[Adopted 12-26-1978 by Ord. No. 13-78 (Ch.
18, Part 3, of the 1988 Code)]
[Amended 7-9-1990 by Ord. No. 11-90]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall
be as follows:
The Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority, a Pennsylvania
municipal authority.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in mg/l, utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater" published by the American
Public Health Association.
The quantity of oxygen expressed in mg/l, utilized in the
chemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure.
Any improved property used, in whole or in part, for sale,
storage and/or distribution of any product, commodity, article or
service.
Any property on which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes is or may be discharged.
Any premises used wholly or in part for the manufacture,
processing, cleaning, laundering or assembly of any product, commodity
or article or from which any process waste, as distinct from sanitary
sewage, shall be discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
ejected or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or in the course of the development, recovery
or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both:
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment
processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal;
and
Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirements
of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions
and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state
or local regulations); § 405 of the Clean Water Act, the
Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) [including Title II, more commonly
referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" (RCRA),
and including state regulations contained in any State sludge management
plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA], the Clean Air Act,
Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act
Milligrams per liter.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1347) and 40 CFR 401-471, which applies to
specific categories of industrial users.
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
under § 307(c) of the Act, which will be applicable to such
source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
with that section; provided, that:
The building, structure, facility or installation
is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or
The building, structure, facility or installation
totally replaced the process or production equipment that caused the
discharge of pollutant at an existing source; or
The production of wastewater generating processes
of the building, structure, facility or installation are substantially
independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining
whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent
to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity
as the existing source should be considered.
Any improved property not classified as a residential establishment.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United
States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction
which a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of
a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of the violation).
Any individual, partnership, firm, company, association,
society, corporation or other group or entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, which indicates the
degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. A stabilized pH will
be considered as a pH which does not change beyond the specified limits
when the waste is subject to aeration. It shall be determined by one
of the accepted methods described in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater" published by the
American Public Health Association.
That portion of the POTW designated to provide treatment
to wastewater.
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer or other enclosure
occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by
a family or other group of persons living together or by persons living
alone.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating and/or disposing of sanitary sewage
and/or industrial wastes, from time to time, owned by the Authority
and leased to this Township for operation and use.
Any discharges of water, sanitary sewage, or industrial wastes
which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of
flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more
than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration, or flow,
during normal operation.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other liquids and
which are removable by laboratory filtering.
The Township of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
a political subdivision acting by and through its Board of Township
Commissioners, or, in appropriate cases, by and through its authorized
representatives.
The Easton Suburban Water Company, the Division of Water
and Sanitary Sewage of the City of Bethlehem or any other private
or public water company or any other municipality, municipal authority,
political subdivision or other political agency providing water service
to sewered areas of the Township.
[Amended 1-9-1989 by Ord. No. 1-89; 2-3-1994 by Ord. No.
1-94]
Sewer rentals or charges are imposed upon and
shall be collected from the owner of each improved property connected
to the sewer system, for use of the sewer system, whether such use
shall be direct or indirect, in accordance with the following schedule
of rates and classifications:
A.
All owners of improved property shall pay sewer rentals
or charges based upon actual water consumption as determined by the
Township with exceptions as hereinafter set forth. All sewer rentals
or charges based upon water consumption shall be computed in accordance
with the following rates:
[Amended 12-18-2006 by Ord. No. 08-06; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.
07-08; 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 11-09; 12-19-2016 by Ord. No. 07-16[1]]
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Water Consumption per Quarter per Annum
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Rental or Charge per Quarter per Annum
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For the first 6,000 gallons or less
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$52.50
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Over 6,000 gallons
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$0.00707 per gallon
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[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that these rates would
apply to quarterly billings beginning with consumption read dates
on or after 1-1-2017.
B.
The volume of water to be utilized for billing sewer
rentals or charges to the owners of improved property shall include
any and all water purchased from any water company and all water obtained
from any other source (including, but not limited to, wells, springs,
streams, creeks and rivers) as determined by:
(1)
Water consumption meters installed and maintained
by any water company.
(2)
Water consumption meters installed and maintained
by the Township.
(3)
Water consumption meters installed and maintained
by an owner, subject to the prior written approval of the Township.
(4)
From estimates or measurements made by the Township
or water company.
C.
