[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Ridley 9-25-1991 by Ord. No. 1661A. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers and sewage disposal — See Ch. 237.
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This chapter is adopted to promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and other aspects of the general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the specific enforcement of the various regulations promulgated by the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA), United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), and such other agencies which may succeed the aforementioned agencies to implement the Delaware County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment Standards, 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 401 et seq.
B. 
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Ridley Township Wastewater Treatment Ordinance."
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations are hereby adopted by the Township of Ridley to govern the conduct of all discharges to the DELCORA Wastewater Management System.
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It is intended that this chapter provide for the enforcement and prosecution of the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations, and the National Pretreatment Standards.
B. 
It is the specific intent of this chapter to provide a means of enforcement of the National Pretreatment Standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as set forth in 40 CFR 401 et seq. (1983) pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 United States Code § 1251 et seq.
C. 
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations shall be minimum standards and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of user within the Township of Ridley.
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Editor's Note: The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations of 2011 were adopted 4-19-2011 by Res. No. 2011-04. See also Ch. 237, Art. IV, Wastewater Control and Treatment.
The Board of the Commissioners of the Township of Ridley hereby ordains and establishes that any person, firm or corporation who fails or refuses to comply with the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations, embodied in DELCORA Resolution Number 91-03, adopted May 22, 1991, as same may be amended from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached hereto as Appendix "A",[1] shall be subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the Township offices.
[Amended 10-25-2000 by Ord. No. 1808]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to pay a fine of up to $1,000 or the maximum legal limit of the fining authority, whichever is greater, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and costs shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Every day that each violation continues of this chapter and/or DELCORA's Standards, Rules and Regulations, as amended, shall constitute a separate offense.
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The Township of Ridley hereby appoints DELCORA, or its designee, as its agent having the power of the Township of Ridley to institute proceedings in the name of the Township of Ridley against any and all persons, firms or corporations who violate the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
In cases involving the enforcement of this chapter, the Solicitor of DELCORA or its designee may cause subpoenas to be issued for witnesses for the prosecution and may conduct the hearing on behalf of the Township of Ridley.