1. Pretreatment Facilities. Users shall provide wastewater treatment as necessary to comply with this Part and shall achieve compliance with all categorical pretreatment standards, local limits and the prohibitions set out in § 18-602(1) of this Part within the time limitations specified by the EPA, the State or the Township Manager, whichever is more stringent. Any facilities necessary for compliance shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans describing such facilities and operating procedure shall be submitted to the Township Manager for review, and shall be acceptable to the Twonship Manager before such facilities are constructed. Review and acceptance of plans are not an endorsement of the effectiveness of any facilities set forth therein and the Township shall not be held liable in any way for the performance of said facilities. The review of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the riser from the responsibility of modifying such facilities as necessary to produce a discharge acceptable to the Township under the provisions of this Part.
2. Additional Pretreatment Measures.
A. Whenever deemed necessary, the Township Manager may require users to restrict their discharge during peak flow periods, designate that certain wastewater be discharged only into specific sewers, relocate and/or consolidate points of discharge, separate sewage wastestreams from industrial wastestreams, and such other conditions as may be necessary to protect the POTW and determine the user's compliance with the requirements of this Part.
B. The Township Manager may require any person discharging into the POTW to install and maintain, on their property and at their expense, a suitable storage and flow control facility to ensure equalization of flow. A wastewater discharge permit may be issued solely for flow equalization.
C. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Township Manager, they are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease and oil, or sand; except that such interceptors shall not be required for residential users. All interception units shall be of type and capacity approved by the Township Manager and shall be so located to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed, by the user at their expense.
D. Users with the potential to discharge flammable substances may be required to install and maintain an approved combustible gas detection meter.
3. Accidental Discharge/Slug Control Plans. At least once every 2 years, the Township Manager shall evaluate whether each significant industrial user needs an accidental discharge/slug control plan. The Township Manager may require any user to develop, submit for approval, and implement such a plan. Alternatively, the Township Manager may develop such a plan for any user. An accidental discharge/slug control plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:
A. Description of discharge practices, including nonroutine batch discharges.
B. Description of stored chemicals.
C. Procedures for immediately notifying the Township Manager of any accidental or slug discharge, as required by § 18-606 (6) of this Part.
D. Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slug discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and maintenance of storage, areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plant site runoff, worker training, building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants, including solvents, and/or measures and equipment for emergency response.
4. Hauled Wastewater.
A. Any tank truck or any equipment used or intended to be used for the removal, transportation and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) The container shall be watertight.
(2) Tanks, containers or other equipment shall be so constructed that every portion of the interior and exterior can be easily cleaned and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
(3) Piping, valves and permanent or flexible connections shall be accessible and easily disconnected for cleaning purposes.
(4) The inlet opening, or opening to every container, shall be so constructed that the material will not spill outside during filling, transfer or transport.
(5) The outlet connections shall be so constructed that no material will leak out, run out to other than the point of discharge and shall be of a design and type suitable for the material handled and capable of controlling the flow or discharge without spillage, undue spray or flooding immediate surroundings while in use.
(6) No connection shall be made at any time between a tap or outlet furnishing potable water on any premises and any container or equipment holdings material by any means other than an open connection.
B. The sewage and wastes discharged by the tank trucks into the municipal sewer system shall not contain industrial waste, chemicals or other matter, with or without pretreatment, that does not conform to the requirements of § 18-602(1).
C. Any sewage and industrial waste to be discharged from tank trucks within the Township shall be disposed at the location designated by the Township at the Township's sewage treatment plant at the time or times fixed by the Township.
D. For each privy, cesspool, septic tank or container cleaned by a hauler, operator or any person in the Township, a cleaning permit shall first be obtained from the Township by the person or persons intending to clean such a receptacle. This cleaning permit is to be issued by the Township before the beginning of said cleaning work. The fee as required herein is to be established in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Information Manual (AIM)." The permit shall contain the following:
(1) Name and address of the property owner.
(2) Date of issue.
(3) Name of hauler, operator or person contracted to clean this structure, etc.
(4) Type of container, septic tank, privy, cesspool or any other.
(5) Serial number of permit.
(6) Signature of person issuing permit.
E. Any hauler, operator, person or persons cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, privies or any other container governed by this Section shall obtain a license from the Township before cleaning such containers and hauling the material to the designated place of disposal within the Township.
F. Any hauler, operator, person or persons hauling to any area outside the limits of the Township for disposal in a manner and place consistent with the provisions of applicable local health jurisdiction shall also take out a license, as stated herein.
G. All material brought into the Township for disposal from outside the limits of the Township shall be governed by this Section and the hauler, operator, person or persons hauling shall take out a license, as stated herein.
H. The license fee for renewal of a current septage hauler's permit, as required herein, is to be established in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Information Manual (AIM)." No permits are to be issued to any new applicants. All permits to be issued will be to an individual, corporation or firm on file for the year preceding the permit renewal date. A new applicant may obtain a license by purchase of the business of a license hauler whose license is current and valid. The new license will be limited to that annual volume of waste previously disposed of at the plant under the license purchased. This assumption of the business by a new owner limits the area of collection to those townships, boroughs, villages, towns and other governmental boundaries which are serviced by the integrated sewer system served by the City of Allentown. The term of the license shall be from June 1 to May 31 of the succeeding year.
The fee for disposal into the City sewage treatment plant, at the location designated, shall be established in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Information Manual (MM)" and shall be based on a rate per 1,000 gallons, or a portion thereof. The fee for disposal is as listed on the fee schedule in the "Administrative Information Manual (AIM)."
J. An application form shall be filled out by the hauler, operator, owner, person or persons prior to the conducting of such a business within the Township as governed in this Section. The application form shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of owner, operator, hauler, person or persons.
(2) Date of the license issued.
(3) The fee for the license as required herein to be established in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Information Manual (AIM)."
(4) Term of the License. From June 1 to May 31 of the succeeding year.
(5) The size and make of truck, containers, etc., stated in gallons.
(6) Place of storage, garage or parking of trucks, containers, etc., when not in use.
(7) License cannot be transferred from one operator, owner, person or persons to another without approval by the Township.
(8) A statement to the effect that such trucks, containers, equipment, etc., will be available for inspection by the person designated to make inspection from the Township at such time and place agreeable to both hauler and inspector.
(9) Refusal of agreement to these conditions of inspection at a reasonable time can be cause for forfeiture of the license.
(10) A higher fee per load, container or portion thereof can be charged, if the need for processing, extra analyses, etc., shall be necessary.
(11) If a tank or container contains more than 1,000 gallons, an additional fee shall be charged for each 1,000 gallons additional, or portion thereof. The additional fee, as required herein, is to be established in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Information Manual (AIM)."
(12) It shall be understood by all applicants for a permit or those having a license that the septage haulers' permits are an extended courtesy by the Township and upon 60 days notification by the Township can be terminated if there is reasonable cause for such type action or there is a necessity to reduce the volume of materials to allow the Township to comply with its effluent limitations for discharge to the Lehigh River or for any other functional activity at the wastewater treatment plant operations, which would require a reduction in the septage volume being processed.
K. Failure to secure a license, permit or pay dumping fees, when required, as governed in this Section or operating after suspension or revocation of a license or permit by the Township shall constitute a violation of this Section. When a written notice of a violation of any of the provisions of this Section has been served upon any hauler, owner, operator, person or persons in this business. Such violation shall be discontinued immediately. In such cases when the violation is of immediate danger to the health of the public, and is in danger of damage to the sewage treatment plant system, such operation must cease at once, until the condition is remedied and abated.
(Ord. 339, 7/3/1996, § 4)