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Borough of Roselle Park, NJ
Union County
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Editor's Note: The provisions of Article V apply only in those areas under the jurisdiction of the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority.
[1980 Code § 170-13]
a. 
No industrial liquid waste shall be discharged into the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Roselle Park unless it is amenable to secondary or biological treatment processes. No toxic materials nor wastes containing explosive or flammable substances which would be detrimental to the collection system, including pumping stations and all treatment plant facilities and equipment or treatment processes shall be permitted to be discharged into the collection system. Subsections 27-10.2 and 27-10.3 set forth in further detail requirements concerning limitations on the quality of industrial waste characteristics.
b. 
Every industry proposing to connect with the Borough sewer system and to discharge industrial waste into same shall submit a complete chemical analysis of the waste, including biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids, chlorine demand, phosphates, nitrates and other waste characteristics required by the regulatory agencies and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
c. 
Every industry connected with the Borough system and discharging industrial wastes shall pay a quarterly charge to the Borough of Roselle Park to cover the cost of treatment of the industrial waste.
d. 
Payment for industrial waste shall be based upon the following factors:
1. 
Industrial waste flow.
2. 
BOD of the waste.
3. 
Suspended solids of the waste.
e. 
The Borough of Roselle Park reserves the right to include additional charges for industrial waste characteristics as may be imposed by the Sewerage Authority on the Borough of Roselle Park or to modify the rates based upon actual cost to the Borough.
f. 
Quarterly rate schedule for industrial wastes.
Type
Quarterly Rate
Flow
Per million gallons
$100.00
Per thousand gallons
$0.10
Biochemical oxygen demand, per ton
$60.00
Suspended solids, per ton
$30.00
g. 
The Borough of Roselle Park shall undertake periodic sampling and testing of the waste to determine both volume and strength or waste characteristics. The owner shall reimburse the Borough of Roselle Park for all costs of sampling and testing.
h. 
The volume of sewage and/or industrial waste from each industrial establishment may be determined by meters paid for and installed and maintained by the owner, actual water meter records and/or private well meter records combined with municipal water records or from estimates or measurements made by the Borough Engineer.
i. 
The characteristics of the industrial waste shall be determined from actual samplings or other approved means and shall be based upon analyses made in accordance with the procedures outlined in the latest edition of Standard Methods of Analysis of Water and Sewage, published by the American Public Health Association. The Borough may require the installation of automatic samplers at the cost of the owner to obtain representative samples during a calendar quarter or as may be required.
j. 
Additional classifications of waste characteristics or modifications of the rate schedule may be established by the Borough from time to time as deemed necessary.
k. 
The Borough of Roselle Park will accept industrial wastes into the sanitary sewerage system upon execution of a formal written agreement and under and subject to the provisions appearing in the agreement and the rules, regulations and rates stated herein. The agreement will set out in detail the characteristics of the wastes, the flow conditions which shall govern and the conditions with respect to the physical connection or connections. It will be the policy of the Borough to consider each application on its own merits and to establish specific conditions applicable to the particular situation for each agreement. No connection shall be made prior to execution of the agreement.
l. 
Prior to approving an application for a connection involving the acceptance of industrial liquid wastes, the applicant shall submit complete data with respect to the following:
1. 
Average, maximum and minimum rates of flow to be expected daily and seasonally.
2. 
Flow diagram showing points of applications of chemicals, type and quantity of each chemical used per day and per shift, a schedule of operations, expected chemical characteristics of the untreated wastes and the point or points of connection to the sewerage system. The normal situation will require the separation of and separate points of connection for domestic sewage and industrial wastes from each industrial establishment.
3. 
Chemical analyses and waste characteristics of liquid industrial waste to be discharged into the system.
[1980 Code § 170-14]
Wastes containing the following substances or possessing the characteristics listed below will not be accepted:
a. 
Any vapors or steam.
b. 
Any fluids with temperatures in excess of one hundred fifty degrees (150° F) Fahrenheit.
c. 
Any fluid wastes which contain in excess of one hundred (100) parts per million of fat, oil or grease, either vegetable or mineral.
d. 
Any volatile, explosive or flammable substances, such as benzene, gasoline, naphtha, fuel oil or similar substances.
e. 
Any solids or viscous matter which may contain any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair or similar substances.
f. 
Any fluid wastes having a pH value of less than five point five (5.5) or in excess of nine point zero (9.0) or possessing other properties capable of causing damage or hazard to sewers, structures, treatment process, equipment or operating personnel.
g. 
Any wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient concentration to interfere with the sewage treatment process or cause injury to animals or persons or to create an unacceptable condition in the receiving streams.
h. 
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which causes a public nuisance.
[1980 Code § 170-15]
a. 
The Borough of Roselle Park reserves the right to require preliminary treatment where the chemical characteristics of the proposed industrial wastes, in the opinion of the Borough or in the opinion of the State Department of Environmental Protection or the local Board of Health, make such preliminary treatment desirable or mandatory. Some of the characteristics which may dictate preliminary treatment are listed below:
1. 
Five-day BOD in excess of three hundred fifty (350) milligrams per liter.
2. 
Suspended solids in excess of three hundred fifty (350) milligrams per liter.
3. 
