[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § I]
To aid in the prevention of contributions, discharges, and accumulation
of fats, oils and greases into the system from industrial or commercial
facilities, including but not limited to, food preparation and serving
facilities and automobile service stations which may result in the
delivery of "exceptional strength wastewater" (as that term is used
in a multi-municipality agreement dated December 29, 1981, in which
Salisbury Township is a signatory) to the Allentown Wastewater Treatment
Plant; to regulate such contributions, discharges and accumulations
through a permitting process; and to properly assess the costs associated
with the monitoring and regulation of such facilities, and the treatment
of fats, oils and greases delivered to the system.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § II]
Waste water which, at the time it enters the Township System,
exceeds one or more of the following strength parameters:
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
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230 mg/l
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Suspended Solids (SS)
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250 mg/l
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Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TJN)
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44 mg/l
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A facility or establishment, other than a single family residential
dwelling, regularly engaged in activities of preparing or serving
or otherwise making food available for consumption which uses one
or more of the following preparation techniques: cooking by frying
(all methods); baking (all methods), grilling, sauteing, rotisserie
cooking, broiling (all methods), boiling, blanching, roasting, toasting,
or poaching. Also included as a technique and for purposes of this
definition are infrared heating, searing, barbecuing, and any other
food preparation activity which produces a non-drinkable food product
in or on a receptacle that requires washing. These facilities include
restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, motels, hospitals, nursing homes,
schools, grocery stores, prisons, jails, churches, camps, caterers,
concessions, manufacturing plants, or any other industrial or commercial
establishments, except residential establishments, which discharge,
or are likely to discharge, grease into the system.
Material composed primarily of fats, oil, and grease from
animal or vegetable sources. The terms fats, oil, and grease may be
used interchangeably in this Part 7 under this single definition.
A device for separating and retaining waterborne grease and
grease complexes prior to the wastewater exiting the trap and entering
the system. These devices also serve to collect settlable solids,
generated by and from food preparation and other activities which
discharge grease, prior to water exiting the trap and entering the
system. The grease trap/interceptor shall be properly sized to handle
the expected flow from the facility.
A device that is specifically designed and manufactured to
separate oil from water, and permits the oil to be collected and removed
on a regular basis as to prevent it from being discharged into the
system. The oil/water separator shall be properly sized to handle
the expected flow from the facility.
Any activity which results in the discharge by a regulated
facility of any wastewater into the system.
Any food service facility and any other commercial establishment of Township, except residential, which contributes, discharges or accumulates grease which enters the system, or which discharges waste into the system of the types described in § 18-407, Subsection 2, of the Salisbury Township Codified Ordinances, Chapter 18, Part 4.
The sanitary sewerage collection system of Salisbury Township.
Any person or establishment including those located outside
the jurisdictional limits of Salisbury Township who or which contributes,
causes, or permits the contribution or discharge of wastewater into
the system, including persons who contribute such wastewater from
mobile sources, such as those who discharge hauled wastewater.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § III]
1.
When Required.
A.
Existing Facilities. Each regulated facility shall obtain an industrial waste discharge permit from Township in accordance with the requirements as described in § 18-408 of the Salisbury Township Codified Ordinances, Chapter 18, Part 4. This permit, if not sooner obtained, shall be acquired by each such user no later than June 1, 2012. From and after June 1, 2012, no Township customer described in this paragraph shall discharge into the system without a valid unrevoked permit for each regulated facility.
B.
Renovated and Altered Facilities. Each regulated facility which is
altered or renovated in a manner which in any way affects the nature
or composition of its sewerage discharge, or which alters its sewage
discharge lines or facilities, or any monitoring or collection devices
associated therewith, shall be required to obtain a new industrial
waste discharge permit.
C.
New Facilities. From and after June 1, 2012, no use which when placed
in operation will constitute a regulated facility may commence operation
without an industrial waste discharge permit.
2.
Transfer of Permits. Any changes in control or ownership of a regulated
facility will require the issuances of a new permit before the commencement
of operations under such new control or ownership. Each new user or
operator shall be responsible for notifying Township of a change in
control or ownership.
3.
