[Adopted 6-4-2004]
Unless the context specifically and clearly
indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this
article shall be as follows:
Ammonia nitrogen as determined pursuant to the procedure
set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, published by American Public Health Association,
Inc.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm by weight, utilized
in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure for five days at 20º C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be that found in the latest edition of Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater published by the American
Public Health Association, Inc.
The extension from the sewage drainage system of any improved
property to the lateral serving such improved property.
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure, or group
thereof, connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and
used or intended for use in the operation of a business enterprise
for the sale and distribution of any product, commodity, article or
service, which maintains separate toilet, sink or other plumbing facilities
in the room or group of rooms utilized for such business enterprise.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The ordinance enacted by this Township requiring all owners
of any improved property located in the Township, which is adjoining
and adjacent to a sewer, to connect to such sewer and use the same
in such manner as this Township may ordain.[1]
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged
from any improved property.
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer, apartment, condominium,
cooperative or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly,
to the sewer system and occupied or intended for occupancy as living
quarters by an individual, a single family or other discrete group
of persons, excluding institutional dormitories.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected,
directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for
use, in whole or in part, for educational purposes, including both
public and private schools or colleges.
The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States
of America.
The unit of measure by which the user charge and the tapping
fee shall be imposed upon each improved property, as determined in
this article or in any subsequent resolution of the Township, which
shall be deemed to constitute the estimated, equivalent amount of
domestic sanitary sewage discharged by a single-family dwelling unit.
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure domestic sanitary sewage and/or
industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged, and is subject to
the Connection Ordinance.
Any improved property used or intended for use, wholly or
in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or
assembling of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved
property from which wastes, in addition to or other than domestic
sanitary sewage, shall or may be discharged.
Any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment,
and/or any wastewater having characteristics which may have the potential
to be detrimental to the treatment plant, other than domestic sanitary
sewage.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected,
directly or indirectly, to the sewer system, including institutional
dormitories and educational establishments, which do not constitute
a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
A person whose metered or estimated consumption of water
is in excess of 17,000 gallons per calendar quarter in the case of
a dwelling unit, or any commercial establishment, educational establishment,
institutional establishment or industrial establishment, regardless
of water consumption or volume of domestic sanitary sewage or industrial
wastes discharged.
That part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the
curbline, or if there is no curbline, to the property line, or if
no such extension is provided, then "lateral" shall mean that portion
of, or place in, a sewer that is provided for connection of any building
sewer.
Any improved property upon which there shall exist any combination
of a dwelling unit, commercial establishment, industrial establishment,
educational establishment or institutional establishment.
Any person vested with title, legal or equitable, sole or
partial, of any improved property.
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity, including municipalities,
municipality authorities, school districts and other units of government.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, indicating the degree
of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
Parts per million parts water, by weight.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
used or usable for collection of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes.
All facilities, at any particular time, acquired, constructed,
operated and/or leased by the Township for collecting, pumping, transporting,
treating and/or disposing of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes discharged by an improved property within this Township.
Includes any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley,
public way or public square, including such streets as are dedicated
to public use, and such streets as are owned by private persons.
A fee against the owner of any improved property in the area
served by the sewer system which actually connects or is required
to be connected pursuant to the Connection Ordinance then in effect
requiring such connection or which otherwise connects to the sewer
system.
Total phosphorus as determined pursuant to the procedure
set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater published by the American Public Health Association,
Inc.
Solids determined by evaporating at 100º C a mixed sample
of wastewater as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater published by the American Public Health Association,
Inc. Total solids include floating solids, suspended solids, settleable
solids and dissolved solids, as defined in general below and by standard
methods:
SUSPENDED SOLIDSSolids determined by standard laboratory procedure in the waste.
SETTLEABLE SOLIDSSolids that settle in an imhoff cone from a standard sample of waste.
DISSOLVED SOLIDSSolids that are dissolved in the waste and cannot be removed by filtration but can be determined by evaporation.
The Township of Kidder, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, a political
subdivision of the Commonwealth, acting by and through its Board of
Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized
representatives.
The sewage treatment and disposal system facilities acquired
and owned by the Township, together with all appurtenant facilities
and properties, and together with any additions, improvements, enlargements
and/or modifications thereto from time to time acquired or constructed.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the sewer system or the treatment plant from an
improved property.
