[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986; as amended by Ord. 532, 9/10/2008]
As used in this part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Means approved in accordance with the rules of the Water
Department of the City of Philadelphia or the ordinances of Lower
Southampton Township, Bucks County, whichever are more stringent.
A drain installed to collect surface water or rainwater from
an open area.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter or in satisfying the oxygen demand of other materials
present during incubation for a given time at a specified temperature.
The extension from the building drain at 10 feet outside
the foundation walls to a sewer or other place of disposal. It may
be either a sanitary building sewer for sanitary sewage only, an industrial
waste building sewer for industrial wastes only, a stormwater building
sewer for stormwater runoff only, a combination building sewer receiving
any combination of sanitary sewage and/or stormwater runoff.
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Any sewer owned or maintained by the City.
Any structure or any portion thereof intended to be used
wholly or in part for the purposes of carrying on a trade, business
or profession or for social, amusement, religious, educational, charitable
or public uses, and which contains plumbing for kitchen, toilet or
washing facilities.
Those pollutants, as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant to P.L. 92-500 (Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972), amenable to treatment in a publicly owned treatment
works (POTW). Compatible pollutants include, but are not necessarily
limited to, biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids and fecal
coliform bacteria.
The unpolluted water (usually noncontact cooling water) discharged
from any system wherein water is used for the removal of heat, such
as air conditioning, refrigeration, jacket cooling, etc.
The Water Department of the City.
The placing into a wastewater treatment facility or surface
or underground water of any wastes or stormwater by any means, such
as, but not limited to, leachate, overland flow, underground leaks
and a building sewer.
A structure or dwelling intended to be occupied as a whole
by one family or an apartment intended to be occupied by one family
or any other one-family living unit.
Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample
of waste by using 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (Freon TF
or Gneesolv D, registered trademarks).
The solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
Any mechanical or powered device used to grind, macerate
or fluidize garbage so that it can be discharged into the sewer system
of the Township into cesspools and septic tanks.
A receptacle designed to intercept and retain grease and
fatty substances contained in kitchen or other wastes.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant as defined
by the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant
to P.L. 92-500 (1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments)
or its amendments.
Any structure intended to be used wholly or in part for the
manufacturing, fabricating, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembly
of any product, commodity or article or any other premises from which
industrial waste, as distinct from sanitary sewage, is discharged.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
A receptacle designed and constructed to separate or intercept
and prevent the passage of oil, volatile flammable liquid, grease,
sand or other material into the public sewer system to which such
receptacle is directly or indirectly connected, including, but not
limited to, a separator.
The drainage piping from the Township sewer to the right-of-way
for the future use of the property owner.
As defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant
to P.L. (1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments) or its
amendments, to include, but not limited to, an industrial waste discharge
having: a) a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average workday; and/or
b) a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the Authority's sewage
system receiving the discharge; and/or c) a flow containing toxic
pollutant in toxic amounts as defined under P.L. 92-500 (1972 Federal
Water Pollution Control Act Amendments) or its amendments; and/or
d) a flow containing pollutants which, according to permits issued
to the City pursuant to P.L. 92-500 (1972 Federal Water Pollution
Act Amendments) or its amendments, have a significant impact, either
singly or in combination with other industries, on the City sewage
system or the Township's sewage system.
Any individual firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
A means of expressing the degree of acidity or basicity of
a solution. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity of
the pH scale, running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midnight
of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline
conditions and those below 7.0 represent acid conditions. Expressed
in technical terms, pH is the reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen
ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions
in grams per liter of solution.
The period of time, not exceeding 24 hours, utilized for
production purposes.
Agencies, such as, but not limited to, the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Delaware River Basin Commission (RBC), and the U.S. Coast Guard which
have authority over the operations of and/or discharges into and/or
from the City's wastewater treatment facilities or the Township's
sewer system.
An interceptor primarily intended to intercept sand or earth,
including, but not limited to, a sand trap.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, commercial and industrial establishments, but not commercial
kitchens therein.
A sewer which carries sanitary sewage or approved industrial
waste and excludes stormwater, surface water and groundwater.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present in sanitary sewers or purposely present in combined sewers.
The admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial wastes or
other wastes also should be considered wastewater within the meaning
of this definition.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
All temporary and permanent facilities at any time, and from
time to time, owned or leased and operated by the Township and used
and usable for, or in connection with, the collection of sanitary
sewage and acceptable industrial wastes.
