[Ord. No. 9-18-79 § 70-8.3.1]
No person shall place, deposit or permit to be placed or deposited
upon the surface of land in public or private ownership any human
excrement, garbage or any other objectionable waste.
[Ord. No. 9-18-79 § 70-8.3.2]
No person shall permit septic tank or privy vault effluent or
other liquid containing human excrement or residues to appear on or
flow over any land in the Township in his ownership or control or
from his land to any other land in the Township.
[Ord. No. 9-18-79 § 70-8.3.3]
No person shall discharge or permit the discharge of any sanitary
sewage, septic tank or privy vault effluent, industrial wastes or
other waterborne polluted liquid emanating from any building on his
property into any natural outlet in the Township.
[Ord. No. 9-18-79 §§ 70-8.5.1,
70-8.5.2; Ord. No. 9-7-82; Ord. No. 05-34 § 3]
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through an illicit
connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by
the Township of Rockaway any domestic sewage, non-contact cooling
water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other than stormwater.)
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following
described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely
in the opinion of the Township that such wastes can harm either the
sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, have an adverse effect
on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public
property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming its opinion as to the
acceptability of these wastes, the Township will give consideration
to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to
flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the
sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage
treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment
plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
(1)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(2)
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°
F. and 150° F.
(3)
Any other form of surcharge prohibited by the Rockaway Valley Regional
Sewage Authority.
(4)
Any water or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes,
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
(5)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, or
other heavy metals, and similar objectionable or toxic substances;
or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such a degree
that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage
treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Township for
such materials.
(6)
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Township as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage,
to meet the requirements of the State, Federal, or other public agencies
of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(7)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Township in compliance with
applicable State or Federal regulations.
(8)
Any waters or wastes having pH in excess of 5.0.
(9)
Materials which exert or cause:
(a)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or
of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate).
(b)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
(c)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
(d)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
(10)
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
(11)
The foregoing substances are not to be considered as the only
substance prohibited from entering the sewer, but are merely set forth
to call attention to some of the most frequent interferences with
the proper maintenance and operation of a sewage system. The intention
of these rules and regulations is to exclude all other than effluent
of a domestic sewage from the sewage system.
[Ord. No. 9-18-79 § 70-8.5.3; Ord. No. 9-7-82]
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers which contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 15-9 and which in the judgment of the Engineer may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Engineer may:
B.
If the Township permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste
flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall
be subject to the review and approval of the Engineer, and subject
to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
[Ord. No. 9-18-79 § 70-8.5.4]
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided and maintained
by the owner.
[Ord. No. 9-18-79 § 70-8.5.5]
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense
subject to inspection by the Township.