The quarterly rental or charge imposed by the Township hereunder,
as amended from time to time, against the owner of each improved property,
for the use or availability of use of the sewer system.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. VII, Sewer Connections.
A.
No person shall connect any improved property with
any part of the sewer system without first making application for
and securing a connection permit, in writing, from the Township, as
provided for in the Connection Ordinance. Such application shall be
made on a form to be provided by the Township.
B.
A tapping fee is hereby imposed against the owner
of any improved property to be served by the sewer system which actually
connects or is required to be connected pursuant to the Connection
Ordinance then in effect requiring such connection.
C.
The tapping fee payable by the owner of an improved
property shall be the product of the number of equivalent dwelling
units (EDU's) constituting such improved property times $3,500, subject
to a discount of $2,000 per EDU for any tapping fee that is required
to be paid, and is paid in full, prior to January 1, 2005. In the
event an improved property, or use the thereof (including number of
occupants), changes in a manner that causes the number of EDU's applicable
to such improved property calculated hereunder to increase, an additional
tapping fee based on the amount per EDU established by the Township
as of the date of such change times the number of such additional
EDU's, shall be immediately due and payable.
D.
The tapping fee shall be due and payable the earlier of: (1) the time application is made to the Township to make connection to the sewer system, as provided in Subsection A hereof, or, if applicable, the date when the Township shall connect any such improved property to the sewer system, at the costs and expense of the owner, when such owner shall have failed to make such connection as required by the Connection Ordinance in effect requiring such connection, or (2) in the case of improved properties required to be connected following initial construction of the sewer system, the date which is 60 days after the date of issuance by the Township of a written notice to connect. Owners of an improved property which is attributed an additional number of equivalent dwelling units as defined by the Township rate structure herein shall pay a corresponding additional tapping fee at the time of being attributed with the new EDU computation.
F.
All tapping fees shall be payable to the Treasurer
of the Township or to such other officer or representative of the
Township as shall be authorized, from time to time, by the Township,
to accept payment thereof.
G.
Payment of tapping fees imposed by the Township pursuant
to this article shall be enforced by the Township in any manner appropriate
under laws at the time in effect.
A.
A user charge is hereby imposed upon the owner of
each improved property which is or shall be connected to the sewer
system, for use of the sewer system, whether such use is direct or
indirect, and for services rendered by the Township in connection
therewith, and shall be payable as provided herein. At the discretion
of the Township, such user charge may be imposed upon the owner of
an improved property who fails or refuses improperly to connect such
improved property to the sewer system, as compensation for the availability
of service by the Township in connection with the sewer system.
B.
The user charge shall be payable by the owner of each
improved property commencing the earlier of: (1) the date of actual,
physical connection of an improved property to the sewer system, or
(2) 60 days from the date of issuance of the notice to connect described
in the Connection Ordinance; or such other date established by the
Township for commencement of the payment of the user charge.
C.
The user charge applicable to any improved property
constituting a dwelling unit or large consumer shall be calculated,
imposed and collected on the basis of the method provided in this
section.
(1)
Each improved property shall be charged a user charge
as a specific amount per equivalent dwelling unit applicable to such
improved property, as determined by the Township, from time to time.
