[Ord. 1-96, 5/16/1996, § 301]
1. 
Required Facilities. Users shall provide wastewater treatment as necessary to comply with this Part and shall achieve compliance with all categorical pretreatment standards, City limits, Township limits and the prohibitions set forth in § 18-405 within the time limitations specified by the EPA, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Manager of Water Resources or the Township, whichever is more stringent. Any facilities necessary for compliance shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense.
2. 
Plans, Specifications, Etc. Detailed plans describing a user's proposed wastewater pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the Manager of Water Resources and the Township for review and approval before such facilities are constructed. Review and approval of plans are not an endorsement of the effectiveness of any facilities set forth therein, and neither the City nor the Township shall be held liable or responsible in any way for the performance of said facilities. The review of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the user from the responsibility for modifying such facilities and procedures as necessary to produce a discharge acceptable to the Township under the provisions of this Part and to the City under corresponding City ordinances.
3. 
Reduction, Loss or Failure of Treatment Facility. Users shall control production of all discharges to the extent necessary to maintain compliance with categorical pretreatment standards upon reduction, loss or failure of a user's treatment facility until the facility is restored or an alterative method of treatment is provided. This requirement applies in the situation where, among other things, the primary source of power of the treatment facility is reduced, lost or fails.
[Ord. 1-96, 5/16/1996, § 302; as amended by Ord. No. 2017-07, 12/7/2017]
1. 
In General. Whenever deemed necessary, the Township or the Director of Public Works may require users to restrict their discharge during peak flow periods, designate that certain wastewater be discharged only into specific sewers, relocate and/or consolidate points of discharge, separate sewage waste streams from industrial waste streams and such other conditions as may be necessary to protect the sewer system and the POTW and determine the user's compliance with the requirements of this Part.
2. 
Flow Equalization. The Township or the Director of Public Works may require any person discharging into the POTW to install and maintain, on his or her property and at his or her expense, a suitable storage and flow control facility to ensure equalization of a flow. A wastewater discharge permit may be issued solely for flow equalization.
3. 
Grease, Oil and Sand Interception. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Township or the Director of Public Works, they are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease and oil, or sand, except that such interceptors shall not be required for residential users. All interception units shall be of type and capacity approved by the Township and the Director of Public Works and shall be so located as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed, by the user at the user's expense.
4. 
Combustible Gas Detection Meters. Users with the potential to discharge flammable substances may be required by the Director of Public Works to install and maintain an approved combustible gas detection meter.
5. 
Grease Traps Required. Each food service facility which operates more than 15 days in any calendar month shall install, regularly dispose of material from, and properly monitor grease traps to assure that they properly function. All grease traps shall be properly sized and installed by a qualified and licensed person or entity. Any regulated facility which does not utilize a properly functioning grease trap as of the date of the adoption of this subsection shall install and maintain such grease trap. The location of the grease trap must permit accessibility for an adequate inspection and sampling of the grease trap by Upper Macungie Township or its designee. The location of the grease trap must be acceptable to Upper Macungie Township, which acceptance will not be unreasonably withheld. No regulated facility shall be renovated, altered, opened or reopened after the date of this subsection without a grease trap which meets the criteria of this section.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-16, 12/5/2019]
6. 
Sampling Port Required. Each regulated facility which operates more than 15 days in a calendar month shall install or provide a sampling port on the discharge side of each grease trap or series of traps installed and maintained in accordance with the prior section of this chapter. Any regulated facility which does not possess a sampling port, which adequately permits the sampling, flow measurement, testing and inspection required by Subsection 7 herein shall install such sampling port. The sampling port must permit the collection of representative samples of the wastewater discharge of each regulated facility before the samples reach the system and in a manner which provides sufficient volume for thorough chemical analysis. The location of the sampling port must be acceptable to Upper Macungie Township, which acceptance will not be unreasonably withheld, and must be installed prior to the issuance of the fats, oils and grease permit. In the event a regulated facility desires to utilize the sewer cleanout(s) for the subject property as sampling port(s), such sampling port is acceptable to Upper Macungie Township and Lehigh County Authority, provided that adequate accessibility is provided.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-16, 12/5/2019]
7. 
