[Adopted 10-3-1985 by Ord. No. 85-2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Lehigh County Authority (LCA) owns and operates
all public sewer systems in the Township of Weisenberg and any regulations
concerning sewer systems should be deferred to LCA.
The short title of this Part 2 shall be "Township Sewage and
Industrial Wastes Ordinances."
As used in this Part 2, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
American Society for Testing of Materials.
Industrial waste proposed for discharge into a sanitary sewer
or storm sewer which complies with all provisions of this Part 2 regarding
quantity and quality and which:
In the case of proposed discharge into a sanitary sewer, is
approved by the designated Township representative on forms provided
for such purpose; or
In the case of proposed discharge into a storm sewer, is approved
by the Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and Township in writing.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in mg/L, utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American Public
Health Association.
The sewer or sewers of a building used to convey sewage and/or
industrial waste to building sewers or laterals, and in this Part
2 shall relate to the point of connection to the building sewer or
laterals at the curbline or property line.
The extension of the building drain from the curbline or
property line to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
The City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
In an industrial waste, the color of the light transmitted
by the waste solution after removing the suspended material, including
pseudocolloidal particles.
The anhydrous residues of the dissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
Solid waste resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale
of produce.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
its particles will be carried freely under normal sewer flow conditions,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
That which is standing in or passing through the ground.
Any person who, alone, jointly or severally with others,
conducts or operates a tank truck, or tank trucks, for use in the
removal, transportation and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes.
The Board appointed according to the provisions of Section
11.[1]
Any property located within the corporate limits of the Township
upon which there is erected a structure or structures intended for
continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure or structures sewage and/or industrial
waste shall be, or may be discharged, or any property outside a corporate
limits of the Township upon which there is erected a structure or
structures intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy
or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sewage
and/or industrial waste shall be, or may be, discharged and which
wastes are accepted by the city into the city's sewerage system as
it exists now or with any extensions or enlargements that may be made
in the future.
Solid, liquid or gaseous substances or forms of energy ejected
or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade
or business process or in the course of development, recovering or
processing of natural resources, but not sewage.
A shaft or chamber leading from the surface of the ground
to a sewer, large enough to enable a man to gain access to the latter.
Milligrams per liter.
Any county, county authority, municipal authority, city,
borough, town, township or school district.
Any person having charge, care, management or control of
tank truck or trucks for use in the removal, transportation and disposal
of sewage and industrial wastes.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, firm, partnership, company, association,
society, corporation or other group or entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, and indicates the
degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. A stabilized pH will
be considered as a pH which does not change beyond the specified limits
when the waste is subjected to aeration. It shall be determined by
one of the accepted methods described in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American
Public Health Association.
The Plumbing Code of the Township.[2]
The Plumbing Inspector of the Township or his duly authorized
assistant or representative.
Any improved property shall be considered accessible to the
sewerage system when the public sewer abuts, bounds or is adjacent
to such improved property.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority. It shall also include
sewers within or without the Township limits, which serve one or more
persons and discharge into the Township system.
A sewer which carries sewage and/or authorized industrial
wastes and to which stormwaters, surface waters and groundwaters are
not intentionally admitted.
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excretions or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals.
All facilities owned and/or operated by the city and/or the
Township of Weisenberg and/or Lehigh County Authority or any municipal
authority or joint sanitary sewer board, which are used for collecting,
pumping, transporting, treating and disposing of sewage and authorized
industrial waste.
[Amended 4-8-2002 by Ord.
No. 02-03]
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage and authorized industrial waste.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage, industrial waste or
stormwater or surface water.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
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 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flow, during normal
operation.
A sewer which carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater
and or authorized industrial waste but not sewage.
That portion of the precipitation which runs off over the
surface during a storm and for such a short period following a storm
as the flow exceeds the normal or ordinary runoff.
That portion of the precipitation which runs off over the
surface of the ground.
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.
Any tank wagon, tank truck, tank car, can or any other container
used for the removal, transportation and disposal of sewage and industrial
wastes.
