[Adopted 4-9-2003 by Ord. No. 03-01A (Ch. 18, Part 11, of
the 1994 Code); amended in its entirety 3-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-04[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was adopted in compliance with
requirements that any municipality conveying sewage to the Springettsbury
Township Wastewater Treatment Facility adopt regulations consistent
with sewage ordinances and regulations adopted by Springettsbury Township;
this ordinance specifically incorporates the amendments made by Springettsbury
Township Ord. No. 2010-08.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following
words and terms as used in this part shall have the following meanings:
A building which is intended to be used for continuous or
periodic habitation by human beings and containing two or more family
dwelling units; or which contains business or professional offices
and one or more family dwelling units; or which contains business,
professional or any other similar type of office or offices.
The report required in 40 CFR Part 403.12 to be submitted
by all industrial users and waste generators subject to categorical
pretreatment standards.
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance
procedures, and other management practices, including, but not limited
to, management plans, treatment requirements, operating procedures,
and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge
or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.
The quantity of dissolved oxygen consumed in the biochemical
oxidation of the organic matter in sewage, holding tank waste, septage
or trucked industrial waste under standard laboratory procedures in
five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
It shall be determined by an acceptable method described in 40 CFR
Part 136 and amendments hereto, or any method approved by EPA.
The elected and appointed members of the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Spring Garden, as now or hereafter constituted,
and its duly authorized agents or representatives.
[1]Pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance
with § 307 of the Clean Water Act that apply to regulated
process waste. They are based on the capability of a specific wastewater
treatment technology or a series of technologies to reduce pollutant
discharges equivalent to best available technology (BAT).
Public Law 92-500, October 18, 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq; as amended by P.L. 95-217, December 28, 1977; P.L. 97-117,
December 29, 1981; P.L. 97-440, January 8, 1983; and P.L. 100-04,
February 4, 1987.
A sewer designed to receive both sewage and stormwater runoff,
which has been approved for such purpose.
A permit issued to those industrial users that the Township
does not classify as significant industrial users but are considered
to have a minor impact, either potential or realized, either singly
or in combination with other contributing commercial or industrial
establishments, on the sanitary sewer system and/or the wastewater
treatment facility (either its operational efficiency, effluent quality
or quality of the sludge produced by such facility).
A property which is intended to be used for the purpose of
carrying on a trade, business or profession, or for social, religious,
educational, charitable or public uses.
Any contributor discharging wastewater generated at a commercial
establishment to the Springettsbury Township Wastewater Treatment
Facility through direct connection (as opposed to discharging to the
wastewater treatment facility through a waste hauler).
A sample consisting of a combination of individual samples,
regardless of flow, obtained at regular intervals over a period of
time, and shall reasonably reflect the actual discharge conditions
for that period of time.
A sample consisting of a combination of individual samples,
regardless of flow, collected at regular intervals over a period of
time; the sampling duration shall be not less than 20 hours but shall
not exceed 28 hours.
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any department or agency of the commonwealth succeeding
to the existing jurisdiction or responsibility of the Department of
Environmental Protection.
A property which is intended to be used for continuous or
periodic habitation by human beings in a single-family unit.
Any person discharging only sanitary sewage.
The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States
or any department or agency of the United States succeeding to the
existing jurisdiction or responsibility of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
A dwelling consisting of a room, group of rooms, house trailer
or other enclosure occupied or intended for occupancy as a separate
living quarters by a family or persons living together or by persons
living alone. The value of sewage generated by one EDU is, for purposes
of this article, 350 gallons per day.
Any food service which prepares and/or packages food or beverages
for sale or consumption, on or off site, with the exception of private
residences. Food service facilities shall include, but are not limited
to, food courts, food manufacturers, food packagers, restaurants,
grocery stores, bakeries, lounges, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes,
churches, schools, snack bars, grills, catering services, butchers,
and all other food service facilities not listed above.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
A sample taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis with
no regard to the flow in the waste stream and collected over a period
of time not exceeding 15 minutes but shall reasonably reflect actual
discharge conditions for that instant.
A device located inside or outside a food service facility
designed to collect, contain or remove food wastes and grease from
the waste stream while allowing the balance of the liquid waste to
discharge to the wastewater collection system by gravity.
A watertight receptacle designed to receive and retain sewage
and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal of the sewage
at another site.
Sanitary sewage that is certified by the generator and waste
hauler licensed by the Township to originate from normal household
functions, and that is stored in such a manner so as not to concentrate
said waste to a level of nonfilterable residue exceeding 999 milligrams
per liter (mg/l), the measurement of such total suspended solids being
performed by Township staff, and shall include sanitary sewage removed
from holding tanks, such as, but not limited to, chemical toilet wastes,
retention tank wastes and vault privy wastes.
The introduction of pollutants into the Township Wastewater
Treatment Facility from a nondomestic source.
A property which is intended to be used in whole or in part
for the manufacture, conversion or assembly of any product, commodity
or article.
Any contributor discharging to the Township Wastewater Treatment
Facility through direct connection (as opposed to discharging to the
wastewater treatment facility through a waste hauler) which is not
a domestic user or commercial user.
The permit issued to a significant industrial user by the Township pursuant to § 250-68E of this article.
Any liquid, gaseous or waterborne wastes from industrial or commercial establishments or wastes having those characteristics of unacceptable wastes enumerated in § 250-69 of this article, which are discharged into the public sanitary sewage system through direct connection (as opposed to discharge by a waste hauler) as distinct, but not including sanitary sewage.
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited
sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the
duration of the sampling event.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the wastewater
treatment facility, its treatment processes or operations, or its
sludge processes, end-use or disposal, and results in a violation
of any requirement of the wastewater treatment facility's NPDES permit,
or prevents sludge use or disposal in compliance with applicable federal
statutes, permits or regulations, or that results in a violation of
any requirement of the Air Pollution Control Act.
A permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) for discharge of wastewaters to the navigable waters
of the United States pursuant to § 402 of the CWA, as amended.
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
under § 307(c) of the Clean Water Act which shall be applicable
to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
with that section, provided that:
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located.
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source.
The production or wastewater-generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site.
In determining whether these are substantially independent,
factors such as the extent to which the new facility is integrated
with the existing plant and the extent to which the new facility is
engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing source
should be considered. Determination of "new source" status shall be
consistent with the provisions of 40 CFR Part 403.3(k)(1), (k)(2)
and (k)(3).
The report required by 40 CFR Part 403.12(d) and which describes
the user's compliance status with categorical pretreatment standards,
to be submitted by all industrial users or waste generators subject
to categorical pretreatment standards.
Any structure erected and intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals, and from
which structure sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, or either thereof,
is or may be discharged.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property, or his authorized representative.
A discharge which exits the wastewater treatment facility
into the waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations
which, alone or in conjunction with other discharges, is a violation
of the wastewater treatment facility's NPDES permit, including an
increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Includes an individual, a partnership, an association, a
corporation, a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated association,
a governmental body, a political subdivision, a municipality, a municipal
authority or any other group or legally recognized entity. The masculine
gender shall include the feminine; singular shall include the plural
where indicated by the context.
The measure of the intensity of the acidic or alkaline character
of a material, liquid or solid. pH is represented on a scale of 0
to 14 with 7 representing a neutral state, 0 representing the most
acidic, and 14 the most alkaline. It shall be determined by one of
the acceptable methods described in 40 CFR Part 136, and amendments
thereto, or by any method approved by EPA.
Dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage,
sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive
materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar
dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into
water, or any material that, when added to water, shall render that
water (either because of the nature or quantity of the material) unacceptable
for its original intended use.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
Publicly owned treatment works.
Any real estate abutting on or adjoining or having access
to any street, alley or right-of-way in which a sewer is located,
which ultimately connects to the public sanitary sewage system upon
which the principal building is, within 150 feet of such sewer and
to which sewer there is gravity flow from the first-floor level of
such building.
The person designated by the Township to administer the monitoring
and enforcement of industrial waste pretreatment for industrial and
commercial contributors of the Township's Wastewater Treatment Facility.
The processes or equipment used by a user to reduce the amount
of pollutants, eliminate pollutants, or alter the nature of pollutant
properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu
of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the public
sanitary sewage system. Pretreatment facilities or plants shall include,
but are not limited to, systems designed to remove metals, grease/oil,
BOD5, total suspended solids and toxic organics.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the public sanitary
sewage system. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical,
chemical or biological processes or process changes by other means.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user other than a pretreatment standard.
