[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
This Part sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly
owned treatment works (POTW) for Amity Township and enables the Township
to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) and the General
Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403). The objectives of this
Part are:
(a)
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will
interfere with the operation of the POTW;
(b)
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which will
pass through the POTW, inadequately treated, into receiving waters
or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW;
(c)
To protect POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge
in the course of their employment and to protect the general public;
(d)
To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and
sludge from the POTW;
(e)
To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of
operation, maintenance, and improvement of the POTW; and
(f)
To enable the Township to comply with its NPDES permit conditions,
sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state
laws to which the POTW is subject.
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This Part shall apply to all users of the POTW. This Part authorizes
the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; authorizes monitoring,
compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative
review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting
of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the
program established herein.
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[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
Except as otherwise provided herein, Amity Township personnel,
or their designated representatives, shall administer, implement,
and enforce the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the following
terms and phrases, as used in this Part, shall have the meanings hereinafter
designated.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
If the user is a corporation:
The president, secretary, treasurer, or a vice president of
the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any
other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions
for the corporation; or
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation
facilities, if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated
to the manager;
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
partner or proprietor, respectively;
If the user is a federal, state, or local governmental facility:
a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility, or his/her designee.
The individuals described in Subsections (a) through (c) above may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the Township.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any building
or structure to the lateral of a sewer.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., usually expressed as a concentration [milligrams per
liter (mg/L)].
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the U.S. EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471.
The quantity of chlorine absorbed in water, sewage, or other
liquids, allowing a residual of 0.1 ppm after 15 minutes of contact.
The optical density at a visual wave length of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One hundred percent transmittance is
equivalent to 0.0 optical density.
A user who discharges domestic wastewater and wastewater
generated from preparation or supplying commodities and services such
as restaurants, car washes, gasoline stations, and laundromats.
A permit to discharge liquid wastes which are not considered
industrial or domestic waste to the POTW.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater
samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either
flow or time.
The water discharged from any system of condensation such
as air conditioning, cooling, or refrigeration.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of Pennsylvania.
The anhydrous residues of the dissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
The normal water carrying household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer or other enclosure
occupied or intended for occupancy as a separate business or as separate
living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together
or by a person living alone.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
the Regional Water Management Division Director, or other duly authorized
official of said agency.
For the purpose of determining the connected EDU's to the
collection system and projecting future flows to the wastewater treatment
facility, EDU's shall be calculated as follows: The quantity of flow
which is equivalent to the average amount of water consumed by a single
residential unit. The number of EDU's assigned to a residential dwelling
unit, regardless of water consumption (or sewage flow) of the industrial
or other nonresidential user by the average quarterly water consumption
of a residential unit during the previous year. The minimum number
of EDU's assigned to any user shall be one.
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by EPA of proposed categorical
pretreatment standards, which will be applicable to such source if
the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section
307 of the Act.
Solid waste resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis without regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period
of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
its particles shall be carried freely under normal sewage flow conditions,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (in any dimension.
Water which is standing in or passing through the ground.
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
Any property located within the Township upon which there
is erected a building or structure intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy, or use by human beings or animals and from
which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be
or may be discharged.
The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic
source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
A charge imposed upon industrial users of the treatment plant
to recover the treatment works capital expenditure used for the treatment
of industrial wastes.
Any improved property used, in whole or in part, for manufacturing,
processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any product, commodity
or article, or from which any process waste, as distinct from domestic
waste, shall be discharged.
A source of indirect discharge industrial waste which does
not constitute a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued
pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
Any liquid or gaseous substance, whether or not solids are
contained therein, discharged from any industrial establishment during
the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process
or in the course of the development, recovery or processing of natural
resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
A permit to deposit or discharge liquid industrial wastes
into the POTW.
The water entering a sewer system and service connections
from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective
pipes, pipe joints, connections and/or manhole walls. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source. Also known as extraneous flow.
The water discarded into a sewer system and service connections
from such sources as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar, yard
and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharges, drains
from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from
storm sewers and combined sewers, catch basins, storm waters, surface
runoff, street wash waters or drainage. Inflow does not include, and
is distinguished from, infiltration.
The maximum concentration (or loadings) of a pollutant allowed
to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any
discrete or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial
flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
A discharge which alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its
treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or
disposal; and therefore, is a cause of a violation of the Township's
NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of
a violation, or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal
in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions
or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA),
including Title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA); any state regulations contained in any state
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA;
the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; and the Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curb line or, if there shall be no curb line, to the property line
or, if no such lateral shall be provided, then lateral shall mean
that portion of or place in the sewer which is provided for connection
of any building sewer.
A shaft or chamber leading from the surface of the ground
to a sewer; large enough to enable a person to gain access to the
latter.
Permissive. "Shall" is mandatory.
Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood
products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding,
surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis
wastes.
Milligrams per liter. Equivalent to parts per million (ppm)
by weight.
Any improved property in which shall be located more than
one dwelling unit.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial
users.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(b)
of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
Any building, structure, facility, or installation from which
there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source
if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that
section, provided that:
The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located; or
The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
The production of wastewater generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these
are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which
the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent
to which the new facility is engaged in the same general activity
as the existing source, should be considered.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located
results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction
does not create a new building, structure, facility, or installation
meeting the criteria of Subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) above but otherwise
alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under this paragraph
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun, or caused to begin as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment;
or
Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation,
or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which
is necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of a new
source facilities or equipment; or
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation
within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can
be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts
for feasibility, engineering and design studies do not constitute
a contractual obligation under this paragraph.
