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B. TAPPING FEES AND USER CHARGES.
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 3B shall be as follows:
AMMONIA NITROGEN AS N - ammonia nitrogen as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by American Public Health Association, Inc.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - the Board of Supervisors of the Township.
B.O.D. (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND) - the quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm by weight, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for 5 days at 20ºC. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
BUILDING SEWER - the extension from the sewage drainage system of any improved property to the lateral serving such improved property.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT - any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure, or group thereof, connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use in the operation of a business enterprise for the sale and distribution of any product, commodity, article or service, which maintains separate toilet, sink or other plumbing facilities in the room or group of rooms utilized for such business enterprise.
COMMONWEALTH - the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
CONNECTION ORDINANCE [Part 3A] - the ordinance enacted by this Township requiring owners of certain improved property located in the Township to connect to such sewer and use the same in such manner as this Township may ordain.
DOMESTIC SANITARY SEWAGE - normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged from any improved property.
DWELLING UNIT - any room, group of rooms, house trailer, apartment, condominium, cooperative or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and occupied or intended for occupancy as living quarters by an individual, a single family or other discrete group of persons, excluding institutional dormitories.
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT - any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use, in whole or in part, for educational purposes, including both public and private schools or colleges.
EPA - the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT or EDU - the unit of measure by which the user charge and the tapping fee shall be imposed upon each improved property, as determined in this Part 3B or in any subsequent resolution of the Township, which shall be deemed to constitute the estimated, equivalent amount of domestic sanitary sewage discharged by a single-family dwelling unit.
IMPROVED PROPERTY - any property upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged, and is subject to the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A].
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT - any improved property used or intended for use, wholly or in part, for the manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling of any product, commodity or article, or any other improved property from which wastes, in addition to or other than domestic sanitary sewage, shall or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES - any and all wastes discharged from an industrial establishment, and/or any wastewater having characteristics which may have the potential to be detrimental to the treatment plant, other than domestic sanitary sewage.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT - any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system, including institutional dormitories and educational establishments, which do not constitute a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
LARGE CONSUMER - a person whose metered or estimated consumption of water is in excess of 15,000 gallons per calendar quarter in the case of a dwelling unit, or any commercial establishment, educational establishment, institutional establishment or industrial establishment, regardless of water consumption or volume of domestic sanitary sewage or industrial wastes discharged.
LATERAL - part of the sewer system extending from a sewer to the curbline, or if there is no curbline, to the property line, or if no such extension is provided, then “lateral” shall mean that portion of, or place in, a sewer that is provided for connection of any building sewer.
MULTIPLE USE IMPROVED PROPERTY - any improved property upon which there shall exist any combination of a dwelling unit, commercial establishment, industrial establishment, educational establishment or institutional establishment.
OWNER -any person vested with title, legal or equitable, sole or partial, of any improved property.
PERSON - any individual, partnership, company, association, society, trust, corporation or other group or entity, including municipalities, municipality authorities, school districts and other units of government.
PH - the logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, indicating the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
PPM - parts per million parts water, by weight.
SEWER - any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system used or usable for collection of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes.
SEWER SYSTEM - all facilities, at any particular time, acquired, constructed, operated and/or leased by the Township for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating and/or disposing of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes discharged by an improved property within this Township.
STREET - include any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley, public way or public square, including such streets as are dedicated to public use, and such streets as are owned by private persons.
TAPPING FEE - a fee against the owner of any improved property in the area served by the sewer system which actually connects or is required to be connected pursuant to the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A] then in effect requiring such connection or which otherwise connects to the sewer system.
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS AS P - total phosphorus as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
TOTAL SOLIDS - solids determined by evaporating at 100ºC a mixed sample of wastewater as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc. Total solids include floating solids, suspended solids, settleable solids and dissolved solids, as defined in general below and by standard methods:
DISSOLVED SOLIDS - solids that are dissolved in the waste and cannot be removed by filtration but can be determined by evaporation.
SETTLEABLE SOLIDS - solids that settle in an Imhoff cone from a standard sample of waste.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS - solids determined by standard laboratory procedure in the waste.
TOWNSHIP -the Township of Penn, Centre County, Pennsylvania, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, acting by and through its Board of Supervisors or, in appropriate cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
TREATMENT PLANT -the sewage treatment and disposal system facilities acquired and constructed by the Township, together with all appurtenant facilities and properties, and together with any additions, improvements, enlargements and/or modifications thereto from time to time acquired or constructed.
USER - any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the sewer system or the treatment plant from an improved property.
