
The names and current addresses of any and all persons who own any interest, real or equitable, in the real estate which is the subject of the application.
(3) 
The names and current addresses of any and all persons having any ownership interest in any corporations or other business entities which may be set forth in answers to Subsection B(2) above, where such persons or firms possess an ownership interest of 10% or more.
(4) 
The names and current addresses of any and all persons having any interest in the operation, maintenance and use of the real estate in question.
(5) 
The names and current addresses of any and all persons having any ownership interest in any corporations or other business entities which may be set forth in answer to Subsection B(2) above, where such persons possess an ownership interest of 10% or more.
(6) 
The identities and qualifications of personnel designated to manage the proposed facility, together with their intended responsibilities.
(7) 
All requirements of the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act in effect at the time of application, and regulations and standards of the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to solid waste processing, treatment and disposal systems are incorporated herein by reference, and the applicant shall be required to submit any and all plans, applications, data, materials, studies and information to the Board of Commissioners as is required to be submitted to the Pennsylvania DEP pursuant to said Act, regulations and standards. All such materials shall be certified by the applicant to be true and correct copies of original materials filed with that department.
(8) 
Statements indicating expected useful life of the site and the condition and proposed uses of said site upon termination of operation, if applicable.
(9) 
Access road survey shall include the following:
(a) 
Statement as to the estimated number of vehicles weighing over 20,000 pounds, loaded, which are expected to use the site on a daily basis during the life of such permit.
(b) 
A plan indicating all roads anticipated to be used as access roads as defined herein.
(10) 
Statement of applicant's prior experience, if any, in operating trash-to-steam cogeneration, solid waste transfer, resource-recovery or pyrolysis treatment facility.
(11) 
Environmental assessment statement.
(a) 
The statement hall include the following:
[1] 
A description of the proposed facilities.
[2] 
A physical description of the environment affected, including, but not limited to, summary technical data and maps and diagrams adequate to permit an assessment of potential environmental impact by commenting agencies and the public. Highly technical and specialized analyses and data should be attached as appendixes or footnoted with adequate bibliographic references.
[3] 
The interrelationships and cumulative environmental (including economic) impact of the proposed facility and other facilities shall be stated with adequate technical analysis.
[4] 
The sources of data used to identify, quantify or evaluate any and all of the environmental consequences must be expressly noted.
[5] 
The relationship of the proposed treatment site to land use plans, policies and controls for the affected area, including a statement as to how the proposed facility may conform or conflict with the objectives and specific terms of existing or proposed federal, state, county and Township land use plans, policies and controls.
[6] 
An analysis of:
[a] 
The primary and secondary effects of the facility and its capacity to stimulate or induce changes in patterns of social and/or economic activities.
[b] 
The impact on existing community facilities and activities, changes in natural conditions, etc.
[c] 
The effect on natural and cultural features, such as streams, mountains, historic sites, landmarks, principal roads, lakes and towns.
[7] 
Specific data relating to the impact of the facility on local vehicular traffic.
[8] 
Specific data relating to the impact of the facility on local water supplies, streams and rivers.
[9] 
Specific data relating to the impact of the facility on natural and man-made local storm drainage facilities and areas.
[10] 
Specific data relating to the impact of the facility on the existing flood-hazard areas of the Township, including details of any measures or precautions which may have to be taken in order to provide adequate flood control in the Township.
[11] 
A statement of any probable adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided (such as water or air pollution, undesirable land use patterns, damage to life systems, congestion, threats to health or other consequences adverse to the environment). Included for purposes of contrast should be a clear statement of how other avoidable adverse effects will be mitigated.
[12] 
The relationship between local short-term uses of the environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity. This section should contain a brief discussion of the extent to which the proposed action involves short-term environmental gains at the expense of long-term losses, or the converse, and a discussion of the extent to which the proposed action forecloses future options. In this context the words "short-term" and "long-term" should be viewed in terms of the environmentally significant consequences of the proposed action.
[13] 
The aesthetic impact of the proposed action, including its impact upon visual quality of the surrounding community.
[14] 
An analysis of the success and/or failure of similar projects if the proposed project is of a nonconventional nature. Determination of the conventional or nonconventional character of the proposed project will be made by the Township Engineer.
[15] 
A statement of any adverse effects on employment, taxes and property values.
[16] 
A statement of any effects on desirable community growth.
[17] 
A statement describing the location and impact of the project on nearby recreation areas.