Where an owner of improved property utilizes water
from sources other than a water company (including, but not limited
to, wells, springs, streams, creeks, and rivers), and the volume of
water is not metered, estimated or measured by the Township, the owner
shall pay a fixed sewer rental or charge of $72 per quarter per annum.
[Amended 12-18-2006 by Ord. No. 08-06; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.
07-08]
D.
Exclusion from the sanitary sewer system of wastewater not requiring sewage treatment pursuant to federal, state or local regulatory authority may be required by the Township or such exclusion may be made at the election of the owner if not required by the Township, subject to the provisions hereof. When such wastewater is excluded and does not reach the sewer system or when any other portion of the water consumption does not reach the sewer system, sewer rentals or charges shall be based upon total water consumption, less water excluded, at the rates set forth in Subsection A of this section and, as may be applicable, as set forth in Subsection F of this section. All exclusions hereunder shall be determined as follows:
E.
An owner of improved property may elect to install
meters which measure wastewater volumes actually discharged to the
sewer system, in which event the rental or charge per quarter per
annum shall be based upon the metered wastewater volumes rather than
water consumption.
F.
Surcharge rate.
(1)
The owner of an industrial establishment discharging
industrial wastes to the sewer system having a BOD greater than 300
mg/l, and/or suspended solids content greater than 350 mg/l, and/or
a COD greater than 600 mg/l, shall pay a strength of waste surcharge,
in addition to applicable volume charges, to be calculated as follows:
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Where:
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SR
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=
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Surcharge rate multiplier
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BOD
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=
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Biochemical oxygen demand of the wastes in mg/l
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SS
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=
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Suspended solids of the waste in mg/l
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(2)
The Township reserves the right to substitute the
following formula for the surcharge rate in the event that BOD is
not a normal measure of the strength of the waste:
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Where:
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SR
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=
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Surcharge rate multiplier
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COD
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=
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Chemical oxygen demand of the waste in mg/l
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SS
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=
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Suspended solids of the waste in mg/l
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(3)
The surcharge rate shall be applicable to all sewer
rental billings. The strength of industrial wastes to be used for
establishing the surcharge rate shall be determined annually based
upon an average from the preceding year's sampling and analysis of
the industrial wastes, conducted at least quarterly, during a period
of normal plant operation. In establishing industrial wastes strengths
for surcharge purposes by analysis, analyses shall be made in accordance
with procedures outlined in the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American
Public Health Association. Owners of industrial establishments discharging
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes to the sewer system shall
furnish the Township upon request all information deemed essential
by the Township for the determination of applicable sewer rental surcharges
for excess strength wastes. The cost of obtaining such information
and the cost of all analyses shall be borne by the owner of the industrial
establishment.
G.
Minimum charges. Notwithstanding any other provisions
contained herein, all owners of residential and nonresidential establishments
connected to the sewer system shall be required to pay a minimum sewer
rental of $52.50 per quarter per annum.
[Amended 12-18-2006 by Ord. No. 08-06; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.
07-08; 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 11-09[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that these rates would
apply to quarterly billing beginning with consumption read dates on/after
1-1-2010.
H.
Additional classifications. Additional classifications
and sewer rentals or modifications of the above schedule of sewer
rentals may be established by the Township from time to time as deemed
necessary.
I.
Multiple establishments. A separate sewer rental or charge shall be made for each residential and/or nonresidential establishment located on the same improved property, provided there is a separate meter for each such establishment. Where a single meter is used to measure the water consumption of multiple residential and/or nonresidential establishments located on the same improved property, the sewer rental or charge shall be determined by the water consumption evidenced by said single meter in accordance with Subsection A of this section. Where multiple residential and/or nonresidential establishments on the same improved property utilize water from sources other than a water company (including, but not limited to, wells, springs, streams, creeks, and rivers) and the volume of water is not metered, estimated or measured by the Township, the owner shall pay a fixed sewer rental or charge of $72 per quarter per annum for each residential and/or nonresidential establishment.
[Amended 12-18-2006 by Ord. No. 08-06; 12-15-2008 by Ord. No.
07-08]
J.
This article shall be effective upon the date of enactment
hereof, and shall apply to quarterly billing commencing with consumption
read dates on/after January 1, 2009. In the case of properties utilizing
water from sources other than a water company (including, but not
limited to, wells, springs, streams, creeks, and rivers,) and the
volume of water is not metered, estimated or measured by the Township,
the revised fixed sewer rental or charge shall commence on January
1, 2009.
