(a) Title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the Lower Chichester Township Wastewater Treatment Ordinance.
(Ord. 91-6. Passed 8-19-91.)
(b) Purpose. This section 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), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PADER) and such other agencies which may succeed the aforementioned agencies to implement the Delaware County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment Standard, 40 CFR 401 et seq.
(Ord. 96-2. Passed 11-18-96.)
(c) Adoption of DELCORA's Standards, Rules and Regulations. That document known as DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations is hereby adopted by the Township to govern the conduct of all discharges to the DELCORA Wastewater Management System.
(1) It is intended that this section provide for the enforcement and prosecution of DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations and the National Pretreatment Standards.
(2) It is the specific intent of this section to provide for 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 USC 1251 et seq.
(3) DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations shall be minimum standards and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of user withing the Township.
(Ord. 91-6. Passed 8-19-91.)
(d) Amendments to Standards, Rules and Regulations. The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations, adopted by the Township pursuant to this section, as the Township's wastewater treatment regulations, are amended as provided by DELCORA Resolutions 95-06 and 95-12, which are incorporated herein by reference and attached to original Ordinance 96-2, passed November 18, 1996, as Exhibits A and B, respectively.
(e) Local Limitations. The western area local limitations for discharge of wastewater as provided by DELCORA Resolution 91-05, as amended and codified through October, 1996, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached to original Ordinance 96-2, passed November 18, 1962, as Exhibit C, are adopted as the local limitations for all discharges of wastewater within the Township.
(Ord. 96-2. Passed 11-18-96.)
(f) Violations. Any person who fails or refuses to comply with the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations embodied in DELCORA Resolutions 91-03, and 91-05, adopted May 22, 1991, as the same may be amended from time to time, which are incorporated herein by reference and attached to original Ordinance 91-6, passed August 19, 1999, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1042.99.
(g) Prosecution.
(1) The Township hereby appoints DELCORA or its designee as its agent, having the power of the Township to institute proceedings in the name of the Township against any and all persons who violate the provisions of this section.
(2) In cases involving the enforcement of this section, 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.
(Ord. 91-6. Passed 8-19-91.)