[1980 § 170-1; Ord. No. 1054]
Unless the context otherwise requires, the meaning of terms used in §§ 27-1 through 27-4[1] shall be as follows:
Shall mean the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority and, when
the context requires, the supervising engineer or his authorized deputy,
agent or representative.
Shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in
five (5) days at twenty degrees (20°C) centigrade, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
Shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing
processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-,
surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
Shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments,
together with such ground-, surface and storm waters as may be present.
Shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating
and disposing of sewage.
Shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Shall mean any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste
which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of
flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes
more than five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration
or flow during normal operation.
Shall mean solids that either float on the surface of or
are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are
removable by laboratory filtering.
[1980 Code § 170-2; Ord. No. 1054; Ord. No. 1787]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater (except as set forth below for any discharge
into the Joint Meeting Sewer System), roof runoff, subsurface drainage,
uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters
to any sanitary sewer. Direct or indirect discharges of groundwater
to the Joint Meeting Wastewater Treatment Facilities shall only be
permitted under the following circumstances:
a.
The proposed or applicant has filed an application for and has been
issued a nondomestic wastewater discharge permit ("permit") by the
Joint Meeting.
b.
For long-term, continuous discharges, the municipality where the
site repetition project of the applicant is located or, at the election
of the municipality, the proposed discharger or applicant ("municipality/applicant")
will be required to identify and eliminate two (2) gallons of infiltration/inflow
to the Joint Meeting Wastewater Treatment Facilities for each gallon
of groundwater to be delivered into the Joint Meeting Wastewater Treatment
Facilities on a daily average over the life of the remediation project
discharge (two to one offset).
1.
The location(s) of the remedial work to be performed by the municipality/applicant
shall be identified by the municipality and agreed to by the Joint
Meeting, through the use of the Phase III Sewer System Evaluation
Report, prepared by Hazen and Sawyer, dated August, 1983, and as supplemented,
which was previously distributed by Joint Meeting to each member municipality
in the Joint Meeting service area, or such other report as may be
available in the case of nonmember municipalities.
2.
The remedial work to be performed by the municipality/applicant shall
be completed within a time period that shall not exceed one-half (1/2)
of the time frame of the remediation project discharge estimated by
the proposed discharger or applicant and approved by the municipality
and the Joint Meeting. In the event that extraordinary, unforeseen
circumstances occur that will affect the ability of the municipality/applicant
to meet the time period previously agreed upon by the parties for
completion of the infiltration/inflow remedial work, the municipality/applicant
may seek an extension of the time period through the filing of a written
request not less than sixty (60) days before a previously defined
and agreed upon milestone, fully describing the extraordinary, unforeseen
circumstances and specifying the additional time necessary to complete
the remedial work as a result thereof. Such requests for extensions
will be considered by the Joint Meeting on a case-by-case basis, and
an extension of time shall not be unreasonably withheld.
3.
An applicant may not discharge groundwater to the Joint Meeting Wastewater
Treatment Facilities until it has obtained a permit and an agreement
is reached between the Joint Meeting and the municipality and/or the
applicant upon the terms of the remediation work to be performed to
satisfy the two-to-one offset policy set forth in this regulation.
4.
At intervals to be mutually agreed upon by the municipality/applicant and the Joint Meeting, the municipality/applicant shall be required to demonstrate, in written progress reports, to the satisfaction of the Joint Meeting that the municipality/applicant is making definable progress in performing the remedial work so as to be able to complete the work within the time frame established in accordance with Subsection b2 above.
5.
The Engineer of the municipality where the remedial work has been
performed will be required to submit to Joint Meeting a certification
stating that the remedial work has been completed, and such certification
must be submitted within one (1) week of the date of the completion
of the work.
6.
After the time that the location(s) of the remedial work is identified
by the municipality and agreed to by the Joint Meeting, but prior
to the initiation of the remedial work, the municipality/applicant
will be required to submit proof to the Joint Meeting that a performance
bond in the amount of one hundred (100%) percent of the value of the
remedial work and naming the Joint Meeting as a co-obligee has been
issued to ensure that such work is completely performed.
c.
For short-term, batch discharges:
1.
The municipality/applicant will be required to identify and eliminate
two (2) gallons of infiltration/inflow into the Joint Meeting Wastewater
Treatment Facilities for each gallon of groundwater to be delivered
to the Joint Meeting Treatment Works on a daily average over the life
of the remediation project discharge (two to one offset); or
2.
The material to be discharged from the site of the remediation project
may be delivered in tanker vehicles to the Joint Meeting Wastewater
Treatment Facilities in Elizabeth, New Jersey for direct discharge
at a rate of three ($0.03) cents per gallon; for example, one hundred
fifty ($150.00) dollars per five thousand (5,000) gallon trailer,
to compensate Joint Meeting for the costs to sample, monitor and process
the discharge. The use of this option will be at the reasonable discretion
of the Joint Meeting in order to avoid the arrival of a number of
trailers that will adversely impact the performance of treatment operations
by the Joint Meeting.
d.
In the event the two-to-one offset option is selected with respect
to short-term, batch discharges, then the following procedures shall
apply:
1.
The location(s) of the remedial work to be performed by the municipality/applicant
shall be identified by the municipality and agreed to by the Joint
Meeting, through the use of the Phase III Sewer System Evaluation
Report, prepared by Hazen and Sawyer, dated August 1983, and as supplemented,
which was previously distributed by Joint Meeting to each member municipality
in the Joint Meeting service area, or such other report as may be
available in the case of nonmember municipalities.
2.