The sum of dissolved and undissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
The municipality passing the ordinance.
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 sewerage system or in the receiving waters of a sewage treatment
plant.
Consists of 24 hourly wastewater samples collected over a
twenty-four-hour period with the sample proportioned according to
the flow rate at the time of the sample. The cumulative sample shall
be refrigerated.
Water Pollution Control Federation.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs whether continuously
or intermittently.
A.
No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary
manner on public or private property within the Township, or in any
area under the jurisdiction of the Township, any human or animal excrement,
garbage or other objectionable waste.
B.
No person shall discharge to any watercourse within the Township,
or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Township, any sewage
or other polluted waters or industrial waste, except as hereinafter
provided.
C.
No person shall discharge into a storm sewer any sewage or unauthorized
industrial waste.
D.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall construct or maintain
any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended
or used for the disposal of sewage.
E.
The owner of any premises in the Township in which human beings live,
are housed, employed or gathered, within 150 feet from the sewage
system, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet
facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with such
sanitary sewerage system in accordance with the provisions of this
Part 2, within 60 days after the date of official notice to do so.
If any owner, after notice as provided herein, refuses or neglects
to connect such premises with the sewerage system, the Township shall
cause the connection to be made at the owner's expense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
F.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, the building sewer
shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system to comply with
all applicable Township and state regulations.
G.
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into,
use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without
first obtaining a written permit from the approving authority.
H.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
improved property.
I.
Where existing building sewers connected to a public sanitary sewer
or public storm sewer are to be abandoned by reason of demolition
of buildings and structures or for any other reason, they shall be
disconnected and permanently sealed at the curbline or at the public
sewer as directed by the approving authority. Existing public sewers
may be used in connecting with new buildings only when they are found,
after examination and testing by the Township, to meet all requirements
of this Part 2.
J.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a building
sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
joining, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to those
applicable rules and regulations of the Township and/or state. In
the absence of the Code provisions or in amplification thereof, the
materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of
the ASTM and WPCF Manuals of Practice shall apply.
K.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at a depth below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any
building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer,
sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved
means conforming to Township regulations and discharged to the building
sewer. Exceptions to this requirement shall be requested in writing
and approved by the Township.
L.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains or other sources of drain which in turn is
connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
M.
The connection of the building drain to the building sewer, or of
the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to those applicable
rules and regulations of the Township or the procedure set forth in
appropriate specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manuals of Practice.
All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight and shall
be made except in the presence of and under the supervision of the
Township. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved in writing by the approving authority before installation.
N.
When a public sewer becomes accessible, the use of cesspools, sinks,
wells, privy vaults, septic tanks or other private sewage disposal
system shall cease and their use for the disposal of sewage shall
be abandoned. They shall be cleaned, filled up with approved material
and closed; provided, however, that 90 days official notice to discontinue
the use thereof shall first have been given. However, if any cesspool,
sink, well, privy vault, septic tank or other private sewage disposal
system shall be declared a health hazard by the Township, the use
thereof shall cease immediately and it shall be cleaned, filled up
and closed immediately. If any owner or user, after notice as provided
herein, refuses or neglects to discontinue the use of cesspools, sinks,
wells privy vaults or other private sewage disposal system and to
clean, fill up and close the same, the Township shall cause the same
to be cleaned, filled up and closed at the owner's expense.
O.
The owner of any improved property shall maintain and repair the
building drain and lateral at his own expense and shall remove all
trees, tree roots and other obstructions to the building drain and
lateral. Where such maintenance or repairs are neglected by the owner,
the Township may, 10 days after mailing written notice to the owner,
make or cause to be made such maintenance or repairs as may be necessary
and charge the owner of such improved property for the cost thereof.
A.
All sewage and authorized industrial waste may be discharged to the
sanitary sewerage system except those which are deemed harmful to
the system or are specifically prohibited by this Part 2.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface water, drainage,
uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters
to any sanitary sewer. Where existing surface water or roof drains
are connected to the sanitary sewerage system, they shall be removed
within six months of receipt of a notice from the Township to remove
such connection. In the event such connection is not removed, the
Township shall cause such connection to be removed at the owner's
expense.