(b) 
In developing the above data, the applicant shall convey the required information succinctly in a form easily understood both by members of the public and by public decisionmakers, giving attention to the substance of the information conveyed rather than to the particular form or length or detail of the statement. Statements should indicate, at appropriate points in the text, any underlying studies, reports and other information obtained and considered by the applicant in preparing the statement. Care should be taken to ensure that the statement remains an essentially self-contained instrument capable of being understood without the need for cross-reference.
(c) 
Each environmental statement should utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will ensure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and decisionmaking which may have an impact on the environment. Application of such an approach should help assure a systematic evaluation of reasonable alternative courses of action and their potential social, economic and environmental consequences.
A. 
Every person receiving a permit under this article shall constantly maintain the treatment site in accordance with any special provisions imposed by the Board of Commissioners and in the manner prescribed in this section and any subsequent regulations adopted by the Board of Commissioners plus all regulations currently imposed by the Solid Waste Management Act, the Pennsylvania DEP, plus any subsequent regulations adopted by said agency.
B. 
The following regulations shall apply to all facilities and treatment sites:
(1) 
The facility and treatment site shall be located so that safe and adequate access is available over public roads at all times. In doing so, any access road, as defined herein, to the proposed site shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width and paved with bituminous or concrete materials having a surface and base course of sufficient depth to withstand traffic loads, determined by the number and weight of trucks anticipated in the daily operation of the proposed facility. The Board of Commissioners may further require that the cost of improvement of access roads to provide this standard of access shall be assessed against the permittee either by requiring contribution of monies sufficient to pay for the improvements to the access roads or by assessing dumping fees on the operation of said facility sufficient to pay for the improvements to the access roads. The permittee shall give written assurance that, within one year of the termination of the facility operation, if applicable, all access roads will be restored, if necessary, to their condition as existing immediately prior to the commencement of the operation, as determined by the Township Engineer.
(2) 
All trucks entering and leaving the treatment site shall be covered and all access roads, as defined herein, to the facility shall be patrolled daily by the permittee or his designees to pick up and dispose of scattered and blowing papers or other refuse.
(3) 
The treatment site shall be properly fenced along the interior boundary of the buffer zone as per Department of Environmental Protection regulations to prevent blowing papers and other refuse on adjoining properties. The fences shall be metal wire mesh constructed of No. 9 gauge wire woven in a two-inch mesh in full conformance with the American Society of Testing Materials Specification A 491-71. The surface height of the fence shall be eight feet, plus an additional minimum of three strands of barbed wire, installed at least six inches apart, onto brackets affixed to the top of the fence at an angle 45° from vertical. The fence shall contain, at all entrances, gates which are locked except during business hours. In addition, temporary litter control fences shall be installed in such a manner as to prevent litter from dispersing onto the treatment site no more than 75 feet downwind from the immediate operating area. The treatment site shall be adequately policed, and all litter shall be collected weekly and incorporated into the facility process.
(4) 
The facility shall not be located on land mapped by the Natural Resources Conservation Service as having either a high-water table or seasonal high-water table or which is subject to flooding.
(5) 
The treatment site shall be graded and provided with drainage facilities to minimize runoff, prevent erosion and prevent collection of standing water.
(6) 
Burning and scavenging shall not be permitted.
(7) 
Hours of operation shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday (emergencies excepted); the treatment site shall not be operated on Sundays and holidays. At least three employees shall remain at the treatment site during business hours.
(8) 
The facility shall be located a minimum of 400 feet from any other zoning district boundary line and at least 500 feet from any existing residence or any residence under construction at the time of application.
(9) 
The facility shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from any street not located within the treatment site and 200 feet from any adjoining property line.
(10) 
Maximum lot size shall be 75 acres.
(11) 
The facility, as well as all improvements erected on the treatment site, shall be screened from view from the adjoining property boundaries by a buffer zone of a minimum of 200 feet between said site and improvements and any adjoining property, in which shall be placed a planting screen consisting of a variety of evergreen trees in a solid double row with a minimum height of nine feet so as to create a visual screening of said site and improvements from all adjoining real property.
(12) 
The grade of the facility shall not exceed current existing DEP regulations. The final grading of the facility shall be done in a manner so that the treatment site is left in a useful condition in accordance with DEP regulations in effect at that time.
(13) 
All equipment on the treatment site shall be maintained in a clean and neat condition.
(14) 
Necessary measures shall be taken to prevent and extinguish fires. Water at adequate volume and pressure, as determined by the Board of Commissioners, to supply water hose streams or foam-producing equipment or water spray systems as well as necessary equipment compatible with local fire department equipment, such as hoses, nozzles and pumps, for minimizing fire hazards shall be available at the site. All equipment and buildings shall be equipped with functional fire extinguishers. At least three functional Scott air packs shall be housed at the treatment site.