Categorical pretreatment standards and unacceptable wastes and discharges enumerated in § 250-69 of this article.
The pipe extending across private property, originating at
one or more occupied buildings and terminating at the public service
lateral. The private service lateral shall normally extend to the
street curb or street easement line. In some cases, the private service
lateral may not extend to the street curb or street easement line.
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production of or use
of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product
or waste product, excluding sanitary noncontact cooling water and
boiler blowdown.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce that have
been shredded to such degree that all particles shall be carried freely
under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with
no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
All sanitary or combined sewers, all pumping stations, all
force mains, all sewage treatment works, and all other sewage facilities
owned or leased and operated by the Township for the collection, transportation
and treatment of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, together with
their appurtenances, and any additions, extensions or improvements
thereto. It shall also include Township Wastewater Treatment Facility
sewers within the Township's service area which serve one or more
persons and discharge into the public sanitary sewage system even
though those sewers may not have been constructed by the Township
or are not located within the Township boundaries or are not owned
or maintained by the Township. It does not include separate storm
sewers or culverts which have been constructed for the sole purpose
of carrying storm and surface runoff, the discharge from which is
not and does not become tributary to the wastewater treatment facility.
[2]The pipe extending from the public sanitary sewage system
and connecting to the private service lateral at the transition joint.
Usually the public service lateral is installed by the Township, the
Township's agent or by a developer and later dedicated to the Township.
The public service lateral shall normally extend to the street curb
or street easement line.
Shall be:
The chief executive officer or the chief operating officer of
the user facility, if the industrial user or waste generator is a
corporation.
A partner or the general manager of the user facility, if the
industrial user or waste generator is a partnership.
The owner or the general manager of the user facility, if the
industrial user or waste hauler is a proprietorship.
The person duly designated as the responsible individual by
a corporation, partnership or proprietorship, provided such person
shall be actually responsible for overall operation of the user facilities.
Wastewater originating from domestic users containing human
and customary household wastes or such wastes from commercial or industrial
establishments, but excluding industrial wastes.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A daily composite or grab sample collected from a significant industrial user based on a schedule formulated in accordance with § 250-71E of this article.
Waste that is generated in a septic tank, as defined by this
article, and is certified by the generator and waste hauler licensed
by the Township to originate from normal household functions and is
concentrated or treated in such a manner so as to result in a concentration
of total suspended solids between 5,000 mg/l and 24,999 mg/l, the
measurement of such total suspended solids being performed by Township
staff.
An individual wastewater treatment system (as described in Chapter 254, Article I, of the Springettsbury Township Code) designed to treat sanitary sewage through sedimentation, sludge digestion and liquid discharge.
Sanitary and/or industrial wastes, carried either separately
or in combination.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
All industrial users that are regulated by categorical pretreatment
standards, or any industrial user of the Township's Wastewater Treatment
Facility who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more of process
wastewater per average workday or contributes a process waste stream
which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather flow or organic
(BOD5) capacity of the wastewater treatment
facility, or is found by the Township, EPA or DEP to have significant
impact, either potential or realized, either singly or in combination
with other wastes, on the sanitary sewer system and/or the wastewater
treatment facility (either its operational efficiency, effluent quality
or quality of the sludge produced by said facility).
Any instance of noncompliance with pretreatment requirements
(limits, sampling, analysis, reporting and meeting compliance schedules,
and regulatory deadlines) for which the industrial user is liable
for enforcement, including penalties.
The following is the criteria used to determine SNC.
Violations of wastewater discharge limits.
Chronic violations: 66% or more of the measurements exceed the
same daily maximum limit, average limit, or instantaneous limit in
a six-month period (any magnitude of exceedence) of a pretreatment
standard or requirement.
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations: 33% or more of the
measurements exceed the same daily maximum limit, average limit, or
instantaneous limit by more than the TRC in a six-month period (any
magnitude of exceedence) of a pretreatment standard or requirement.
Any other violation(s) of an effluent limit average, daily maximum
or instantaneous limit that the control authority believes has caused,
alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through,
or endanger the health of Township personnel or the public.
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment
to human health/welfare or to the environment and has resulted in
the POTW's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent
such a discharge.
Violations of compliance schedule milestones for starting and
completing construction and attaining final compliance by 90 days
or more after the schedule date.
Failure to provide reports for compliance schedules, self-monitoring
reports, or categorical standards within 45 days from the due date.
Failure to accurately report noncompliance.
Any other violation or group of violations that the Township
considers to be significant.
For an industrial user that is in SNC, the Township must report
the information to the approval authority as part of the pretreatment
performance summary of industrial user noncompliance, list the industrial
user in the largest daily newspaper as having significant violations,
and address SNC through appropriate enforcement action that may include
administrative fines, or document in a timely manner the reasons for
withholding enforcement.
All waste generators that are regulated by categorical pretreatment
standards, or any waste generator who has a discharge frequency, flow
or character that is found by the Township, EPA or DEP to have significant
impact on the wastewater treatment facility (either its operational
efficiency, effluent quality or quality of the sludge produced by
said facility), either potential or realized, either singly or in
combination with other wastes entering the wastewater treatment facility.
Any pollutant (including but not limited to BOD5, total suspended solids, other conventional pollutants
and toxics) released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant
concentration which will cause interference or pass-through at the
wastewater treatment facility.
The Township of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania.[3]
A classification pursuant to the latest standard industrial
classification manual issued by the Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget.
A sewer which is intended to carry stormwater runoff, surface
water, groundwater drainage, etc., but which is not intended to carry
any sanitary sewage or industrial waste.
That portion of precipitation which reaches a channel, trench,
sewer or sink.
The concentration of total phosphate in sewage or trucked
industrial wastes as determined by an acceptable method referenced
in 40 CFR Part 136, and amendments thereto, or by any other method
approved by EPA, expressed in milligrams per liter as P.
Solids that either float to the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids, and which are
removable by laboratory filtration. The quantity of total suspended
solids shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described
in 40 CFR Part 136, and amendments thereto, or by any method approved
by the EPA.
The Township of Spring Garden, York County, Pennsylvania.[4]
The Springettsbury Township Wastewater Treatment Facility.[5]
The point of connection of the public service lateral and
the private service lateral. The transition joint is usually apparent
by the junction of pipes of different materials or diameters. In the
absence of a clearly defined transition joint, a Township representative
will determine the location of the transition joint. The transition
joint will normally be within nine feet of the street curbline.
Any liquid, gaseous or waterborne wastes from industrial or commercial establishments, or leachate from sanitary landfills, or wastes having those characteristics of unacceptable wastes enumerated in § 250-69 of this article, as distinct from sanitary sewage, holding tank wastes and septage that are transported by vehicle and discharged to the public sanitary sewage system.
Water that has not had its pollutant level raised by the
user or any water or waste containing none of the following: detectable
levels of free or emulsified grease or oil; pH less than 6.0 or greater
than 10.5; phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor to
receiving waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal
state or solution in levels that exceed state or federal water quality
or potable water quality criteria; obnoxious or odorous gases. It
shall contain less than 1,000 mg/l of dissolved solids, 250 mg/l of
chloride and 10 mg/l each of total suspended solids and BOD. The color
shall not exceed 50 color units. Analysis of the parameter referenced
in this definition shall be made in accordance with the methods listed
in 40 CFR Part 136, and amendments thereto, if the parameter is not
listed in 40 CFR Part 136, the analysis shall be made in accordance
with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater, published jointly by the American Waterworks
Association, the American Public Health Association and the Water
Environment Federation, or Methods of Chemical Analysis of Water and
Wastes, published by the EPA, or by any other method approved by EPA.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of sewage into the Township's public sanitary sewage system.
Any sewage, trucked industrial waste, holding tank waste
or septage discharged to the Township public sanitary sewage system.
Any generator of trucked industrial waste.
A person licensed by the Township to transport and discharge
approved holding tank waste, septage, trucked industrial waste, or
waste generated at a commercial establishment at the Township Wastewater
Treatment Facility.
A license issued to a waste hauler by the Township in accordance with § 250-68G of this article.
The permit issued by the Township to a significant waste generator for a particular trucked industrial waste pursuant to § 250-68G of this article.
The wastewater treatment plant, including all machinery,
equipment, land, buildings and appurtenant facilities operated by
Springettsbury Township's Department of Wastewater Treatment.[6]
A.