That portion of the wastewater BOD which is not removed by
laboratory filtration.
Any person discharging industrial wastes and other polluted
discharges.
As contained in the federal government's Standard Industrial
Classification Manual.
A sewer which receives discharges from stormwater building
sewers and/or carries off surface water, subsurface water or stormwater
from the buildings, ground, streets or other areas, including street
wash and unpolluted cooling water, but not including wastewater or
liquid industrial waste.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and which are largely removable
by filtration.
Lower Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and
the group of elected officials acting as the Board of Supervisors
of the Township.
Any substances, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which,
when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, will be
detrimental to any biological sewage treatment process, constitute
a hazard to human beings or animals, inhibit aquatic life, or create
a hazard to recreation in receiving waters of the effluent from a
wastewater treatment plant. Or as defined pursuant to P.L. 92-500
(Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972) or its amendments.
A fitting or device so designed and constructed as to provide
a liquid seal which will prevent the back passage of sewer gases without
materially affecting the flow of sewage or water through it.
A discharge which, according to the Department's regulations
as well as those of the Township and the regulatory agencies, including,
but not limited to, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Agency,
can be discharged to a receiving stream without treatment.
Any liquid, gaseous or solid substances or combination thereof
which are discarded, leached or spilled substances or combination
thereof, including sanitary sewage and industrial wastes but excluding
stormwater.
The sewage systems of the Township and the City and the wastewater
treatment plants of the City.
Any arrangement of devices and structures of the City used
for treating sewage and industrial wastes, the handling of sludge
resulting from such treatment, and the discharge of treated effluent
into a designated body of water.
The public agency or private company furnishing water service
to the particular property connected to the sewerage system.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
All owners of property in the Township who connect their premises
with the sewerage system of the Township of Lower Southampton, Bucks
County, shall pay to the Township a tapping fee in an amount and in
accordance with regulations set forth as follows:
A.Â
Taps to existing system. All taps to preexisting portions of the
sewerage system shall be done by the Township's maintenance contractor,
and the full cost thereof shall be paid by the owner of the property
to be connected.
B.Â
New taps. Fees shall be established by resolution of the Board of
Supervisors. All owners of property shall connect their premises to
the sewerage system as and when the same may be available, upon notice
to do so from the Township and in a manner approved by the Township.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
1.Â
The volume of water to be used for billing nonresidential sewer rentals
shall include any and all water purchased from the water supplier
and all water obtained from other sources (wells, springs, streams,
etc.), as determined by meters installed and maintained by the water
supplier; by meters installed and maintained by the Township; by meters
installed by the property owner as may be approved by the Township;
or by estimates or measurements made by the Township where the Township
deems metering impractical.
2.Â
Exclusion from the sewerage system of noncontaminated wastewaters and waters used solely for cooling purposes may be required by the Township, or such exclusion may be optional with the property owner if not required by the Township. When such wastewaters are excluded, sewer rentals shall be based upon total water consumption, less water excluded, at the rates established in Part 1 of this chapter. Water excluded shall be determined from meters installed and maintained by the property owner as required and approved by the Township, or the property owner may elect to measure waste volumes actually discharged to the sewerage system as provided for below.
3.Â
The Township may require a nonresidential establishment, or the nonresidential establishment may elect to install, pay for and maintain a meter approved by the Township for measuring wastewaters discharged to the sewerage system, in which case sewer rentals shall be based upon the actual volume of wastes so metered as being discharged to the sewerage system. Said sewer rentals shall be computed at the rates set forth in Part 1 of this chapter.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
When directed by the Township, industrial establishments shall
install, pay for and maintain a manhole and other devices as may be
approved by the Township to facilitate observation, measurement and
sampling of wastes discharged to the sewerage system. The Township
or its duly authorized representative shall, at all reasonable times,
be permitted to enter upon any and all properties for the purpose
of inspecting, observing, measuring and sampling wastes discharged
to the sewerage system. Any industrial establishment that desires
to connect to the sewerage system or which is connected to the sewerage
system and plans to change its operations so as to materially alter
the characteristics and volumes of wastes discharged thereto must
notify the Township in writing at least 10 days before making such
connection or changing its operation.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986; as amended by Ord. 532, 9/10/2008]
1.Â
General.
