As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACT 537
The Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, as amended, 35 P.S.
§ 750.1 et seq., known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act."
AUTHORIZED AGENT
A person with demonstrated knowledge and experience regarding
on-lot sewage disposal system design, operation, and maintenance,
who is a qualified "maintenance contractor," as defined herein, and
who is placed upon the approved maintenance contractor list and who
has been authorized to act for East Nottingham Township in a particular
matter for the purpose of enforcing this Part.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors, East Nottingham Township, Chester
County, Pennsylvania.
CHESTER COUNTY SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT DATA SYSTEM
The electronic database maintained by Chester County, into
which Chester County Health Department licensed liquid waste haulers
are required, by Chester County law, to enter a record for every septic
tank or holding tank that they pump. The data is intended for municipal
use in the administration of an on-lot sewage management program.
COMMUNITY ON-LOT SEWAGE SYSTEM
A sewage system which serves two or more lots, or two or
more equivalent dwelling units, and uses a system of piping, tanks,
or other facilities for collecting, treating, and disposing of sewage
into a soil absorption area, retaining tank, or cesspool.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (DEP).
INDIVIDUAL ON-LOT SEWAGE SYSTEM
A sewage system which serves a single lot and a single equivalent
dwelling unit and uses a system of piping, tanks, or other facilities
for collecting, treating, and disposing of sewage into a soil absorption
area, spray field, retaining tank, or cesspool.
INITIAL TREATMENT UNIT
A term used to describe the on-lot disposal system receiving
unit to which sewage is delivered from a sewage generating facility.
The term includes, but is not limited to, septic tanks, retaining
tanks, aerobic treatment units, and cesspools.
LIQUID WASTE
Septage pumped from septic tanks, cesspools, holding tanks,
privies, or chemical toilets which does not include any toxic, industrial,
or hazardous wastes.
LIQUID WASTE HAULER
Any person engaged in the business of pumping and transporting
liquid waste within Chester County. Each vehicle used for such purpose
shall be licensed by the Chester County Health Department.
LOT
A part of a subdivision or a parcel of land used as a building
site or intended to be used for building purposes, whether immediate
or future, which would not be further subdivided. Whenever a lot is
used for a multiple-family dwelling or for commercial or industrial
purposes, the lot shall be deemed to have been subdivided into an
equivalent number of single-family residential lots as determined
by estimated sewage flows.
MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR
A qualified independent contractor who has been given training
by the original equipment manufacturer of applicable sewage system
components, has been authorized by the manufacturer to service said
components, or has demonstrated technical expertise in the field of
on-lot sewage system maintenance by other means, including, but not
limited to, evidence of at least five years of experience with sewage
system maintenance. Maintenance contractors shall be approved by the
Township to provide such maintenance services within the borders of
the Township only if qualified as set out above. Such contractor may
be placed on an approved maintenance contractor list and may be eligible
to be an authorized agent, as defined herein.
MALFUNCTION
A condition which occurs when an on-lot sewage disposal system
discharges sewage onto the surface of the ground, into groundwaters
of this commonwealth, or into surface waters of this commonwealth,
backs up into a building connected to the system or in any manner
causes a nuisance or hazard to the public health or pollution of ground-
or surface water or contamination of public or private drinking water
wells. Systems shall be considered to be malfunctioning if any condition
noted above occurs for any length of time during any period of the
year.
OFFICIAL SEWAGE FACILITIES ACT 537 PLAN
A comprehensive plan for the provision of adequate sewage
disposal systems, adopted by the Board and approved by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to the Pennsylvania
Sewage Facilities Act.
PERSON
Any individual, association, public or private corporation
for profit or not for profit, partnership, firm, trust, estate, department,
board, bureau of agency of the commonwealth, political subdivision,
municipality, district, authority, or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. Whenever
used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty or imposing
a fine or imprisonment, the term "person" shall include the members
of an association, partnership or firm and the officers of any legal
agency or municipal, public or private corporation for profit or not
for profit.
REHABILITATION
Work done to modify, alter, repair, enlarge or replace an
existing on-lot sewage disposal system.
RETAINING TANK
A watertight receptacle that receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate the ultimate disposal
of the sewage at another site. This term is synomomous with the term
"holding tank."
SEPTAGE
The residual scum, sludge, and other materials pumped from,
but not limited to, initial treatment units, other treatment tanks,
pump tanks, and the systems they serve.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals
and any noxious or deleterious substances being harmful or inimical
to the public health, or to animal or aquatic life, or to the use
of water for domestic water supply or for recreation, or which constitutes
pollution under the Act of June 22, 1937 (P.L. 1987, No. 394), known
as the "Clean Streams Law," as amended.
SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (SEO)
A person certified by the DEP who is employed by the Chester
County Health Department. Such person is authorized to conduct investigations
and inspections, review permit applications, and do all other activities
as may be provided for such person in the Sewage Facilities Act, the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and this Part or any
other ordinance adopted by the Township or Chester County Health Department.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Any area or areas of the Township designated in the Official
Sewage Facilities Plan adopted by the Board as an area for which a
sewage management program is to be implemented.
SEWAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
A comprehensive set of legal and administrative requirements
encompassing the requirements of this Part, the Sewage Facilities
Act, the Clean Streams Law, the regulations promulgated thereunder
and such other requirements adopted by the Board to effectively enforce
and administer this Part.
SUBDIVISION
The division or redivision of a lot, tract or other parcel
of land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions
of land, including changes in existing lot lines. The enumerating
of lots shall include as a lot that portion of the original tract
or tracts remaining after other lots have been subdivided therefrom.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of East Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.