Presence of arsenic, barium, cadmium, chloride, copper, cyanide, fluoride, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, nickel, nitrate, selenium, sulfate, zinc or pH values outside the acceptable limits.
4. 
pH below or above the allowable limits.
5. 
A chlorine demand in excess of thirty (30) milligrams per liter.
b. 
In such instances where it is agreed that the industrial waste will be received following preliminary treatment, drawings and specifications shall be submitted for approval showing all pertinent details of the construction proposed to accomplish the preliminary treatment, to include details of the indicator-record-register type of fluid meter and the housing to be used to meter the flow of industrial wastes, and also details of the control manhole to be constructed on the industrial wastes' connection within the sidewalk area. The control manhole shall be provided with adequate access manhole covers of approved type, through which access shall be possible to the Borough of Roselle Park personnel at all times. Drawings, specifications, reports, etc., shall be submitted in quadruplicate and shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer.
c. 
Where preliminary treatment facilities are required, they shall be provided and continuously maintained in an effectively operating condition at all times, at the expense of the owner.
d. 
Each owner connected shall be responsible for maintaining a quality of effluent from his premises which conforms to the provisions established in his agreement with the Borough. Sampling and analysis shall be done to conform to accepted practice and in accordance with the current edition of Standard Methods for Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes, published by the American Public Health Association.
e. 
The cost of preparing and submitting this data for consideration by the Borough of Roselle Park shall be borne by the industry; likewise, the cost of sampling and analysis to determine compliance with the terms of the agreement shall be borne by the owner, although conducted by said Borough or its duly authorized representative.
[1980 Code § 170-16]
Industrial permitted to connect to the Borough sewers, even though not initially required to provide preliminary treatment, may be required to provide a control manhole and/or meter as described above.
[1980 Code § 170-17]
a. 
Where the owner provides its own water supply entirely separate from that supplied by the Borough of Roselle Park or provides from its own sources a portion of the water consumed on the premises which eventually finds its way into the sewerage system of the Borough, all of the aforementioned provisions will apply. This does not relieve the owner from the requirement to furnish, install and maintain a meter of the indicator-register-record type, to measure the discharge of industrial wastes, as provided herein. All costs of furnishing, installing and maintaining the industrial waste flow meter will be borne by the owner.
b. 
The Borough of Roselle Park representative shall have access at reasonable times to industrial establishments and to any meters used to determine waste volumes discharged into the sewer system or excluded from the sewer system.
[1980 Code § 170-18]
Under no circumstances will any of the following be connected to the sanitary sewers, directly or indirectly:
a. 
Floor drain, area drain or yard drain.
b. 
Rain conductor or downspout.
c. 
Grease pit.
d. 
Air-conditioning equipment.
e. 
Stormwater inlets or catch basins.
f. 
Drains from piece of equipment or manufacturing process, except when specifically authorized under the provisions of these rules and regulations.
[1980 Code § 170-19]
A separate connection shall be provided for domestic sewage, and the waste shall not be commingled with the industrial waste within the plant. The Borough of Roselle Park shall determine the equivalent household connections from the discharge of domestic sewage from each industrial plant. This shall be determined by dividing the average daily domestic sewage flow by three hundred (300) gallons per day, the latter representing the average household domestic sewage discharge. The annual rate for discharge of domestic sewage into the Borough sewer system shall be computed by multiplying the number of equivalent units, as determined by the formula above, times the annual sewer charge applied to each household unit (presently fifteen ($15.00) dollars per year).
[1980 Code § 170-20]
a. 
The rates and charges fixed by the Borough of Roselle Park shall be in lieu of and in substitution for any other sewer charges heretofore made by any other agency for such quarter or any succeeding period.
b. 
Bills for said charges and rents shall be rendered to the owner of each premise quarterly in advance as soon as may be practicable after the beginning of each quarter and may be rendered with the tax bills covering real estate, and the charges and rents shall become due and payable as herein prescribed.
c. 
The charges and rents shall drawn interest and be a lien upon the premises until paid, and the Borough of Roselle Park shall have and exercise the remedies for the collection thereof with interest, costs and penalties provided in § 40:63-8 of the New Jersey Statutes and as it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
[1980 Code § 170-21]
a. 
Each owner of premises located on streets in which sewers are available shall connect all sewerage facilities on the premises to the sewer system immediately upon such sewerage facilities becoming available and shall use the sewerage facilities at all times for sewage disposal therefrom.
b. 
No alteration or repair to any part of the sewer system or any connection thereto shall be made, except by duly authorized representatives or employees of the Borough of Roselle Park, without application for such having been made to the Borough and approved and except upon compliance with the rules and regulations of the Borough relating thereto.
c. 
No cesspool, privy vault, subsoil or cellar drains, rainwater or surface drains shall be connected with the sewer system or any part thereof. Only the sewerage system of the premises shall be so connected.
[1980 Code § 170-22; New]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply with or who shall violate the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, § 1-5.
[1980 Code § 170-23]
No person, firm or corporation shall cause, permit or suffer to be dumped within the confines of the Borough of Roselle Park, or to drain into any sewerage system of the Borough of Roselle Park, any hydrocarbon in any form.
[1980 Code § 170-24; New]
Any person violating the terms of this article shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, § 1-5.