USER CHARGE - the monthly rental or charge imposed by the Township hereunder, as amended from time to time, against the owner of each improved property, for the use or availability of use of the sewer system.
(Res. 2005-05, 5/5/2005, Art. I)
1. No person shall connect any improved property with any part of the sewer system without first making application for and securing a connection permit, in writing, from the Township, as provided for in the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A]. Such application shall be made on a form to be provided by the Township.
2. A tapping fee is hereby imposed against the owner of any improved property to be served by the sewer system which actually connects or is required to be connected pursuant to the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A] then in effect requiring such connection.
3. The tapping fee payable by the owner of an improved property shall be the product of the number of equivalent dwelling units constituting such improved property times $500. In the event an improved property, or use thereof (including number of occupants), changes in a manner that causes the number of EDUs applicable to such improved property calculated hereunder to increase, an additional tapping fee based on such additional EDUs shall be immediately due and payable.
4. The tapping fee shall be due and payable the earlier of: (A) the time application is made to the Township to make connection to the sewer system, as provided in subsection (1) hereof, or, if applicable, the date when the Township shall connect any such improved property to the sewer system, at the costs and expense of the owner, when such owner shall have failed to make such connection as required by the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A] in effect requiring such connection, or (B) in the case of improved properties required to be connected following initial construction of the sewer system, the date which is 60 days after the date of issuance by the Township of a written notice to connect, owners of an improved property which is attributed an additional number of equivalent dwelling units as defined by the Township rate structure herein shall pay a corresponding additional tapping fee at the time of being attributed with the new EDU computation.
5. Calculation and itemization of the maximum lawful tapping fee is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and made a part hereof.
6. All tapping fees shall be payable to the Treasurer of the Township or to such other officer or representative of the Township as shall be authorized, from time to time, by the Township, to accept payment thereof.
7. Payment of tapping fees imposed by the Township pursuant to this Part 3B shall be enforced by the Township in any manner appropriate under laws at the time in effect.
(Res. 2005-05, 5/5/2005, Art. II)
1. A user charge is hereby imposed upon the owner of each improved property which is or shall be connected to the sewer system, for use of the sewer system, whether such use is direct or indirect, and for services rendered by the Township in connection therewith, and shall be payable as provided herein. At the discretion of the Township, such user charge may be imposed upon the owner of an improved property who fails or refuses improperly to connect such, improved property to the sewer system, as compensation for the availability of service by the Township in connection with the sewer system.
2. The user charge shall be payable by the owner of each improved property commencing the earlier of: (A) the date of actual, physical connection of an improved property to the sewer system, or (B) 60 days from the date of issuance of the notice to connect described in the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A]; or such other date established by the Township for commencement of the payment of the user charge.
3. The user charge applicable to any improved property constituting a dwelling unit or large consumer shall be calculated, imposed and collected on the basis of the method provided in this subsection.
Each improved property shall be charged a user charge as a specific amount per equivalent dwelling unit applicable to such improved property, as determined by the Township, from time to time. The number of equivalent dwelling units applicable to each improved property shall be determined as follows:
Description of Improved Property Unit of Measurement Number of EDUs per Unit of Measurement
Residential dwelling unit (yearround or seasonal) Each single family dwelling unit (including apartments) 1
Mobile (manufactured) home park Per pad (whether or not occupied) 1
Retail store, professional offices or other commercial establishment 1 to 10 employees 1
Each additional 10 employees or fraction thereof 1
Each additional 10 employees or fraction thereof 1
Hotel, motel or boarding house (not including restaurant facilities) 1 to 4 rental rooms 1
Each additional 4 rooms or fraction thereof 1
Each additional 4 rooms or fraction thereof 1
Restaurant, club, tavern or other retail food or drink establishment 1 to 10 customer seats 1
Each additional 10 seats or fraction thereof 1
Each additional 10 seats or fraction thereof 1
Beauty parlor or barber shop (attached to or part of a dwelling unit) First 2 chairs 1
Each additional 2 chairs 1
Each additional 2 chairs 1
Beauty parlor or barber shop (not attached to or part of a dwelling unit) First chair 1
Each additional chair 1
Each additional chair 1
Educational/institutional establishment Per each 10 pupils, faculty, administrators and staff 1
Church Each property 1
Fire company Each property 1
Community hall Each property 1
Laundromat First 2 washing machines 1
Each additional washing machine 1
Each additional washing machine 1
Funeral home Each property 1
Industrial establishment 1 to 10 employees 1
Each additional 10 employees or fraction thereof 1
Each additional 10 employees or fraction thereof 1
The number of equivalent dwelling units applicable to commercial establishments and industrial establishments shall be computed on the basis of the average daily number of full and part-time employees (including the owner(s) or employer(s)) for the calendar month following the date of the monthly billing. The owners of such facilities shall be responsible for advising the Township in writing of the number of employees upon connection to the sewer system and upon request of the Township. The number of equivalent dwelling units applicable to educational and institutional establishments shall be computed on the highest monthly average daily attendance of occupants, pupils, faculty, administrators and staff for the 12 months preceding the date of the monthly billing. The owners of such facilities shall be responsible for advising the Township in writing of the number of pupils, faculty, administrators and staff in attendance as an average daily figure upon request of the Township. No tapping fees shall be reimbursed by the Township for subsequent reductions in the number of EDUs constituting a particular improved property.
