[Amended 6-6-2012]
This chapter shall be titled "Town of Islesboro Pollution Control
Ordinance" and shall supersede a similar ordinance which became effective
August 9, 1979.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the following:
A. 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3001.
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B. Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (hereafter called
the "Act").
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for compliance with
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and to protect the health
and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Islesboro.
This chapter shall apply to discharges into any sewer, sewage
treatment plant or sewage system (hereafter called "system") owned
or operated by the Town of Islesboro.
There shall be a Pollution Control Committee formed hereafter
called "Committee."
A. The Committee shall consist of five members, voters in the Town of
Islesboro, appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
B. Terms of the Committee members shall be for one year running from
the first day of the fiscal year of the Town of Islesboro.
C. Not less than three nor more than four members of the Committee shall
be users of the system at the time of their appointment.
D. The Town Manager shall be an ex officio member of the Committee.
E. Duties of the Committee:
(1) The Committee shall be responsible for the general oversight of the
system, recommending purchases, repairs, replacements of equipment,
and changes in operating procedures to the Town Manager and the Board
of Selectmen.
(2) The Committee shall provide the Town Manager with annual estimates
of expenses for the ensuing year at least 60 days prior to the end
of the fiscal year.
(3) The Committee may recommend the hiring of operating personnel to
the Town Manager.
(4) The Committee shall hold a hearing on request for the exceptions set forth in §
167-12D of this chapter and may recommend the approval of such exception to the local Plumbing Inspector to permit the work.
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No discharge into any part of the system shall be permitted
of any pollutant which:
A. Is a toxic pollutant as defined in standards issued from time to
time under Section 307 (a) of the Act;
B. Creates a fire or explosion hazard in the system;
C. Causes corrosive structural damage to the system, including all wastes
with a pH lower than 5.0;
D. Contains solid or viscous substances in amounts which would cause
obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with proper
operation of the system; or
E. In the case of a major contributing industry as defined in the Act,
contains an incompatible pollutant, as further defined in the Act,
in an amount or concentration in excess of that allowed under the
standards or guidelines issued from time to time pursuant to Sections
304, 306 and/or 307 of the Act.
Forty-five days prior notification shall be given the Board
of Selectmen by any person or persons of a:
A. Proposed substantial change in volume or character of pollutants
over that being discharged into the system at the time of issuance
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of Authorization
to Discharge under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System;
B. Proposed new discharge into the system from any source which would
be a new source as defined in Section 306 of the Act if such source
were discharging pollutants; or
C. Proposed new discharges into the system of pollutants from any source
which would be subject to Section 301 of the Act if it were discharging
such pollutants.
Any industry discharging into the system shall perform such
monitoring of its discharge as the Board of Selectmen may reasonably
require, including the installation, use, and maintenance of monitoring
equipment methods to keep records of the results of such monitoring
and to report the results of such monitoring to the Board of Selectmen.
Such records will be made available by the Board of Selectmen to the
Regional Administrators on request.
Any industry discharging into the system shall authorize the Board of Selectmen's authorized representative to enter into, upon, or through its premises; to have access to and copy any records; to inspect any monitoring equipment or method required under §
167-8 above, and to sample any discharge into the system.
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The Board of Selectmen shall notify the Regional Administrator of any discharge specified in §
167-7 above within 30 days of the date on which the Board of Selectmen is aware of such discharge.
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Appeals from any decision of the Committee or relating to §
167-12 may be made to the Town of Islesboro Board of Appeals or to Superior Court under Rule 80B, Maine Rules of Civil Procedure.
The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
BACKFLOW CONTROL DEVICE
A valve installed in the building's main sewer pipe
that drains to the sewage system and prevents sewage from flowing
back into the building's wastewater system. [Amended 6-18-2016]
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BUILDING DRAIN
That outlet for sewage which connects the plumbing facilities
inside the building with the service connection and is privately owned
and maintained.
OWNER
Owner of record or tenant in possession as of April 1 of
any year.
SERVICE CONNECTION
That pipe or fitting that connects the building drain to
the sewer line.
SEWAGE SYSTEM ("SYSTEM")
Any portion of the Town of Islesboro sanitary sewer system
by whatever formal name it shall be called. Also identified as a "Sanitary
District" per 38 M.R.S.A. Chapter 11.
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SEWER
The pipe or conduit carrying sewage to the treatment plant.
USER
The owner of any building which in any way is connected to
the system.
This chapter may be amended from time to time in the manner
set forth by law for the passing of ordinances.