[Ord. #382, S 18.1]
No new installation of refrigeration equipment, air conditioning,
or refrigeration and air conditioning equipment requiring the use
of water, supplied by any public water company or derived from any
well, shall be installed on any premises until a permit authorizing
such installation has been issued by the Borough Engineer.
[Ord. #382, S 18.2]
Application, in duplicate, on forms furnished by the Public
Works Department for permits for refrigeration, air conditioning,
or refrigeration and air conditioning equipment to be installed shall
specify the information requested on the application and shall be
accompanied by a fee of $3. One approved copy of the application will
be returned to the applicant to serve as a permit.
[Ord. #382, S 18.3]
All new installations of any individual or collective system
of refrigeration equipment, air conditioning equipment, or refrigeration
and air conditioning equipment in any premises for a single consumer
shall be installed under the following specifications:
a.
All new installations of any individual or collective system of refrigeration
equipment, air conditioning equipment, or refrigeration and air conditioning
equipment of three tons and over shall be equipped with a water conserving
device such as economizer evaporative condenser, water cooling tower
or similar apparatus, which device shall not consume for makeup purposes
in excess of 5% of the consumption that would normally be used without
such device.
b.
All new installations of refrigeration equipment, air conditioning
equipment, or refrigeration and air conditioning equipment under three
tons, not using recirculated water shall be provided with an automatic
water supply regulating device so as to limit the flow of water in
relation to the condenser temperature reduction requirements of the
apparatus. In no case shall the equipment use in excess of one and
one-half (1-1/2) gallons per minute per ton capacity.
c.
If two or more units, which in the aggregate total to three tons
or over, are installed to serve the same building or premises, the
unit or units shall be subject to the same requirements applicable
to a unit or equipment of three tons or over, as in this Section provided.
[Ord. #382, S 18.4]
Each direct water connection to a refrigeration unit, air conditioning
unit, or refrigeration and air conditioning unit using water for cooling
purposes and which is connected with the potable public water system,
shall be equipped with a vacuum breaker, except in installations where
the water supply piping has no contact with the refrigerant. This
will be the case where two substantial and independent wall thicknesses
of metal separate the refrigerant from the public water system.
[Ord. #382, S 18.5]
Refrigerating units, air conditioning units, or refrigerating
and air conditioning units with a capacity of more than 20 pounds
of refrigerant shall be provided with a relief valve installed on
the outlet side of the vacuum breaker of the water supply connection,
such relief valve being set at five pounds above the maximum water
pressure at the point of installation.
[Ord. #382, S 18.6]
All installations of any individual or collective system of
refrigeration and/or air conditioning equipment in any premises for
a single consumer shall be installed under the following specifications:
a.
AIR CONDITIONING
Definition. As used in this Section:
Shall mean and apply to that equipment used primarily for
human comfort cooling and shall be considered on the basis that one
compressor motor horsepower is equal to one ton of refrigeration.
b.
Equipment used for a purpose other than air conditioning shall be
considered on the basis that one compressor motor horsepower is equal
to 0.6 ton of refrigeration.
c.
Refrigeration or air conditioning equipment using gas for energy
shall be rated on the basis that one ton is equal to the removal of
12,000 British Thermal Units per hour with a five (5°) degree
Fahrenheit evaporating temperature and eighty-six (86°) degree
Fahrenheit condensing temperature.
d.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OR POTABLE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
Definition. As used in this Section:
Shall mean water supplied to the consumers by any public
or semi-public water company.
[Ord. #382, S 18.7]
All existing installations of refrigeration equipment, air conditioning
or refrigeration and air conditioning equipment installed on any premises,
requiring the use of water, supplied by a public water company or
derived from a well shall be subject to the rules and regulations
prescribed in this Section. The owner, or person or corporation in
possession of any premises upon which refrigeration and air conditioning
equipment requiring the use of water is already installed, shall make
application and obtain a permit for the existing installation not
later than July 1, 1953. The application shall contain the same information
as in the case of a new installation. All existing installations of
refrigeration equipment, air conditioning or refrigeration and air
conditioning equipment, requiring the use of water, installed prior
to the adoption of this Section shall comply with the requirements
of this Section in the same manner as new installations and such equipment
already installed shall be changed, rebuilt or remodeled and all the
work and equipment required therefor, shall be installed and completed
on or before May 31, 1954, pursuant to the inspection and supervision
of the Borough Engineer; provided, however, that the Council may for
good cause shown, by resolution, extend the time for compliance for
a further period, not exceeding one year.
