The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the regulation,
inspection and maintenance of oil and grease interceptor systems;
to allow Township intervention in situations which may constitute
a nuisance or hazard to the public health, safety and welfare; to
allow Township inspection of records and devices for the removal of
FOGs from the public sewer collection system and POTW; and to establish
penalties and appeal procedures necessary for the proper enforcement
of this program.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words shall have the
meanings assigned to them, as follows:
AUTHORIZED AGENT
An employee of Upper Providence Township or consultant who
is authorized to function as an agent of the Board of Supervisors
to administer or enforce the provisions of this chapter.
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors, Upper Providence Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
FATS, OILS AND GREASES (FOG)
Organic compounds derived from animal and/or vegetable sources
that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances
are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established
in 40 CFR 136, as may be amended from time to time. All are sometimes
referred to herein as "grease" or "greases."
MCHD
The Montgomery County Health Department.
OIL AND GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single
property and intended for the collecting and holding of waste oil
and grease to include gravity and hydromechanical grease interceptors
and any other devices approved by the authorized agent for the removal
of FOGs from the collection system and POTW.
PADEP
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company or any other legal entity.
POTW
Publically owned treatment works.
TOWNSHIP
Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Grease removed from oil and grease interceptors located in the
Township shall be disposed of in accordance with the requirements
of the Solid Waste Management Act and all applicable rules and regulations, and shall be
disposed of only at sites or facilities approved by PADEP. It shall
be the responsibility of the person responsible for the oil and grease
interceptor to verify that the pumper/hauler is disposing of grease
in the appropriate manner.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
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 chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.