[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Upper Providence as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-5-1988 by Ord. No. 282 (Ch. 103 of the 1990 Code)]
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
ABATE
The cleanup or removal of deposited hazardous substances, including such actions as may be necessary to monitor, assess and evaluate the potential threat of hazardous substance to the public health, safety and welfare, actions to prevent, minimize and mitigate damage to the public health and the disposal of removed materials.
DEPOSIT
Any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
Includes all the substances listed as hazardous substances by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the various regulations in place at the time of the adoption of this article and as amended.
[Amended 6-2-2008 by Ord. No. 490; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
PERSON
An individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture or other private or commercial entity.
The existence of hazardous substances deposited negligently or intentionally upon public roadways, public lands or private property within the Township shall be deemed a public nuisance and shall be abated immediately by the person responsible for such deposit of hazardous substances.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township, by its employees or agents, shall serve notice upon the person responsible for the public nuisance. The notice shall sufficiently describe the condition complained of and shall require the nuisance to be abated within 10 days of the mailing of the notice.
Should any person responsible for a public nuisance as described herein fail, neglect or refuse to abate such condition to the satisfaction of the Board of Supervisors or if the Board of Supervisors shall determine that the nature of the hazardous substance negligently or intentionally deposited is of such nature as to pose an immediate threat to the public health, safety and welfare, the Township shall act to abate said public nuisance, and any cost of abatement by the Township shall be paid by the person who negligently or intentionally deposited the hazardous substance.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article or who should fail to comply with any notice of violation described herein 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 article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.