(15) 
Any materials salvaged from the site must be stored in a building on or off the site in such a manner as to prevent rat harborage and permit proper operation of the facility. Such storage building must be at least 200 feet from the working surface so as not to interfere with the compacting and covering. All salvage material must be daily placed within the building, provided that none is left uncovered during the night or on weekends.
(16) 
The facility shall contain an on-site scale, and all solid waste delivered to the treatment site shall be weighed or the size estimated and recorded pursuant to § 198-28.
(17) 
A certified copy of all reports, data, plans and other material or information required to be submitted to the Board of Commissioners.
(18) 
A tire cleaning area shall be provided on the access road within the treatment site. All tires on all trucks leaving the treatment site shall be cleaned. Runoff from the tire cleaning area shall be controlled in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Act, 32 P.S. § 680.1 et seq.
(19) 
An equipment cleaning area shall be provided on the treatment site. All equipment used to handle, move, transport, grade and compact solid waste in the facility shall be cleaned daily to prevent odors, vectors and other nuisances. All drainage from equipment cleaning areas shall be managed so as to prevent water pollution and shall be discharged to a sanitary sewer system or other facilities approved by the Board of Commissioners.
(20) 
Groundwater monitoring wells shall be required and shall be located both along the interior boundary lines of the buffer zone and outside the boundary lines of the treatment site, as determined by a DEP-approved hydrogeologist in accordance with the Pennsylvania DEP regulations. The water in each well shall be tested by the permittee monthly for all items listed in the regulations of the Pennsylvania DEP and for all other additional items as may be required by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. The test results shall be submitted, in writing, to the Board of Commissioners within 10 days after the date of each test.
(21) 
All facilities, equipment and personnel shall be equipped with both an internal communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instructions (voice or signal) to facility personnel and a device immediately available at the scene of operations, such as a telephone or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from local police and fire departments.
(22) 
The treatment site shall have at least one emergency access entrance which shall be locked except when used during an emergency situation. Permittee shall provide a key to this entrance to both the Facility Inspector and the local fire departments.
(23) 
Emission of unpleasant gases or odorous matter shall not be permitted in such quantities as to be offensive outside the boundaries of the treatment site. Similarly, the sound pressure level of any operation within the treatment site shall not exceed at any point of residential occupancy outside of the treatment site boundary reasonable decibel levels for those locations.
(24) 
Sanitary toilet facilities, as approved by the Board of Commissioners, shall be constructed and made available for use by persons on the treatment site.
(25) 
The permittee shall prepare and update, when needed, a detailed map of all haul roads within the facility. This map shall be submitted to the local police and fire departments within 10 days of its completion or update.
(26) 
Upon completion of each major phase of construction, certification shall be provided by a professional engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania indicating that the actual facility construction was observed by such engineer or his agents and that said construction is in strict conformance with permit requirements of both the Pennsylvania DEP and ordinances of the Township.
(27) 
Standby equipment shall be on site, available within 24 hours of equipment failure. In the event of equipment failure, standby equipment shall be utilized.
(28) 
Hours of operation and operating fee rates shall be prominently displayed on the sign at the entrance. The sign shall be a minimum size of three feet by four feet, and the lettering shall be readable with the naked eye from a minimum distance of 50 feet. The sign shall in all other respects comply with all other Township of Lower Pottsgrove regulations as to signs.
Within 90 days of the receipt of an application for a permit by the Board of Commissioners, the Board shall issue a permit or shall refuse to issue a permit to the applicant after an examination of the application and after determination that the applicant has complied with regulations in this article, including but not limited to § 198-23.
No permit issued by the Board of Commissioners shall be transferable by the permittee to any other entity unless such a transfer is authorized by the Board of Commissioners. Any entity desiring to transfer his permit shall notify the Board of Commissioners, in writing, which notification shall be accompanied by an application for a permit as prescribed by this article by the transferee.
[Amended 3-23-1995 by Ord. No. 192]
In the event that the Board of Commissioners shall approve the transfer of a permit, the transferee shall immediately pay to the Township a transfer fee in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Commissioners on account of expenses and investigation of transfers by the Township.
Every person who has obtained a permit under this article shall provide and keep a daily log. The permittee shall be responsible for the accuracy of all information contained in the daily log. The daily log shall contain the following information written down in the English language:
A. 
The origin of all solid waste accepted, handled, treated and disposed by the treatment site.
B. 
The weight of all solid waste accepted, handled, treated and disposed by the treatment site.
