[Adopted 10-21-1980 as Ord. No. G-191-80]
A. 
Unless the context otherwise requires, the meanings of terms used herein shall be as follows:
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
The measure of the organic matter present in the sewage as determined by the dichromatic reflux method and expressed in milligrams per liter [parts per million (ppm)].
CHLORINE DEMAND
The amount of chlorine expressed in milligrams per liter, or parts per million by weight, which will complete the normal reactions with all chemicals and materials in the sewage leaving an excess of one-tenth (0.1) milligram per liter [one-tenth (0.1) parts per million by weight], after 30 minutes' contact time at room temperature of approximately 70° F.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
BOD, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria and such additional pollutants as are now or may be in the future specified and controlled in the Joint Meeting's NPDES permit for its wastewater treatment facilities where said facilities have been designed and used to reduce or remove such pollutants.
COOLING WATER
Any water used for the purpose of carrying away excess heat, and which may contain biocides used to control biological growth.
DEPARTMENT
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy.
DIRECTOR/SUPERINTENDENT
The Director/Superintendent of the wastewater treatment system/water pollution control/public works of the Joint Meeting or his/her duly appointed deputy, agent or representative.
DOMESTIC WASTES
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling of food or consisting of human excrement and similar matter from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions.
FLOTABLE OIL
Fat or grease in a physical state which will separate by gravity from wastewater through treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of "flotable oil" if it is properly pretreated in such a manner that the discharged wastewater does not interfere with the wastewater facilities.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food.
GREASE OR FATS
Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent or other acceptable means.
HEAVY METALS
The electronegative metals with a density greater than five grams per cubic centimeter.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant as defined in this section.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from domestic and/or commercial sanitary sewage.
JOINT MEETING
The municipalities of the City of East Orange, the Township of Hillside, the Town of Irvington, the Township of Maplewood, the Township of Millburn, the City of Newark, the Borough of Roselle Park, the Township of South Orange Village, the City of Summit, the Township of Union and the Town of West Orange, organized in Joint Meeting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:63-68 et seq., under the terms of a contract dated June 1, 1926, as supplemented, in the matter of an outlet sewer and treatment plant for said municipalities, and, when the context requires, shall mean the Executive Director or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
JOINT SEWER
Includes the joint outlet or trunk sewer constructed by the several municipalities under a contract dated March 15, 1901; the supplementary joint trunk sewer and sewage disposal plant constructed under a contract between the member municipalities dated June 1, 1926, and contract dated March 9, 1931; or shall mean any trunk sewer therefor or thereafter constructed and maintained by the Joint Meeting.
MAJOR INDUSTRY
An industrial user of the municipal or Joint Meeting wastewater facilities that:
(1) 
Has a flow of 25,000 gallons or more per workday of equivalent domestic or commercial waste;
(2) 
Had in its waste toxic substances injurious to the treatment process or sewer system;
(3) 
Is found by USEPA, NJDEP, Joint Meeting or the municipality to have a significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on municipal or Joint Meeting wastewater facilities or upon the quality of effluent from these wastewater facilities; or
(4) 
Has a detrimental effect upon human health or welfare.
NJDEP
The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy or successor agency.
NONSTATIONARY SOURCE
Any mobile vehicle, piece of equipment or appurtenance thereof that is utilized in the discharge of waste or wastewater to any sewer or natural outlet. The terms include, but are not limited to, tank trucks and dump trucks as well as associated equipment and appurtenances. Fixed, permanent or semipermanent equipment is excluded from the category of "nonstationary source" and is regulated elsewhere in this article.
NPDES (NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM)
The program for issuing, conditioning and denying permits for the discharge of pollutants from point sources into the navigable waters, the contiguous zone and the oceans.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation, association (public or private), group or society and includes the State of New Jersey and agencies, districts, commissions and political subdivisions created by or pursuant to state law.
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
That portion of the total extractable grease or fats which is not retained on an activated alumina absorption column after elutriating with hexane.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive substance, thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal or agricultural waste or other residue discharged into the Joint Meeting or municipal sewer system or waters of the state.
