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Township of Hempfield, PA
Westmoreland County
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The Manager shall publish annually, in the largest daily newspaper published in the municipality where the POTW is located, a list of the users which, during the previous 12 months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. The term "significant noncompliance" shall mean:
A. 
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which 66% or more of wastewater measurements taken during a six-month period exceed the daily maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter by any amount.
B. 
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which 33% or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant parameter during a six-month period equals or exceeds the product of the daily maximum limit or the average limit multiplied by the applicable criteria (1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH).
C. 
Any other discharge violation that the Manager believes has caused, along or in combination other discharges, interference or pass-through, including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public.
D. 
Any discharge of pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment or has resulted in the Manager's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge.
E. 
Failure to meet, within 90 days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction or attaining final compliance.
F. 
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports and reports on compliance with compliance schedules.
G. 
Failure to accurately report noncompliance.
H. 
Any other violation(s) which the Manager determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.