A.Â
Sanitary sewer. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface
drainage to any Township sanitary sewer. This does not exclude or
preclude pumpout of manholes by a utility company or of manholes on
plant premises which should be kept dry or in reasonably dry condition.
B.Â
Unpolluted cooling waters. Unpolluted industrial cooling waters and
unpolluted process waters may be discharged to Township sewers only
with the written approval of the Township.
2.Â
Industrial waste. No person shall cause or permit to be discharged
into the Township's sewer system any solid, liquid or gaseous matter
harmful to the sewage disposal process or any part of the wastewater
treatment facilities.
A.Â
Limitation on waste discharges. Following are wastes which are not
acceptable:
(1)Â
Wastes which limit hydraulic capacity of sewers. Wastes which
tend to limit the hydraulic capacity of Township sewers and associated
equipment and structures, such as grease, sand, tar, rags, glass,
ashes, straw, feathers, plastics, paraffin, wood, sawdust, paunch
manure, entrails, fleshings, hides, offal from livestock and others
as may be prescribed by the Department or the Township.
(2)Â
Wastes which tend to damage wastewater treatment facilities.
Wastes which tend to damage sewers and associated structures and equipment
such as acids, alkalis, abrasive grits and others as may be prescribed
by the Department or the Township.
(3)Â
Wastes which prevent maintenance of sewers. Wastes which tend
to prevent or make hazardous maintenance or inspection of sewers and
associated equipment and structures, such as gasoline, kerosene, fuel
oil, solvents, strong acids and alkalies, cyanides, excessively hot
wastes, radioactive wastes and others as may be prescribed by the
Department or the Township. [See also Subsection 2B(3) and (5).]
(4)Â
Wastes which place unusual demands on sewers. Wastes which place
unusual demands, i.e., 10% or more of the system's load, on sewers
and associated equipment and structures or treatment process, such
as excessive volumes, high biochemical oxygen demands, suspended solids
and others as may be prescribed by the Department or the Township.
See also Subsections 2A(1), (3), 2B(9), (16) and (17).
(5)Â
Wastes which prevent the Department's treatment facilities from
meeting regulatory agency discharge standards. Wastes which contain
pollutants incompatible with or toxic to the City's wastewater treatment
facilities and affect the suitability of the resultant sludges for
various disposal techniques such as heavy metals and others may be
prescribed by the Department of the Township.
B.Â
Specific limitations for wastes discharged into the Township's sewerage
system.
(1)Â
No person shall discharge wastes having a pH lower than 6.5
or higher than 9.0 at any time.
(2)Â
Explosive, flammable or combustible waste. The wastewater shall
not contain any immiscible substances in immiscible concentrations
or any miscible substances or miscible amounts of immiscible substances
in sufficient quantity to create a potential quantity to create a
potential explosive, flammable or combustible atmosphere in the wastewater
treatment facilities at any time.
(3)Â
Temperature. The temperature of the waste shall not exceed 140°
F. A variance to a temperature not to exceed 150° F. at any time
may be granted when it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of
the Department and the Township that the 140° F. limit would present
an extreme technical and/or economic hardship to the person and would
not create additional problems regarding the sewerage system or wastewater
treatment plant. Upon request by the Department or the Township, the
temperature must be reduced as required by the Department or the Township
to allow Departmental or Township personnel to enter the City sewer
or Township sewers for inspection and maintenance purposes.
(4)Â
Cyanide content. The cyanide content of the waste shall not
exceed 10 mg/l total cyanide and 2 mg/l of cyanide readily released
at 150° F. and pH 4.5 for a composite sample representing one
process day or, as shown by grab sampling, twice these amounts at
any given time.
(5)Â
Chlorine and ammonia. The free chlorine and/or free ammonia
content of the waste shall be limited to 5 mg/l at any time as shown
by grab sample. In particular instances where a mist-free atmosphere,
as needed during inspection and maintenance of a sewer, or to protect
the sewage system, is otherwise not attainable, the Department or
Township may direct the plant management to further reduce its discharge
of chlorine and of ammonia, either on a temporary or permanent basis,
so as to eliminate formation of mist, in order to permit such inspection
and maintenance and protect the sewerage system. [See Subsections
2A(2) and (3).]