All persons owning any occupied building now erected and all persons
erecting any new building intended for occupancy within the Township
accessible to the public sanitary sewage system serviced by the Township
Wastewater Treatment Facility shall, at their own expense, make connection
of such buildings with the public sanitary sewage system.[1]
B.
Where a building required to be connected to the public sanitary sewage system by Subsection A of this section is accessible to an existing sanitary sewer, such connection shall be made within 60 days following receipt of written notice from the Township to make such connection.
C.
Where a building required to be connected to the public sanitary sewage system by Subsection A of this section becomes accessible to a newly constructed sanitary sewer, such connection shall be made within six months following receipt of written notice from the Township to make such connection.
D.
All connections to the public sanitary sewage system shall be made
in accordance with applicable Township ordinances.
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, mine hole or similar receptacle
for human excrement shall presently or at any time hereafter be connected
with the public sanitary sewage system.
F.
When connection of an occupied building not previously connected
to the public sanitary sewage system is required by virtue of either
new construction or a newly installed sewer, the transition joint
or connection shall be made at a point determined by the Township.
Normally this connection will be within nine feet of the street curb
and/or property line. A cleanout, as specified by the Township, shall
be installed immediately adjacent to and on the private service lateral
side of the transition joint.
G.
The replacement, repair and maintenance of the private service lateral
serving any occupied building shall in all events be the responsibility
of the owner. The replacement, repair and maintenance of the public
service lateral, including the transition joint serving any occupied
building shall be the responsibility of the Township, with the following
exceptions:
(1)
The Township shall in no event be responsible for damage to or blockage
of a public service lateral if such damage or blockage is caused by
the actions of the owner or his agent.
(2)
The Township shall in no event be responsible for damage to or blockage
of a public service lateral or private service lateral caused by tree
roots, whether the tree be located within the street right-of-way
or upon private property. Repair of such damage or blockage shall
be the owner's responsibility.
H.
When connection of an occupied building not previously connected
to the public sanitary sewage system is required by virtue of either
new construction or a newly installed sewer, the owner shall install
a cleanout as specified by the Township immediately adjacent to the
transition joint. When it is necessary for the Township to repair
a public service lateral and no cleanout exists, the Township shall
install a cleanout at the transition joint as necessary.
A.
General. The economy and desirability of the combined treatment of
industrial wastes, holding tank wastes, trucked industrial wastes
and sanitary sewage is recognized. In general, any and all industrial
wastes, holding tank wastes, trucked industrial wastes and septage
may be discharged to the public sanitary sewage system except those
that are deemed harmful to the system or are specifically prohibited
by this article. However, it is recognized that the treatment of these
wastes add to the cost of operating and maintaining the public sanitary
sewage system. Such additional costs must, therefore, be borne by
the person or persons receiving the benefit of such treatment. In
addition, the acceptance of trucked wastes, including those described
as holding tank wastes, septages and trucked industrial wastes, is
based solely on the ability of the wastewater treatment facility to
assimilate those wastes without potential for interference or pass-through.
If and when the Township determines that the acceptance of any trucked
waste has a potential to cause interference or pass-through, the Township
may deny the discharge of said waste without any prior notice to the
licensed waste hauler or waste generator regardless of permits or
licenses held by the waste hauler or waste generator.
B.
Harmful wastes. The Township reserves the right to refuse connection
to the public sanitary sewage system for the discharge of deleterious
industrial wastes, to refuse the discharge of any trucked industrial
waste, holding tank waste or septage, or to compel discontinuance
of the use of the system for such wastes, or to require pretreatment
and/or equalization of flow thereof in order to prevent harmful or
adverse effects upon the system. The design, construction and operation
of such pretreatment facilities and/or flow-equalization facilities
shall be made at the sole expense of the person discharging said wastes
and shall be subject to the approval of the Township Supervisors or
their designated representative.
C.
Harmful characteristics. In general, waste shall be considered harmful
to the public sanitary sewage system if it may cause any of the following
damaging effects:
(1)
Chemical reaction, either directly or indirectly, with the materials
of construction of the public sanitary sewage system in such a manner
as to impair the strength or durability of any sewer system structures.
(2)
Mechanical action that will destroy any sewer system structures.
(3)
Restriction of the hydraulic capacity of any sewer system structures.
(4)
Restriction of the normal inspection or maintenance of any sewer
system structures.
(5)
Danger to public health and safety.
(6)
Obnoxious conditions inimical to the public interest.
A.
Industrial user permits.
(1)
All industrial users proposing to contribute to the public sanitary
sewage system shall make application for an industrial user permit.
All existing significant industrial users contributing to the public
sanitary sewage system at the time of the adoption of this article
shall obtain an industrial user permit within 90 days after the effective
date of this article. The users required to apply for an industrial
user permit shall complete and file with the Township an industrial
user permit application form approved by the Township, accompanied
by a nonrefundable processing fee to be set through a resolution by
the Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury Township. Proposed new
industrial users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting
to or contributing to the public sanitary sewage system. In support
of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate
for evaluation, the following information, including, but not limited
to:[1]
(a)
Name, address, location, phone number.
(b)
SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, Office of Management and Budget, 1987.
(c)
Name of responsible individual.
(d)
Wastewater constituents and characteristics, before and after
pretreatment, as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory.
(e)
Time and duration of contribution.
(f)
Average daily wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly
and seasonal variations, if any.
(g)
Site plans, plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer
connections, and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation.
(h)
Description of activities and plant processes on the premises,
including all materials which are or could be discharged.
(i)
Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants
in the discharge which are limited by the Township, state or federal
pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the
pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if
not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or
additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable
pretreatment standards.
(j)
If additional pretreatment and/or O&M shall be required
to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which
the user shall provide such additional pretreatment must be implemented.
The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance
date established for the applicable pretreatment standard.
(k)
Number and type of employees, and hours of operation of plant,
and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system.
(l)
Any other information as may be deemed by the Township to be
necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(2)
The completed application shall be signed by the user's responsible
individual, whose signature shall be acknowledged by a notary public.
The Township shall evaluate the data furnished by the industrial user
for completeness and may require additional information. After evaluation
and acceptance of the data furnished as a complete application, the
Township may for cause shown either refuse to issue or may issue a
wastewater contribution permit subject to terms and conditions provided
herein or may issue a commercial/industrial discharge permit in accordance
with this section.
B.
Commercial/industrial discharge permits. When required by the Township, industrial and commercial users shall obtain a commercial/industrial discharge permit. After reviewing the industrial user permit application form referenced in Subsection A, the Township may decide to issue a commercial/industrial discharge permit in accordance with guidelines determined by Township staff.
C.
Waste hauler licenses.
(1)
All persons desiring to transport and discharge holding tank waste,
septage or trucked industrial waste to the Township Wastewater Treatment
Facility shall first make application with Springettsbury Township
for a waste hauler license application form approved by Springettsbury
Township. No trucked waste shall be discharged to any discharge point
in the public sanitary sewage system except to those specifically
designated by Springettsbury Township. The persons required to apply
for a waste hauler license shall complete and file with Springettsbury
Township a waste hauler license application form approved by Springettsbury
Township, accompanied by a nonrefundable processing fee to be set
through a resolution by the Board of Supervisors of Springettsbury
Township. In support of the application, the person shall submit,
in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information,
including, but not limited to:[2]
(a)
Name, address, location, phone number.
(b)
Vehicle information, including make, year, model, license tag
number, waste volume capacity and the total number of vehicles owned.
This information will be used for the issuance of vehicle stickers
according to Township guidelines.
(c)
A description of the wastes that will be transported and discharged
to the wastewater treatment facility.
(d)
A list of permits held by the applicant for the generation,
transportation or disposal of wastes.
(e)
An estimate of the total maximum volume of waste to be transported
and discharged daily at the wastewater treatment facility.
(2)
The completed application shall be signed by the applicant's responsible
individual. The Township shall evaluate the data for completeness
and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance
of the data furnished as a complete application, the Township may,
at its sole discretion, either refuse to issue or may issue a waste
hauler license subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
D.
Waste permits.
(1)
All waste generators proposing to dispose of trucked industrial wastes
at the Township Wastewater Treatment Facility shall make application
with Springettsbury Township for a waste permit for each proposed
trucked industrial waste, accompanied by a nonrefundable processing
fee to be set through a resolution by the Board of Supervisors of
Springettsbury Township. In support of the application, the waste
generator shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation,
the following information, including but not limited to the following:[3]
(a)
Name, address, location, phone number of the waste generator
and name of the waste generator's responsible individual.
