[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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 168,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.