[Added 12-18-2006 by Ord. No. 08-06;
amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 07-08]
[Amended 2-3-1994 by Ord. No. 1-94; 10-20-1997 by Ord. No.
6-97]
Billings for unmetered improved properties shall
be rendered quarterly for three months' usage on such dates as the
Township may determine based on billing cycles assigned to such properties.
Billings for metered improved properties served by a water company
shall be made as close to quarterly as is possible when applicable
meter readings shall become available to the Township or as soon thereafter
as practicable and shall cover the period since the date of the preceding
meter readings which were used as a basis for computing the immediately
preceding billing. Billings based upon the volume of water measured
or estimated other than by a water company shall be made quarterly
and rendered on the billing date for unmetered improved properties
or as soon thereafter as practicable and shall cover the period since
the immediately preceding meter reading or immediately preceding estimate.
Owners of property connected to the sewer system for only a portion
of a billing quarter shall pay a pro rata sewer rental for the period
of time actually connected during the quarter. All sewer rental billings
shall be due and payable upon presentation and, if not paid within
30 days from the date of the billing, shall be considered delinquent,
whereupon a penalty of 10% shall be added. In the event any such delinquent
billing is referred to any outside collection agency or to any attorney
for the purpose of collection, the charges, expenses and fees charged
by such outside collection agency or by such attorney shall be added.
[Amended 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. 5-84; 7-9-1990 by Ord. No.
11-90]
A.
The Township reserves the right to refuse permission
to connect to the sewer system, to compel discontinuance of use of
the sewer system, or to compel pretreatment of wastewaters by any
industry in order to prevent discharges deemed to be harmful, or to
have a deleterious effect upon any portion of the sewer system.
B.
No wastewaters in any of the following categories
shall be discharged from any improved property into the sewer system
without the prior approval of the Township:
(1)
Industrial wastes having a BOD greater than 300 mg/l;
(2)
Industrial wastes having a content of suspended solids
greater than 350 mg/l;
(3)
Industrial wastes having a COD greater than 600 mg/l;
(4)
Industrial wastes slugs having an average daily flow
greater than 5% of the average daily waste flow at the sewage treatment
plant receiving wastes from the sewer system;
(5)
Any sewage, industrial wastes, or other matter or
substance:
(a)
Having a temperature higher than 104° F.
(40° C.) or 32° F. (0° C.) at the introduction to the
POTW treatment plant.
(b)
Containing more than 100 mg/l of fat, oil or
grease.
(c)
Containing any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel
oil, paint products, kerosene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols or
other inflammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases; at no time,
shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the
point of discharge into the system or at any point in the system be
more than 5% nor any single reading over 10% of the lower explosive
limit (LEL)
(d)
Containing garbage with particles greater than
1/2 inch in any dimension.
(e)
Containing any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shaving, metals, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole
blood, paunch manure, bentonite, lye, building materials, rubber,
hair, bones, leather, porcelain, china, ceramic wastes, or other solid
or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction or other interference
with the operation of the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant
receiving wastes from the sewer system;
(f)
Having a pH, stabilized, lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment, bacterial action or personnel;
(g)
Containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant receiving
wastes from the sewer system;
(h)
Containing total solids greater than 850 mg/l
or of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense
is required to handle such materials in the operation of the sewer
system or the sewage treatment plant receiving wastes from the sewer
system;
(i)
Containing noxious or malodorous gas or a substance
which creates a public nuisance;
(j)
Containing dye from any source that will not
have an effluent the equivalent of that produced by alum coagulation
and chlorination to remove suspended or colloidal matter and bleach
the dissolved dyes;
(k)
Containing radioactive substances and/or isotopes;
(l)
Containing wastes which are not amenable to
biological treatment or reduction in existing treatment facilities,
specifically nonbiodegradable complex carbon compounds;
(m)
Containing concentrations of anions, cations,
and other various objectionable substances that would make the Township
of Bethlehem responsible for discharging such substances in excess
of that amount permitted in the allocated portion of the critical
flow of the receiving stream. The maximum allowable concentrations
permitted to be discharged from the wastewater treatment plant receiving
wastes from the sewer system are as follows:
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Substance
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Maximum Concentrate
(mg/l)
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Alkyl benzene Sulfonate
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0.5
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Arsenic
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0.01
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Barium
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1.0
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Beryllium (as Be)
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1.0
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Cadmium (as Cd)
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0.01
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Carbon Chloroform extract (exotic organic chemicals)
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0.2
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Chloride
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250.00
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Chromium (trivalent)
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1.0
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Chromium (hexavalent)
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0.05
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Color (Platinum Cobalt Standard)
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25.00
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Copper (as Cu)
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1.0
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Cyanide
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None
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Fluoride
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1.7
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Iron
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0.3
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Lead
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0.05
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Manganese
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0.005
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Mercury
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None
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Nickel (as Ni)
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2.0
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Nitrate
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45.00
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Phenol
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0.001
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Selenium
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0.01
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Silver
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0.05
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Sulfate
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250.00
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Tin
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1.0
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Total dissolved solids
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500.00
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Zinc (as Zn)
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5.0
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Allocations for discharging the above substances
will be made to each industry on a pound basis, i.e., flow multiplied
by concentration. The amount allocated to each industry shall be decided
by the Township and in accordance with Township regulations.