PRETREATMENT
Treatment by application of physical, chemical and/or biological processes to reduce the amount of pollutants in or alter the nature of the pollutant properties in a wastewater other than residential prior to its direct or indirect discharge to municipal or Joint Meeting wastewater facilities and to remove illegal and/or undesirable waste constituents or to reduce the strength of the waste prior to the discharge to the publicly owned wastewater facilities.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.
SEWAGE OR TREATMENT WORKS
Any device or system, whether public or private, used in the conveyance, storage, treatment, recycling or reclamation of municipal or industrial waste of a liquid nature, including: intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, cooling towers and ponds, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any other works including sites for the treatment process or for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment. Additionally, "treatment works" means any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of pollutants including stormwater runoff or industrial waste in combined or separate stormwater and sanitary sewer systems. The term "treatment works" shall not be construed to include any facility subject to the requirements of the Solid Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or immediately following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Those pollutants or combinations of pollutants, including disease-causing agents, which after discharge and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation or assimilation into any organism, either directly or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, will, on the basis of information available, cause death, disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations, physiological malfunctions, including malfunctions in reproduction, or physical deformation in such an organism or their offspring.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water not containing any pollutants limited or prohibited by the effluent standards in effect, and water whose discharge will not cause any violation of receiving water quality standards.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or successor agency.
USER
Any person who discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater into the wastewater treatment facilities of the Joint Meeting.
USER CLASSIFICATION
A classification of user based on the 1972 (or subsequent) edition of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual prepared by the Office of Management and Budget.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter the Joint Meeting treatment facilities.
B. 
Terms not otherwise defined herein shall be as adopted in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation; the Federal Guidelines for State and Local Pretreatment Programs, EPA-43019-76-0179, Volume I, 1977, or the latest revision thereof; P.L. 95-217; N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1; or N.J.A.C. 58:11-49, 1972.
A. 
Connections or building sewers shall, wherever possible, be made to local sewers and not to Joint Meeting main lines or trunk sewers. No municipality or person shall make any direct connection with the joint sewer or alter or repair any connection with the joint sewer without having first obtained a written permit from the Joint Meeting and from the appropriate municipality.
B. 
Each permit to connect with the joint sewer, if and when issued, will require that the applicant for such permit agrees that it or he will carefully make the connection with the joint sewer in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Joint Meeting; that it or he will indemnify and save harmless the Joint Meeting from all accidents and damages caused by any negligence in protecting his work or any imperfect or inadequate work done by virtue of such permit; that it or he will faithfully comply with ordinances of the municipality; and that he will replace and restore the sidewalk, pavement or street surface over any opening he may have made, the work to be subject to the inspection and approval of the Joint Meeting and the municipality.
C. 
Connections with the joint sewer shall be made only by a plumber licensed in the municipality where the connection is to be made or by some other person duly authorized by the Joint Meeting. Connections shall be made with suitable materials approved by the Joint Meeting. All work included in the construction of connections with the joint sewer or relating thereto shall be done to the satisfaction of the Joint Meeting, and the person or persons doing said work shall accept as final all decisions of the Joint Meeting as to the fitness of all materials furnished or work done and shall immediately replace all work rejected.
D. 
Connections shall be such as to provide flexibility and watertight joints. A manhole shall be provided if required. Connections shall include a cast-iron hub set and sealed in the main sewer. No connections shall be covered until inspected by the Joint Meeting. No top connections will be permitted.
A. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B. 
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the municipality but under no circumstances into sanitary sewers. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process water may be discharged by approval of the municipality to a storm sewer or natural outlet but under no circumstances into sanitary sewers.
C. 
No person shall discharge or deposit or allow to be discharged or deposited into the wastewater treatment system and facilities any wastewater which contains the following:
(1) 
Oils and grease.
(a) 
Oil and grease from industrial facilities, in concentrations or amounts violating federal pretreatment standards. This includes petroleum-based hydrocarbons as determined by silica gel absorption or other acceptable means.
(b) 
Wastewater from industrial facilities containing flotable fats, wax, grease or oils.