C.
Except as otherwise provided in this Part 2, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged into the sanitary sewerage system any sewage,
industrial waste, or other matter of substance:
(1)
Having a temperature higher than 150° F. or less than 32°
F.;
(2)
Containing more than 100 mg/L of fat, oil or grease;
(3)
Containing any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, paint products,
acid or other inflammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases;
(5)
Containing, but not limited to, any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shavings, metals, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole
blood, paunch manure, bentonite, lye, building materials, rubber,
hair, bones, leather, porcelain, china, ceramic wastes or other solid
or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction or other interference
with the operation of the sewerage system;
(6)
Having a pH, stabilized, lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0 or having
any other corrosive or scale forming property capable of causing damage
or hazard to structures, equipment, bacterial action or personnel
engaged on the sewerage facility;
(7)
Containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity
to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, to constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, or to create any hazard in the receiving
waters of the sewage treatment plant;
(8)
Containing total solids greater than 2,000 ppm or of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such materials in the sewerage facility;
(9)
Containing noxious or malodorous gas or substance which creates a
public nuisance;
(10)
Containing dye from any source that will not have an effluent
the equivalent of that produced by alum coagulation and chlorination
to remove suspended or colloidal matter and bleach the dissolved dyes;
(11)
Containing radioactive substances and/or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits in compliance with applicable
state or federal regulations;
(12)
Having a chlorine demand in excess of 12 mg/L;
(13)
Prohibited by any permit issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
(14)
Containing wastes which are not amenable to biological treatment
or reduction in existing treatment facilities, specifically nonbiodegradeable
complex carbon compounds;
(15)
Containing concentrations of anions, cations and other various
objectionable substances that would make the Township responsible
for discharging such substances in excess of that amount permitted
in the allocated portion of the critical flow of the receiving stream.
The maximum allowable concentrations permitted to be discharged from
the wastewater treatment plant shall be as follows:
|
Substance
|
Maximum Concentrate
(mg/L)
|
|---|---|
|
Arsenic
|
0.01
|
|
Barium
|
1.0
|
|
Berylium (as Be)
|
1.0
|
|
Cadmium (as Cd)
|
0.01
|
|
Chromium (trivalent)
|
0.5
|
|
Chromium (hexavalent)
|
0.30
|
|
Color (platinum cobalt standard)
|
100
|
|
Copper (as Cu)
|
0.1
|
|
Cyanides
|
None
|
|
Fluoride
|
2.0
|
|
Iron
|
4.0
|
|
Lead
|
0.05
|
|
Mercury
|
None
|
|
Nickel (as Ni)
|
2.5
|
|
Phenol
|
0.005
|
|
Phosphorus
|
10.0
|
|
Selenium
|
0.01
|
|
Silver
|
0.05
|
|
Tin
|
1.0
|
|
Zinc (as Zn)
|
0.3
|
D.
Waste flows.
(1)
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged
to the sewerage system, which waters contain the substances or possess
the characteristics enumerated in this section and which in the judgment
of the approving 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 approving
authority may upon giving official notice to the discharger:
(2)
If the approving 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 acceptance of the approving authority
and also subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances,
laws and regulations. Except where expressly authorized by an applicable
federal categorical pretreatment standard, no person shall ever increase
the use of process water or, in any other way, attempt to dilute a
discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment
to achieve compliance with a categorical pretreatment standard.
E.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
any special agreement or arrangement between the Township and any
person whereby industrial waste of unusual strength of character may
be admitted into the sewerage system by the Township subject to payment
of a surcharge therefor by such person or by proper and continuous
pretreatment prior to discharge into the sewerage system; however,
no such special agreement or arrangement shall permit violation of
federal pretreatment requirements.
F.