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(n)
Containing any spent grains, spent hops, or
residue from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil.
C.
The Township reserves the right to require nonresidential
establishments having large variations in rates of wastewater discharge
to install suitable regulating devices for equalizing wastewater flows
to the sewer system.
D.
When directed by the Township, owners of industrial
establishments shall install, pay for, and maintain a manhole and
such other devices as may be approved by the Township to facilitate
observation, measurement, and sampling of wastewaters discharged to
the sewer system. The Township or its duly authorized representative,
at all reasonable times, shall be permitted to enter upon any and
all properties for the purpose of inspecting, observing, measuring,
and sampling wastewaters discharged to the sewer system.
E.
Owners of industrial establishments desiring to discharge
industrial wastes to the sewer system shall obtain a permit from the
Township to do so. Applications for a permit to discharge industrial
wastes shall be accompanied by all information requested by the Township
for the determination of industrial wastes volumes, characteristics,
and constituents. The cost for obtaining such information shall be
borne by the owner of the industrial establishment. The owner of any
industrial establishment which is connected to the sewer system who
plans to change operations so as to materially alter the characteristics
and volumes of wastewaters discharged to the sewer system shall notify
the Township in writing at least 20 days before making such connections
or changing its operations.
F.
When directed by the Township, grease, oil, and sand
interceptors or traps shall be provided where, in the opinion of the
Township, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes
containing grease in excessive amounts, of any flammable wastes, sand
and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be of a type
and capacity acceptable to the Township, and shall be located as to
be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
G.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any sanitary
sewer, without prior written approval of the Township, any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water. Where existing
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water or roof drains
are connected, directly or indirectly, to the sanitary sewer system,
they shall be removed within 24 hours of receipt of a notice from
the Township to remove said connection, or shall pay a daily charge
of $150 for each connection. Should the Township desire to meter the
wastewater discharge when it suspects a surface water, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or
unpolluted industrial process water or roof drain is connected, the
Township will charge an additional $3. (over $150) for every 16 GPM
above 40 GPM.
[Amended 8-5-2019 by Ord.
No. 07-19]
H.
This Township reserves the right to adopt, from time
to time, such additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary
and proper in connection with use and operation of the sewer system,
which rules and regulations shall be, shall become and shall be construed
as part of this article.
I.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed
as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between the Township
and any person whereby industrial wastes of unusual strength or character
may be admitted into the sewer system.
J.
General discharge regulations.
(1)
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed,
directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which shall interfere
with the operation or performance of the POTW. These general prohibitions
apply to all such users of the POTW. These general prohibitions apply
to all such users of the POTW whether or not the user is subject to
national categorical pretreatment standards or any other national,
state or local pretreatment standards or any other national, state
or local pretreatment standards or requirements. A user may not contribute
the following substances to any POTW:
(a)
No pollutant may be discharged into the POTW
which will cause structural damage to the POTW, but in no case may
pollutants discharged have a pH lower than 5.0 or greater than 11.0.
(b)
Pass-through of any substance which will cause
the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or state disposal system permit
or the receiving water quality standards.
(c)
Heat amounts producing interference, but in
no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the POTW treatment
plant exceeds 40° C. (104° F.) unless the approval authority,
upon request of the POTW, approves alternate treatment limitations.
At no time shall a discharge to the POTW have a temperature higher
than 150° F. or less than 32° F.