Inspection and Reporting. All measurements, tests, and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 136 and shall be determined at the sample port provided by the required facility, upon suitable samples taken at such sample port. In the event that no sampling port is available, the sampling location shall be the nearest downstream manhole in the system to the point at which the regulated facility sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of discharged materials upon the system and the Allentown Wastewater Treatment Facility and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. The particular analysis involved shall be acceptable to Upper Macungie Township and Lehigh County Authority.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-16, 12/5/2019]
A. 
Both the owner and the operator of each improved property connected to the system shall be jointly and severally responsible to provide Upper Macungie Township and its representatives and agents the opportunity of access at any time to any part of any improved property served by the system as shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service rendered by Upper Macungie Township in regard to the system.
B. 
Maintenance reports shall describe the condition of, and cleanliness of each grease trap. At no time may the combined grease and settled solids of any grease trap exceed 25% of the depth of the grease trap. Maintenance reports shall also identify each date and time material was removed from a grease trap since the last report. The report shall state with specificity the qualified and licensed person or entity who or which disposed of material from the grease trap, shall include written certifications as to what was removed, the lawful disposition of the materials removed, and the location of their disposal.
C. 
Material shall be removed from grease traps before the combined grease and settled solids accumulate to a depth of 25% of the total depth of the grease trap, and not less frequently than once every 90 days. Disposal of all removed material shall be accomplished by a qualified and licensed person or entity. Cleaning shall include removal of all floating material, wastewater, grease and settled solids. Decanting or discharging of removed waste back into the grease trap, or otherwise into the system, is prohibited.
D. 
A maintenance log regarding the cleaning of each grease trap shall be maintained by each regulated facility for a period of at least the prior 24 consecutive months. The log shall be made available to Upper Macungie Township or its designee within two business days after a request by Upper Macungie Township or its designee.
E. 
Monitoring Costs. Sampling and analyzing shall be completed by Lehigh County Authority on an established schedule. Regulated facilities shall be invoiced by Upper Macungie Township for the cost of testing.
8. 
The Township reserves the right to request additional control measures if existing control, sampling, measurement, testing or inspection systems can be demonstrated by Upper Macungie Township to be insufficient to protect the system or the Allentown Wastewater Treatment Facility from damages due to grease, sand, soil, oil or other discharges, or if a facility's efforts to eliminate excess strength discharges, as defined in § 18-106, Subsection 1, are unsuccessful.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-16, 12/5/2019]
[Ord. 1-96, 5/16/1996, § 303]
1. 
Requirement of Plan. The Director of Public Works and/or the Township shall evaluate whether each significant industrial user needs an accidental discharge/slug control plan or other action to control slug discharge. The Township or the Director of Public Works may require any user to develop, submit for approval to both the Township and the Director of Public Works, and implement such a plan or take such other action that may be necessary to control slug discharges. Alternatively, the Township or the Director of Public Works may develop such a plan for any user, which shall be implemented by the user.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2017-07, 12/7/2017]
2. 
Content of Plan. An accidental discharge/slug control plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:
A. 
Description of discharge practices, including nonroutine batch discharges.
B. 
Description of stored chemicals.
C. 
Procedures for immediately notifying the Director of Public Works and the Township of any accidental or slug discharge, as required by § 18-436.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2017-07, 12/7/2017]
D. 
Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slug discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and maintenance of storage area, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plan site runoff, worker training, building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants, including solvents and/or measures and equipment for emergency response.
[Ord. 1-96, 5/16/1996, § 304; as amended by Ord. No. 2017-07, 12/7/2017]
1. 
Any hauler, operator, person or persons cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, privies or any other container governed by this section shall obtain a license from the City before cleaning such containers and hauling the material to the designated place of disposal within the City. Such license cannot be transferred from one operator, owner, person or persons, to another without prior approval by the City.
2. 
The sewage and wastes discharged into the POTW shall not contain industrial waste, chemicals or other matter, with or without pretreatment, that does not conform to the requirements of § 18-405 or any other requirements established by the City. The Director of Public Works may require the hauler to provide a waste analysis of any load prior to discharge. The Director of Public Works may require a hauler to obtain an industrial waste discharge permit.
3. 
Any waste to be discharged from tank trucks shall be disposed at the POTW or other location designated by the Director of Public Works and at the time or times fixed by the Director of Public Works.
4. 
