As used in this part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.
A discharge originating in the Borough which, alone or in
conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
Inhibits or disrupts the ALCOSAN facilities, its treatment processes
or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and therefore
Is a cause of a violation of any requirement of ALCOSAN's National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit (including an
increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention
of sewage sludge use or disposal by ALCOSAN in compliance with the
following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder
(or more stringent state or local regulations): Section 405 of the
Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (including Title 2,
more commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act," and including state regulations contained in any state sludge
management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act), the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control
Act.
Any discharge of a pollutant through ALCOSAN into the waters
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities or concentrations
which, alone or in conjunction with other discharges from other sources,
is a cause of a violation of any requirements of ALCOSAN's NPDES permit
(including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
Any dredge spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, emissions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt or other industrial, municipal or agricultural waste
discharged into water.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, elimination of
pollutants or alteration of the nature of pollutants, or the nature
of pollutants' properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutant into a publicly owned treatment
works (POTW).
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems, and other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground,
natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within,
flow through or border upon the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any
portion thereof.
No person shall introduce or cause to be introduced, directly
or indirectly, into the facilities of ALCOSAN or into any sewer, pipe
or other conveyance located in the Borough and transmitting substances
into the facilities of ALCOSAN any toxic pollutant or other wastewater
which will: (i) cause interference with the operation or performance
of ALCOSAN's treatment plant or other facilities; or (ii) pass through
ALCOSAN's treatment plant or other facilities.
No person shall introduce, permit or cause to be introduced,
directly or indirectly, into the facilities of ALCOSAN or into any
sewer, pipe or other conveyance located in the Borough and transmitting
substances into the facilities of ALCOSAN any of the following:
1.
Any substance that will endanger the life, health or safety of the
treatment plant, sewer maintenance and plant operations personnel
or which would preclude safe entry into the sewer system or any portion
of the treatment plant.
2.
Any ignitable, reactive, explosive, corrosive or hazardous waste,
except as provide by ALCOSAN's Rules and Regulations.
3.
Any wastewater with a temperature greater than 140° F. (60°
C.).
4.
Any waste that exceeds the naturally occurring background levels
for either alpha, beta or gamma radiation and/or wastewater containing
any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
not in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
5.
Any solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to
the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation
of ALCOSAN's facilities or facilities discharging into the ALCOSAN
system.
6.
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which, either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, may create a public nuisance
or adversely affect public health and safety.
7.
Pathological wastes from a hospital or other medical establishment.
8.
Garbage, whether ground or not, except properly shredded food waste
garbage resulting from the proper use of a garbage grinder or disposer
of a type approved by ALCOSAN and maintained in good operating condition.
9.
Sludges or other materials from septic tanks or similar facilities
or from sewage or industrial waste treatment plants or from water
treatment plants, unless the discharge of such sludges and other materials
is specifically approved by ALCOSAN.
10.
Any pollutant including oxygen-demanding pollutants released in a
discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will
cause interference with the ALCOSAN facilities.
11.
Any substance which will cause ALCOSAN's effluent or other product
of the ALCOSAN facilities, such as residues, sludges or scums, to
be unsuitable for reclamation processes, including any substance which
will cause the ALCOSAN facility to be in noncompliance with sludge
use or disposable criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, any criteria, guidelines or regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air
Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or state laws or regulations
applicable to the treatment or disposal of such effluent or such product.
No person shall take any action or do or cause to be done anything
in violation of any rule or regulation of ALCOSAN. The pretreatment
regulations of ALCOSAN are incorporated into this part by reference
as though fully set forth herein.
[Amended 2-21-2013 by Ord. No. 13-05]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
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.
