[Adopted 11-10-2008 by Ord. No. 2088-11]
The City hereby readopts by reference various
rules and regulations heretofore formulated for the Council of the
City of Latrobe and called "Rules and Regulations for Operation of
the Sewage System and Sewage Treatment Facilities," dated August 28,
1968, as revised, attached hereto as Exhibit A,[1] as submitted to the Council of the City of Latrobe and
as accepted by the Council of the City of Latrobe, and which said
rules and regulations regulate the discharge of sanitary sewage to
public sanitary sewage systems within the City, exclude stormwater
runoff from entering the public sanitary sewage system within the
City, declare unacceptable certain types of sanitary sewage and industrial
wastes, provide for general rules concerning sewage collection, for
surcharge for certain types of industrial wastes, provide for general
rules concerning billing and collection of treatment charges, sewage
collection, transportation and surcharges within the City, regulate
connections into the public sanitary sewage system, regulate proposed
extension of the public sewage system by private developers and provide
general rules concerning delinquencies, violations and remedies, provide
for various procedures for having private sewer plans approved by
the Latrobe Municipal Authority, the submission of various engineering
and other design requirements, inspection during construction, specifications
for sewer construction of all private sewers, general rules concerning
excavation, backfill and embankment, general rules for laying sewer
pipes, general rules for the installation and construction of manholes,
general rules for the replacement of paving and various details.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the
City offices.
The City hereby adopts by reference new rules,
regulations, procedures and requirements heretofore formulated for
the Council of the City of Latrobe and called "Latrobe Municipal Authority
Pretreatment Rules and Regulations," attached hereto as Exhibit B,[1] in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Part 403 of
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as submitted to the Council
of the City of Latrobe and as accepted by the Council of the City
of Latrobe, and which said procedures and requirements provide for
an industrial pretreatment program general sewer use requirements,
pretreatment of wastewater, wastewater discharge permit application,
wastewater permit issuance process, reporting requirements, compliance
monitoring, confidential information, publication of users and significant
noncompliance, administrative enforcement remedies, judicial enforcement
remedies, supplemental action, affirmative defenses to discharge violations,
wastewater treatment rates and various miscellaneous provisions.
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit B is on file in the
City offices.
The City does hereby designate the Latrobe Municipal Authority as its agent for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the rules and regulations adopted by reference in §§ 311-40 and 311-41 of this article. Further, the officers and employees as designated by the Latrobe Municipal Authority shall have full powers to make all inspections, issue permits and do all other official actions required under the rules and regulations as adopted, including investigation, citation and enforcement thereof.
Any person who violates any of the rules and regulations adopted under § 311-40 of this article shall be subject to a fine in the penal sum of $600 for each violation of this article and, further, that each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Further, any person who violates any of the rules and regulations adopted under § 311-41 of this article hall be subject to such fines and/or other penalties set forth in the Latrobe Municipal Authority Pretreatment Rules and Regulations, attached hereto as Exhibit "B"[1] and as set forth in the Latrobe Municipal Authority Enforcement
Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "C";[2] provided, further, that the Latrobe Municipal Authority
and its designated officers and employees shall have full power to
bring any action under this section of this article.
The provisions of Ordinance No. 2006-11, entitled
"Adoption of Standards for Local Limits for Discharge into the Sanitary
Sewer System in the City of Latrobe," not inconsistent herewith shall
remain in full force and effect.[1]
All ordinances or parts of ordinances and all
resolutions and parts of resolutions which are inconsistent with this
article are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
The invalidity of any part of this article or
any of the rules and regulations adopted by reference herein shall
not affect the validity of any other part of this article or the rules
and regulations adopted by reference herein.[1]
