[Adopted 10-1-2005 by Ord. No. 14-2005; amended in its entirety 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-03]
The purpose of this article is to prohibit illicit connections
to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Township
of Edgewater Park, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare,
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article 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.
Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations.
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township of Edgewater Park, unless that discharge
is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal
Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit No. NJ0141852). Nonphysical
connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or
overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited to, those pollutants
regulated under § 307(a), (b), or (c) of the Federal Clean
Water Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or (c)].
As defined in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2 but is summarized as a conveyance
or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal
streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels,
or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Township of Edgewater
Park or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting
and conveying stormwater.
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.
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. Noncontact
cooling water may, however, contain algaecides or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers and/or corrosion inhibitors.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, political subdivision of this state and any state, interstate
or federal agency.
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, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontact cooling water.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage
facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
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 Edgewater Park any domestic sewage, noncontact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater).
This article shall be enforced by officials of the Township
of Edgewater Park, including but not limited to, the Police Department,
Inspections Department, and/or Local Board of Health.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this
article is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence,
clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion
of this article to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any
cause or reason shall not affect any other portion of this article.