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
Sewage when analyzed or caused to be analyzed by the Township
shows a daily average of not more than 250 mg/L of total suspended
solids, 300 mg/L of CBOD5, 500 mg/L of dissolved
solids, and/or 25 mg/L of ammonia nitrogen.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United
States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction
with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a
violation of any requirement of the Township's NPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity, or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives,
agents, or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state, any
local governmental entities.
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed
in standard units.
Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash,
sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical
wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked
or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural,
and industrial wastes, and certain characteristics of wastewater [i.e.,
pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, chemical oxygen demand
(COD), toxicity, or odor].
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and radiological integrity of water.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to (or in lieu of) introducing such pollutants
into the POTW. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical,
chemical, or biological processes; by process changes; or by other
means (except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless
allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Pretreatment standards shall mean prohibited discharge standards,
categorical pretreatment standards and local limits.
Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 23-330 of this Part.
A "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned by the Township. This
definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection,
storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial
wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater
to a treatment plant. The term also means the Township.
The Schuylkill River.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from any
improved property.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system,
or usable for sewage collection purposes.
Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers and septic tanks.
Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing
operations, etc.)
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for sewage collection purposes.
All facilities, as of any particular time, for collecting,
pumping, transporting, conveying, treatment and disposing of sanitary
sewage and/or industrial wastes, to be owned and operated by the Township.
Mandatory. "May" is permissive.
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
A user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling, and boiler blowdown
wastewater); or
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plant; or
Is designated as such by the Township on the basis that it has
a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection
(b)(2) has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement,
the Township may at any time, on its own initiative or in response
to a petition received from a user [and in accordance with procedures
in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6)] determine that such user should not be considered
a significant industrial user.
This denotes that the circumstances of a particular violation
are severe enough to meet the following criteria for significant noncompliance
(SNC):
Violations of wastewater discharge limits.
Chronic Violations: 66% or more of the measurements exceed the
same daily maximum limit or the same average limit in a six-month
period (any magnitude of exceedance).
Technical Review Criteria (TRC) Violations: 33% or more of the
measurements exceed the same daily maximum limit or the same average
limit by more than the following TRC in a six-month period.
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Group 1 for conventional pollutants (BOD, TSS, fats, oil and
grease): TRC = 1.4.
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Group 2 for all other pollutants, except pH: TRC = 1.2.
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Any other violation(s) of an effluent limit that Amity Township
believes has caused, alone (e.g., slug loads) or in combination with
other discharges, interference or pass-through; or endangered the
health of the sewage treatment personnel or the public.
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment
to human health/welfare or to the environment and has resulted in
the exercise of emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge.
Violations of compliance schedule milestones contained in enforcement
orders as well as schedules contained in the Industrial Discharge
Permits, for starting construction, completing construction, and attaining
final compliance by 90 days or more after the schedule date.
Failure to provide reports for compliance schedules, self-monitoring
data, or categorical standards (baseline monitoring reports, ninety
day compliance reports, and periodic reports) within 30 days from
the due date.
Failure to accurately report noncompliance.
Any other violation or group of violations that the Township
considers to be significant because it may adversely affect the operation
or implementation of the Pretreatment Program.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 23-330 of this Part.
A permit to discharge liquid wastes which are not considered
commercial, industrial, or domestic wastes to the POTW.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
Any waste having a CBOD5, suspended
solids, dissolved solids or ammonia nitrogen concentration in excess
of that found in normal domestic waste, but which is otherwise acceptable
into a public sewer under the terms of this Part.
A charge levied on any user of the treatment works of the
POTW for the additional cost of treating strong wastes.
The person designated by the Township to supervise the operation
of the POTW, and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities
by this Part, or a duly authorized representative.
That portion of the precipitation which runs off over the
surface of the ground.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater, or other liquid, and which
is removable by laboratory filtering.
A fee charged for the privilege to connect a new EDU to the
sanitary sewer system. The fee is established in conformance with
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Act 203 and Act 209 of 1990 and as amended.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension,
or dissolved in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are determined
by appropriate procedures found in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage published by the American
Public Health Association.
The Township of Amity, Berks County, Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania
municipality, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in
appropriate cases, by and through its authorized representatives.
One of 126 pollutants, or combination of those pollutants,
listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by EPA under Section 307
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) of the Act.
Any noxious and/or deleterious substance in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, to create a public nuisance, or to create any hazard in
any sewer system or in the receiving stream of the sewage treatment
plant.
The discharge from the POTW into waters of the United States.
A source of indirect discharge.
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from
residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing
facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which
are contributed to the POTW.
That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment
of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems and all 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 state or any portion thereof.
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The use of the singular shall be construed to include the plural
and the plural shall include the singular as indicated by the context
of its use.
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[Ord. No. 227, 9/5/2006]
The following abbreviations have the designated meanings:
Five-day carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand.
Code of Federal Regulations.
Chemical oxygen demand.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Gallons per day.
Liter.
Milligrams.
Milligrams per liter.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Operation and maintenance.
Publicly owned treatment works.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Standard Industrial Classification.
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.).
Total suspended solids.
United States Code.