[Ord. #382, S 18.8]
No air conditioning or refrigerating unit employing water in
its use shall discharge such water into the sanitary sewerage system
except upon application to the Council. No discharge into the sanitary
sewer shall be allowed, if it is feasible to discharge the water into
an accessible storm sewer.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Chapter 20, Flood Damage Prevention,
Article III, subsection 20-3.3, for the prohibition of sewer hookups
or other connections to the sewage system from certain lots for a
period of fifty years.
[Ord. #85-25, S 1]
Sewer usage charges in and for the Borough are hereby established
in accordance with the following:
a.
The expense of operation and maintenance of any public sewage system
as described in this Section shall be borne by the property owners
connected thereto.
b.
Commencing January 1, 1986, and thereafter an annual sewer usage
charge shall be paid by all users of the facilities in accordance
with the terms and provisions of this Section.
[Ord. #85-25, S 2]
User classes are hereby established in accordance with the following:
a.
Single-family dwelling equals one unit.
b.
Multi-family dwellings, apartment and condominium complexes: Each
apartment or condominium unit equals one unit.
c.
Each other nonresidential use equals one unit.
d.
Whenever the number of public utility water meters at a property
is greater than the number of units at the property, each meter in
excess of the number of units shall equal an additional unit.
[Ord. #85-25, S 3]
a.
The annual sewer usage charge for each property shall be calculated in accordance with the Schedule in the Appendix (included as an attachment to this chapter) based upon the amount of water used on the property during the prior calendar year, as reflected by public utility water meter readings.
b.
In the event readings of operational public utility water meters
for a property are incomplete and do not disclose total water usage
for a calendar year, total water usage for the property shall, to
the extent reasonable, be extrapolated from such readings for that
calendar year as are available. In the event there are no such readings
available, or that extrapolation of total water usage for the calendar
year would not be reasonable based upon available readings, the next
annual sewer usage charge for that property shall be 120% of the last
previous annual sewer usage charge for that property.
c.
In the event a property connects to the system during any calendar
year and the provisions of paragraphs a and/or b cannot be applied,
the next annual sewer usage charge for that property shall be pro
rated at $25 per unit.
[Ord. #85-25, S 4]
A minimum charge to a user is permissible as long as the charge
is supportable by calculations showing that the charge provides, at
a minimum, for a charge equal to the user's share of all operation
and maintenance costs, based upon use.
[Ord. #85-25, S 5]
There is hereby established a Sewer Usage Charge Board of Appeals,
consisting of the Director, Department of Administration, a citizen
to be appointed annually by the Mayor with the advice and consent
of the Council, and a Council member to be appointed annually by the
Council President. The Board of Appeals shall have authority to hear
and decide appeals by property owners that there is an error or inequity
in a sewer usage charge and shall have power to correct any error
or inequity. The Board of Appeals shall have authority to establish
reasonable rules and regulations governing the processing of appeals.
No appeal from a sewer usage charge for a given year shall be
heard or considered by the Board unless written notice of such appeal,
on a form prescribed by the Board, shall have been filed with the
Borough Clerk no later than June 1 of that calendar year.
[Ord. #85-25, S 6]
Any user objecting to any estimate of flow, or strength, made
hereunder shall have the option, at its own cost and expense, of installing
metering equipment on its discharge lines to record actual flow and
strength readings. The metering equipment used, its installation and
the location of the installation, shall all be subject to review and
approval by the Borough or its designated representative.
[Ord. #85-25, S 7; Ord. #89-5, S 1; Ord. #92-06, S 1]
a.
Each user shall be notified, at least annually by way of a regular
bill, of the rate and charges assessed to the user for waste water
treatment. The usage charge called for under this Section may be incorporated
into the Borough's overall tax bill, as long as the charges to
the user which represent the operation and maintenance costs of all
charges are separately indicated on the bill.
b.
All usage charges established and provided for herein shall be assessed
against the owners of the property from which the sewage or waste
water emanates, respectively, and shall be collected in equal semiannual
installments by the Collector of Taxes of the Borough.
c.
