It is the purpose of this article to provide for the recovery of costs from users of a POTW for the implementation of the program established herein. The applicable charges or fees shall be set forth in a control authority/operator's rates, rules and regulations.
A. 
Each control authority/operator may adopt charges and fees which may include:
(1) 
Fees for reimbursement of costs for setting up and operating the required pretreatment program, including but not limited to legal and engineering costs.
(2) 
Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures.
(3) 
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.
(4) 
Fees for permit applications.
(5) 
Fees for filing appeals.
(6) 
Fees for consistent removal by a POTW of pollutants otherwise subject to federal categorical pretreatment standards.
(7) 
Other fees as each control authority/operator may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.
B. 
These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this chapter and are separate from all other fees chargeable by a control authority/operator.
A. 
Any nonresidential user discharging waste to a POTW with monthly average concentrations greater than those limits below, in each case measured at the source, shall pay a strength surcharge in addition to the applicable volume charge for each parameter violated. The strength surcharge will only be applicable up to the daily maximum concentrations established under each control authority/operator's rates, rules and regulations, whereafter, civil penalties shall be imposed as directed in § 205-25.
Waste
Lower Bucks Joint Municipal Authority
(milligrams per litler)
Township of Falls Authority
(milligrams per liter)
Morrisville Borough Authority
Biochemical oxygen demand
300
275
Ammonia nitrogen
300
275
Oil and grease
100
100
Phosphorus
100
100
Total suspended solids
350
275
B. 
The strength of the total wastes used for establishing surcharges shall be determined on at least one monthly twenty-four-hour composite sample collected by a control authority/operator or its designated representative. Additional § 205-14 samples may be required if repeated violations of the local limits occur.