[Adopted 6-27-1994 by Ord. No. 927 (Ch. 10, Part 5, of the
1987 Code of Ordinances)]
Every person or entity is hereby prohibited from spilling, depositing
or dumping any hazardous materials or substances or any substances
which pose or present a safety or health hazard upon or into properties
within the municipal boundaries of the Township of North Versailles.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR SUBSTANCES
Any material or substance which may have a direct or identifiable
effect on persons or property or any such substances or materials
in a quantity or form which, in the determination of the Township
or its authorized representative, poses an unreasonable or imminent
risk to the life, health or safety of persons or property or to the
ecological balance of the environment. This shall include, but not
be limited to, such substances as explosives, radioactive materials,
petroleum products or gases, poisons, etiologic (biologic) agents,
flammables, corrosives or materials listed in the hazardous substance
list of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, the Solid
Waste Management Act, 35 P.S. § 6018.103, and the Worker
and Community Right-to-Know Act, 35 P.S. § 7303.
PERSON or ENTITY
Any individual, firm, corporation, government, association
or partnership or any other legal entity.
North Versailles hereby authorizes and directs its various emergency
services, volunteer fire departments, Township employees or any other
persons employed or retained by the Township for such purposes to
clean or abate, or cause to be cleaned or abated, the effects of any
hazardous materials or substances deposited upon or into properties
or facilities within the municipal boundaries of the Township of North
Versailles. This shall include, but not be limited to, abatement,
emergency service, fire control, traffic control, evacuation, relocation,
substance monitoring and establishment of medical care facilities.
Any person or persons who intentionally, accidentally or negligently
caused such spill, deposit or dumping shall be liable for all costs
and expenses incurred by the Township of North Versailles or its instrumentalities
in cleanup or abatement activities. The remedies provided by this
article shall be in addition to all remedies provided by other laws
or ordinances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States,
Allegheny County or the Township of North Versailles.
For purposes of this article, costs incurred by the Township
shall include, but are not limited to, actual labor costs of Township
police and other personnel, including workmen's compensation
benefits, fringe benefits, administrative overhead, cost of equipment
operation, cost of special fire extinguishing agents used and costs
of any contracted labor and materials; further, it shall include any
costs incurred by volunteer fire companies, emergency medical companies
and any other agency or contractor engaged in the abating or cleaning
up of the effects of any such hazardous materials of substances deposited
upon or into properties, facilities, roads or streets in the Township
of North Versailles.