Such charges shall draw the same interest from the time they become
due as taxes upon real estate in the Borough and shall be a lien upon
the premises until paid, and the Borough shall have the same remedies
for the collection thereof, with interest, costs and penalties, as
it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
d.
Anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13-4 notwithstanding, whenever a new schedule of rates is adopted which becomes effective during a calendar year for which bills utilizing the prior schedule of rates have theretofore been prepared and submitted to users, an amended bill shall be prepared and submitted to each user reflecting the new rates and the revised charges assessed to the user for the calendar year. The balance of the revised charges shall be due and payable on October 1 of that calendar year.
[Ord. #85-25, S 8; Ord. #89-5, S 2]
The usage charges established and provided for in this Section
shall be due and payable on April 1, and October 1, in each year.
The Council, by resolution, may postpone any payment due date(s).
[Ord. #85-25, S 9]
At least once each year the Borough shall review and revise
as necessary the estimated flow and sewer use and sewer usage charges
and shall establish a schedule of charges by user class, type of use,
flow, biological oxygen demand (B.O.D.), suspended solids (S.S.) and
such other criteria as the Borough shall deem appropriate. Any charges
so established shall, at a minimum, provide for the equitable distribution
of the Borough sewage facilities, Plainfield Joint Meeting's
sewer facilities, and the Middlesex County Utility Authority (M.C.U.A.)
costs to the users and shall provide, at a minimum, for revenue from
the users equal in amount to the expenses of the Borough for costs
and the charges to the Borough from Plainfield Joint Meeting and from
the Middlesex County Utility Authority.
[Ord. #85-25, S 10]
Wherever actual readings of B.O.D. and S.S. users are available,
those readings shall be used in determining charges for strength of
sewage. Where actual readings or sampling is not available, B.O.D.
and S.S. will be estimated by any of the following ways:
[Ord. #85-25, S 11]
Any user who discharges into the system toxic pollutants which
cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge
or the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs.
[Ord. #85-5, S 12]
Any flows or strengths which are not chargeable to a particular
user, whether by reason of the user being exempted from charges, or
by reason of the flow entering the system by infiltration or inflow,
shall be charged to all users proportionately, on the basis of flow.
[Ord. #85-25, S 13]
Public buildings which are, for the purposes of this Section
defined as those buildings used for local governmental purposes, are
excluded from the usage charges called for in this Section. The usage
of the public buildings shall be treated as extraneous flow.
[Ord. #06-18, SS I—IV]
a.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
ILLICIT CONNECTION
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
NJPDES PERMIT
NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER
PERSON
PROCESS WASTEWATER
STORMWATER
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following terms,
phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated
herein unless their use in the text of this Section clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory. The definitions below are the same as or
based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
Shall mean waste and wastewater from humans or household
operations.
Shall mean any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges
domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or
other industrial waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate
storm sewer system operated by the Borough of North Plainfield, unless
that discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the
Tier A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852).
Nonphysical connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks,
flows, or overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Shall mean nondomestic waste, including, but not limited
to, those pollutants regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of
the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317 (a), (b),
or (c)).
Shall mean a conveyance or system of conveyances (including
roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs,
gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains) that is owned
or operated by the Borough of North Plainfield or other public body,
and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
MS4s do not include combined sewer systems, which are sewer systems
that are designed to carry sanitary sewage at all times and to collect
and transport stormwater from streets and other sources.
Shall mean a permit issued by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
Shall mean water used to reduce temperature for the purpose
of cooling. Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw
material, intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product.
Non-contact cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides
to control fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion
inhibitors.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean any water which during manufacturing or processing,
comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use
of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact cooling water.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted
to the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
b.
Prohibited Conduct. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
through an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Borough of North Plainfield any domestic sewage,
non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater).
c.
Enforcement. This Section shall be enforced by the Police Department
and/or other Municipal Officials of the Borough of North Plainfield.
d.
Penalties. Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this Section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,250.
[Ord. #382, S 13.1]
The sewer system of the Borough shall consist of main sewers
laid longitudinally along the streets and house sewers extending from
main sewers to within five (5') feet of the buildings.
[Ord. #382, S 13.2]
The house plumbing system consists of plumbing work within the
buildings and to the end of the iron pipe five (5') feet outside
of the building, and shall be under the control of the Board of Health.