(6)Â
Hydrogen sulfide. The hydrogen sulfide content of the waste
shall not exceed 2 mg/l at any time as shown by grab sample.
(7)Â
Wastes containing metals.
(a)Â
For sources connected to the Township's system prior to the
effective date of this part the waste shall not contain in excess
of the following metal concentrations measured as a total of both
soluble and insoluble metals for a composite representing the process
day or twice these concentrations at any time as shown by grab sample:
|
Arsenic
|
(As)
|
1 mg/l
| |
|
Silver
|
(Ag)
|
5 mg/l
| |
|
Cadmium
|
(Cd)
|
0.1 mg/l
| |
|
Nickel
|
(Ni)
|
10 mg/l
| |
|
Lead
|
(Pb)
|
3 mg/l
| |
|
Zinc
|
(Zn)
|
30 mg/l
| |
|
Copper
|
(Cu)
|
15 mg/l
| |
|
Chromium (Total)
|
(Cr)
|
15 mg/l
| |
|
Mercury
|
(Hg)
|
0.005 mg/l
|
(b)Â
Subsequent to the effective date of this part, no new source
shall discharge to the Township sewer wastes containing in excess
of the following metal concentrations measured as a total of both
soluble and insoluble metals for a composite representing the process
by grab sample:
|
Arsenic
|
(As)
|
1.0 mg/l
| |
|
Silver
|
(Ag)
|
3 mg/l
| |
|
Cadmium
|
(Cd)
|
0.1 mg/l
| |
|
Nickel
|
(Ni)
|
3 mg/l
| |
|
Lead
|
(Pb)
|
1 mg/l
| |
|
Zinc
|
(Zn)
|
5 mg/l
| |
|
Copper
|
(Cu)
|
3 mg/l
| |
|
Chromium (Total)
|
(Cr)
|
3 mg/l
| |
|
Mercury
|
(Hg)
|
0.005 mg/l
| |
|
Selenium
|
(Se)
|
0.1 mg/l
|
|
The limits of Subsection 2B(7)(b) also apply to the waste discharge
from an existing source if new industrial waste discharge occurs from
that source subsequent to the effective date of this part due to the
addition of metal processing or finishing or other operations which
result in the discharge of heavy metals. These new operations include,
but are not limited to, plating, anodizing, galvanizing, chromating,
phosphating, film developing, primary and secondary smelting, heavy
metal containing pigment, paint and chemical manufacturing and processes
in which heavy metals are used as catalyst.
|
(8)Â
Cooling tower discharges. Cooling towers discharges as measured
before dilution by any other wastewater flows shall not contain in
excess of 5 mg/l of chromium (total) at any time as shown by grab
sample.
(9)Â
Fats, oils and greases.
(a)Â
Wastewaters shall not contain in excess of 100 mg/l of fats,
oils and greases of mineral or petroleum of unknown origin for a composite
sample representing one process day and twice this amount at any time
as shown by grab sample.
(b)Â
Wastewaters shall not contain in excess of 300 mg/l as a composite
sample for one process day for fats, oils and greases of animal or
vegetable origin and not in excess of 400 mg/l at any time as shown
by grab sample for industries to include, but not limited to, slaughtering,
rendering, meat packing, fat, oil, grease or tallow refining and meat
processing, where the fats, oils and greases are of such a nature,
in the opinion of the Department or Township, as may separate and
become floatables or are otherwise nonbiodegradable in the City's
wastewater treatment facilities.
(c)Â
The above concentrations may be reduced by the Department or
Township where it is demonstrated that the concentration is causing
chronic or repeated adverse effects to the sewage system.
(d)Â
The discharge to the sewage system of floatable or separable
fats, oils and greases, whether of petroleum or animal or vegetable
origin, or any combination thereof, shall not be permitted.
(10)Â
Radioactive wastes. No waste containing radioactive substances
shall be discharged unless so treated, diluted or handled as the Township
and the Department may prescribe to prevent public health hazard.
(11)Â
Motor oils and lubricants. Motor oils or lubricants removed
from vehicles or other machinery shall not be discharged either directly
or indirectly into the sewerage system.
(12)Â
Discharge through sewer manhole. No wastes shall be discharged
into street inlets or through sewer manholes.
(13)Â
Wastes discharge location. No wastes generated at one property
shall be discharged at another property without approval from the
Township.
