[Amended 11-4-1996 by Ord. No. 200]
A. 
The Township does hereby authorize and empower the Borough to suspend a user permit or an industrial user permit when such suspension is necessary in the opinion of the Borough in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents, or may present, an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment, causes interference to the POTW or causes the Borough to violate any condition of its NPDES permit.
B. 
Any person notified of a suspension of a permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the discharge. In the event of failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the Borough shall take steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW system or endangerment to any individuals. The Borough may reinstate the permit upon proof of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge by the user or industrial user, payment of any damages, fines, penalties or costs associated with the discharge and the submission of a detailed written statement describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence.
Any user or industrial user who violates the following conditions of this part or applicable state and federal regulations is subject to having his permit suspended in accordance with the procedures of this article:
A. 
Failure of a user or industrial user to report factually the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge.
B. 
Failure to report significant changes in operations or wastewater constituents and characteristics.
C. 
Refusal of reasonable access to the premises for the purpose of inspection and monitoring.
D. 
Violation of the conditions of the permit.
Whenever the Borough finds that any user or industrial user has violated or is violating this part, the permit or industrial user permit or any prohibition, limitation of requirements contained herein, the Borough may serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of the violation. Within 30 days of the date of the notice, a plan for the satisfactory correction thereof shall be submitted to the Borough by the user or industrial user.
Whenever the Borough finds that an industrial user has violated the terms and conditions of its permit or this part and has been served with a notice of violation, the Township does authorize and empower the Borough to subject the industrial user to an order to correct the violation within a time frame as deemed appropriate and timely by the Borough.
A. 
Pursuant to the authority delegated by the Township to the Borough herein, the Borough may order anyone who causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to enter the POTW to show cause before the Borough Council why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. A notice shall be served on the user specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the Borough Council regarding the violation, the reasons why the action is to be taken, the proposed enforcement action, and directing the user to show cause before the Borough Council why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The notice of the hearing shall be served personally or by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) at least 10 days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of a corporation.
B. 
The Borough Council may itself conduct the hearing and take evidence or may designate any of its members or any officer or employee of the Borough to:
(1) 
Issue in the name of the Borough Council notices of hearings requesting the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter involved in such hearings.
(2) 
Take the evidence.
(3) 
Transmit a report of the evidence and hearing, including transcripts and other evidence, together with recommendations, to the Borough Council for action taken thereon.
C. 
At any hearing held pursuant to this part, testimony taken must be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript so recorded will be made available to any member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment of the usual charges therefor.
D. 
After the Borough Council has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances shall have been installed or existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances are properly operated. Further orders and directives, as are necessary and appropriate, may be issued.
Pursuant to the authority delegated by the Township to the Borough herein, if any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the Borough's wastewater disposal system contrary to the provisions of this part, federal or state pretreatment requirements or any order of the Borough or is in violation of any other pretreatment standards and requirements of this part, the Borough Solicitor may commence an action for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.