(b)
Name, address, location, phone number and name of the responsible
individual of the licensed waste hauler designated to transport and
discharge the waste.
(c)
SIC number of the waste generator, according to the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, Office of Management and Budget,
1987.
(d)
Wastewater constituents and characteristics, before and after
pretreatment, as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory.
(e)
Requested discharge rate.
(f)
Waste generator site plans, plumbing plans and details to show
all process waste production areas by size and location.
(g)
Description of activities and plant processes on the premises,
including all materials which are or could be discharged.
(h)
Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants
in the discharge which are limited by the Township, state or federal
pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the
pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis.
(i)
Any other information as may be deemed by the Township to be
necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(2)
The completed application shall be signed by the waste generator's
responsible individual and the waste hauler's responsible individual,
whose signature shall be acknowledged by a notary public. The Township
shall evaluate the data furnished for completeness and may require
additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data
furnished as a complete application, the Township may, at its sole
discretion, either refuse to issue or may issue a waste permit to
the waste generator subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
E.
Terms and conditions of industrial user permits.
(1)
Industrial user permits shall contain at least the following terms
and conditions:
(a)
Maximum discharge flow rate.
(b)
Term of permit.
(c)
Statement of nontransferability.
(d)
Definitions.
(e)
Effluent limits, including best management practices (if necessary),
based on applicable pretreatment standards.
(f)
General limitations.
(g)
Specific limitations.
(h)
Special conditions.
(i)
Self-monitoring and reporting requirements (including sampling,
reporting, notification and recordkeeping).
(j)
Notification requirements for slug discharges.
(k)
Statement of applicable civil and criminal penalties.
(l)
Reopener clause.
(m)
Compliance schedules (if required).
(2)
Industrial user permits shall be issued for a specified time period,
not to exceed five years. The user shall apply for permit reissuance
a minimum of 90 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing
permit. The application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable processing
fee to be set through a resolution by the Board of Supervisors of
Springettsbury Township. The terms and conditions of the permit may
be subject to modification by Springettsbury Township during the term
of the permit to accommodate changing conditions and as local, state
and federal laws, rules and regulations are modified or amended or
other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed
changes in his permit at least 45 days prior to the effective date
of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include
a reasonable time schedule for compliance, including a comment period,
which shall be the first 30 days of the forty-five-day period prior
to the effective date of change.[4]
F.
Terms and conditions of commercial/industrial discharge permits.
(2)
Commercial/industrial discharge permits shall be issued for a specified
time period, not to exceed five years. The user shall apply for permit
reissuance a minimum of 90 days prior to the expiration of the user's
existing permit. The application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable
processing fee to be set through a resolution by the Board of Supervisors
of Springettsbury Township. The terms and conditions of the permit
may be subject to modification by the Township during the term of
the permit to accommodate changing conditions and as local, state
and federal laws, rules and regulations are modified or amended or
other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed
changes in his permit at least 45 days prior to the effective date
of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include
a reasonable time schedule for compliance, including a comment period,
which shall be the first 30 days of the forty-five-day period prior
to the effective date of change.[5]
G.
Terms and conditions of waste hauler licenses.
H.
I.
Industrial user permit, waste hauler license and waste permit transfer.
Industrial user permits are issued to a specific user for a specific
operation. Waste hauler licenses are issued to a specific person for
one or several waste types and sources. Waste permits are issued to
a specific waste generator for a specific waste utilizing a specific
operation. An industrial user permit, waste hauler license or waste
permit shall not be assigned or transferred or sold to a new owner,
new user, different premises, or a new or changed operation without
the approval of the Township. Any succeeding owner or user shall also
comply with the terms and conditions of the existing permit or license.
J.
Permit and license revocation. Industrial user permits shall be subject to revocation according to the provisions outlined in § 250-70 of this article. Waste hauler licenses shall be subject to revocation according to the provisions outlined in § 250-70 of this article. Waste permits shall be subject to revocation according to the provisions outlined in § 250-70 of this article.
K.
Discharge scheduling. Whenever the Board of Commissioners deems it
advantageous to the Township to have an industrial user discharge
its industrial waste into the sanitary sewer system at a rate of flow
and at a time of day which shall have a favorable effect upon the
operation and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system, and the industrial
user shall agree to the same, the Board of Commissioners is hereby
authorized to enter into an agreement with such industrial user specifying
the rate of flow and time of day for the same under such terms and
conditions as the Township shall establish. In consideration of such
agreement, the industrial user shall be entitled to a discount not
exceeding 10% of the treatment and/or transportation rate otherwise
payable pursuant to this article.[7]
L.
Confidential information. Information and data on a user obtained
from reports, surveys, wastewater discharge permit applications, wastewater
discharge permits, and monitoring programs, and from the Township's
inspection and sampling activities, shall be available to the public
without restriction, unless the user specifically requests, in writing,
and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Township that
the release of such information would divulge information, processes
or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets under
applicable federal or state law. Any such request must be made in
writing and asserted at the time of submission of the information
or data. When requested and demonstrated by the user furnishing a
report that such information should be held confidential, the portions
of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes
shall not be made available for inspection by the public but shall
be made available immediately upon request to the Environmental Protection
Agency or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
for uses related to the NPDES program or pretreatment program and
in enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report.
Wastewater constituents and characteristics and other "effluent data"
as defined by 40 CFR 2.302 shall not be recognized as confidential
information and shall be available to the public without restriction.
M.
New or increased contributions. All industrial users, waste haulers
or waste generators shall promptly notify the pretreatment administrator
prior to any changes in the volume or character of their wastewater
discharge or in the operation of their pretreatment processes that
may result in interference or pass-through at the wastewater treatment
facility. The Township reserves the right to deny the admission of
or to require the pretreatment of all discharges to the public sanitary
sewer system.
N.
Indemnification. While performing the necessary work on private properties,
the wastewater treatment plant operators or duly authorized employees
or agents of the Township shall observe all safety rules applicable
to the premises established by the user. The user shall be held harmless
for injury or death to the Township employee, and the Township shall
indemnify the user against loss or damage to its property by Township
employees and against liabilities, claims and demands for personal
injury or property damage asserted against the user and growing out
of the gauging and sampling operations, except such as may be caused
by negligence or failure of the user to maintain safe conditions.[8]
A.
Unpermitted discharge. No waste from any significant industrial user other than that for which an industrial user permit has been issued shall be discharged to the public sanitary sewage system. No holding tank waste, septage or trucked industrial waste from any waste hauler who does not possess a valid waste hauler license issued by Springettsbury Township in accordance with § 250-68 of this article shall be discharged into the public sanitary sewage system. No trucked industrial waste other than that for which a waste permit has been issued by Springettsbury Township in accordance with § 250-68 of this article shall be discharged to the public sanitary sewage system.[1]
B.
General prohibitions. No person shall discharge to the public sanitary
sewage system any of the following:
(1)
Any waste discharged at a flow rate that could cause interference
or pass-through, alone or in conjunction with a waste or wastes from
other sources.
(2)
Excessive amounts of unpolluted water or waste capable of being discharged
or disposed of by any reasonable means other than discharge into the
sanitary sewage system, including but not limited to, noncontact cooling
water and stormwater. The Township reserves the right to define the
amount it deems excessive in each particular instance.
(3)
Unpolluted stormwater in any amount.
(4)
The addition of cooling water or any other unpolluted water or waste
or an increase in the use of process water for the purpose of reducing
the concentration of substances that are prohibited or limited by
this article or as a partial or complete substitute for adequate pretreatment.
(5)
Garbage, unless the same is first properly shredded by a device or
equipment designed for that purpose.
(6)
Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their nature or
quality, either alone or by interaction with other substances, will
or could cause fire, explosions or be in any other way injurious to
persons, structures or the facilities of the public sanitary sewer
system.
(7)
Wastes containing any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which,
either singly or by interaction with sewage or other wastes, may create
a public nuisance or hazard to health or life or prevent entry by
persons to sewer system structures for maintenance, repair or otherwise.
(8)
Wastes containing ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, hair, chemical or paint
residues, greases, lime, slurry or viscose materials of such character
or such quantity that, considering the size of the receiving sewers,
may cause an obstruction to the flow or otherwise interfere with the
proper and efficient operation of the public sanitary sewer system.
(9)
Wastes containing gases or vapors, either free or occluded, in concentrations
toxic or hazardous to humans or animals.
(10)
Wastes containing toxic radioactive isotopes.