C. 
The number of trucks bringing solid waste to the treatment site.
D. 
The number of vehicles other than trucks bringing solid waste to the treatment site.
E. 
The type of solid waste accepted by the treatment site.
F. 
A complete record of all monies accepted by the facility for solid waste brought to the treatment site.
G. 
The name, home address and telephone number and license plate number of the driver of each vehicle bringing solid waste to the treatment site.
A. 
The Board of Commissioners shall appoint or hire a Facilities Inspector, who shall be required to regularly oversee and inspect the facilities' operation, the treatment site and all vehicles entering or leaving the treatment site to monitor compliance with the regulations contained in this article. The Inspector is required to submit monthly reports, in writing, to the Board of Commissioners concerning the condition of the facilities and treatment site.
B. 
The permittee shall at all times allow the Facilities Inspector access to the following:
(1) 
All records, data, material, books and other information kept or maintained by the permittee.
(2) 
All areas of the treatment site, including, but not limited to, the facility and all solid waste delivered to, treated, handled or processed or disposed in the facility.
(3) 
All equipment, vehicles, buildings or other improvements and appurtenances located on the treatment site, including, but not limited to, all vehicles entering or leaving the treatment site.
(4) 
The Facility Inspector shall have authority to order the permittee to cease all operations at the treatment site and to order permittee to lock all entrances to the treatment site if the Facility Inspector has reasonable cause to believe that the treatment site is or has been operated in violation of this or any other ordinance of the Township, the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act or the regulations or standards established by the Pennsylvania DEP. The Facility Inspector shall immediately notify the Board of Commissioners of the action taken, and the Board of Commissioners shall, within 10 days of the notification by the Facility Inspector, act to approve, amend or disapprove the action taken by the Facility Inspector. Failure by the Board of Commissioners to act within the ten-day period shall be deemed to be a disapproval of the action taken by the Facility Inspector.
The Board of Commissioners shall from time to time levy, by resolution, an operating fee based upon the amount of solid waste disposed on the treatment site, which fee shall be used to administer this article. The operating fee shall be established by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. Said fees shall be collected from the permittee of the treatment site and shall be submitted to the Board of Commissioners monthly.
[Amended 3-23-1995 by Ord. No. 192]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day on which a violation of this article shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
In addition to the remedies provided above, any continued violation of this article which shall constitute a nuisance in fact or which shall, in the opinion of the Board of Commissioners, constitute a nuisance may be abated by proceeding against the violator in a court of equity for relief.
[Amended 3-23-1995 by Ord. No. 192]
A. 
Any permit granted by the Board of Commissioners under the provisions of this article shall be revocable or subject to suspension at any time upon the determination by the Board that the facility treatment site:
(1) 
Is or has been conducted in violation of this or any other ordinance of the Township, the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act or the regulations or standards of the Pennsylvania DEP.
(2) 
Is creating a public nuisance.
(3) 
Is creating a potential hazard to the public health, safety and welfare.
(4) 
Adversely affects the environment.
B. 
No person or entity shall operate any facility during revocation or suspension and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day in which a violation of this article shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
A. 
The licensed premises shall at all times be subject to inspection by the Board of Commissioners and the Department or their duly authorized officer for the purpose of determining whether the requirements of this article are being complied with. The license shall be subject to suspension by the Board of Commissioners for failure to comply with this article, and a license so suspended may be reinstated by said Board of Commissioners for the balance of the year for which it was issued upon compliance with the provisions of this article. No person shall engage in a similar operation in the Township during the time when the license therefor shall have been suspended.
B. 
The Board of Commissioners, in its discretion, may revoke any outstanding license and refuse the issuance of a license as set forth in § 198-28 to any person who shall be convicted three times within a period of five years for violation of any of the provisions of this article.
C. 
The Board of Commissioners may refuse to renew the license of any person who fails to operate and maintain his treatment site in accordance with Township regulations or in accordance with the plans and specifications under which this license was issued.
All treatment site permittees or operators thereof shall maintain liability insurance in minimum amounts of $5,000,000 each individual and $10,000,000 each incident for any harm, damage or injury befalling anyone as a result of the existence and/or operation of said facility. A disaster policy shall be obtained in the amount of at least $30,000,000, which policy shall provide for environmental restoration in the event of sudden and accidental or gradual pollution caused by discharge, dispersal, release or escape of pollutants. All policies required by this article shall have a minimum cancellation period of not less than 30 days after receipt in writing of the notice of cancellation by the Board of Commissioners. All policies required by this article shall be maintained by the permit holder throughout the entire period of operation of the facility.