Industrial waste in any of the following categories shall not be
discharged into the sewerage system:
(1)
Industrial waste having BOD greater than 300 mg/L, unless permitted by a surcharge agreement as provided in Subsection E hereof.
(2)
Industrial waste having a content of suspended solids greater than 360 mg/L unless permitted by a surcharge agreement as provided in Subsection E hereof.
(3)
Industrial waste slugs having an average daily flow greater than
5% of the average daily sewage flow at the sewage treatment plants
of the sewerage system or which cause interference with the operation
of the treatment plant.
G.
Whenever the approving authority shall deem it necessary for the
protection and safe, economical and efficient management of the sewerage
facility the owner of an improved property shall provide at the owner's
expense such facilities for preliminary treatment and processing of
industrial waste as may be necessary to:
H.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors or traps shall be provided where,
in the opinion of the approving authority, they are necessary for
the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients.
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity acceptable to the
approving authority, and shall be located as to be readily and easily
accessible for cleaning and inspection.
I.
The use of mechanical garbage grinders producing a finely divided
mass, properly divided mass, properly flushed with an ample amount
of water, shall be permitted upon the condition that no such mechanical
garbage grinder to serve premises used for commercial purposes shall
be installed until a permit for such installation has been obtained
from the Township, upon written application therefor. For such permit,
the owner or owners thereof shall pay such fee as shall be required
by the Township.
J.
Any industrial user responsible for an accidental discharge shall
immediately notify both the Township and the city of such discharge.
K.
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,
and shall be accessible to the Township for inspection and testing.
L.
The categorical pretreatment standards promulgated by the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated by the authority of the Clean
Water Act Sections 307(b) and (c)[3] are automatically incorporated by reference into this
Part 2. These standards supersede any discharge limits in this Part
2 which are less stringent than the categorical standards as they
apply to the particular industrial subcategory. The Township reserves
the right to establish more stringent limitations or requirements
on discharges into the sanitary sewer system than the limitations
or requirements in federal categorical pretreatment standards and/or
state regulations, which includes the authority to impose mass discharge
limits in lieu of, or in conjunction with, concentration discharge
limits.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1317(b) and (c).
M.
Any industrial user shall indemnify the City of Allentown Sewer Fund
for all damages, fines, and costs incurred by the city as a result
of industrial water discharge from that user. The industrial user
shall be required to reimburse the Sewer Fund for fines or costs stemming
from injury to personnel of the Township, city or any municipal authority
involved with provision of wastewater services to said industrial
user, damages to sewer facilities, disruption of treatment processes
or operations, degradation of sludge quality, NPDES permit violations,
and other air, water and sludge violations attributable to an identifiable
user. The Township and the city shall jointly attempt with all due
diligence to collect such damages, fines and costs from the violating
user.
A.
Prior to installing a private sewage disposal facility, or prior
to making a residential or commercial connection to the sewerage system,
or prior to making a new connection to the sewerage or to a storm
sewer system for discharge of industrial waste, the owner of the improved
property where such installation or connection is proposed to be made
shall apply to the Township in writing for a permit for such installation
or connection.
B.
Such applications for installation or connections shall be made on
connection permit application forms furnished by the Township. Industrial
waste connection permit applications shall contain all pertinent data
including but not limited to estimated quantity of flow, character
of waste, maximum rate of discharge and proposed pretreatment facilities.
C.
Permit classes.
(2)
In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on
a special form furnished by the Township. The connection permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the approving authority. A
connection permit and inspection fee as set by resolution by the Board
of Supervisors for each class of building sewer connection permit
shall be paid to the Township at the time the application is filed.
Fees and sidewalk and street cuts will remain in force, and shall
be paid in addition to the building sewer permit.
D.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the Township from any loss or damage that may directly or
indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
E.
The applicant for the building sewer connection permit shall notify
the Township Zoning Officer when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer or the building drain is ready
for inspection and connection to the building sewer. The connection
shall be made under the supervision of the Township Zoning Officer
or his representative, who shall be notified 24 hours before time
for backfilling.