If the use or classification of any improved property changes within a billing period, the user charge for such billing period may be prorated by the Township. The owner of the improved property shall be responsible for advising the Township in writing of any such change affecting the user charge payable hereunder. The appropriate credit or additional charge shall appear on the statement for the next succeeding billing period.
The monthly flat rate user charge payable per equivalent dwelling unit shall be $63.00 [Res. 2014-07].
User charges for any nonresidential improved property, in the sole discretion of the Township, may be determined on a metered rate basis calculated according to:
A. Metered volume of potable water usage by the nonresidential improved property, adjusted, if appropriate, by the Township.
B. Actual metered volume of wastewater discharged by the nonresidential improved property into the sewer system.
In either of the foregoing cases, such user charges on a metered rate basis shall be computed on the basis of one EDU per each 60,000 gallons or portion thereof of water consumed or sewage discharged annually.
4. In the case of a multiple use improved property sharing a common connection to the sewer system or a common structure, each such classification of improved property shall pay a separate user charge, as though it was housed in a separate structure and had a direct and separate connection to the sewer system, computed in accordance with subsection (3) of this Section.
5. The owner of any improved property which shall discharge domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system in excess of a total flow of 250 gallons per day per equivalent dwelling unit with a peak flow rate in excess of 375 gallons per day for any 10-minute period, per equivalent dwelling unit calculated under subsection (3), as determined or reasonably estimated by the Township, shall pay a volume surcharge. The owner of any improved property which shall discharge domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes to the sewer system having a B.O.D. greater than 300 ppm, or a suspended solids content greater than 300 ppm, or a dissolved solids content greater than 500 ppm, or a total solids content greater than 800 ppm, or a total phosphorus as P content greater than 10 ppm or an ammonia nitrogen as N content greater than 30 ppm, shall, in the discretion of the Township, pay a strength of waste surcharge, in addition to applicable user charges.
Surcharges shall be paid in addition to all user charges computed in accordance with provisions of this Section and shall be computed on such basis, and payable at such times, as this Township may from time to time adopt, including provisions of any agreements to which this Township is a party governing the treatment of domestic sanitary sewage or industrial wastes. The strength of domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes to be used for establishing the amount of surcharge shall be determined periodically at the discretion of the Township either: (A) by suitable sampling and analysis of such wastes for a consecutive 3-day period during a time of normal plant operation; or (B) from estimates made by the Township; or (C) from known relationships of products produced to strengths of such wastes for those industries where such factors have been established. In establishing such waste strengths for surcharge purposes by analysis, analyses shall be made in accordance with procedures outlined in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc.
6. The owner of any improved property discharging domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system shall furnish to the Township, including by way of the application for permit described in the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A], all information deemed essential or appropriate by the Township for the determination of all applicable user charges and surcharges. The costs of obtaining such information shall be borne by such owner of the improved property.
In the event of the failure of the owner to provide adequate information, the Township shall estimate the applicable user charge and surcharges based upon available information, until such time as adequate information is received. There shall be no rebate of past payments if the owner’s refusal to provide such information results in overpayment.
7. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit this Township from entering into separate or special agreements with owners of improved property or other persons with respect to the user charge or surcharge to be imposed in those cases where, due to special or unusual circumstances, the user charge set forth herein shall be deemed by this Township, in its sole discretion, to be inequitable, or where it is in the best interests of this Township to do so.
8. User charges shall be payable on a monthly basis, on the first day of each month, and shall cover a billing period consisting of the immediately preceding month. Owners of improved property that shall be first connected to the sewer system during any monthly period shall pay a pro-rata user charge for service for the balance of the monthly period.