The remedial work to be performed by the municipality/applicant shall
be completed within a time period that shall not exceed one-half (1/2)
of the time frame of the remediation project discharge estimated by
the proposed discharger or applicant and approved by the municipality
and the Joint Meeting. In the event that extraordinary, unforeseen
circumstances occur that will affect the ability of the municipality/applicant
to meet the time period previously agreed upon by the parties for
completion of the infiltration/inflow remedial work, the municipality/applicant
may seek an extension of the time period through the filing of a written
request not less than sixty (60) days before a previously defined
and agreed upon milestone, fully describing the extraordinary, unforeseen
circumstances and specifying the additional time necessary to complete
the remedial work as a result thereof. Such requests for extensions
will be considered by the Joint Meeting on a case-by-case basis, and
an extension of time shall not be unreasonably withheld.
3.
An applicant may not discharge groundwater to the Joint Meeting Wastewater
Treatment Facilities until it has obtained a permit and an agreement
is reached between the Joint Meeting and the municipality and/or the
applicant upon the terms of the remediation work to be performed to
satisfy the two-to-one offset policy set forth in this regulation
should this option be selected with respect to a short-term, batch
discharge.
4.
At intervals to be mutually agreed upon by the municipality/applicant and the Joint Meeting, the municipality/applicant shall be required to demonstrate, in written progress reports, to the satisfaction of the Joint Meeting, that the municipality/applicant is making definable progress in performing the remedial work so as to be able to complete the work within the time frame established in accordance with Subsection d2 above.
5.
The Engineer of the municipality where the remedial work has been
performed will be required to submit to the Joint Meeting a certification
stating that the remedial work has been completed, and such certification
must be submitted within one (1) week of the date of the completion
of the work.
6.
After the time that the location(s) of the remedial work is identified
by the municipality and agreed to by the Joint Meeting, but prior
to the initiation of the remedial work, the municipality/applicant
will be required to submit proof to the Joint Meeting that a performance
bond in the amount of one hundred (100%) percent of the value of the
remedial work and naming the Joint Meeting as a co-obligee has been
issued to ensure that such work is completely performed.
e.
The groundwater to be discharged to the Joint Meeting Wastewater
Treatment Facilities pursuant to a permit will be, at all times, subject
to analyses by the Joint Meeting, at the sole cost of the applicant,
to ensure that the proposed discharge shall meet the quality limits,
as set forth in these Sewer Use Rules and Regulations. At any time
during the period of the discharge of groundwater to the Joint Meeting,
a failure by the applicant to meet such quality limits shall be the
basis for a revocation of the permit and a discontinuation of the
discharge, and/or such enforcement measures as are authorized by law
to be taken by the Joint Meeting.
f.
The proposed discharger or applicant shall be obligated to institute
pretreatment measures prior to the direct of indirect discharge of
groundwater to the Joint Meeting in the event the groundwater fails
to meet the parameters for acceptance of the discharge set forth in
the Sewer Use Rules and Regulations.
g.
Credits for future discharges of groundwater through the removal
of infiltration/inflow pursuant to the above provisions may be accumulated
or "banked;" however, such credits may only be transferred to accordance
with ownership of the site identified as the source of groundwater
at the time of the performance of the remediation work.
[1980 Code § 170-3; Ord. No. 1054]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to
a natural outlet approved by the Borough Engineer. Industrial cooling
water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Borough Engineer, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
[1980 Code § 170-4; Ord. No. 1054]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the
following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
a.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
b.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create a public nuisance.
c.
Any waters or wastes having a corrosive property capable to causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage
works.
d.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size as to be
capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as but not limited
to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
[1980 Code § 170-5; Ord. No. 1054]
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 Authority 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 Authority 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:
a.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees (150° F) Fahrenheit (sixty-five degrees (65°
C) centigrade).
b.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) milligrams per liter,
or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between thirty-two (32°) degrees and one hundred fifty degrees
(150° F) Fahrenheit (zero (0°) degrees and sixty-five degrees
(65° C) centigrade).
c.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
d.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and
similar objectionable or toxic substances in excess of limits established
by the Authority, or having a pH outside of maximum and minimum limits
established by the Authority; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine
requirement.
e.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations as may exceed limits which may be
established by the Authority 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.
f.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Authority in compliance with
applicable State or Federal regulations.
g.
Materials which exert or cause:
1.
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.
2.
Excessive discoloration, such as but not limited to dye wastes and
vegetable tanning solutions.
3.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs
as defined herein.
h.
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 a degree that the sewage
treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies
having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
[1980 Code § 170-6; Ord. No. 1054]
a.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection 27-2.4 and which, in the judgment of the Authority, 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 Authority may:
b.
If the Authority 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 Authority and subject
to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
[1980 Code § 170-7; Ord. No. 1054]
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.
[1980 Code § 170-8; Ord. No. 1054]
When required by the Authority, the owner of any property serviced
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer, to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with the plans
approved by the Authority. The manhole shall be installed by the owner
at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and
accessible at all times.
[1980 Code § 170-9; Ord. No. 1054]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Article I of this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said 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 public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
[1980 Code § 170-10]
The Borough Sanitary Inspector, the Authority, its supervising engineer and any other duly authorized employees of the Authority bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of Article I of this chapter. The Authority or its representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
[1980 Code § 170-11]
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection 27-3.1 above, the supervising engineer of the Authority or duly authorized employees of the Authority shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the owner, and the owner shall be held harmless for injury or death to Authority employees, and the Authority shall indemnify the owner against loss or damage to its property by Authority employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the owner and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner to maintain safe conditions.