A.
Prior to discharging any industrial waste to the sewer system or
to a storm sewer, or prior to continuing the discharge of any industrial
waste to the sewerage system or to a storm sewer, the owner of the
source from which such discharge is proposed to be made shall apply
to the Township in writing for a permit to make such discharge. Duplicate
copies of all applications shall be given to the city. The application
must be reviewed within 60 days of submission of a complete application
and approved jointly by the Township and city to insure that any increased
burden placed upon the wastewater treatment system can be met. After
the discharge of industrial waste into the sewerage system shall be
in violation of this Part 2 unless the owner of the property which
is the source of such discharge has obtained a permit.
B.
Such application shall be made on discharge permit application forms
furnished by the Township, which forms shall contain all pertinent
data including but not limited to estimated quantity of flow, character
of waste, maximum rate of discharge and proposed pretreatment facilities,
together with any plans specifications or other information considered
pertinent in the judgment of the approving authority. In the case
of application to continue the discharge of any industrial waste to
the sewerage system or to a storm sewer, such other information shall
include a certified laboratory analysis of the waste.
C.
Industrial waste discharge permits shall be issued for three years.
Any owner of an improved property who is discharging industrial waste
into the sewerage system or to a storm sewer and who contemplates
a change in the method of operation which will alter the type of industrial
waste then being discharged into the sewerage system or to a storm
sewer shall apply for a new industrial waste discharge permit at least
30 days prior to such change.
D.
In the case of discharge of an approved industrial waste to a storm
sewer, no discharge permit shall be imposed if a regulatory agency
other than the city (i.e., state or federal government level) assumes
responsibility for all monitoring required.
E.
In the case of complete separation of domestic sewage from industrial
wastes within an establishment, with the domestic wastes only discharged
into the sanitary sewer, no discharge permit fee shall be imposed
on that portion of the wastes going to the sanitary sewer.
F.
Industrial waste discharge permits shall be expressly subject to
all provisions of this Part 2 and all other regulations, user charges
and fees established by the Township. Permits may contain the following:
(1)
The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater
to be discharged into the sewer system.
(2)
The average maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics.
(3)
Limits on rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulation
and equalization.
(4)
Requirements for installation of sampling facilities.
(5)
Pretreatment requirements, including the installation of pretreatment
facilities.
(6)
Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling
locations, sample frequency, sampling method, analysis method and
schedules for reporting analysis results.
(7)
Requirements for maintaining records relating to discharge of waste.
(8)
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the Township to insure
compliance with this Part 2.
G.
Within nine months of the promulgation of a federal categorical pretreatment
standard, the Township will revise the industrial waste discharge
permit of users subject to that standard to require compliance with
such standard within the prescribed time frame. When necessary, the
revised permit may contain a time schedule with the increments of
progress leading to compliance.
H.
Industrial waste discharge permits are issued to a specific user
for a specific operation. A wastewater discharge permit shall not
be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different
premises, or a new or changed operation without the written approval
of the Township. Any succeeding owner or user shall also comply with
the terms and conditions of the existing permit.
A.
When required by the Township or its authority, the owner of any
improved property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial
waste shall install at his expense a suitable control manhole, and/or
other monitoring facilities, together with such necessary meters and
other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of the waste. Such manhole, when required,
shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the approving
municipality, shall be safely located and shall be readily and easily
accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this Part 2 shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination
of Water and Waste Water," published by the American Public Health
Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided,
or upon suitable samples taken at such 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. Sampling shall
be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect
of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence
of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular analyses involved
will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls
of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples be
taken.
C.
The owner of any improved property connected to the sewerage system
shall provide the Township and its representatives and agents the
opportunity of access at any time to any part of any improved property
served by the sewerage system as shall be required for purposes of
inspection, measurement, sampling and testing and for performance
of other functions relating to service rendered by the Township in
regard to the sewerage system.
D.