The number of equivalent dwelling units applicable to each improved
property shall be determined as follows:
|
Description of
Improved Property
|
Unit of Measurement
|
Number of EDU's
Per Unit of
Measurement
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Residential dwelling unit (year-round or seasonal)
|
Each single-family dwelling unit
|
1
| |
|
Mobile (manufactured) home park
|
Per pad (whether or not occupied)
|
1
| |
|
Retail store, professional offices or other
commercial establishment
|
1 to 10 employees
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 10 employees or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Hotel, motel or boardinghouse (not including
restaurant facilities)
|
1 to 4 rental rooms
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 4 rooms or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Restaurant, club, tavern or other retail food
or drink establishment
[Amended 9-16-2004 by Res. No. 2004-012; 6-16-2005 by Ord. No. 119] |
1 to 15 inside customer seats
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 15 inside seats or fraction
thereof
|
1
| ||
|
1 to 60 outside customer seats
|
1
| ||
|
Each additional 60 outside seats or fraction
thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Beauty parlor or barber shop (whether or not
attached to or part of a dwelling unit)
|
First chair with sink
|
1
| |
|
Each additional chair with sink
|
1
| ||
|
Educational/institutional establishment
|
Per 10 pupils, faculty, administrators and staff
|
1
| |
|
Church
|
Each property
|
1
| |
|
Fire Company
|
Each property
|
1
| |
|
Community hall
|
Each property
|
1
| |
|
Laundromat
|
First 2 washing machines
|
1
| |
|
Each additional washing machine
|
1
| ||
|
Funeral home
|
Each property
|
2
| |
|
Industrial establishment
|
1 to 10 employees
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 10 employees or fraction thereof
|
1
| ||
|
Recreational campground
|
6 campers
|
1
|
(2)
The number of equivalent dwelling units applicable
to commercial establishments and industrial establishments shall be
computed on the basis of the average daily number of full- and part-time
employees [including the owner(s) or employer(s)] for the calendar
quarter following the date of the quarterly billing. The owners of
such facilities shall be responsible for advising the Township in
writing of the number of employees upon connection to the sewer system
and upon request of the Township. The number of equivalent dwelling
units applicable to educational and institutional establishments shall
be computed on the highest quarterly average daily attendance of occupants,
pupils, faculty, administrators and staff for the 12 months preceding
the date of the quarterly billing. The owners of such facilities shall
be responsible for advising the Township in writing of the number
of pupils, faculty, administrators and staff in attendance as an average
daily figure upon request of the Township. No tapping fees shall be
reimbursed by the Township for subsequent reductions in the number
of EDU's constituting a particular improved property.
(3)
If the use or classification of any improved property
changes within a billing period, the user charge for such billing
period may be prorated by the Township. The owner of the improved
property shall be responsible for advising the Township in writing
of any such change affecting the user charge payable hereunder. The
appropriate credit or additional charge shall appear on the statement
for the next succeeding billing period.
(4)
The quarterly flat rate user charge payable per equivalent
dwelling unit shall be $187.50, constituting a yearly flat rate user
charge of $750 per equivalent dwelling unit.
[1]
Editor's Note: This resolution provided for
an effective date of 1-1-2009.
(5)
User charges for any nonresidential improved property,
in the sole discretion of the Township, may be determined on a metered
rate basis calculated according to:
(a)
Metered volume of potable water usage by the
nonresidential improved property, adjusted, if appropriate, by the
Township, or
(b)
Actual metered volume of wastewater discharged
by the nonresidential improved property into the sewer system.
(c)
In either of the foregoing cases, such user
charges on a metered rate basis shall be computed on the basis of
one EDU per each 68,500 gallons or portion thereof of water consumed
or sewage discharged annually.
D.
In the case of a multiple-use improved property sharing a common connection to the sewer system or a common structure, each such classification of improved property shall pay a separate user charge, as though it was housed in a separate structure and had a direct and separate connection to the sewer system, computed in accordance with Subsection C.
E.
The owner of any improved property which shall discharge domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system in excess of a total flow of 187.5 gallons per day per equivalent dwelling unit with a peak flow rate in excess of 470 gallons per day for any ten-minute period, per equivalent dwelling unit calculated under Subsection C, as determined or reasonably estimated by the Township, shall pay a volume surcharge. The owner of any improved property which shall discharge domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes to the sewer system having a BOD greater than 300 ppm, or a suspended solids content greater than 300 ppm, or a dissolved solids content greater than 500 ppm, or a total solids content greater than 800 ppm, or a total phosphorus as P content greater than 10 ppm or an ammonia nitrogen as N content greater than 30 ppm, shall, in the discretion of the Township, pay a strength of waste surcharge in addition to applicable user charges. Surcharges shall be paid in addition to all user charges computed in accordance with provisions of this section and shall be computed on such basis, and payable at such times, as this Township may from time to time adopt, including provisions of any agreements to which this Township is a party governing the treatment of domestic sanitary sewage or industrial wastes. The strength of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes to be used for establishing the amount of surcharge shall be determined periodically at the discretion of the Township either: (1) by suitable sampling and analysis of such wastes for a consecutive three-day period during a time of normal plant operation; or (2) from estimates made by the Township; or (3) from known relationships of products produced to strengths of such wastes for those industries where such factors have been established. In establishing such waste strengths for surcharge purposes by analysis, analyses shall be made in accordance with procedures outlined in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
F.
