It is the purpose of this article to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the POTW for the implementation of the program established herein. The applicable charges or fees shall be established by resolution and set forth in the Township's or Authority's Schedule of Charges and Fees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Fees are on file in the Township offices. See also Ch. 76, Fees.
A. 
The charges and fees established by the Township or Authority may include the following:
(1) 
Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the required pretreatment program, including, but not limited to, legal, engineering, and administrative costs.
(2) 
Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures;
(3) 
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;
(4) 
Fees for permit applications;
(5) 
Fees for filing appeals;
(6) 
Fees for consistent removal by the POTW of pollutants otherwise subject to federal pretreatment standards;
(7) 
Other fees as the Township or Authority may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.
B. 
These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this Part 2 and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the Township and/or the Authority.
A. 
The strength of the total wastes used for establishing surcharges shall be determined on at least one monthly twenty-four-hour composite sample collected by the Authority or its designated representative. Additional samples may be required if repeated violations of the local limits occur.
B. 
Any nonresidential user discharging waste to the Authority's POTW with a monthly average BOD concentration greater than 200 milligrams per liter (mg/l) or COD concentration greater than 400 mg/l and/or ammonia nitrogen concentration greater than 18.0 mg/l and/or total phosphorus concentration greater than 5.0 mg/l and/or total suspended solids concentration greater than 150 mg/l, in each case measured at the source, will pay a strength surcharge in addition to the applicable volume charge. Such strength surcharge shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any actions, remedies, or penalties described in Articles XIII and XIV hereof.
C. 
The strength surcharge shall be based on the operating costs for the Authority's POTW during the previous calendar year. A cost per pound of pollutant shall be determined by dividing the total annual operating costs, (including general and office, treatment plant and operating reserve costs) by the total pounds of pollutants [BOD or COD, ammonia nitrogen, phosphorus, total suspended solids, copper (total) and zinc (total)] treated during the same period. The resultant cost per pound of pollutant is then utilized to determine the surcharge amount. Strength surcharges are calculated according to the following general equation:
Surcharge = [(Pollutant concentration - Surcharge limit)
x (Total Billing Period Flow, mg) x 8.34 x (Cost per lb.)]
Strength surcharges calculated for the parameters with mass-based concentration local limits in this Part 2 [i.e., copper (total), and zinc (total)] shall be determined as 1.4 times the surcharge.
[Amended 3-24-2021 by Ord. No. 21-05]
D. 
In accordance with § 127-54, unless approved by the Authority in a compliance schedule contained in the permit conditions as described under § 127-66D, no industrial user shall, at any time, discharge a wastewater containing pollutants in excess of the daily maximum limits established in § 127-54. If a compliance schedule is required, the industrial user shall develop a schedule and submit this schedule to the Authority for approval within 30 days of notification by the Authority. If the industrial user fails to submit a compliance schedule within this thirty-day period, the Authority shall develop a schedule at the user's expense. If the user is in violation of or is not making satisfactory progress in completing the requirements of the compliance schedule contained in the permit, the Authority shall impose civil penalties as directed in § 127-76.7.
E. 
The strength of the total wastes used for establishing surcharges shall be determined by qualified industrial user discharge monitoring data and/or on at least one monthly twenty-four-hour composite sample collected by the Authority or its designated representative. Additional samples may be required if repeated violations of the local limits occur.
A. 
The permitted flow is the purchased capacity of the collection system and the wastewater treatment facility operated by the Authority. Wastewater discharged in excess of this permitted flow by the permittee will be cause for a flow surcharge. The basis for this surcharge is the following:
(1) 
When the recorded volume or flow of the wastewater exceeds any of the following stated permit limitations:
(a) 
Daily maximum flow.
(b) 
Five-day average flow.
(c) 
Daily average flow per month.
(d) 
Six-month total flow.
(2) 
Each permittee has at least two of the above limitations.
(3) 
The calculation used for flow surcharges is:
Flow Surcharge = (Recorded/reported flow in gallons - permitted flow in gallons)
x cost per gallon as reflected in the Discharge Permit
B. 
Repeated flow surcharge conditions will require the permittee to purchase additional capacity for the collection system and wastewater treatment facility at the then-current prescribed rate. Failure to do so in a timely manner is cause for the permittee to be subject to all of the enforcement actions available to the Authority.