Duration. An industrial waste discharge permit shall, if not revoked,
expire three years after the issuance date. Permits may be revoked
for non-compliance with the provisions of this or any other Township
ordinance, or for non-payment of user fees, monitoring costs, industrial
waste surcharges, or service fees.
4.
Cost. The cost of an industrial waste discharge permit shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, to be determined in a manner consistent with Part 4 of the Salisbury Township Codified Ordinance. The initial permit fee shall be $300. Permit fees shall be adequate to pay the reasonable cost to Township of the monitoring, sampling flow measurement, testing and inspection required by § 18-705 of this Part 7, and of administering the Township permitting program. Regulated facilities which operate without an industrial waste discharge permit at any time subsequent to June 1, 2012, shall be assessed and shall pay a service charge of $100 for each day of unpermitted operation. Township shall amend the fees and costs of this Part 7 by resolution.
5.
Property Rights. Each issuance of a permit does not convey any property
right to the permittee.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § IV]
1.
Each food service and regulated facility which operates more than
15 days in any calendar month shall install, regularly dispose of
material from, and properly monitor grease traps for damage to assure
that they properly function. Any regulated facility which does not
utilize a properly functioning grease trap as of the date of the adoption
of this Part 7 shall install such a grease trap on or before June
1, 2012. Unless determined to be infeasible by the Township, any grease
trap installed subsequent to the adoption of this Part 7 shall be
located outside the portion of the facility in which grease is introduced
into sanitary sewer discharge lines, and shall be accessible through
a manhole with a minimum diameter of 24 inches with a readily removable
cover. A separate monitoring location shall be provided downstream
of the grease trap. Grease trap/interceptors shall be properly sized
to handle the expected flow from the facility.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § VI]
1.
Each regulated facility which operates more than five days in a calendar month shall install or provide a sampling port on the discharge side of each grease trap installed and maintained in accordance with the prior section of this Part 7. Any regulated facility which does not possess a sampling port which adequately permits the sampling, flow measurement, testing and inspection required by § 18-706 of this Part 7, shall install such a sampling port on or before June 1, 2012. The sampling port must permit the collection of representative samples of the wastewater discharge of each regulated facility before the samples reach the system, and in a manner which provides sufficient volume for thorough chemical analysis.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § VI]
1.
The permittee of each regulated facility which operates more than
five days in any calendar month shall sample its wastewater discharge
in accordance with this section, and shall provide a discharge monitoring
report to Township not less frequently than semi-annually, with reports
to be submitted no later than June 30 and December 31 of each calendar
year. Each discharge monitoring report shall specify the date and
time of sampling. Each regulated facility shall meet the sampling
and reporting requirements of this section not later than June 30,
2012.
2.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this Part 7 shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination
of Water and Waste Water," published by the American Public Health
Association and shall be determined at the sample port provided by
the required facility, upon suitable samples taken at such sample
port. In the event that no sample port has yet been installed, the
sampling location shall be the nearest downstream manhole in the system
to the point at which the regulated facility sewer is connected. In
the event that a system manhole is used as the sampling site, the
manhole may be used by permittees for such sampling only, but no permittee
or representative of permittee may physically enter the system. Sampling
shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the
effect of discharged materials upon the system and the Allentown Wastewater
Treatment Facility and to determine the existence of hazards to life,
limb, and property. The particular analysis involved will determine
whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of a regulated
facility are appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples must
also be taken.
3.
Both the owner and the operator of each regulated facility connected
to the system shall be jointly and severally responsible to provide
Township and its representatives and agents the opportunity of access
at any time to any part of any regulated facility served by the system
as shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling
and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service
rendered by Township in regard to the system.
4.
All sampling shall be accomplished and all discharge monitoring reports
shall be submitted by qualified individuals acceptable to Township.
Well defined chain-of-custody and record keeping methods acceptable
to Township shall be employed.
5.
Discharge reports shall not only characterize the nature of wastewater
samples taken, but shall also describe the condition of, and cleanliness
of each grease trap. At no time may the combined grease and settled
solids of any grease trap exceed 25% of the depth of the grease trap.