(14)Â
Viscous materials. No wastes containing substances that may
solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° and 150°
F. shall be discharged.
(15)Â
Noxious substances. No noxious or malodorous liquids, gases
or substances which either singly or by interaction with other wastes
are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life, to cause
injury or to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance and
repair shall be allowed.
(16)Â
Rate of flow. No person shall discharge wastewater in quantities
or at rates of flow which may have an adverse or harmful effect on
or overload the Township's sewerage system or wastewater treatment
plant or cause excessive or additional treatment costs.
(17)Â
Excessive flow, biochemical oxygen demand or suspended solids.
No person shall discharge a wastewater flow contributing 10% or more
of the total biochemical oxygen demand, soluble biochemical oxygen
demand, suspended solids or volume of the City's wastewater treatment
plant receiving the flow without specific written approval of the
Department and the Township.
(18)Â
Water and wastewater treatment plant sludges. No sludges from
water and wastewater treatment plants shall be discharged into the
Township's sewerage system without specific prior approval of the
Township. Filter backwash at industrial installations does not fall
under this provision and is permitted to be discharged to the Township's
sewerage system with permission of the Department and the Township.
C.Â
Spill prevention. The storage of any material in sewered areas or
in areas draining in the Township's sewerage system, which, because
of discharge or leakage from such storage, may create an explosion
hazard in the sewer system or treatment plant or in any other way
may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater treatment facilities
or constitute a hazard to human beings or animals or the receiving
stream, shall be subject to review by the Department and the Township
and shall require reasonable safeguards to prevent discharge or leakage
of such materials into the sewers. This requirement shall be extended
to a formal spill prevention plan program including written reports
to the Department and Township if deemed necessary by them.
D.Â
Records and analytical data. Any person serviced by a building sewer
carrying industrial waste shall maintain records, provide reports
and obtain analytical data as required by the Department and the Township.
E.Â
Corrective action reports. Any person served by a building sewer
carrying industrial wastes not in compliance with the provisions of
this part shall submit to the Township periodic notices at intervals
specified by the Township (but in no instance at intervals exceeding
nine months) of specific action taken to achieve compliance with this
part.
F.Â
Dilution is a prohibited means of achievement of the provisions of
this regulation.
(1)Â
Hence, the Township may mathematically calculate concentrations
based upon sampling results and the average daily discharge to the
sewer determined from the most recent four quarters prior to issuance
of this part if:
(2)Â
The Township also reserves the right to mathematically calculate
concentrations based upon sampling results and the average daily discharge
to the sewer during the most recent valid quarter prior to sampling,
if:
G.Â
Access to premises for inspection. Any duly authorized employee or
agent of the Township bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to gain access to such premises during regular
working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable
limits and in a reasonable manner, as may be necessary for the purpose
of inspection and observation, measurement, sampling and testing,
and in accordance with the provisions of this part.
H.Â
Control manholes. When required by the Township, the owner of any
property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall
install an adequate control manhole together with such necessary meters,
recorders, samplers and other appurtenances on the building sewer
to permit observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes, including
flow-proportioned sampling when deemed necessary by the Township.
(1)Â
Plans and specifications. Such manholes when required shall
be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the Township.
(2)Â
Maintenance. The manhole and/or meter(s) and other appurtenances
shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained
by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(3)Â
Transport of signal. If a plant has been found to be in repeated
noncompliance with Township regulations limiting the minimum permitted
pH, and if the discharge can be shown to have had a significant negative
effect on the operations or condition of the City's or Township's
sewerage system, the discharger may be required by the Township to
install the necessary meters and recorders and be required to transmit
or transport the signal to a designated facility.
I.Â
Tank testing. If it is in fact determined by the Township that a
person is causing a prohibited discharge to the Township's wastewater
treatment facilities due to leaks in underground structures, such
as, but not limited to, tanks or pipe lines, the person shall test,
according to Township specifications, any structures required by the
Township.
J.Â
Dumps and spills. Any spills or dumps of wastes into the Township's
sewerage system which could affect compliance with the limitations
set forth in this part shall be reported immediately to the Township
regardless of cause.
3.Â
Approval and permits.
A.Â
No industrial wastes shall be discharged either directly or indirectly
into any sewer without the prior written approval of the Township.
This requirement shall be extended to a formal permit system for any
existing and/or new discharge if deemed necessary by the Township.