Haulers must provide a waste-tracking form, or forms, for every load. For each privy, cesspool, septic tank or container cleaned by a hauler, operator or any person, a cleaning permit shall first be obtained from the City by the persons intending to clean such a receptacle. This form is to be issued by the City before the beginning of said cleaning work. The form shall contain the following:
A. 
Name and address of the property owner at the source of the waste;
B. 
Date of issue;
C. 
Name of hauler, operator or person contracted to clean this structure, etc.;
D. 
Type of container, septic tank, privy, cesspool or any other, and volume;
E. 
Serial number of permit;
F. 
Signature of person completing the form.
5. 
(Reserved)
6. 
Tank Trucks and Equipment. Any tank truck or any equipment used or intended to be used for the removal, transportation and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes shall conform to the following requirements:
A. 
The container shall be watertight.
B. 
Tanks, containers or other equipment shall be so constructed that every portion of the interior can be easily cleaned and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
C. 
Piping, valves and permanent or flexible connections shall be accessible and easily disconnected for cleaning purposes.
D. 
The inlet opening or opening to every container shall be so constructed that the material will not spill outside during filling, transfer or transport.
E. 
The outlet connections to every container shall be so constructed that no material will leak out or run out to other than the point of discharge and shall be of a design and type suitable for the material handled and capable of controlling the flow of discharge without spillage, undue spray, or flooding immediate surroundings while in use.
F. 
No connection shall be made at any time between a tap or outlet furnishing potable water on any premises and any container or equipment holding material by any means other than an open connection.
7. 
The license fee for renewal of a current septage hauler's permit as required herein is to be established in accordance with the requirements of the charter. No permits are to be issued to any new applicants. All permits to be issued will be to an individual, corporation or firm on file for the year preceding the permit renewal date. A new applicant may obtain a license by purchase of the business of a licensed hauler whose license is current and valid. The new license will be limited to that annual volume of waste previously disposed of at the plant under the license purchased. This assumption of the business by a new owner limits the area of collection to those townships, boroughs, villages, towns and other governmental boundaries which are serviced by the integrated sewer system served by the City of Allentown. The term of the license shall be from June 1 to May 31 of the succeeding year.
8. 
The fee for disposal into the City sewage treatment plant at the location designated, shall be established in accordance with the requirements of the charter and shall be based on a rate per 1,000 gallons, or a portion thereof.
9. 
An application form shall be filled out by the hauler, operator, owner, person or persons prior to the conducting of such a business with the City as governed in this section.
A. 
The application form shall contain the following information:
(1) 
Name and address of owner, operator, hauler, person or persons.
(2) 
Date of the license issued.
(3) 
The fee for the license as required herein to be established in accordance with the requirement of the charter.
(4) 
Term of the license: from June 1 to May 31 of the succeeding year.
(5) 
The size and make of truck, containers, etc., stated in gallons.
(6) 
Place of storage, garage or parking of trucks, containers, etc., when not in use.
(7) 
A statement to the effect that such trucks, containers, equipment, etc., will be available for inspection by the person designated to make inspection from the City at such time and place agreeable to both hauler and inspector.
B. 
Refusal of agreement to these conditions of inspection at a reasonable time can be cause for forfeiture of the license.
C. 
A higher fee per load, container or portion thereof can be charged, if the need for processing, extra analyses, etc. shall be necessary.
D. 
If a tank or container contains more than 1,000 gallons, an additional fee shall be charged for each 1,000 gallons additional, or portion thereof. The additional fee, as required herein, is to be established in accordance with the requirement of the charter.
E. 
It shall be understood by all applicants for a permit or those having a license that the septage haulers' permits are an extended courtesy by the City and upon 60 days' notification by the City can be terminated if there is reasonable cause for such action or there is a necessity to reduce the volume of materials to allow the City to comply with its effluent limitations for discharge into the Lehigh River or for any other functional activity at the wastewater treatment plant operations, which would require a reduction in the septage volume being processed.
10. 
Failure to secure a license, permit or pay dumping fees, when required, as governed in this section or operating after suspension or revocation of a license or permit by the City shall constitute a violation of this section. When a written notice of a violation of any of the provisions of this section has been served upon any hauler, owner, operator, person or persons in this business, such violation shall be discontinued immediately. In such cases when the violation is of immediate danger to the health of the public, and is in danger of damage to the sewage treatment plant system, such operation must cease at once, until the condition is remedied and abated.