For the purpose of this Part
2, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
The written approval as issued by the Board of Supervisors
and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection authorizing
utilization of holding tanks.
HOLDING TANK
A watertight receptacle which receives and retains sewage
and is designed and constructed to facilitate ultimate disposal of
the sewage by pumping and hauling it to an approved discharge site.
Holding tanks include but are not limited to the following:
B.
RETENTION TANKA holding tank where sewage is conveyed to it by a water-carrying system.
C.
VAULT PIT PRIVYA holding tank designed to receive sewage where water under pressure is not available.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the Township of Richland where there
is erected a structure or structures intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which
sewage shall or may be discharged.
OWNER
Any person or persons vested with ownership, legal or equitable,
sole or partial, of any property located in Richland Township.
PERSON(S)
Any individual, partnership, company, association, corporation
or any other group or entity.
SEWAGE
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals,
and any noxious or deleterious substances harmful or inimical to the
public health, safety or welfare, or to animal or aquatic life or
to the use of any public or private water supplies used for domestic
consumption or recreation.
TOWNSHIP
Richland Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
The owner of any property proposing to utilize
a holding tank or tanks for on-site disposal of his or her sanitary
sewage shall:
A. Apply for a township sewage facilities Act 537 permit in accordance with applicable laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
B. Attach proof of agreement between the contract hauler
and an approved waste disposal site satisfactory to the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
C. All waste disposal haulers authorized to pump, transport
and dispose of holding tank waste in the Township of Richland shall
furnish to the Township Supervisors a schedule of their pumping quantities
to allow the Township to ensure that tanks of sufficient size and
capability are being utilized.
D. The township and/or its authorized representative
shall inspect, prior to the installation of any holding tanks, their
construction, watertightness, size and location, in conformance with
their sewage facilities application.
E. If, in the opinion of the Township or its authorized
representative, any holding tank facility is broken, leaking or not
being satisfactorily pumped at regular intervals, the Township shall
file violation proceedings and require immediate correction by the
owner or operator of the property site involved.
F. The person, owner, occupant, tenant or agent of any
property that utilizes a holding tank shall maintain said holding
tank in conformance with this and any other ordinance of this township,
the provisions of any applicable law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and the applicable regulations of this township and any administrative
agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.