9. Payments of user charges and any applicable surcharges shall be due and payable upon the applicable billing date, at the office of the Township, in the appropriate amount, computed in accordance with this Part 3B, which shall constitute the net bill. If any user charge or any applicable surcharge is not paid within 30 calendar days after the applicable billing date, an additional sum of 10 percent shall be added to such net bill, which net bill, plus such additional sum, shall constitute the gross bill. Payment made or mailed and postmarked on or before the last day of such 30-calendar day period shall constitute payment within such period. If the end of such 30-calendar day period shall fall on a legal holiday or on a Sunday, then payment made on or mailed and postmarked on the next succeeding business day which is not a legal holiday shall constitute payment within such period. Any and all payments received on account of delinquent accounts shall be applied first to the oldest outstanding gross bill, including any accumulated late fee.
10. It shall be the responsibility of each owner of an improved property to provide the Township with, and thereafter keep the Township continuously advised of, the correct mailing address of such owner. Failure of any owner to receive a bill for charges due and payable shall not be considered an excuse for nonpayment, nor shall such failure result in an extension of the period of time during which the net bill shall be payable.
11. No officer or employee of the Township is authorized to reduce, vary or exempt charges imposed herein or other provisions of this Part 3B without official action by the Board of Supervisors of this Township.
Every owner of improved property shall remain liable for the payment of user charges and surcharges until the later of: (A) the receipt by the Township of written notice by such owner that the property has been sold, containing the correct name and mailing address of the new owner, or (B) the date on which title to the improved property is transferred to a new owner. Failure to provide notice renders an owner continuously liable for any charges that may accrue until such time as the Township has been properly notified of any change in ownership as described above.
(Res. 2005-05, 5/5/2005, Art. III; as amended by Res. 2012-01, 1/3/2012, § 3; by Res. 2012-13, 12/6/2012, § 1; and by Res. 2014-07, 11/6/2014, § 1)
1. No person shall discharge or shall cause to be discharged into the sewer system any storm water, surface water, spring water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, building foundation drainage, cellar drainage or drainage from roof leader connections.
2. Except as otherwise provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any matter or substance:
A. Having a temperature higher than 140ºF or less than 32ºF.
B. Containing more than 50 mg/l of fat, oil or grease.
C. Any 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 plant or to the operation of the treatment plant, including, but not limited to, wastestreams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than 140ºF using methods in 40 CFR 261.21. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at any point of discharge into the system (or at any point in the system), be more than 5 percent nor any single reading over 10 percent of the lower explosive limits (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substances which the Township, the Commonwealth or EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the sewer system.
D. Containing any solid wastes with particles greater than ½ inch in any dimension, resulting from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce, which wastes commonly are known as garbage, which have not been ground by household type garbage disposal units or other suitable garbage grinders.
E. Containing any solids or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to flow in the sewer system or other interference with the proper operation of the treatment plant such as, but not limited to: animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, feathers, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, strings, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, glass grinding or polishing wastes, dental floss, wool or other fibers.
F. Having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards to structures or equipment of the sewer system or any sewer or to any person engaged in operation and maintenance of the sewer system.
G. Containing toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient quantity to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment process, to constitute hazards to humans or animals or to create any hazards in waters which shall receive treated effluent from the sewer system.
H. Containing dyes or other materials with objectionable color, from any source that will result in a treatment plant effluent exceeding limits in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
I Any substance which may cause the treatment plant’s effluent or any other product of the treatment plant, such as residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance discharged to the treatment plant cause the Township to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or Commonwealth criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used.
J. Containing radioactive substances and/or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that will result in a treatment plant effluent exceeding limits in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
K. Having a chlorine demand in excess of 12 mg/l at a detention time of 20 minutes.
L. Prohibited by any permit issued by the Commonwealth or the EPA.
M. Containing wastes which are not amenable to biological treatment or reduction in existing treatment facilities, specifically nonbiodegradable complex carbon compounds.
N. Having a B.O.D. content greater than 300 ppm (except as authorized under § 312(5)).
O. Having a suspended solids content greater than 300 ppm (except as authorized under § 312(5))
P. Having a total phosphorus as P content greater than 10 ppm (except as authorized under § 312(5)).
Q. Having an ammonia nitrogen as N content greater than 30 ppm (except as authorized under § 312(5)).
R. Having any waste containing toxic or poisonous substances in excess of the following limits, measured at the point of discharge to the sewer system:
Substance Maximum Concentration ppm
Arsenic 0.05
Cadmium (as Cd) 0.1
Supp. I; added 8/4/2010 18-24
Chromium (trivalent) 1.0
Chromium (hexavalent) 0.05
Copper (as Cu) 0.5
Cyanides (free CN) 0.05
Lead 0.3
Mercury 0.002
Nickel (as Ni) 2.0
Phenolic Compounds 0.005
Silver 0.05
Zinc (as Zn) 1.0
S. Containing any substance not mentioned in the foregoing list that will cause interference or pass through at the treatment plant and exceed the maximum permitted levels for such substance under the requirements of the EPA, the Commonwealth or other governmental agencies having jurisdiction.