B.Â
Subsequent to the effective date of this part, no new major contributing
industry shall discharge to the Township sewer without obtaining a
permit from the Township. Any additional or new industrial waste discharge
from an existing source which could either affect the person's compliance
with the limitations of this part, alter its status regarding the
definition of a major industry or, as related to wastewater discharge,
alter its main Standard Industrial Classification Code, must provide
written notification to and obtain a permit from the Township.
4.Â
Installation and maintenance of pretreatment facilities.
A.Â
Owner to provide pretreatment facilities. Whenever deemed necessary
by the Township, any person discharging or proposing to discharge
industrial wastes into any sewer shall at his expense provide such
pretreatment facilities as may be necessary to reduce or modify the
objectionable characteristics of such wastes to meet the limits or
conditions hereinbefore defined.
B.Â
Maintenance. When pretreatment facilities are provided, they shall
be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation
by the owner at his expense and shall be subject to periodic inspection
by the Township.
C.Â
Owner liable for damages. The person producing the waste shall be
liable for all damages directly attributable to such waste.
D.Â
Sludges generated. Sludges, floats, oils, etc., generated by pretreatment
facilities must be contained and transported in a safe manner as prescribed
by the rules of regulatory agencies, including, but not limited to,
the U.S. Department of Transportation, and handled by reputable persons
who shall dispose of all such wastes in accordance with all federal,
state and local regulations. The owner of such sludges, floats, oils,
etc., shall keep records and receipts needed to demonstrate proper
disposal for review by the Township upon request.
5.Â
Sampling and analysis.
A.Â
All measurements, tests and analysis of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in these rules shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, as prepared, approved and published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water
Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation or other
reference source specified by regulatory agency requirements such
as Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, 1974, or its subsequent updated version.
B.Â
All measurements, tests, inspections and analysis deemed by the Township
to be necessary under this section or any other part of the rules
and regulations of the Township shall be done by the Township or its
agents, employees or contractors. The costs thereof shall be borne
by the owner/owners or user/users of the property which the tests,
measurements, inspection and analyses involve. Such costs shall be
in addition to any other fees charged by the Township. The cost shall
be payable within 30 days of presentation of a bill for such costs
by the Township to the owner/owners or user/users. Costs not so paid
shall be as those applicable to quarterly charges for sewer services
and inspection fees.
6.Â
Disposal of wastes from septic tanks and cesspools. No person shall
dispose of wastes from septic tanks, cesspools or other such sources
of sanitary sewage to the Township's sewer system except when the
following conditions are complied with:
A.Â
License required. Persons discharging wastes to the Township's sewer
system must obtain a valid license to so discharge such wastes from
the Township.
B.Â
Conform to regulations. The waste must not violate any of the provisions
of Subsection 2.
C.Â
Type of waste. The waste must be of a sanitary nature. Liquids, sludges
from wastewater or water treatment plants are prohibited.
D.Â
Display of license. The person disposing of the waste to the Township
system must display at all times a valid license or a photocopy thereof
and must furnish to the Township the source, type and location of
origin of the waste.
E.Â
Location. The Township shall specify the permissible locations.
F.Â
Disposal hours. The Township shall specify the permissible hours
of disposal.
G.Â
Method of disposal. The method of disposal shall be set forth by
the Township, and no obnoxious conditions are permitted at the point
of disposal.
H.Â
Samples. Samples of the waste must be provided as directed by the
Township and, upon request of the Township, copies of receipts of
the origins of the wastes must be provided.
I.Â
Township agreement areas. Municipalities or authorities with sewer
connections to the Township's sewer system must abide by this part
and forbid discharges by odorless excavators into sewers flowing to
the Township's system.
7.Â
Federal and state requirements.
A.Â
Any provisions or limitations of this part are suspended and supplemented
by federal and state requirements pursuant to, but not limited to,
§ 307(b) and (c) of P.L. 92-500 (1972 Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments).
B.Â
Any reports or miscellaneous information required by regulatory agencies,
such as under, but not limited to, § 308 of P.L. 92-500
(1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act), shall be provided to the
Township by the users of the Township's system.
8.Â
Penalties.
