A penalty of $100 may be assessed to any user for each day that a report required by this chapter, a permit or order issued hereunder is late, beginning five days after the date the report is due. (Higher penalties may also be assessed where reports are more than 30 to 45 days late. Actions taken by the general manager to collect late reporting penalties shall not limit the general manager's authority to initiate other enforcement actions that may include penalties for late reporting violations.
The general manager may decline to issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit to any user who has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, or a previous general permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirements, unless such user first files a satisfactory bond, payable to THTMA, in a sum not to exceed a value determined by the general manager to be necessary to achieve consistent compliance.
The general manager may decline to issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge, or general permit to any user who has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, or a previous general permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, unless the user first submits proof that it has obtained financial assurances sufficient to restore or repair damage to the POTW caused by its discharge.
The general manager may decline to issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit to any user who has failed to pay any outstanding fees, fines, or penalties incurred as a result of any provision of this chapter, a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, general permit, or order issued hereunder.
Whenever a user has violated or continues to violate any provision of this chapter, an individual wastewater discharge permit, general permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, water service to the user may be severed. Service will recommence, at the user's expense, only after the user has satisfactorily demonstrated its ability to comply.
A violation of any provision of this chapter, an individual wastewater discharge permit, general permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be corrected or abated as directed by the general manager. Any person(s) creating a public nuisance shall be subject to the provisions of Hempfield Township Code [insert proper citation] governing such nuisances, including reimbursing THTMA for any costs incurred in removing, abating, or remedying said nuisance.