T. Any other substance prohibited by resolution, rule, regulation or agreement of the Township hereafter enacted or adopted from time to time.
U. Sludges, screening or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes.
V. Medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the Township in a wastewater discharge permit.
W. Wastewater causing, alone or in conjunction with other sources, the treatment plant’s effluent to fail a toxicity test.
X. Detergents, surface-active agents or other substances which may cause excessive foaming in the POTW.
Y. Fats, oil or greases of animal or vegetable origin in concentrations which will cause interference or pass through.
3. Under no circumstances shall any person discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any of the substances listed in subsection (2) above, without first securing written permission to do so from the Township.
4. Upon the promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the Federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this Part 3B for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this Part 3B. The Township shall notify all affected users of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR § 403.12.
5. No user shall ever increase the use of process water or, in any way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations contained in the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or in any other pollutant-specific limitation developed by the Township or the Commonwealth.
6. Whenever a person is authorized by the Township and the appropriate governmental agencies to discharge any polluted water, domestic sanitary sewage or industrial waste containing any of the substances or possessing any of the characteristics referred to in subsection (2), such discharge shall be subject to the continuing approval, inspection and review of the Township. If, in the opinion of the Township, such discharges are causing or will cause damage to the treatment plant, or will cause the Township to be in violation of any agreement or order, the Township shall order the person causing such discharge to cease doing so forthwith, or to take other appropriate action, including exercising the remedies provided in the Connection Ordinance [Part 3A], or delegating to another party duties to take appropriate action, to eliminate the harmful discharge.
7. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between the Township and the owner of an improved property or other person allowing industrial wastes of unusual strength or character to be admitted into the sewer system.
8. Where necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Township, the owner of an improved property shall provide, at the sole expense of the owner, suitable pretreatment facilities acceptable to the Township.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed facilities for preliminary treatment and handling of industrial wastes shall be submitted for approval of the Township. No construction of any such facility shall commence until approval has been obtained, in writing, from the Township, and until approval has been obtained from any and all regulatory bodies having jurisdiction.
Such facilities for preliminary treatment and handling of industrial wastes shall be continuously maintained, at the sole expense of the owner, in good operating condition satisfactory to the Township. The Township shall have access to such facilities at reasonable times for purposes of inspection and sampling.
(Res. 2005-05, 5/5/2005, Art. IV)
1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer system any industrial wastes without prior application for and receipt of a written permit from the Township.
2. Any person desiring to make or use a connection through which industrial wastes shall be discharged into the sewer system shall file with the Township a completed “industrial wastes questionnaire,” furnished by the Township, which shall supply pertinent data, including estimated quantity of flow, characteristics and constituents of the proposed discharge. The cost of obtaining all such data shall be borne by the person desiring to make or use the connection to the sewer system.
3. A. Ten days prior to the first day of January, April, July and October of each year, each major contributor of industrial wastes shall file with the Township a report on the quality and quantity of their discharge.
B. Major contributors shall consist of those whose total estimated or metered discharge exceeds 15,000 gallons per day, have in their waste a toxic pollutant or, in the judgment of the Township, would have potential for or a significant impact on the sewer system or the quality of its effluent.
4. A. When required by the Township, the owner of any improved property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install, at his expense, a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer, to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the waste flow.
B. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of “Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater,” published by the American Public Health Association, Inc., and shall be determined by or under the direct supervision of a “qualified analyst”
5. Any industrial establishment discharging domestic sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes into the sewer system and contemplating a change in the method of operation which will alter the characteristics and/or volume of such wastes being discharged shall notify the Township, in writing, at least 30 days prior to institution of such change.
6. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided by the owner of any industrial, commercial or institutional establishment, at his or its sole cost, when required by the Township, for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing excessive grease, inflammable wastes, sand or other harmful substances. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Township and constructed or installed at a satisfactory location in accordance with plans approved by the Township prior to installation or commencement of construction.
7. The use of mechanical garbage grinders in an industrial establishment or a commercial establishment shall not be permitted without prior approval from the Township.
8. The Township may require industrial establishments having large variations in rates of waste discharge to install suitable regulating devices for equalizing waste flows to the sewer system.
(Res. 2005-05, 5/5/2005, Art. V)
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