(c) 
Total fat, wax, grease or oil concentration of more than 100 milligrams per liter, whether emulsified or not, or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F. (zero degrees Celsius and 65° C.) at the point of discharge into the system.
(2) 
Explosive and/or flammable mixtures. 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 facilities or to the operation of the facilities. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the treatment works, be more than 5% nor any single reading over 10% of the lower explosive limit (L.E.L.) of the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to: gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, naphtha, benzene, toluene, zylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldenyds, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbids, hydrides and sulfides.
(3) 
Noxious materials. Incompatible pollutants which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are noxious or malodorous, are capable of creating a public nuisance or are or may be sufficient to prevent entry into the treatment facilities for its maintenance and repair.
(4) 
Improperly shredded garbage. Garbage that has not been ground or comminuted to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under flow conditions normally prevailing in the treatment works, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
(5) 
Radioactive wastes. Radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that they do not comply with regulations or orders issued by the appropriate authority having control over their use and which will or may cause damage or hazards to the sewerage facilities or personnel operating the system.
(6) 
Solid or viscous wastes. Solid or viscous wastes which will or may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the proper operation of the treatment facilities. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to: grease, improperly shredded garbage, animal guts or tissues, diseased human organs or tissue fluids, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grasp clippings, wood, plastic, tar, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastic, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil and similar substances. (Other materials may be specified at the discretion of the Director.)
(7) 
Toxic pollutants. Any toxic pollutant in amounts exceeding standards promulgated by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 307(a) of P.L. 95-217 and chemical elements or compounds, phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances or any other substances normally not found in unpolluted waters which are not susceptible to treatment or which may interfere with the biological processes or efficiency of the treatment system or that will pass through the system.
(8) 
Discolored material. Wastes with color not removable by the treatment works.
(9) 
Corrosive wastes. Any waste which will cause corrosion or deterioration of the treatment system. All wastes discharged to the public sewer system must have a pH value in the range of six to nine standard units. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, acids, alkalis, sulfides, concentrated chloride and fluoride compounds and substances which will react with water to form acidic or alkaline products.
(10) 
Excessive discharge. Wastewater at a flow rate that exceeds for any time period longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour flow during normal operation or containing such concentrations or quantities of pollutants that would cause a treatment process upset and subsequent loss of treatment efficiency.
(11) 
Temperature. Wastes with a temperature in excess of 150° F. (65° C.). Wastes that may: create a hazard to people, create a hazard or cause damage to the wastewater facilities or endanger or interfere with the treatment process; create a hazard to receiving waters; or result in a violation of effluent limitations or other conditions contained in any NPDES permit. Wastes that may impair or cause to impair the hydraulic capacity of the sewerage system, such as ashes, sand, metal, precipitates, etc.
(12) 
Substances interfering With sludge management. Any substance which may cause the Joint Meeting's sludge to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process where the Joint Meeting is processing a reuse and reclamation program. In no case shall a substance discharged to the Joint Meeting cause the Joint Meeting to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the New Jersey Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal of Municipal and Industrial Sludges and Septage, any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Sludge Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, or the New Jersey Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal of Municipal and Industrial Sludges and Septage.
D. 
Limitations on wastewater discharges.
(1) 
Table I lists the maximum concentrations of pollutants allowable in wastewater discharges to the wastewater treatment works. Dilution of any wastewater discharge for the purpose of satisfying these requirements shall be considered a violation of this article.
(2) 
The USEPA and the NJDEP have promulgated or will be promulgating pretreatment standards and toxic effluent guidelines for 21 industrial point source categories. As these limitations are promulgated, the more stringent limitation will apply.
(3) 
Table II, Constituents with Limits Expected in Future, lists toxic organics and other substances for which limits may be set shortly.