(11)
Any waste containing toxic substances in quantities sufficient
to cause interference or pass-through at the wastewater treatment
facility.
(12)
Any sewage with objectionable color not removed by the treatment
process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning
solutions.
(13)
Any biological hazards, including, but not limited to, unsterilized
pathological material from hospitals or private laboratories.
(14)
Any harmful waste as described in this section.
(15)
Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products or
mineral oil origin in amounts causing interference or pass-through
at the wastewater treatment facility.
(16)
Trucked wastes, except at points designated by the Township.
(17)
Pollutants which, alone or in combination with other wastes,
may result in the presence of toxic gasses, vapors or fumes within
the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety
problems.
(18)
Any chemicals, enzymes, emulsifiers, live bacteria or other
grease cutters or additives.
C.
Specific prohibitions. No person shall discharge to the public sanitary
sewer system any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or trucked industrial
waste containing the following measured pollutants:
(1)
Wastes containing insoluble, nonflocculent substance having a specific
gravity in excess of 2.65.
(2)
Wastes containing soluble substances in such concentrations as to
cause the specific gravity of the waste to be greater than 1.1.
(3)
Wastes containing more than 100 mg/l of oil and grease, if the oil
and grease is of unknown or petroleum origin. Wastes containing more
than 200 mg/l of oil and grease, if the oil and grease is determined
to be of an animal or vegetable origin. The differentiation between
oil and grease of animal\vegetable origin and those of petroleum origin
shall be made by the Township.
(4)
Wastes containing more than 10 mg/l of free chlorine.
(5)
Any waste which shall cause the wastewater treatment facility influent
to exceed 104° F. (40° C.) or will inhibit the biological
activity of the treatment system.
(6)
Waste or wastes that shall react with water to form a solution having
a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 10.5 or having any corrosive properties
capable of causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment or personnel
of the public sanitary sewage system.
(7)
Wastes that have a BOD5 or total suspended
solids or total phosphate as P or other pollutant concentration that
causes interference with the treatment process.
(8)
Wastes having a closed cup flash point of less than 140° F., as determined by a method listed under 40 CFR Part 261.21 and amendments thereto, or wastes that cause the atmosphere above the wastewater discharge at the collection point referenced in § 250-68D of this article to exceed 10% of the lower explosive limit (LEL), as determined by a catalytic, diffusion-type combustible gas meter that measures combustible gases in a range of 0% to 99% LEL.
(9)
Any wastes which contain the following substances in solution or
suspension in concentration exceeding those presented in the following
table:
|
Substance
|
Daily Composite
(mg/l)
|
Grab Sample
(mg/l)
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic (As)
|
0.75
| ||
|
Cadmium (Cd)
|
0.02
| ||
|
Chromium (Cr)
|
0.08
| ||
|
Copper (Cu)
|
1.4
| ||
|
Cyanide (Total)
|
NA
|
0.7
| |
|
Lead (Pb)
|
0.39
| ||
|
Mercury (Hg)
|
0.001
| ||
|
Molybdenum (Mo)
|
0.9
| ||
|
Nickel (Ni)
|
3.0
| ||
|
Selenium (Se)
|
1.2
| ||
|
Silver (Ag)
|
0.31
| ||
|
Zinc (Zn)
|
2.60
|
D.
Individual control limits. If the Township determines that a waste
from any significant industrial user or significant waste generator
poses a unique potential for pass-through or interference due to the
quantity or quality of the discharge, the Township shall place special
requirements or limits in excess of those contained in this article
in any industrial user permit or waste permit to prevent such pass-through
or interference. Such individual control limits may include, but are
not limited to, solvent/toxic organic management plans (STOMPs), toxic
reduction evaluation requirements (TREs), hazardous waste disposal
plans, slug control discharge plans or specific numerical limitations
on substances.
E.
Sampling. When required by the pretreatment administrator, any person
discharging to the public sanitary sewage system any industrial wastes
or combined industrial wastes, food service facility waste or sanitary
sewage shall install a suitable sampling manhole, a sanitary connection
fitting into the service lateral for sampling, or manholes, flow-metering
chambers, flow-monitoring equipment, pH-monitoring equipment and other
appurtenances on his connecting sewer or sewers to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of the combined flow of wastes from his premises.
Such manhole or manholes or metering chamber shall be accessible,
safely located and secure, and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the pretreatment administrator.
(1)
The sampling manhole, sanitary connection fitting, manholes or metering
chambers shall be installed by such person at his expense and shall
be maintained by him as to be safe and accessible to the pretreatment
administrator or his designated representative at all times. The construction
and maintenance of such manholes or metering chamber shall be mandatory
for significant industrial users, and if deemed necessary by the pretreatment
administrator, flows from such manhole or metering chamber shall be
continuously monitored, transmitted and recorded by means of an approved
recording device.
(2)
All licensed waste haulers transporting and discharging wastes to
the wastewater treatment facility shall collect a grab sample of waste
from each load of waste that is representative of the entire load.
This sample shall be submitted to the Township in accordance with
procedures outlined in each waste license.
(3)
The sampling procedure for the determination of unacceptable sanitary sewage and industrial waste specified in this section shall be as follows. The remaining substances referenced in Subsection C (specific prohibitions) shall be by a daily composite sample, except for those parameters listed under Subsection C that may be determined by either a daily composite sample or a grab sample (subject to the concentrations stated for each type of sample).
(a)
Oil and grease.
(b)
Free chlorine.
(c)
Temperature.
(d)
Closed cup flash point.
(e)
pH.
(f)
Total cyanide.
(g)
Phenols.
(h)
1, 1, 1,-Trichloroethane.
(i)
Chloroform.
(j)
Trichloroethylene.
(k)
Tetrachloroethylene.
(l)
Toluene.
(m)
Ethylbenzene.
(n)
Benzene.
(o)
Vinyl chloride.
(p)
Carbon tetrachloride, which shall be by grab sample only.
(4)
Monthly limitations shall be based on the arithmetic mean of at least two daily composite samples taken on separate days within one calendar month for those substances referenced in Subsection C(9) of this section that have daily composite limitations. Monthly limitations shall be based on the arithmetic mean of at least two grab samples taken on separate days within one calendar month for those substances referenced in Subsection C(9) of this section that do not have daily composite limitations. Waste samples collected to determine compliance with the provisions of this section shall be taken at the manhole or metering chamber referred to in this section, or in the absence of such manhole or metering chamber, at such place as the Township shall determine will provide a representative sample of the discharge, or at any other place mutually agreed upon by the Township and the user.
(5)
Trucked industrial waste samples shall be collected by the licensed
waste hauler or by the Township as a representative grab sample from
each load discharged at the wastewater treatment facility. Limits
applicable to trucked industrial waste shall be the grab sample limits
referenced in this section.
F.
Analytical methods. All analyses of samples shall be performed in
accordance with procedures contained in 40 CFR Part 136, and amendments
hereto, or any method approved by the EPA.
A.
Enforcement response. Enforcement actions taken by the Township shall
be consistent with an enforcement response plan maintained at the
wastewater treatment facility.
B.
Notice of violation. Whenever the pretreatment administrator finds
that any user or waste hauler or waste generator has violated any
provisions of this article or an industrial user permit, a commercial/industrial
discharge permit, a waste hauler license, a waste permit, an order
or a compliance schedule, the pretreatment administrator or his duly
authorized representative may serve upon said user a written notice
of violation. If required by the Township, a written response to this
notice, including an explanation of the cause of the violation and
a plan for the correction and prevention thereof, must be submitted
to the pretreatment administrator within 10 working days of receipt
of the notice. Submission of this plan in no way relieves the user
of liability for any violation occurring before or after receipt of
the notice of violation.
C.
Compliance schedule. When required by the pretreatment administrator,
compliance schedules must be developed by existing or new users and
approved by the pretreatment administrator. These schedules shall
contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement
and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation
of additional pretreatment equipment required to meet present or proposed
applicable pretreatment standards. No increment of progress shall
exceed nine months. The pretreatment administrator shall have the
right to deny or to require the modification of proposed compliance
schedules. Users under compliance schedules shall submit progress
reports to the pretreatment administrator no later than 14 days following
each milestone date in the schedule and 14 days following the final
date of compliance. Failure to meet required milestone dates shall
constitute a violation of this article.
D.