Such system shall be connected with the house laterals to the sewer
in accordance with the provisions of the ordinances, and the rules
and regulations of the Board of Health.
[Ord. #382, S 13.3]
No person shall injure, break or remove any part of the sewer
system, or throw, deposit or cause to be thrown in any sewer opening,
sink, water-closet or other receptacle connecting with the sewer system,
any fluid or substance whatever other than household sewage, unless
special permit shall be given by the Borough Council.
[Ord. #382, S 13.4]
All applications for permission to discharge or continue to
discharge into the sewers, wastes, other than normal domestic sewage
from toilets, baths, showers, wash bowls and sinks, shall be in writing,
duly verified and under oath and shall contain complete information
as follows:
a.
Existing equalizing or pretreatment facilities.
b.
Total daily flow in gallons.
c.
Period of time during which flow in b above is discharged, namely,
hours of day and days of week.
d.
Peak rate of flow.
e.
Character and concentration with respect to:
1.
Suspended solids-Total and volatile.
2.
Dissolved solids-Total and volatile.
3.
Five day B.O.D. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand).
4.
Chlorine Demand.
5.
Temperature.
6.
PH (Hydrogen-ION concentration).
7.
Oil and Grease.
8.
Sulphides.
9.
Free acidity.
10.
Alkalinity, total and caustic.
11.
Maximum size of solids.
12.
Date with respect to any chemical constituent.
f.
Any additional information and data requested by the Borough as to
every connection existing and as to any connection hereafter to be
made with the sewers or lateral tributary thereto for the discharge
of waste other than normal domestic sewage from toilets, baths, showers,
wash bowls and sinks.
[Ord. #382, S 13.5]
Readily accessible means shall be provided by the owner, tenant
or occupant of the premises to allow the Borough or its representatives
to make periodic examination and determination of the volume, character,
and concentration of waste being discharged in the sewers or laterals
tributary thereto.
[Ord. #382, S 13.6]
Before any waste may be permitted to enter the sewers or laterals
tributary thereto, it shall meet the following conditions and requirements,
and in addition, the approval of the Borough must have been first
obtained:
a.
No mineral acidity, pH not less than five (5.0).
b.
No caustic alkalinity, pH not greater than ten (10.0).
c.
Must not contain any explosive substance.
d.
Must not contain any flammable substance.
e.
Temperature must not exceed one hundred fifty (150°) degrees
Fahrenheit.
f.
No grease or oil that will solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between thirty-two (32°) degrees Fahrenheit and one hundred fifty
(150°) degrees Fahrenheit.
g.
Insoluble substances shall not exceed a daily average of 500 ppm.
(parts per million).
h.
Total solids (soluble and insoluble) shall not exceed a daily average
of 5,000 ppm.
i.
No gases or vapors, either free or occluded, in concentration toxic
or dangerous to humans, animals or aquatic life in streams.
j.
Chlorine demand shall not exceed an average greater than 20 ppm.
k.
Five Day Biochemical oxygen demand (B.O.D.) shall not exceed an average
greater than 500 ppm.
l.
Shall not contain sulphides exceeding two ppm.
m.
Must not contain more than 100 ppm of antiseptic substances.
n.
Must not contain phenols in excess of 0.005 ppm.
o.
Must not contain any toxic or irritating substances which will create
conditions hazardous to public health and safety.
p.
Must not contain any grease or oily substances exceeding a daily
average of 25 ppm.
q.
Must contain no poisons in sufficient quantities to endanger man
or interfere with biological processes.
r.
Must not contain any substance which the Borough now or hereafter
finds to be harmful.
The right is reserved by the Borough to stop and prevent at
any time the discharge into the sewers or laterals of any waste which
may injure the sewers or adversely affect sewage treatment or which
is not in conformity with the requirements and standards now or hereafter
made by the Borough and the Borough may at any time without notice
and without recourse sever the connection and cause removal of any
sewer or drain through which such waste may be discharged.
[Ord. #382, S 13.8; Ord. #446, S 1]
Under no circumstances shall any of the following be discharged
into any sewer or lateral:
a.
Gasoline, naphtha, petroleum products or any substance which may
create an explosion hazard in the system.
b.
Oils, fats, or grease except as may result from household, hotel
or restaurant operation.
c.
Surface or rain water from yards, areas, courts, cellars, drains
or roofs.
d.
Rubbish, ashes and cinders.
e.
