[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Allegheny 12-13-1982 by Ord. No. 3-1982 (§§ 5.51
to 5.57 of the 1986 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers and water — See Ch. 197.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this
section.
Any body politic, including but not limited to cities, towns,
boroughs and townships, and shall include "person."
When used in connection with the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, the written permit issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection permitting the agricultural
utilization of sewage sludge.
Any institution, public or private corporation, individual,
partnership or other entity.
The legally designated authority of the Township of Allegheny,
or his/her authorized representative.
The precipitated solid matter produced by water and sewage
treatment processes.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or
continue to use their land, or any other land within the Township,
as a sewage sludge disposal area, without first complying with the
following:
A.
Any person who is desirous of using any land within
the Township as a sewage sludge disposal area must first register
with the Township Sewage Officer and submit proper documents to the
satisfaction of the Sewage Enforcement Officer that he has met and
has complied with all Department of Environmental Protection requirements.
The said documents to be submitted to the Sewage Enforcement Officer
for his records must contain the following information:
(1)
Name and address of disposer.
(2)
Soil maps and topographic maps which shall show site
boundaries and sludge application areas.
(3)
The applicant shall submit a brief statement denoting
the source of the sewage sludge, the proposed application rate per
acre and the total amount to be applied during the period.
(4)
The applicant shall submit a chemical analysis of
the sewage sludge to include, but not be limited to, the ranges of
the following: moisture content, percent total nitrogen (moist and
dried), percent ammonium (NH4 - N) (moist and
dried), percent organic nitrogen (moist and dried), BOD, pH and the
following reported on a dry-weight basis: cyanide, sodium, cadmium,
zinc, copper, nickel, lead, chromium, mercury, and molybdenum and
other toxic substances and enteric pathogens.
(5)
The applicant shall also furnish with the application
a certified copy of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
permit to indicate that all Pennsylvania Department Environmental
Protection regulations governing sewage sludge disposal have been
complied with, or a brief statement from the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection that it has no permit requirements.
(6)
A brief statement indicating the method of disposal
of sewage sludge, and the purposes for which the sewage sludge disposal
will serve.
(7)
A brief statement indicating the source of the sewage
sludge and, when the source is other than solely residential, a statement
from the generator that the sewage sludge is suitable for the purposes
hereinafter recited.
(8)
The name and address of the landowner of the land
where the sludge is to be disposed of, indicating his desire to have
his land so utilized.
The disposal of sewage sludge as regulated by
this chapter shall apply only to agricultural utilization of the sludge,
and to land reclamation utilization, or land disposal. all other uses
for sewage sludge are unlawful and are prohibited in the Township
of Allegheny.
After the Sewage Enforcement Officer has in his possession all the documents and information as required by § 202-2, the Sewage Enforcement Officer shall then review all the documents and information, and also review the site that is to be used, and, after so doing, shall make a recommendation to the Township Supervisors with regard to the proposed sewage sludge utilization.
A.
The recommendation to be made by the Sewage Enforcement Officer shall not be made less than 10 days after the disposer has complied with all the terms of § 202-2 nor more than 20 days after such compliance.
B.
After the recommendation is made to the Township Supervisors
by the Sewage Enforcement Officer, the Supervisors shall, at their
next regularly scheduled monthly meeting, either approve or disapprove
the proposed sewage utilization.
If approval is granted pursuant to § 202-4 by the Township Supervisors, the person disposing of sewage sludge as permitted by this chapter shall, every 12 months after the date of the approval, submit to the Sewage Enforcement Officer verification from the Department of Environmental Protection that all Department of Environmental Protection regulations concerning sewage disposal have been met and no violations have taken place during the course of the year.
A.
The Sewage Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized
and directed to make such inspections as are necessary to determine
satisfactory compliance with this chapter.
B.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of a
property to give the Sewage Enforcement Officer free access to the
property at reasonable times for the purpose of making such inspections
as are necessary to determine compliance with the chapter.
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $300, and each day's failure to comply shall
constitute a separate violation.