Administrative fine. Notwithstanding any other section of this article,
any user or waste hauler or waste generator who is found to have violated
any provision of this article or an industrial user permit or a commercial/industrial
discharge permit or a waste hauler license or a waste permit or an
order issued hereunder, or is found to be in significant noncompliance
(SNC), may be fined in an amount no less than $1,000 per violation.
Each day on which noncompliance shall occur or continue shall be deemed
a separate and distinct violation. The Township shall have such other
collection remedies as it has to collect other service charges. Unpaid
charges, fines and penalties shall constitute a lien against the individual
user's property.[1]
(1)
Any user or waste hauler that desires to dispute such fines must
file a request before the Township to reconsider the fine within 10
working days of being notified of the fine. The Township shall include
as part of the notice of an administrative fine a description of the
applicable appeals process to be followed, including the name, address
and telephone number of the person responsible for accepting such
appeal. Where the Township believes the request has merit, it shall
convene a hearing on the matter within 15 working days of receiving
the request from the user.
(2)
Any user assessed an administrative fine shall have 30 days to pay
the proposed fine in full, or if the user wishes to contest either
the amount of the fine or the fact of the violation, the user must
file an appeal of the action. All appeals are to be made pursuant
to the instructions included in the notice of administrative fine
assessment. Failure to appeal within this period shall result in a
waiver of all legal rights to contest the violation or the amount
of the fine.
E.
Administrative order (AO). When the Township finds that a user has
violated or continues to violate any provisions of this article, permit
or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement,
the Township may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge
directing that the user come into compliance within a time period
set by the Township. If the user does not come into compliance within
the specified time period, sewer service shall be discontinued unless
adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances
are installed and properly operated. Administrative orders may also
contain other requirements to address the noncompliance, including
additional self-monitoring, and management practices designed to minimize
the amount of pollutants discharged to the sewer. An administrative
order may not extend the deadline for compliance established for a
federal pretreatment standard or requirement, nor does an administrative
order release the user of liability for any violation, including any
continuing violation. Issuance of an administrative order shall not
be a prerequisite to taking any other action against the user.
F.
Injunctive relief. Whenever a user has violated or continues to violate
the provisions of this article, an industrial user permit or a commercial/industrial
discharge permit or an order issued hereunder, the pretreatment administrator,
through counsel, may petition the court for the issuance of a preliminary
or permanent injunction (or both, as may be appropriate), which restrains
or compels the activities on the part of the user. The pretreatment
administrator shall have such remedies to collect all fees incurred
by the Township as a result of this petition as it has to collect
other sewer service charges, including a request for payment of costs
and attorney's fees as may be authorized by law.
G.
Industrial user permit or commercial/industrial discharge permit
revocation.
(1)
Any user who violates any of the following conditions of this article,
of an industrial user permit, or of a commercial/industrial discharge
permit, or of any order may be subject to the revocation of its permit:
(a)
Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater constituents
and characteristics of his discharge.
(b)
Failure of user to report significant changes in wastewater
constituents or characteristics.
(c)
Refusal of reasonable access to the user's premises for the
purposes of inspection or monitoring.
(d)
Violation of the conditions of the permit.
(2)
The Township shall not revoke an industrial user permit or commercial/industrial
discharge permit without first allowing the noncompliant user the
opportunity to show cause under this section why the proposed action
should not be taken. Before any further discharge of wastewater may
be made by a user whose permit has been revoked, the user must apply
for and be granted a reinstatement of the revoked permit or a new
permit, as the Township may require, and pay all delinquent fees,
charges and costs occasioned by the violation, in accordance with
all conditions set forth in this article and the procedural guidelines
recorded and available at the wastewater treatment facility. The Township
will not renew an industrial user permit or commercial/industrial
discharge permit until all delinquent fees, charges and costs occasioned
are paid in full or prior arrangements have been made with the Township
on a payment plan approved by the Township.
H.
Waste hauler license revocation. Any waste hauler who violates any
provision of this article or of its waste hauler license or of a waste
permit held by the waste hauler or of any additional requirements
set by the Township may be subject to immediate license revocation.
In addition, the Township may immediately and without notice revoke
any waste hauler license if the Township determines that the acceptance
of the waste is detrimental to the overall operation of the wastewater
treatment facility.
I.
Waste permit revocation. Any waste generator who violates any provision
of this article or of its waste permit or of any additional requirements
set by the Township may be subject to immediate permit revocation.
In addition, the Township may immediately and without notice revoke
any waste permit if the Township determines that the acceptance of
the waste is detrimental to the overall operation of the wastewater
treatment facility.
J.
Show cause hearing. The pretreatment administrator may order any
user which causes or contributes to a violation of this article or
industrial user permit or commercial/industrial discharge permit or
order issued hereunder to show cause why a proposed enforcement action
should not be taken. Notice shall be served on the user specifying
the time and place for the meeting, the proposed enforcement action
and the reasons for such action, and a request that the user show
cause why this proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The
notice of the meeting shall be served personally or by registered
or certified mail to any principal executive, general partner, corporate
officer or owner of the industrial user at least 10 days prior to
the hearing. Whether or not a duly notified user appears as noticed,
immediate enforcement action may be pursued.
K.
Emergency response. The pretreatment administrator may suspend the
wastewater treatment service and/or industrial user permit or commercial/industrial
discharge permit whenever such suspension is necessary in order to
stop an actual or threatened discharge presenting or causing an imminent
or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, wastewater
treatment facility or the environment.
(1)
Any user notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service
and/or industrial user permit or commercial/industrial discharge permit
shall immediately stop or eliminate its contribution. In the event
of a user's failure to immediately comply voluntarily with the suspension
order, the pretreatment administrator shall take such steps as deemed
necessary, including the immediate severance of the sewer connection,
to prevent or minimize damage to the wastewater treatment facility,
its receiving stream, or endangerment to any individuals. The pretreatment
administrator shall allow the user to recommence its discharge when
the endangerment has passed, unless the permit revocation proceedings
set forth in this section are initiated against the user.
(2)
Any user which is responsible, in whole or in part, for imminent
danger shall submit a detailed written statement describing the causes
of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any
future occurrence to the pretreatment administrator prior to the date
of the show cause hearing described in this section.
L.
Criminal penalties.
(1)
Any person, firm or corporation, with or without notice, who shall
violate any provisions of this article, an industrial user permit,
a commercial/industrial discharge permit, a waste hauler license,
a waste permit or order, and if such person violating the provisions
of this article shall be a partnership, then the members thereof,
or if such person be a corporation or association, then the officers,
members, agents, servants, or employees thereof, upon conviction thereof
in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner
provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine
and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day
that a violation of this article continues or each section of this
article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
(2)
The pretreatment department may recover reasonable legal fees, court
costs, and other expenses associated with enforcement activities,
including sampling and monitoring expenses, and the cost of any actual
damages incurred by the Township.
M.
Public notification. The Township shall, at least annually, publish
in the largest daily newspaper distributed in the Township a list
of industrial users which in the last 12 months were significantly
violating applicable pretreatment standards or other pretreatment
requirements or that were determined to be in significant noncompliance.
Significant noncompliance shall be determined according to guidelines
set in 40 CFR Part 403.8(f)(2)(vii), or amendments thereto.
N.
Civil penalties and costs.
(1)
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this article, any
permit issued pursuant to this article, or any regulation adopted
under this article may, after notice and hearing as hereinafter provided,
be assessed a civil penalty for such violation and, in addition to
such penalty, be assessed the cost of any damages caused by the violation
or the cost of correcting such violation.
(2)
Before assessing a civil penalty or costs, the Township shall provide
the violator with a written notice of proposed assessment citing the
ordinance provision, permit or regulation violated with an offer to
conduct an assessment hearing to evaluate the violation and the amount
of the penalty or cost. Said notice shall contain an explanation of
the right to a hearing and the right to appeal from the assessment
made.
(4)
The assessment hearing shall be informal and shall not be governed
by requirements for formal adjudicatory hearings. Should the violator
fail or refuse to agree as to a time for the hearing, the hearing
officer shall fix a time and direct the violator's attendance. Should
the violator fail or refuse to attend, the hearing officer may proceed
with the hearing and, if appropriate, assess a civil penalty and/or
costs.[3]
(5)
A civil penalty may be assessed whether or not the violation was
willful. The amount of the penalty shall not be less than $1,000 per
day per violation; provided, however, that any industrial user who
shall violate the Township's pretreatment standards and/or the requirements
of the Township's approved pretreatment program may be assessed a
penalty not to exceed $25,000 per day per violation as provided in
the Publicly Owned Treatment Works Penalty Law.[4] In determining the amount of the penalty, the hearing
officer shall consider the following:
(a)
The willfulness of the violation.