The owner of any improved property discharging domestic
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system shall
furnish to the Township, including by way of the application for permit
described in the Connection Ordinance, all information deemed essential
or appropriate by the Township for the determination of all applicable
user charges and surcharges. The costs of obtaining such information
shall be borne by such owner of the improved property. In the event
of the failure of the owner to provide adequate information, the Township
shall estimate the applicable user charge and surcharges based upon
available information, until such time as adequate information is
received. There shall be no rebate of past payments if the owner's
refusal to provide such information results in overpayment.
G.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit
this Township from entering into separate or special agreements with
owners of improved property or other persons with respect to the user
charge or surcharge to be imposed in those cases where, due to special
or unusual circumstances, the user charge set forth herein shall be
deemed by this Township, in its sole discretion, to be inequitable,
or where it is in the best interests of this Township to do so.
H.
User charges shall be payable on a quarterly basis,
on the first day of each calendar quarter, and shall cover a billing
period consisting of the immediately preceding quarter. Owners of
improved property that shall be first connected to the sewer system
during any quarterly period shall pay a pro rata user charge for service
for the balance of the quarterly period.
I.
Payments of user charges and any applicable surcharges
shall be due and payable upon the applicable billing date, at the
office of the Township, in the appropriate amount, computed in accordance
with this article, which shall constitute the net bill. If any user
charge or any applicable surcharge is not paid within 30 calendar
days after the applicable billing date, an additional sum of 10% shall
be added to such net bill, which net bill, plus such additional sum,
shall constitute the gross bill. Payment made or mailed and postmarked
on or before the last day of such thirty-calendar-day period shall
constitute payment within such period. If the end of such thirty-calendar-day
period shall fall on a legal holiday or on a Sunday, then payment
made on or mailed and postmarked on the next succeeding business day
which is not a legal holiday shall constitute payment within such
period. Any and all payments received on account of delinquent accounts
shall be applied first to the oldest outstanding gross bill, including
any accumulated late fee.
J.
It shall be the responsibility of each owner of an
improved property to provide the Township with, and thereafter keep
the Township continuously advised of, the correct mailing address
of such owner. Failure of any owner to receive a bill for charges
due and payable shall not be considered an excuse for nonpayment,
nor shall such failure result in an extension of the period of time
during which the net bill shall be payable.
K.
No officer or employee of the Township is authorized
to reduce, vary or exempt charges imposed herein or other provisions
of this article without official action by the Board of Supervisors
of this Township. Every owner of improved property shall remain liable
for the payment of user charges and surcharges until the later of:
(1) the receipt by the Township of written notice by such owner that
the property has been sold, containing the correct name and mailing
address of the new owner, or (2) the date on which title to the improved
property is transferred to a new owner. Failure to provide notice
renders an owner continuously liable for any charges that may accrue
until such time as the Township has been properly notified of any
change in ownership as described above.
L.
Delinquent payments; sewer shutoff; notices; claims.
[Added 4-16-2009 by Ord. No. 141]
(1)
If the owner of an improved property served by the
sewer system neglects or fails to pay user charges for a period of
30 days from the due date, the Township may shut-off and cap the sewer
lateral servicing the property until all overdue user charges and
associated penalties and interest are paid. In no case shall the sewer
service to the improved property be shut off until the following notices
are sent:
(a)
A written notice 30 days before shutoff shall
be posted on the property and mailed to the person liable for payment
of the user charges and the owner of the improved property via certified
mail.
(b)
A second written notice 15 days before shutoff
shall be mailed to the person liable for payment of the user charges
and the owner of the improved property via regular mail.
(2)
If, during the thirty-day period, the person liable
for payment of the user charges delivers to the Township a written
statement under oath or affirmation averring that there is a just
defense to all or part of the claim and that the statement was not
executed for the purpose of delay, the Township shall not shut off
the sewer service until the claim has been judicially determined.
In the event that sewer service is terminated, service will be restored
only in the event that all delinquent user charges, penalties, interest,
attorneys' fees for collection, the Township's costs to terminate
the service, and the costs to reconnect the service are paid by the
owner.
A.
No person shall discharge or shall cause to be discharged
into the sewer system any stormwater, surface water, spring water,
groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, building foundation
drainage, cellar drainage or drainage from roof leader connections.
B.
Except as otherwise provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any matter or substance:
(1)
Having a temperature higher than 140º F or less
than 32º F;
(2)
Containing more than 50 mg/l of fat, oil or grease;
(3)
Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their
nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction
with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in
any other way to the treatment plant or to the operation of the treatment
plant, including, but not limited to, waste streams with a closed-cup
flashpoint of less than 140º F using methods in 40 CFR 261.21.
