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No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any industrial wastes without prior application for and receipt of a written permit from this Township, which approval of said permit may be approved or denied at the sole discretion of the Township.
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The economy and desirability of the combined treatment of wastes from domestic and non-domestic users is recognized. However, not all types of non-domestic wastes can be so treated. Hence it shall be the established policy of the Township to accept the aforesaid types of wastes and quantities thereof that are not harmful or damaging to the structures, processes or operation of the treating POTW or are not specifically prohibited by this part. It is also recognized that to provide this service, additional expenditures are required. These expenditures must be borne by those persons receiving the benefits.
Any person desiring to make or use a connection through which industrial wastes shall be discharged into the sewer system shall file with this Township a completed "Industrial Questionnaire," furnished by this Township, which shall supply pertinent data, including estimated quantity of flow, characteristics and constituents of the proposed discharge. The cost of obtaining all such data shall be borne by the person desiring to make or use the connection to the sewer system.
Ten days prior to the first day of March, June, September and December of each year, each significant user of industrial wastes shall file with this Township a report on the quality and quantity of their discharge. The report forms shall be supplied by this Township and shall be similar to EPA 7550-22, page IV-1. Significant users shall consist of those whose total discharge exceeds 15,000 gallons per day and/or a peak flow rate in excess of 30,000 gallons per day for any 10 minute period, as determined or reasonably estimated by this Township, or have in their waste a toxic pollutant or, in the judgment of this Township, would have a significant impact on the sewer system or the quality of its effluent.
All measurements, tests and analysis of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater," jointly published by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and Water Pollution Control Federation and shall be determined by or under the direct supervision of a qualified analyst at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at the 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, at the expense of the owner of the improved property, by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewer system 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 premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples must be taken.)
Any industrial establishment discharging domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system and contemplating a change in the method of operation which will alter the characteristics and/or volume of such wastes being discharged shall notify this Township, in writing, at least 10 days prior to institution of such charge.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided by the owner of any industrial, commercial or institutional establishment, at his or its sole cost, when required by this Township, for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing excessive grease, inflammable wastes, sand or other harmful substances. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by this Township and constructed or installed at a satisfactory location in accordance with plans approved by this Township prior to installation or commencement of construction. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to properly clean or have the same cleaned and maintain such interceptors. Users with the potential to discharge flammable substances may be required to install and maintain an approved combustible gas detection meter. The Township's objective in setting the limits is to restrict industrial waste discharges of the above-described concentrations which will not harm either the sewer system or the treatment plant, will not have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or will not otherwise endanger lives, limb or public property or constitute a nuisance. The Township may set lower or higher limitations in specific cases if, in the opinion of the Township, said actions will be consistent with the above-stated objectives. In the setting of such lower or higher limitations, the Township will give consideration to such factors as the volume of wastewater flow in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, degrees of treatability of the waste and other pertinent factors. The Township reserves the right to reevaluate and revise the limitations as needed. The more stringent of EPA or Commonwealth requirements and limitations shall apply in any case where either is more stringent than those presently in force. An industrial user classified as a categorical industrial user shall be required to meet the EPA Categorical Standards, if such standards are more stringent than the local discharge limitations.
The use of mechanical garbage grinders in an industrial establishment or a commercial establishment shall not be permitted without prior approval from this Township, which approval shall be granted or denied at the Township's sole discretion.
This Township may require industrial establishments having large variations in rates of waste discharge to install suitable regulating devices for equalizing waste flows to the sewer system.
Any person who shall discharge industrial wastes into the sewer system, when required by the Township, shall construct and thereafter shall properly maintain, at his own expense, a suitable control manhole and other devices as may be approved by the Township to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling by the Township of industrial wastes discharged to the sewer system. Any such control manhole, when required by the Township, shall be constructed at an accessible, safe, suitable and satisfactory location in accordance with plans approved by this Township prior to commencement of construction. There shall be ample room in the monitoring manhole to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the owner at his expense. The Township and its duly authorized representatives shall be permitted to enter upon all properties at all times for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing.
Whenever necessary, in the opinion of the Township, the owner of an improved property shall provide, at his expense, such facilities for pretreatment and handling of industrial wastes as may be necessary to:
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Reduce BOD5 to 230 mg/l, suspended solids to 210 mg/l, total phosphorus to 10 ppm and/or ammonia nitrogen to 25 ppm.
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Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to come within the maximum limits permitted in this part.
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Control the quantities and rates of discharge over a twenty-four-hour day and seven days a week.