(b)
Damages to air, water, land or other natural resources or their
users.
(c)
Cost of restoration and abatement.
(d)
Savings resulting to the person in consequence of the violation.
(e)
Deterrence of future violations.
(f)
History of past violations.
(g)
Other relevant factors.
[4]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 752.1 et seq.
(6)
If a person against whom a civil penalty of costs has been assessed fails to pay the amount assessed in full or appeal the assessment de novo, as provided in Subsection N(7) hereof, within 30 days following the date of assessment; such failure to pay or perfect an appeal shall constitute a separate violation, for which an additional civil penalty may be assessed after notice and hearing. Additional violations shall be deemed to occur and additional civil penalties may be assessed each time a person fails to pay or perfect an appeal.
(7)
A person assessed with a civil penalty or costs pursuant to this
section shall have 30 days to pay the penalty and costs in full. If
the person assessed wishes to contest the violation or the penalty
or costs assessed, such person shall have the right to appeal de novo
to the Board of Commissioners for a hearing under the Local Agency
Law.[5] The notice of appeal and request for hearing shall be
filed within 30 days of the date of receipt of notice of the action
appealed. The notice of the appeal must be accompanied by the amount
of the civil penalty and/or costs to be held in an escrow account
by the Township. In lieu of such payment, the appellant may post an
irrevocable letter of credit for the required amount, issued by a
federal or commonwealth chartered lending institution, or an appeal
bond in such amount executed by a surety licensed to do business in
this commonwealth and in a form satisfactory to the Township. If after
the Local Agency Law review or final judicial review the civil penalty
and/or costs are removed or reduced, the amount paid into escrow shall
be adjusted accordingly and the balance remitted to the appellant
within 30 days or, in the case of a letter of credit or surety bond
having been posted, upon payment of the amount due such letter of
credit or bond shall be released. Failure to make the required deposit
in escrow or submit an irrevocable letter of credit or a surety as
provided in this subsection shall result in a waiver of all legal
rights to appeal the violation or the amount of the penalty and/or
costs assessed.[6]
(8)
In any case where the Township determines that the violation is of
a continuing nature, the Township may impose a weekly assessment of
not more than $2,500 per week for each week the violation continues
unabated by the violator. Such weekly assessment shall accrue indefinitely
after the date of notice of the assessment to the violator.
(9)
All civil penalties and costs assessed pursuant to this subsection
shall be payable to the Township and shall be collectible in any manner
provided by law for the collection of debts. Unpaid civil penalties
and/or costs, together with interest and any costs that may accrue,
shall constitute a judgment in favor of the Township and be a lien
upon the real property of the violator from the date such amount has
been entered and docketed on the record by the Prothonotary of York
County.
O.
Fines and civil penalties collected. All fines and civil penalties collected pursuant to Subsection L or N of this section shall be placed in a restricted account and shall only be used for the repair of damage or mitigation of threats to the public health, to pay any penalties imposed on the Township by the federal or state governments for violation of pretreatment standards, for costs inured to investigate and take enforcement actions, and for the administration of this article and the Sewage Facilities Act.[7]
[7]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.
A.
Self-monitoring report (SMR). The Township shall require all significant
industrial users and all significant waste generators to submit to
the Township's pretreatment administrator during the months of June
and December, unless required more frequently by the pretreatment
administrator, a report on a form supplied by the Township, indicating
the concentration of pollutants in the effluent or generated waste
which are of particular concern to the Township and which are limited
by this article. In addition, this report shall include a record of
all daily flows which occurred during the reporting period. At the
discretion of the pretreatment administrator and in consideration
of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget
cycles, etc., the pretreatment administrator may agree to alter the
months during which the above report is to be submitted.
(1)
Repeat sampling and reporting. All wastewater samples must be representative
of the user's discharge. If sampling performed by a user indicates
a violation, the user must notify the pretreatment department within
24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat
the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis
to the pretreatment department within 30 days after becoming aware
of the violation.
(2)
If the user is monitoring any pollutant more frequently than required
by the pretreatment department, the results of this monitoring shall
be included in the self-monitoring report (SMR).
B.
Baseline monitoring report. Within either 180 days after the effective
date of a categorical pretreatment standard or the final administrative
decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6(a)(4), whichever
is later, existing significant industrial users and significant waste
generators subject to such categorical pretreatment standards and
currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall
be required to submit to the Township a report which contains the
information listed under this section. At least 90 days prior to commencement
of their discharge, new sources and sources that become industrial
users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical
pretreatment standard shall be required to submit to the Township
a report which contains the information listed under this section.
A new source shall also be required to report the method of pretreatment
it intends to use to meet applicable pretreatment standards. A new
source shall also give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity
of pollutants discharged. The industrial user shall submit the information
required by this section, including the following:
(1)
Identifying information. The name and address of the facility, including
the name of the operator and owners.
(2)
Wastewater discharge permits. A list of any environmental control
wastewater discharge permits held by or for the facility.
(3)
Description of operations. A brief description of the nature, average
rate of production, and standard industrial classifications of the
operation(s) carried out by such industrial user. This description
should include a schematic process diagram which indicates points
of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes.
(4)
Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily
and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated
process wastewater and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of
the combined waste-stream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
(5)
Measurement of pollutants. Identify the categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process. Submit the results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration (and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the Township) of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. Instantaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations (or mass, where required) shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in § 250-69 of this article.
(6)
Certification. A statement reviewed by the industrial user's authorized
responsible individual and certified by a qualified professional,
indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a constant
basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M)
and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment
standards and requirements.
(7)
Compliance schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the schedule by which the industrial user will provide such additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this section shall meet the requirements set out in § 250-70 of this article.
(8)
All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance
with this section.
C.
Compliance schedule progress report. The following conditions shall
apply to the schedule required under this section. The schedule shall
contain progress increments in the form of dates for the commencement
and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation
of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable
pretreatment standards (such events include hiring an engineer, completing
preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components,
commencing and completing construction, beginning and conducting routine
operation). No increment referred to in this section shall exceed
nine months. The user shall submit a progress report to the Township
no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the
final date of compliance, including, as a minimum, whether or not
the user complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any
delay, (and, if appropriate) the steps being taken by the user to
return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine
months elapse between such progress reports to the Township.
D.
Ninety-day compliance report. All industrial users or waste generators
subject to categorical pretreatment standards shall submit, within
90 days following the date of final compliance with applicable categorical
pretreatment standards, a report containing the information listed
in 40 CFR 403.12(b)(4)-(6). Industrial users or waste generators subject
to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance
with 40 CFR Part 403.6(c) must include in the report a reasonable
measure of the user's long-term production rate.
E.
Signatory requirements. All reports submitted pursuant to requirements
outlined in this article, including, but not limited to, the baseline
monitoring report, the self-monitoring report and the ninety-day compliance
report shall be signed by the responsible individual.
F.
Certification requirements. All reports referenced in this section, as well as industrial user permit applications, waste permit applications and waste hauler license applications submitted pursuant to § 250-68 of this article, shall include the following statement:
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"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all
attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance
with a system designed to assure that quality personnel properly gather
and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the
person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly
responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted
is to the best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate and complete.
I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false
information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for
knowing violations."
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G.
Notification of spills and slug loads. All users shall notify the
Township immediately by phone or in person upon any planned or unplanned
discharge of wastes of a strength or character unusual for the discharger
or in violation of the discharger's industrial user permit or any
other regulations set forth in this article. All licensed waste haulers
or permitted waste generators shall notify the Township in advance
of the discharge of a waste that is of a strength or character unusual
for the hauler or generator or that is in violation of the hauler's
license or generator's permit or any other regulations set forth in
this article. This report is to be followed within 10 working days
of the day of the occurrence by a detailed written statement sent
to the pretreatment administrator describing the cause and characteristics
of the discharge and measures that are being taken to prevent further
similar discharges. Such notification shall not relieve the user from
any liability which may be incurred as a result of the discharge.
H.
Hazardous waste discharges. Any user who commences the discharge
of hazardous waste shall notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management
Division Director, and the state hazardous waste authorities in writing
of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise
disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. Such
notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth
in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of
discharge (continuous, batch or other). If the user discharges more
than 100 kilograms of such wastes per calendar month to the POTW,
the notification shall also contain the following information, to
the extent such information is known and readily available to the
user: An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in
the waste, an estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents
in the waste stream discharged during the calendar month, and an estimation
of the mass of constituents in the waste stream expected to be discharged
during the following 12 months.