At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter,
at any point of discharge into the system (or at any point in the
system), be more than 5% nor any single reading over 10% of the lower
explosive limits (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include,
but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene,
xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates,
perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other
substances which the Township, the Commonwealth or EPA has notified
the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the sewer system;
(4)
Containing any solid wastes with particles greater
than 1/2 inch in any dimension, resulting from preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce,
which wastes commonly are known as “garbage,” which have
not been ground by household type garbage disposal units or other
suitable garbage grinders;
(5)
Containing any solids or viscous substances which
may cause obstruction to flow in the sewer system or other interference
with the proper operation of the treatment plant, such as but not
limited to: animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides
or fleshings, feathers, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders,
sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings,
grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, strings,
wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining
or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, glass grinding or polishing
wastes, dental floss, wool or other fibers;
(6)
Having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards
to structures or equipment of the sewer system or any sewer or to
any person engaged in operation and maintenance of the sewer system;
(7)
Containing toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient
quantity to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment process,
to constitute hazards to humans or animals or to create any hazards
in waters which shall receive treated effluent from the sewer system;
(8)
Containing dyes or other materials with objectionable
color, from any source that will result in a treatment plant effluent
exceeding limits in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
(9)
Any substance which may cause the treatment plant's
effluent or any other product of the treatment plant, such as residues,
sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to
interfere with the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance
discharged to the treatment plant cause the Township to be in noncompliance
with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting
sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or Commonwealth
criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used;
(10)
Containing radioactive substances and/or isotopes
of such half-life or concentration that will result in a treatment
plant effluent exceeding limits in compliance with applicable state
or federal regulations;
(11)
Having a chlorine demand in excess of 12 mg/l
at a detention time of 20 minutes;
(12)
Prohibited by any permit issued by the Commonwealth
or the EPA;
(13)
Containing wastes which are not amenable to
biological treatment or reduction in existing treatment facilities,
specifically nonbiodegradable complex carbon compounds;
(16)
Having a total phosphorus as P content greater than 10 ppm (except as authorized under § 142-89E);
(17)
Having an ammonia nitrogen as N content greater than 30 ppm (except as authorized under § 142-89E);
(18)
Having any waste containing toxic or poisonous
substances in excess of the following limits, measured at the point
of discharge to the sewer system:
|
Substance
|
Maximum Concentration
(ppm)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
|
0.05
| |
|
Cadmium (as Cd)
|
0.1
| |
|
Chromium (trivalent)
|
1.0
| |
|
Chromium (hexavalent)
|
0.05
| |
|
Copper (as Cu)
|
0.5
| |
|
Cyanides (free CN)
|
0.05
| |
|
Lead
|
0.3
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.002
| |
|
Nickel (as Ni)
|
2.0
| |
|
Phenolic compounds
|
0.005
| |
|
Silver
|
0.05
| |
|
Zinc (as Zn)
|
1.0
|
(19)
Containing any substance not mentioned in the
foregoing list that will cause interference or pass through at the
treatment plant and exceed the maximum permitted levels for such substance
under the requirements of the EPA, the Commonwealth or other governmental
agencies having jurisdiction;
(20)
Any other substance prohibited by resolution,
rule, regulation or agreement of the Township hereafter enacted or
adopted from time to time;
(21)
Sludges, screening or other residues from the
pretreatment of industrial wastes;
(22)
Medical wastes, except as specifically authorized
by the Township in a wastewater discharge permit;
(23)
Wastewater causing, alone or in conjunction
with other sources, the treatment plant's effluent to fail a toxicity
test;
(24)
Detergents, surface-active agents or other substances
which may cause excessive foaming in the POTW; or
(25)
Fats, oil or greases of animal or vegetable
origin in concentrations which will cause interference or pass through.
C.
Under no circumstances shall any person discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any of the substances listed in Subsection B above, without first securing written permission to do so from the Township.
D.
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 article for
sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations
imposed under this article. The Township shall notify all affected
users of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR, Section
403.12.
E.
No user shall ever increase the use of process water
or, in any way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete
substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations
contained in the federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or in
any other pollutant-specific limitation developed by the Township
or the Commonwealth.
F.
