[Amended 3-24-2021 by Ord. No. 21-05]
A. It shall be unlawful to discharge without a permit to any natural
outlet within Towamencin Township, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of the Authority, and/or to the POTW any wastewater except as authorized
by the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this Part 2.
B. Industrial users shall employ qualified persons/operators to oversee
and manage their pretreatment processes (e.g., PA licensed wastewater
operator, etc.) where pretreatment facilities are necessary or required.
The Authority shall publish annually, in a newspaper of general
circulation that provides meaningful public notice within the jurisdictions
served by the POTW, a list of the users which, at any time during
the previous 12 months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable
pretreatment standards and requirements. The term "significant noncompliance"
shall be applicable to all significant industrial users (or any other
industrial user that violates Subsection C, D or H of this section)
and shall mean:
A. Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which 66% or more of all the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits as defined in Article
X;
B. Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which 33% or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant parameter during a six-month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric pretreatment standard and requirement including instantaneous limits, as defined by Article
X multiplied by the applicable criteria (1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);
C. Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement as defined by Article
X (daily maximum, long-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) that the Authority determines has caused, alone, or in combination with other discharges interference or pass-through, including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public;
D. Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment
to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the Authority's
exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
E. Failure to meet, within 90 days of the scheduled date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in an individual wastewater discharge
permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing
construction, or attaining final compliance;
F. Failure to provide within 45 days after the due date, any required
reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance
with the categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring
reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
G. Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or
H. Any other violation(s), which may include a violation of best management
practices, which the Authority determines will adversely affect the
operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.