A.Â
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this part, 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 less than $100 nor 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 part continues or each section of this part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
B.Â
The Township reserves the right to deny sewer service for violation
of any provision of this part. In addition, the violator is subject
to fines and/or civil penalties of regulatory agencies, such as, but
not limited to, the Coast Guard, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
9.Â
Township, municipality or municipal authority agreement areas.
A.Â
For the purpose of controlling industrial waste discharges pursuant
to this part, the Township shall be provided with drainage plans,
including the location of industrial waste discharges, from each agreement
area served by the Township's sewer facilities. The Township may enter
or inspect any sewer or sewer systems whether within or without Lower
Southampton Township to enforce this part.
B.Â
Township personnel shall have the authority to enter any company
firm or corporation located in the agreement areas as provided in
Subsection 2G of this part.
C.Â
Any person in an agreement area is subject to the provisions of this
part.
D.Â
When required by the Township, the agreement area authority shall
provide and maintain in dry and serviceable condition a suitable control
manhole, or manholes, together with such meters, samplers, recorders
and other appurtenances as the authority may find necessary to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the agreement area flow(s)
as they enter the Township's facilities.
E.Â
Upon request of the Township, each agreement area authority must
obtain and provide any information required by regulatory agencies
regarding the activities, quantity and quality of any industrial waste
discharges in its service area.
F.Â
The agreement area authorities must notify the Township of any new
industrial sources and additional or new industrial waste discharges
from existing sources.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
The Township reserves the right to require industry having large
variations in rates of waste discharge to install suitable regulating
devices for equalizing waste flows to the sewerage system.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
The Township's representatives shall have access at all reasonable
times to water and any other meters used for establishing or determining
water consumption, water excluded from the sewerage system, and/or
wastewaters discharged to the sewerage system.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
The Township reserve the right to impose surcharges for excess-strength
sewage and/or excess sewage and industrial waste, as circumstances
deem advisable.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
1.Â
The above tapping fees shall be payable upon application for permit
to make connection to the sewerage system.
2.Â
Sewer rentals or charges shall be paid quarterly, and quarterly billings
for sewer rentals shall be made by bills dated on the first days of
January, April, July and October of each year, for the quarterly calendar
period immediately preceding the date of the bill. The bills for sewer
rentals under Part 2 for the first quarter during which a property
is connected will be prorated on the basis of the quarterly rate.
All bills shall be due and payable on their respective dates.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986; as added by Ord. 517, 7/17/2006]
Notwithstanding any other term, condition or provision of this
part, all sewer rentals or charges shall be billed to the owner of
the property being provided sewage service by the Township. All sewer
rentals or charges shall be paid as provided hereunder, and nothing
in this chapter shall abrogate the responsibility of the owner of
the property being provided public sewage service from payment of
any and all sewer rentals or charges, as well as tapping fees as provided
under this chapter.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
1.Â
Quarterly charges for sewer service shall be subject to a twenty-five-percent
penalty if not paid within 30 days after they are due. If not paid
within 60 days after becoming due, the Township shall have the right
to cut off sewer service from the delinquent premises and not to restore
the same until all delinquent bills against the same and the cost
of cutting off and restoring service shall have been paid.
2.Â
All persons connected to the sewerage system must give the Township
their correct address. Failure to receive bills will not be considered
an excuse for nonpayment nor permit an extension of the period during
which bills are payable at face.
3.Â
Payments made, as evidenced by the United States Post Office mark,
on or previous to the end of the period during which the bills are
payable at face, will be deemed to be a payment within such period.
4.Â
All sewer rentals, together with all penalties thereof, not paid
on or before the end of six months from the date of each bill shall
be deemed to be delinquent. All delinquent sewer rentals and all penalties
thereof shall be a lien on the property served and shall be entered
as a lien against such property in the office of the Prothonotary
of Bucks County and shall be collected in the manner provided by law
for the filing and collection of such liens.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
The funds received by the Township from the collection of the
tapping fees and from sewer rentals and all penalties thereon, as
herein provided for, shall be segregated and kept separate and apart
from all other funds of the Township and shall be paid over on the
business day next succeeding collection to the Central-Penn National
Bank of Philadelphia, trustee under indenture, dated as of December
31, 1961.
[Ord. 356, 12/17/1986]
The Township reserves the right to and may from time to time
adopt, revise, amend and readopt such rules and regulations as it
deems necessary and proper for the use and operation of the sewerage
system, and all such rules and regulations shall be and become a part
of this part.