Whenever a person is authorized by the Township and the appropriate governmental agencies to discharge any polluted water, domestic sanitary sewage or industrial waste containing any of the substances or possessing any of the characteristics referred to in Subsection B, such discharge shall be subject to the continuing approval, inspection and review of the Township. If, in the opinion of the Township, such discharges are causing or will cause damage to the treatment plant, or will cause the Township to be in violation of any agreement or order, the Township shall order the person causing such discharge to cease doing so forthwith, or to take other appropriate action, including exercising the remedies provided in the Connection Ordinance, or delegating to another party duties to take appropriate action, to eliminate the harmful discharge.
G.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting
any special agreement or arrangement between the Township and the
owner of an improved property or other person allowing industrial
wastes of unusual strength or character to be admitted into the sewer
system.
H.
Where necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of
the Township, the owner of an improved property shall provide, at
the sole expense of the owner, suitable pretreatment facilities acceptable
to the Township. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed facilities for preliminary treatment and handling
of industrial wastes shall be submitted for approval of the Township.
No construction of any such facility shall commence until approval
has been obtained, in writing, from the Township, and until approval
has been obtained from any and all regulatory bodies having jurisdiction.
Such facilities for preliminary treatment and handling of industrial
wastes shall be continuously maintained, at the sole expense of the
owner, in good operating condition satisfactory to the Township. The
Township shall have access to such facilities at reasonable times
for purposes of inspection and sampling.
I.
Waste interceptors shall be installed by, and at the
cost of, the owner of any improved property which interceptors, in
the opinion of this Township, are necessary for the proper handling
of sewage containing grease, oil, sand, flammable or other harmful
substances. All such interceptors shall be of a type, capacity and
a location approved in advance of installation by this Township, and
shall be periodically inspected, cleaned and repaired at the owner's
expense, including by way of reimbursement to this Township for actions
undertaken by Township employees.
A.
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 the Township.
B.
Any person desiring to make or use a connection through
which industrial wastes shall be discharged into the sewer system
shall file with the Township a completed "industrial wastes questionnaire,"
furnished by the 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.
C.
Reports from major contributors.
(1)
Ten days prior to the first day of January, April,
July and October of each year each major contributor of industrial
wastes shall file with the Township a report on the quality and quantity
of their discharge.
(2)
Major contributors shall consist of those whose total
estimated or metered discharge exceeds 15,000 gallons per day, have
in their waste a toxic pollutant or, in the judgment of the Township,
would have potential for or a significant impact on the sewer system
or the quality of its effluent.
D.
Installation of control manholes, meters.
(1)
When required by the Township, the owner of any improved
property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall
install, at his expense, a suitable control manhole, together with
such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer,
to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste flow.
(2)
All measurements, tests and analyses 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 published by the American Public Health Association,
Inc., 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 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 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.)
E.
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 the Township, in writing, at least 30 days prior to institution
of such change.
F.
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 the 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 the Township and constructed or
installed at a satisfactory location in accordance with plans approved
by the Township prior to installation or commencement of construction.
G.
The use of mechanical garbage grinders in an industrial
establishment or a commercial establishment shall not be permitted
without prior approval from the Township.
H.
The 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.
The Township shall have the right of access,
at all reasonable times, to any part of any improved property as necessary
for purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and
testing and for performance of other functions relating to service
rendered by the Township.
Unless otherwise provided by the Township, the
owner of any improved property, upon direction of the Township, shall
acquire, install, operate and maintain at such owner's cost and expense
a grinder pump or similar apparatus satisfactory to the Township in
the manner and at the location directed by the Township. Such grinder
pump shall be installed at the time such improved property is connected
to the sewer system and shall be subject to inspection and approval
together with the remainder of the building sewer. In cases where
the Township furnishes a grinder pump to the owner of an improved
property, the Township reserves the right to impose hereunder a customer
facilities fee, in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount described
in Exhibit A[1] hereto, payable at the time such grinder pump is furnished
by the Township (but payable not earlier than the date such improved
property is required to connect to the sewer system under the terms
of the Connection Ordinance).
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the
Township offices.
The owner of any improved property shall be
held liable for all acts of tenants or other occupants of such improved
property, as may be permitted by law, insofar as such acts shall be
governed by the provisions of this article.
The Township shall adopt, from time to time,
such additional rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and
proper in connection with the use and operation of the sewer system,
which rules and regulations shall be, shall become and shall be construed
as part of this article.
It is declared that enactment of this article
is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of health,
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
