[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Newtown 8-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-3.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 168, Wastewater Management, adopted 4-14-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-4.
This chapter is adopted to promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and other aspects of the general welfare. These general goals include, among other things, the specific enforcement of the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law[1] and the various regulations promulgated by DELCORA, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and such other agencies which may succeed the aforementioned agencies, and the implementation of the Delaware County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment Standards, 40 CFR 401 et seq.
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Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. and 35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq, respectively.
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations of 1991, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the amendments thereto set forth in DELCORA Resolutions 95-06 and 95-12, attached hereto as Exhibits B and C, respectively, are hereby collectively adopted as the wastewater treatment regulations for Newtown Township.[1]
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Editor's Note: Exhibits A, B and C are on file in the Township offices and may be examined during regular business hours.
The DELCORA Local Limitations for the Eastern Service Area (the Eastern Limitations) and the DELCORA Local Limitations for the Western Service Area (the Western Limitations), as set forth in DELCORA Resolution Nos. 91-04 and 91-05, attached hereto as Exhibits D and E, respectively, are jointly adopted as the local limitations for all discharges of wastewater in Newtown Township. All such discharges of wastewater shall comply with both the Eastern Limitations and the Western Limitations.[1]
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Editor's Note: Exhibits D and E are on file in the Township offices and may be examined during regular business hours.