[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Nether Providence 9-12-1991 as Ord. No. 570.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal of former Ch. 249, Wastewater Management, adopted 2-14-1985 as Ord. No. 531.
[Amended 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 598]
This chapter is adopted to promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and other aspects of the general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the specific enforcement of the various regulations promulgated by the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and such other agencies which may succeed the aforementioned agencies to implement the Delaware County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment Standards, 40 CFR 401 et seq.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Nether Providence Township Wastewater Treatment Ordinance."
The DELCORA standards, rules and regulations are hereby adopted by Nether Providence Township to govern the conduct of all discharges to the DELCORA Wastewater Management System.
A. 
It is intended that this chapter provide for the enforcement and prosecution of the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations and the National Pretreatment Standards.
B. 
It is the specific intent of this chapter to provide a means of enforcement of the National Pretreatment Standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as set forth in 40 CFR 401 et seq. (1983) pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
C. 
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations shall be minimum standards and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of user within the Township of Nether Providence.
The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Nether Providence hereby ordains and establishes that any person, firm or corporation who fails or refuses to comply with the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations, embodied in DELCORA Resolution Nos. 91-03 and 91-05, adopted May 22, 1991, as the same may be amended from time to time, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached hereto as Appendix A,[1] shall be subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the office of the Township Manager.
[Amended 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Art. II, Violations and Penalties, § 1-16, Building, health and safety violations. Every day that each violation continues of this chapter and/or DELCORA's Standards, Rules and Regulations, as amended, shall constitute a separate offense.
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The Township of Nether Providence hereby appoints DELCORA or its designee as its agent having the power of the Township of Nether Providence to institute proceedings in the name of the Township of Nether Providence against any and all persons, firms or corporations who violate the provisions of this chapter.
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In cases involving the enforcement of this chapter, the Solicitor of DELCORA or its designee may cause subpoenas to be issued for witnesses for the prosecution and may conduct the hearing on behalf of the Township of Nether Providence.
[Added 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 598]
The western area local limitations for discharge of wastewater as provided by DELCORA Resolution 91-05, as amended and codified through October 1996, which is attached hereto, made a part hereof and identified as Exhibit C,[1] are adopted as the local limitations for all discharges of wastewater within the Township of Nether Providence.
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Editor's Note: Appendix C is on file in the office of the Township Manager.