TABLE I
Maximum Permissible Concentration (ppm)
Maximum 1-Day Concentration
Maximum 30-Day- Average Concentration
Oil and grease
100
-----
pH
6 to 9
-----
Arsenic
4
-----
Cadmium
.4
.2
Chromium (total)
3
1
Chromium (hex)
.25
.09
Copper
1
0.5
Cyanide (total)
.64***
.24***
Cyanide(a)**
.20***
.08***
Lead
2
1
Mercury
2
1
Nickel
2
1
Silver
1
.5
Zinc
5
2.5
Fluoride
50
25
Aldrin
*
*
Dieldrin
*
*
DDE
*
*
DDD
*
*
DDT
*
*
PCB
*
*
Endrin
.0075
.0015
Toxaphene
.0075
.0015
Benzidine
(Manufacturer)
.050
.010
(Dye applicators)
.025
.010
NOTES:
*
Prohibited from discharge.
**
Cyanide amenable to chlorination.
***
Users contributing less than 10,000 gallons per day to the treatment works may substitute the following for the above limitations on Cyanide (total) and Cyanide(a): Cyanide(a): two milligrams per liter maximum for any one day and eight-tenths (0.8) milligrams per liter maximum for any thirty-day average concentration.
E. 
Major industries: provisions for sampling; additional monitoring facilities.
(1) 
All major industries shall provide a structure for the sampling of wastewater before the point of discharge to a sanitary sewer. The sampling structure shall be constructed and maintained by the major industry at its own expense and shall be kept safe and accessible at all times to the municipality or Joint Meeting. Sampling structure design shall be subject to the Joint Meeting's approval.
(2) 
When required by the Joint Meeting, NJDEP and/or USEPA, a major industry shall install and maintain additional facilities at its own expense, including, for example, meters, sealed automatic monitoring systems or other appurtenances to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes. Construction, installation and maintenance of such additional facilities shall be the responsibility of the major industry, which shall keep these facilities safe and accessible to the municipality and Joint Meeting at all times. Design and construction of such additional facilities shall be subject to the requirements of the governmental authority requiring them.
F. 
When pretreatment standards are adopted by NJDEP or USEPA for any given class of industries, then any industry within that class shall conform to the NJDEP or USEPA timetable for adherence to pretreatment requirements, as well as all other applicable requirements promulgated by the NJDEP or USEPA in accordance with the provisions of law. Additionally, such industries shall comply with such more stringent standards necessitated by local conditions as determined from time to time by the municipality or Joint Meeting.
As a precondition for the right to discharge waste in any form into the sewers and wastewater facilities of the municipality or the Joint Meeting, all industrial users shall provide immediate access to their facilities at any time during which there is a discharge to the wastewater facilities. Access shall also be provided for the purpose of checking the quality of the discharge, taking samples and making tests of the discharge or for the purpose of permitting the enforcement of this article and shall be made available to the municipality, Joint Meeting, NJDEP and USEPA. All users shall provide access to property and premises for inspection to determine if there are any violations of the terms or provisions or this article.
As a precondition for the right to discharge waste in any form into the sewers and wastewater facilities of the municipality or the Joint Meeting, all persons subject to this article shall be required to provide information to the municipality, Joint Meeting, NJDEP or USEPA, as needed, to determine compliance with this article. This information may included:
A. 
Wastewater discharge rate and volume over a specified time period.
B. 
Chemical analysis of wastewater.
C. 
Information on raw materials, processes and products affecting wastewater volume and quality.
D. 
Quantity and disposition of specified liquid, sludge, oil, solvent or other materials important to sewer use control.
E. 
A plot plan of sewers on the user's property showing sewer pretreatment facility location.
F. 
Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
G. 
Details of systems designed to prevent and/or control the loss of spilled materials to the sanitary sewer (i.e., spill prevention plan).
H. 
Any other information required by the municipality or Joint Meeting.
A. 
All industrial users who discharge wastewaters to the treatment works shall maintain such records of production and related factors, effluent flows and pollutant amounts of concentrations as are necessary to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this article and any applicable state or federal pretreatment standards or requirements.
B. 
Such records shall be made available upon request to the Executive Director. All such records relating to compliance with pretreatment standards shall be made available to officials of the NJDEP and the United States Environmental Protection Agency upon demand. A summary of such data indicating the industrial user's compliance with this article shall be prepared (quarterly) and submitted to the Director.
C. 
The owner or operator of any premises or facility discharging industrial wastes into the system shall install at his/her own cost and expense suitable monitoring equipment to facilitate the accurate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes. Such equipment shall be maintained in proper working order and kept safe and accessible at all times.