(1)
All notifications as required under this section must take place
no later than 180 days after the discharge commences. Any notification
under this section need be submitted only once for each hazardous
waste discharged. However, notification of changed discharges must
be submitted under this section.
(2)
Dischargers are exempt from the hazardous waste notification requirements
during a calendar month for which they discharge no more than 15 kilograms
of hazardous waste, unless the wastes are acute hazardous wastes as
specified in 40 CFR Parts 261.30(d) and 261.33(e); discharge of more
than 15 kilograms of nonacute hazardous wastes in a calendar month
or of any quantity of acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR
Parts 261.30(d) and 261.33(e) require a one-time notification.
(3)
Subsequent
months during which the user discharges more than such quantities
of any hazardous wastes do not require additional notification.
(4)
In
the case of any new regulations under § 3001 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) identifying additional characteristics
of hazardous wastes or listing any additional substances as hazardous
wastes, the user must notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management
Division Director and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge
of such substance within 90 days of the effective date of such regulations.
(5)
In
the case of any notification under this section, the user shall certify
that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of
hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically
practical.
I.
Notice
to employees. In order that employees of industrial users and significant
waste generators be informed of the requirements of this article,
industrial users and significant waste generators shall make available
to their employees copies of these regulations and any other wastewater
information and notices which may be furnished by the Township directed
toward more effective water pollution control. A notice shall be furnished
by the user and permanently posted in a prominent area on the user's
bulletin board explaining proper procedures for spill prevention,
containment or neutralization and advising employees who to call in
case of an accidental discharge in violation of these regulations.
J.
Right
of access. The wastewater treatment plant operators and other duly
authorized employees of the Township bearing proper credentials and
identification shall be allowed to enter all properties and waste
transportation vehicles for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this article. The Township shall inspect all significant industrial
users and all significant waste generators at least once per year.
K.
Recordkeeping
requirements. Any industrial user or waste generator subject to reporting
requirements shall be required to retain for a minimum of three years
any records of monitoring activities, results and documentation associated
with best management practices. The Township shall retain all reports
that it receives from industrial users and waste generators for a
minimum of three years. Any record of monitoring activities and results
shall be made available for inspection and copying by the pretreatment
administrator or his duly authorized representatives.
L.
Federal requirements. Upon the promulgation of any federal standards or requirements (including, but not limited to, federal categorical pretreatment standards for any particular industrial subcategory found at 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471), the federal standards or requirements shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this article if the federal standards are more stringent than the limitations imposed under this article. Any user or waste generator which is subject to federal categorical standards is required to comply with all standards and requirements in accordance with Section 307 of the Clean Water Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1317.
M.
State requirements. Upon the promulgation of any Pennsylvania state
standards or requirements, the state standards or requirements shall
immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this article if
the state standards are more stringent than federal limitations or
requirements or the limitations and requirements imposed under this
article.
N.
General pretreatment facility management requirements. All users
shall install and operate, at their own expense, any pretreatment
facility that, in the opinion of the Township, is necessary for the
proper handling of wastes. Such facilities shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Township and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for maintenance by the user and for inspection
by the Township. All plumbing appurtenances and grease trap installations
shall conform to the most recent UCC requirements, as may be amended.
O.
Pretreatment facility requirements. Pretreatment facilities, including,
but not limited to, grease traps, shall be provided by a user when,
in the opinion of the Township, they are necessary for the proper
handling of wastes containing excessive amounts of pollutants. All
pretreatment facilities shall be of a type and capacity approved by
the Township and shall be located to be easily accessible for cleaning,
inspection and maintenance. Where installed, all pretreatment facilities
shall be maintained by the user, at his own expense, and shall be
kept in continuous and efficient operation at all times.
P.
Notice of changed discharge requirements. Each user shall notify the pretreatment administrator of any planned significant changes to the user's operations or systems which might alter the nature, quality or volume of its wastewater or constitute a slug load, as defined in § 250-65 of this chapter, at least 45 days before the change.
A.
Surcharges. Although the sewage treatment works will be capable of
treating certain industrial wastes and wastes generated from a commercial
establishment, the actual treatment of such wastes may increase the
cost of operating and maintaining the public sanitary sewage system.
Therefore, there shall be imposed upon each person discharging such
waste into the public sanitary sewage system a surcharge or surcharges
which are intended to cover such additional costs. Such surcharges
shall be in addition to the regular sewage service charges and shall
be payable as herein provided.
B.
Determination of surcharges. The strength of any waste, the discharge
of which is to be subject to surcharge as determined by this section,
shall be determined quarterly or more frequently, as the Township
shall determine, from samples taken either at the manhole or metering
chamber referred to herein, or at any other sampling point mutually
agreed upon by the Township and the producer of such waste. The frequency
and duration of the sampling period shall be such as, in the opinion
of the Township, shall permit a reasonably reliable determination
of the average composition of such waste, exclusive of stormwater
runoff. Samples shall be collected or their collection supervised
by a representative of the Township and shall be samples that reasonably
reflect the characteristics of the waste over a twenty-four-hour period.
Except as hereinafter provided, the strength of the waste so found
by analysis shall be used for establishing the surcharge or surcharges.
The costs of sample collection and analysis for the purpose of determining
surcharge rates shall be set through a resolution by the Board of
Supervisors. However, the Township may, if it so elects, accept the
results of routine sampling and analyses by the producer of such wastes
in lieu of making its own sampling and analyses.
C.
Calculation of surcharges.
(1)
In the event that, after sampling and analysis as prescribed in this
section, any waste found by the Township to have pollutants of BOD
concentration in excess of 300 mg/l and/or total suspended solids
concentration in excess of 350 mg/l and/or total phosphate as P concentration
in excess of 10 mg/l, the producer of said waste shall pay a strength
of waste surcharge in addition to the flat rate of volume charge,
which surcharge shall be computed by using the following formula:
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Factor (%)
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=
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60
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+
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15(BOD-5 mg/l)
(300)
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+
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15(TSS mg/l)
(350)
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+
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10(P mg/l)
(10)
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- 100
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(2)
Where the concentration of the waste is less than 300 mg/l for BOD
or 350 mg/l for total suspended solids or 10 mg/l for phosphate as
P, the values in parentheses for BOD and/or total suspended solids
and/or total phosphate as P shall be equal to one. The amount of the
strength of waste surcharge shall be computed by multiplying the flat
rate of volume charge for collection, transportation and treatment
by the surcharge factor derived above.
D.
The strength of waste surcharges provided for in this section shall
be added to the sewage service charge imposed by the Township.
E.
Sampling fees and schedules for significant industrial users. All
significant industrial users requiring an industrial user permit shall
be assessed a fee for service charge for each scheduled sampling and
unscheduled compliance sampling to be performed by the Township. The
charge to the significant industrial user for each scheduled sampling
shall be set through a resolution by the Board of Supervisors. The
charge to the significant industrial user for each unscheduled compliance
sampling shall be 120% of the cost of each scheduled sampling.
F.
Sampling fees and schedules for commercial users. All commercial
users requiring an industrial user permit shall be assessed a fee
for service charge for each scheduled sampling and unscheduled compliance
sampling to be performed by the Township. The charge to the commercial
user for each scheduled sampling shall be set through a resolution
by the Board of Supervisors. The charge to the commercial user for
each unscheduled compliance sampling shall be 120% of the cost of
each scheduled sampling.
(1)
A sampling frequency table shall be on file at the wastewater treatment
facility for each significant industrial user and commercial user
and shall indicate the number of scheduled samplings that are to be
routinely performed by the Township for a certain time period, not
including unscheduled compliance samplings. The Township shall sample
all significant industrial users and commercial users at least once
per year.
(2)
The scheduled sampling frequency shall be based on several criteria, including, but not limited to, flow, SIC number and historical waste characteristics, including past ordinance violations. Periodic reviews of data at least once per year but not more frequently than every six months may result in revisions of the table. An unscheduled compliance sample may be collected from any user within 30 days after the Township identifies a violation of any provision of § 250-69B or C of this article resulting from any scheduled or unscheduled sampling.
G.
Other sampling and testing fees. The Township may collect waste samples,
make inspections and incur other expenses in order to determine user
compliance with applicable rules and regulations, and may assess users
certain fees for those services in accordance with a resolution set
by the Board of Supervisors.
