No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any industrial wastes without prior application for and receipt of a written permit from the Township.
Any person desiring to make or use a connection through which industrial wastes shall be discharged into the sewer system shall file with the Township a completed "Industrial Wastes Questionnaire," furnished by the Township, which shall supply pertinent data, including estimated quantity of flow, characteristics and constituents of the proposed discharge. The cost of obtaining all such data shall be borne by the person desiring to make or use the connection to the sewer system.
No less than annually, on or before the end of January, each large consumer or user that contributes industrial wastes shall file with the Township a report on the quality and quantity of its discharge. The report forms shall be supplied by the Township and shall be similar to EPA 7550-22, page IV-1.
A. 
When required by the Township, the owner of any improved property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install, at his expense, a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer, to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste flow by the Township.
B. 
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association, Inc., and shall be determined by or under the direct supervision of a qualified analyst at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the sewer system to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewer system and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples must be taken.)
Any industrial establishment discharging domestic sanitary sewage or industrial wastes into the sewer system and contemplating a change in the method of operation which will alter the characteristics or volume of such wastes being discharged shall notify the Township, in writing, at least 30 days prior to institution of such change.
[Amended 6-16-2015 by Ord. No. 268-06-2015; 9-20-2016 by Ord. No. 273-09-2016]
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All hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, and public eating places shall install grease traps and all automotive service or repair stations and body shops shall install grease interceptors and/or oil separators on the house or building drain in a location before draining into the sewer system. The grease traps and grease interceptors or oil separators shall be of such a character and quality as may be approved by the Township at the time of installation. All plumbing appurtenances, grease traps and grease interceptors or oil interceptors shall conform to then-current UCC requirements and regulations, as promulgated from time to time. Any existing vent pipe(s) from a trap, separator or interceptor which permits surface water to enter the sewer system shall be repaired so that the top of said vent pipe is, at a minimum six inches above the surface of the adjacent ground level.
B. 
The greases, oils and other solid or viscous materials that accumulate in any trap, separator, or interceptor at any restaurant, boarding house, public eating place, automotive service or repair station or body shop (collectively, "facilities") shall be pumped or otherwise removed every six months at a minimum, or more frequently as needed to avoid overflow, clogging or other malfunction. At all times, the traps, separators and interceptors shall be operated, maintained and repaired so as to exclude any grease, oil or other solid or viscous materials from entering the sewer system. Any grease, oil or other solid or viscous materials pumped or removed from the traps, separator or interceptors shall be disposed of properly and in accordance with applicable law. A written report or manifest of the pumping shall be prepared by the pumper and furnished to the owner of the facility or designated employee. The facility owner shall provide a copy of the said report or manifest to the Township within 30 days of the pumping. The owner of the facility shall maintain for a period of three years all records related to the maintenance, pumping, removal of collected materials, or repair of such traps, separators or interceptors and make such records available to the Township upon written request.
The use of mechanical garbage grinders in an industrial establishment or a commercial establishment shall not be permitted without prior approval from the Township.
The Township may require industrial establishments having large variations in rates of waste discharge to install suitable regulating devices for equalizing waste flows to the sewer system.