D. 
Each major industrial discharger shall maintain separate monitoring equipment as required under § 253-23E.
E. 
Whether constructed on public or private property, the monitoring facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the local municipal requirements and all applicable construction standards and specifications. Plans and specifications for all such work will be submitted to the Joint Meeting for approval prior to construction.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of wastewater, to which reference is made in this article, shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federations, or other methods or procedures that may be acceptable to the governmental authority requiring the measurements, tests or analyses. Sampling method, location, time, duration and frequency shall be determined on an individual basis by the governmental authority requiring the sampling.
All users of the wastewater facilities shall comply with the requirements of the written rules and regulations of the municipality and Joint Meeting, which regulations shall become effective upon the filing of certified copies in the office of the Municipal Clerk of the respective municipality after the effective date of this article.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any wastewater or other polluting material into any natural outlet within the municipality, except where suitable treatment has been provided and where an NPDES permit has been obtained from the appropriate governmental authority where required.
No person shall maliciously, intentionally or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment that is part of the wastewater facilities of the municipality or Joint Meeting.
If, for any reason, a facility does not comply with or will be unable to comply with any prohibition or limitations in this article, the facility responsible for such discharge shall take immediate corrective action to prevent continued harm to the treatment works and shall immediately notify the Director so that additional corrective action may be taken to protect the treatment works. In addition, a written report addressed to the Director detailing the date, time and cause of the accidental discharge, the quantity and characteristics of this discharge and action taken to prevent future discharges shall be filed by the responsible person within five days of the occurrence of the noncomplying discharge.
A. 
Whenever the Joint Meeting finds that any person has violated or is violating this article or any prohibition, limitation or requirement contained herein, the Joint Meeting may serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 days, for the satisfactory correction thereof. If the violation is not corrected by timely compliance, the Joint Meeting may order any person who causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to show cause before the Joint Meeting and the local municipality why service should not be terminated. A notice shall be served on the offending party, specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the Joint Meeting and the local municipality regarding the violation and directing the offending party to show cause before the Joint Meeting and the local municipality why an order should not be made directing the termination of service. The notice of the hearing shall be served personally or by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) at least 10 days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of a corporation.
B. 
The Joint Meeting and the local municipality may itself conduct the hearing and take the evidence or may designate any of its members or any officer or employee to:
(1) 
Issue in the name of the Joint Meeting and the local municipality notices of hearings requesting the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter involved in any such hearings.
(2) 
Take the evidence.
(3) 
Transmit a report of the evidence and hearing, including transcripts/records and other evidence, together with recommendations, to the Joint Meeting and the local municipality for action thereon.
C. 
At any public hearing, testimony taken before the Joint Meeting and the local municipality or any person designated by it must be under oath and recorded either by the hearing officer in a summary manner or stenographically. In the latter case, the transcript, so recorded, will be made available to any member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment of the usual charges therefor. After the Joint Meeting and the local municipality have reviewed the evidence, they may issue an order to the party responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances shall have been installed or existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances are properly operated and such further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate.
D. 
Any discharge in violation of the substantive provisions of this article or an order of the Joint Meeting and the local municipality shall be considered grounds for legal action. If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes in to the treatment facilities contrary to the substantive provisions of this article or any order of the Joint Meeting and the local municipality, the Executive Director shall commence an action for injunctive relief and appropriate legal damages in the Superior Court of the respective county.
[Amended 10-21-2006]
Any person who is found to have violated an order of the Joint Meeting and the local municipality or who willfully or negligently failed to comply with any provision of this article and the orders, rules and regulations issued hereunder shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the penalties provided herein, the Joint Meeting and the local municipality may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, court reporters' fees and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person(s) found to have violated this article or the orders, rules and regulations issued hereunder. In addition, also, to the penalties previously provided herein, the Joint Meeting and the tributary municipalities may recover reasonable costs expended to rectify damages to its treatment facilities and tributary sewers as well as to rectify treatment process problems caused as a result of violations of this article.