The categorical pretreatment standards found at 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471 are hereby incorporated.
A. 
The categorical pretreatment standard is expressed only in terms of either the mass or the concentration of a pollutant in wastewater. The Township may impose equivalent concentration or mass limits in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(c).
B. 
When wastewater subject to a categorical pretreatment standard is mixed with wastewater not regulated by the same standard, the Township shall impose an alternate limit using the combined waste stream formula in 40 CFR 403.6(c).
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A user may obtain a variance from a categorical pretreatment standard if the user can prove, pursuant to the procedural and substantive provisions in 40 CFR 403.13, that factors relating to its discharge are fundamentally different from the factors considered by EPA when developing the categorical pretreatment standard.
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A user may obtain a net gross adjustment to a categorical standard in accordance with 40 CFR 403.15.
Upon the promulgation of the Federal categorical pretreatment standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the Federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this part for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this part.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed facilities for pretreatment and handling of industrial wastes shall be submitted for approval to the Township and no construction of any such facility shall be commenced until approval thereof first shall have been obtained in writing, from the Township, and until approval thereof first shall have been obtained from any governmental regulatory body having jurisdiction. Such approvals shall not relieve the discharger from meeting any of the limitations of this part, or Commonwealth, Federal or agency regulations.
Whenever facilities for pretreatment and handling of industrial wastes shall have been provided by the owner of such improved property, such facilities shall be continuously maintained in satisfactory operating condition at the expense of such owner, and the Township shall have access to such facilities at all times for purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing.
All industrial users shall notify the Township at least 30 days in advance, in writing, of any substantial change in the listed or characteristic hazardous wastes for which the industrial user has submitted initial notification under this section and/or as required by 40 CFR 403.12(p).
The Township reserves the right to refuse permission to connect to the sewer system, to deny and revoke permits, to compel discontinuance of use of the sewer system or to compel pretreatment of industrial wastes in order to prevent discharges deemed harmful to or having a deleterious effect upon any portion of the sewer system or receiving system.
Within 90 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, existing industrial users subject to such categorical pretreatment standard shall submit a baseline monitoring report in conformance with 40 CFR 403.12(b), compliance schedule progress reports in conformance with 40 CFR 403.12(c) and the ninety-day compliance report in conformance with 40 CFR 403.12(d).
The Township reserves the right to require any nonresidential user to periodically submit self-monitoring reports in accordance with that user's permit. All significant industrial users must submit self-monitoring reports in accordance with 40 CFR 403.12(e) or 40 CFR 403.12(h) and/or as specified in the industrial waste permit. If a user monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the permit, using the procedures prescribed in the permit, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the self-monitoring report.
If sampling performed by a user indicates a violation, the user must notify the Township within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Township within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation. The user is not required to resample if the Township monitors at the user's facility at least once per month, or if the Township samples between the user's initial sampling and when the user receives the results of this sampling.
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All reports submitted pursuant to this part, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standards, significant industrial user reports and periodic reports on continued compliance, shall include the certification statement set forth in 40 CFR 403.6(a)(2)(ii).
B. 
All significant industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment standards shall include in any report submitted pursuant to these standards, rules and regulations, any applicable certifications as required in the categorical pretreatment standards.
Baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standards, significant industrial user reports and periodic reports on continued compliance shall be signed as specified in 40 CFR 403.12(1).
A. 
All users subject to the reporting requirement established herein or in the national pretreatment standards shall maintain records of all information resulting from any required monitoring activities. Such records shall include for all samples:
(1) 
The date, exact place, method and time of sampling and the name(s) of the person(s) taking the samples.
(2) 
The dates analyses were performed.
(3) 
The identity of a laboratory and/or persons who performed the analysis.
(4) 
The analytical techniques/methods used.
(5) 
The results of such analyses.
B. 
Records required to be maintained in this section shall be retained for a minimum of three years. This period of retention shall be extended during the course of any unresolved litigation regarding the user or the Township or when requested by the Township, the DEP or the EPA.
C. 
Records required to be maintained by the user shall be made available for inspection and copying by the Township, the DEP and the EPA.
A. 
The Township shall have the right of access at all times to any part of any improved property served by the sewer system and shall be required for purposes of inspection, measurement, sampling and testing and for performance of other functions relating to service rendered by the Township through the sewer system.
B. 
The Township shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into their premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with their security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the Township will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.
C. 
Information and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits and monitoring programs and from inspection shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the user specifically requests in writing at the time of the application for permit and the user is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Township that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the user.