The foregoing provisions and requirements for sampling, flow measurement,
testing, and inspection shall apply to discharges to both sanitary
sewers and storm sewers.
Industrial users subject to federal categorical pretreatment
standards will comply with all reporting requirements enumerated in
40 CFR 403.12. These include, at a minimum, the following:
A.
Submission of a baseline monitoring report within 180 days of promulgation
of a categorical standard containing identifying information, permit
information, a description of operations, flow data, an analysis of
regulated pollutants, a certified statement of pretreatment compliance
status, and where necessary, the shortest possible schedule for compliance
with a pretreatment standard.
B.
Submission of a compliance data report within 90 days of the date
for final compliance with a categorical standard indicating the nature,
concentration and flows of regulated pollutants in user discharges.
C.
Submission of periodic compliance reports at least twice annually,
at times designated by the approving authority, indicating the nature,
concentration and flows of regulated pollutants.
Information and data on an industrial user obtained from questionnaires,
permit applications, monitoring reports, and inspections shall be
available to the public without restriction unless the user specifically
requests and is able to demonstrate to the Township's satisfaction
that the release of such information will divulge information, processes,
or methods of production protected as the user's trade secrets. Effluent
data on wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized
as confidential information.
A.
Any tank truck or any equipment used or intended to be used for the
removal, transportation and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes
shall conform to the following requirements:
(1)
The container shall be watertight.
(2)
Tanks, containers or other equipment shall be so constructed that
every portion of the interior and exterior can be easily cleaned and
shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
(3)
Piping, valves and permanent or flexible connections shall be accessible
and easily disconnected for cleaning purposes.
(4)
The inlet opening, or opening to every container, shall be so constructed
that the material will not spill outside during filling, transfer
or transport.
(5)
The outlet connections shall be so constructed that no material will
leak out, run out to other than the point of discharge, and shall
be of a design and type suitable for the material handled and capable
of controlling the flow or discharge without spillage, undue spray
or flooding immediately surroundings while in use.
(6)
No connection shall be made at any time between a tap or outlet furnishing
potable water on any premises and any container or equipment holding
materials by any means other than an open connection.
B.
No sewage and/or industrial waste shall be discharged by any person
or persons into the municipal sewer system as it is located within
the Township.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
This Part 2 shall become effective 20 days after final passage
(October 3, 1985); provided, however that enforcement of this Part
2 may be determined by the Township on the basis of the complexity
of pretreatment required for industrial waste, but all plans and specifications
for pretreatment of industrial waste shall be submitted to and approved
by the approving authority and implemented not later than one year
after the date of notice of noncompliance.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Discharge of any and all wastewater flows to the Township sanitary
sewer system is contingent on the payment of all Lehigh County Authority
(LCA) and Township fees. Township fees are established by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors as part of the yearly fee schedule. LCA's
fees are set by the LCA Board. The purpose of this limitation on the
admission of sewage into the Township system is to fulfill federal
requirements and grant conditions associated with the federal funding
of wastewater system improvements.
A.
Permit revocation. Any person who violates the following conditions
of this Part 2 or applicable state or federal regulations is subject
to having its permit revoked:
(1)
Failure to accurately report the wastewater characteristics and constituents
of its discharge.
(2)
Failure to report significant changes in operation or in waste constituents
and characteristics.
(3)
Refusal of reasonable access to its premises for inspection and monitoring.
(4)
Violation of permit conditions.
B.
Legal action. If any user discharges sewage industrial wastes or
other wastes into the Township's sewerage system contrary to the provisions
of this Part 2, federal or state pretreatment requirements, or any
order of the Township, the Township Solicitor may commence an action
for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief in the Common Pleas
Court of Lehigh County.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
Violations and penalties. Any person who violates or permits a violation of this Part 2 shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this Part 2 that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
D.
This Part 2 and the foregoing penalties shall not be construed to
limit or deny the right of the Township or any person to such equitable
or other remedies as may otherwise be available, with or without process
of law, including payment of damages to the Township by any person
causing damage or injury to the sewerage system.