Discharge reports shall also identify each date and time material
was removed from a grease trap since the last report. The report shall
state with specificity the qualified and licensed person or entity
who or which disposed of material from the grease trap, shall include
written certifications as to what was removed, the lawful disposition
of the materials removed, and the location of their disposal.
6.
Material shall be removed from grease traps before the combined grease
and settled solids accumulate to a depth of 25% of the total depth
of the grease trap, and not less frequently than once every 90 days.
Disposal of all removed material shall be accomplished by a qualified
and licensed person or entity. Cleaning shall include removal of all
floating material, wastewater, grease and settled solids. Decanting
or discharging of removed waste back into the grease trap, or otherwise
into the system, is prohibited.
7.
A maintenance log regarding the cleaning of each grease trap shall
be maintained by each regulated facility for a period of at least
the prior 36 consecutive months. The log shall include the date, time,
amount pumped, the identity of the hauler and the disposal location,
and shall be made available to the Township promptly upon request.
8.
Monitoring Costs. To the extent that permit fees do not fully compensate
Township for their monitoring of the information to be supplied by
permittee, and for independent sampling and testing, if any is accomplished
by Township, such costs will be assessed against the permittee as
monitored. Permittees may be assessed progressively higher charges
for monitoring, testing and sampling accomplished following each instance
in which a permittee is non-compliant with Township regulatory requirements
including introducing exceptional strength wastewater into the system.
Such progressive charges shall be established by Township from time
to time by separate ordinance.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § VII]
All car washes, truck washes, garages, service stations, car
and truck maintenance facilities, fabricators, utility equipment shops,
and other facilities identified by Township as likely sources of sand,
soil and oil shall install effective sand, soil and oil traps, interceptors,
and/or oil/water separators. These separators shall be sized to effectively
remove sand, soil, and oil at expected flow rates. These separators
shall, at the user's expense, be regularly cleaned or pumped to prevent
any adverse impact upon the system. Users whose systems are deemed
to be ineffective by Township shall change the cleaning frequency
or shall increase the size or methodology of the separator. Owners
or operators of washing facilities are required to prevent the inflow
of detergents and rainwater into the system. Sampling locations shall
be provided by all such users no later than June 1, 2012.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § VIII]
Excess strength charges shall be levied by Township against
any owner or operator of any operation which discharges exceptional
strength waste water into the system. The Township charge shall be
equal to the exceptional strength load determined through monitoring
times the estimated quarterly rates charged by the City of Allentown
to Township plus a 10% administrative fee.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § IX]
Township reserves the right to request additional control measures
if existing control, sampling, measurement, testing or inspection
systems can be demonstrated by Township to be insufficient to protect
the system or the Allentown Wastewater Treatment Facility from damages
due to grease, sand, soil, oil or other discharges, or if a permittee's
efforts to eliminate excess strength discharges are unsuccessful.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § X]
1.
Any owner or operator which refuses or fails to comply with the requirements
of this Part 7 shall, following a thirty-day notice of its noncompliance,
either cease all wastewater discharges into the system, or shall,
at the option of Township, suffer a discontinuance of water services,
and shall be subject to all other remedies available to Township at
law or in equity, or both. Such owner or operator may also be subject
to fines and penalties levied by the Township. Each owner and operator
of a regulated facility shall be deemed to have joint and severable
liability and responsibility under the provisions of this Part 7.
2.
Any owner or operator who shall violate any provision of this Part
7 shall, upon conviction thereof before a district court judge, be
subject to a penalty or fine equal to $100 per number of days such
violation occurred, plus costs of prosecution and Township's costs
for legal and administrative services in enforcing this Part 7, and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days, for each such violation.
Township shall, by resolution, amend the fees and costs of this Part
7.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § XI]
In the event any provisions, section, sentence, clause, or part of this Part 7 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, such invalidity, illegality, or unconstitutionality shall not affect or impair any remaining provision, section, sentence, clause or part of this Part 7, it being the intent of the Authority that such remainder shall remain in full force.
[Ord. 10-2011-569, 10/13/2011, § XIII]
This Part 7 shall become effective immediately upon the date
of enactment.