Milk, brewery or distillery waste in any form.
And, in addition, any waste or substance which shall cause or
result in:
f.
Chemical reaction, either directly or in directly, with the materials
of construction to impair the strength or durability of any sewer
structure.
g.
Mechanical action that will destroy or damage the sewer structure.
h.
Restriction of hydraulic capacity of sewer structures.
i.
Restriction of normal inspection or maintenance of sewer structure.
j.
Placing of unusual demands on the sewage treatment equipment or process.
k.
Limitation of effectiveness of the sewage treatment process.
l.
Danger to public health and safety.
m.
Obnoxious conditions inimical to the public interest.
[Ord. #97-12, S 2]
The property owner is responsible for the maintenance and operation
of the house plumbing system and the house connection to the Borough's
sewer system main that is laid longitudinally along the streets.
[Ord. #382, S 13.9]
As used in this Chapter:
Shall mean that portion of the house laterals between the
main sewers and the curb line.
[Ord. #382, S 13.10; Ord. #97-12, S 3]
The Borough Council shall have full control of the entire sewer
system. All connections made with the sewer system shall be constructed,
made and kept in repair, under their supervision or that of their
duly appointed agents. The Borough Council shall appoint an agent
to supervise the construction to the system.
[Ord. #382, S 13.11]
All connections to the main sewers shall be made only by persons
licensed as plumbers by the Board of Health of the Borough of North
Plainfield, and all such connections shall be made in accordance with
the conditions imposed by the Borough Council, and its ordinances'
rules and regulations now existing or which may hereafter be adopted.
[Ord. #382, S 13.12; Ord. #86-4, S 1; Ord. #86-4A-87-17,
S 1; Ord. #95-12, S 3]
No connection of any kind shall be made to the sanitary sewer
system unless and until the owner or occupant of the property sought
to be connected shall make application to the Borough for a sewer
connection permit and shall have paid the charge for such connection
as established by this Section. The sewer connection permit application
shall be supplemented by sufficient plans, specifications and other
pertinent information as shall be deemed necessary by the Borough
Engineer.
[Ord. #382, S 13.13; Ord. #95-12, S 4]
No person shall break, cut or remove any pipe of any public
sanitary sewer, or make or cause to be made any connection therewith,
except as otherwise permitted by this Section.
[Ord. #382, S 13.14; Ord. #97-12, S 4]
All house sewer connections shall be constructed of extra heavy
cast iron soil pipe of the hub and spigot pattern four (4") inches
in diameter, joints to be made of hemp or oakum and made absolutely
tight with a joint filling of lead, thoroughly caulked or Schedule
40 PVC pipe four (4") inches in diameter glued at each joint in an
absolute water tight manner. All house sewer connections shall be
laid on a grade not less than one-fourth (1/4") inch per foot.
All sewer connections shall be laid as nearly as possible in
a straight line, except at the connection with the sewer mains, where
the proper curved pipe shall be used. Clean-outs or lamp holes are
required at changes of grade or line, and where house laterals are
over one hundred (100') feet long, there shall be a clean out
or lamp hole at every seventy five (75') foot interval, set at
an angle of forty-five (45°) degrees and finished in a satisfactory
manner.
[Ord. #382, S 13.15]
All work shall be left uncovered until after the inspection
of the same by an inspector appointed by the Borough Council, and
where any tests of the work may seem necessary, the tests shall be
made at the expense of the licensee who must furnish all necessary
tools, labor and assistants for such test, and must repair any defective
work or material when so ordered by the Borough Council or its agents.
[Ord. #382, S 13.16]
Each house or building shall have a separate sewer connection,
and a house sewer must not be connected with and pass through the
cellar of another house.
[Ord. #95-12, S 5]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-11, the fee to
connect to a public sanitary sewer is established as follows:
a.
Single-Family Residential Use. Each single-family dwelling shall
be charged a two thousand ($2,000.00) dollar connection fee per dwelling
for all new connections to the sanitary sewer system.
b.
Multi-Family Residential Use. Each apartment, condominium or townhouse
unit shall be charged a two thousand ($2,000.00) dollar connection
fee for each separate dwelling unit. A separate dwelling unit shall
be defined as having its own housekeeping facilities.
c.
