(A) This subchapter shall be known as the Springfield Township Sewage Management Ordinance.
(B) This subchapter is adopted pursuant to the authority set forth in the Second Class Township Code, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 699.1 through 699.1001), and the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (Act of January 24, 1966), P.L. 1535, as amended, 35 P.S. §§ 750.1 et seq., also known as Act 537. This subchapter is also adopted pursuant to the official Sewage Facilities Plan adopted for the township pursuant to Act 537.
(C) This subchapter is intended to prevent and abate groundwater and surface water pollution and the hazards to public health caused by the improper treatment and disposal of sanitary sewage. This subchapter is further intended to provide for the inventory and inspection of individual and community sanitary sewage disposal systems within the township, which said inventory and inspections are designed to provide for the adequate maintenance, management, rehabilitation/repair/replacement and construction of sewage disposal systems; to permit the township to intervene in events which are public nuisances or hazards to the public health; and, to establish penalties and appeal procedures necessary for the appropriate administration of the Township Sanitary Sewage Disposal System Program.
(Ord. 167, passed 8-27-2013)