(A) Legal action. If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the borough’s wastewater disposal system contrary to the provisions of this chapter, federal or state pretreatment requirements, or any order of the borough, the Borough Solicitor may commence an action for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief in the court of common pleas in the county.
(B) Civil penalties. Any user who is found to have violated an order of the Borough Council or who willfully or negligently failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, and the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense, and failure to pay the same within 30 days after assessed by a district justice shall result in imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the penalties provided herein, the borough may recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, court reporters’ fees and other expenses of litigation by appropriate suit at law against the person found to have violated this chapter, or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder.
(C) Falsifying information. Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representations, or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter, or significant discharge permit, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this chapter and regulation, shall be prosecuted in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth for submitting false reports to authorities together with any and all other criminal penalties applicable for such conduct.
(Ord. 1-1985, passed 1-14-1985; Ord. 1-1993, passed 2-8-1993)