(2)
Federal categorical pretreatment standards. Upon promulgation
of the federal categorical pretreatment standards listed in 40 CFR,
Subchapter N, Parts 401-471, categorical industries must comply with
all applicable pretreatment standards and other requirements. The
federal standards, if more stringent than any limitations imposed
under this section, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed
under this section. The Superintendent shall notify all affected users
of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR 403.12.
(3)
Specific pollutant discharge limitations; local limits.
(a)
The Township reserves the right to establish
by ordinance more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges
to the wastewater disposal system if deemed necessary, and in accordance
with 40 CFR 403.5(c), the Township of Bethlehem imposes the following
specific pollutant discharge limitations for all industrial users:
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Maximum Allowable Concentrations
(24-hour average)
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Pollutant
(Total)
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Local Limit
(mg/l)
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Arsenic
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0.200
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Cadmium
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0.100
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Chromium
|
0.500
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Copper
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0.300
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Lead
|
0.500
|
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Mercury
|
0.010
|
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Nickel
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0.100
|
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Silver
|
0.002
|
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Zinc
|
0.500
|
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Cyanide
|
0.010
|
(b)
The Township reserves the right to establish
alternate specific pollutant discharge limitations in individual industrial
waste discharge permits, but only in accordance with regulatory requirements.
At no time will the summation of the industrial users' discharges
be greater than the allowable industrial headworks loading as defined
in 40 CFR, Part 403. The specific pollutant discharge limitations,
if more stringent than the federal categorical pretreatment standards,
shall immediately supersede the pretreatment standards.
K.
Penalty.
(1)
Falsifying information. Any person or industrial user
with pretreatment standards or other requirements who knowingly makes
false statements, representation or certification in any application,
record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained
pursuant to this article or industrial waste discharge permit, or
who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring
device or method required under this article, shall, upon conviction,
be fined as follows:
(2)
Civil penalties. Any person or industrial user with
pretreatment standards or other requirements who is found to have
violated an order of the Township, the City of Bethlehem or the City
of Bethlehem's Hearing Board or who willfully or negligently failed
to comply with any provision of this section, and the others, rules,
regulations and permits issued hereunder, shall be fined as follows:
Drain lines from all swimming pools shall be
connected to the storm sewer system where available. Where no storm
sewers are available, the pool drain may be connected to the sewer
system only upon written approval of the Township and subject to such
conditions and charges as may be specified by the Township.
Drainage of air conditioning or refrigeration
equipment shall be in accordance with applicable provisions of existing
or future ordinances of the Township, or, in absence of such applicable
provisions, in accordance with applicable provisions of existing or
future ordinances of the City of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
the lessee operator of the wastewater treatment plant receiving from
the sewer system.
A.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American
Public Health Association, and shall be determined at a suitable manhole
to be approved by the Township.
B.
All samples shall be twenty-four-hour composite wastewater
samples, that is, 24 hourly wastewater samples collected over a twenty-four-hour
period with the sample volume proportioned according to the flow rate
at the time of the sample. The cumulative sample shall be refrigerated.
Exceptions of the twenty-four-hour composite sampling procedure may
be made at the discretion of the Township.
C.
The frequency of sampling, measuring, and testing
shall be as directed by the Township. All expenses of this activity
shall be borne by the owner, and all data obtained shall be sent to
the Township, as requested.
D.
The owner of any improved property connected to the
sewer system shall provide the Township and its representatives and
agents the opportunity of access at any time to any part thereof,
as shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling
and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service
rendered by the Township related to the sewer system.
[Amended 11-17-2007 by Ord. No. 11-07]
A.
Sewer rentals or charges imposed by this article shall
be a lien on the improved property connected to and served by the
sewer system; and any such sewer rentals or charges which are delinquent
shall be filed as a lien against the improved property so connected
to and served by the sewer system, which lien shall be filed in the
office of the Prothonotary of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and
shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the filing and
collecting of Township claims.
B.
Any fee incurred by the Township to satisfy the notice
requirements of the Municipal Claims and Tax Liens Act, 53 P.S. § 7101
et seq., in connection with collection of delinquent sanitary sewer
rental or charges, shall be assessed against the property as part
of the lien, which fee shall not exceed $50. Interest shall be assessed
upon all claims for delinquent sanitary sewer rental or charges at
the rate of 10% per annum from the date of the filing of the lien.
Such fee and interest shall be in addition to all other fees, interest,
and penalties allowed by law.