Nonresidential Use. Each nonresidential use shall be charged a minimum
connection fee of $3,000 for each 400 gallons estimated annual daily
average flow or major fraction thereof as determined by the Borough
Engineer based upon data and information supplied to the Borough by
the applicant and the results of any investigation by the Borough
into actual meter reads or other available information regarding the
estimated annual daily average flow for the proposed use. In no event
shall the connection fee for any nonresidential use be calculated
at less than one hundred twenty-five thousandth (0.125) gallons per
day for each square foot of occupancy.
d.
Any change of use of a property, and any change in occupancy of a
nonresidential property, shall require an application to the Borough
for a permit to connect to the sanitary sewer system. The Borough
Engineer shall review all such applications submitted pursuant to
this paragraph, and shall determine if a sewer connection permit is
required pursuant to this Section.
e.
All connection fees required by this Section shall be paid to the
Borough prior to the issuance of a sewer connection permit.
[Ord. #95-12, S 5]
Any connection made to any sewer and any toilet installed contrary to and in violation of any of the provisions of this Section shall be disconnected immediately upon notice from the Borough. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this Section shall, after conviction, be subject to the penalty provisions of N.P.R.G.O. Section 1-5 for each separate violation.
[Ord. #382, S 13.9; Ord. #728, S 1; Ord. #97-12, S 5]
As used in this Section:
Shall mean any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance discharged,
permitted to flow or escaping in 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 normal sewage.
Shall mean Borough-owned or leased piping and appurtenances
in or along public rights-of-way or easements owned by the Borough
for the collection of sewage and transmission of sewage to treatment
facilities.
Shall mean Middlesex County Utilities Authority.
Shall mean New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Shall mean sewage with a maximum:
Shall mean Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority.
Shall mean the combination of water-carried wastes from residences,
businesses, industries, and other buildings, institutions and factories.
Shall mean any water or liquid containing none of the following:
Emulsified grease or oil;
Substance that may impart taste, odor or color;
Odorous or otherwise obnoxious gases;
Total dissolved solids in excess of 1000 mg-1;
Suspended solids in excess of five mg-1;
A biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in excess of five mg-1, and
A pH below six (6.0) or greater than nine (9.0);
Any substance prohibited by Federal or State law or regulations,
from being discharged directly into any stream or other body of water,
including, but not limited to, any substance classified as being toxic.
Shall mean United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Shall mean the person applying for use of or continuing to
use the sewer system, whether owner or tenant, and who enters into
an agreement therefor.
[Ord. #382, S 13.10; Ord. #728, S 1]
Industrial wastes being discharged into the sewer system shall
be subject to periodic sampling, inspection and determination of character
and concentration. Such sampling, inspection and determination shall
be made by the Borough as frequently as may be deemed necessary. Representative
samples for full working day shall be obtained by taking hourly samples
and compositing them in accordance with the flow at the time of sampling.
Sewage sampling facilities shall be accessible to the Borough at all
times. Due care shall be exercised in the collection of all samples
to insure preservation thereof in as nearly the natural state as possible,
including refrigeration of all samples which are intended for analysis
by biochemical methods.
[Ord. #382, S 13.11; Ord. #728, S 1; Ord. #97-12, S 6]
a.
The Borough shall be responsible for analysis of samples of industrial
wastes.
b.
Laboratory methods used in the analysis of samples of industrial
wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" as published by the
American Public Health Association; and/or any methods required by
U.S.E.P.A., N.J.D.E.P., M.C.U.A. and P.A.R.S.A., provided, however,
that alternate methods for the analysis of industrial wastes may be
used, subject to mutual agreement between the Borough and the owner
discharging such industrial wastes into the sanitary sewer system.
[Ord. #382, S 13.12; Ord. #728, S 1]
Any owner of an improved property who is discharging industrial
wastes into the sanitary sewer system and who contemplates a change
in the method of operation which will alter the type of industrial
wastes at the time being discharged into the sanitary sewer system
shall notify the Borough, in writing, at least 10 days prior to consummation
of such change.
[Ord. #382, S 13.13; Ord. #728, S 1]
All users whose discharge to the sewer system must be sampled
and analyzed because of its composition, shall pay the Borough for
all costs incurred in obtaining and analyzing the samples. Payment
for such costs must be made within 30 days after receipt of bill by
the user. Late payment will be subject to a 5% late charge and interest
at the rate of 1% per month or part thereof.
