No person, firm or corporation shall discharge or cause to be
discharged any industrial or commercial wastewater into the system
unless and until a special permit has been obtained therefor as hereinafter
provided. The permit shall be prominently displayed at the permittee's
facility.
A.
Special permission may be granted by the Mayor and Council to make
connections to the system for the discharge of industrial or commercial
wastewater consisting of water or other fluid that will not deposit
a sediment or other obstruction and which will also conform to the
rules and regulations now or hereafter established by the Borough
of Washington concerning the receipt and the treatment of industrial
or commercial wastewater, as well as each and all of the provisions
of this article. A written application for such permission shall be
made to the Borough Clerk upon forms provided for that purpose, which
application shall, among other things, state:
(1)
The full name and address of the applicant. If the applicant is a
partnership, the full names and addresses of all partners shall be
stated; if a corporation, that fact shall be stated.
(2)
The nature of the business or industry of the applicant.
(3)
The location and dimensions of the premises upon which the business
or industry is to be or is carried on, together with a simple plot
plan showing the several boundary lines of the property and the location
and dimensions of all buildings thereon.
(4)
The character, chemical content and physical and chemical properties
of the industrial or commercial wastewater proposed to be deposited
in the system. The submission of a standard laboratory analysis of
the representative wastewater by an approved testing laboratory shall
be required.
(5)
The approximate quantity of industrial or commercial wastewater to
be deposited in the system per day.
(6)
The hours of each day during which such industrial or commercial
wastewater will be deposited in the system.
(7)
Where practicable, data indicating the hours of peak, minimum and
mean flow of such industrial or commercial wastewater into the system,
which data may, and at the special request of the Mayor and Council
shall, be submitted in the form of a chart or graph.
(8)
Such other or further information or data as the Mayor and Council
from time to time require.
B.
The applicant shall reimburse the Borough for all reasonable and
customary engineering fees, inspection costs and/or other expenses
incurred as a result of examining and processing the application.
The applicant shall submit payment within 15 days after the submission
of a statement to the applicant.
A.
The Mayor and Council shall determine the terms and conditions, if
any, for granting the said special permission to deposit industrial
or commercial wastewater into the system (should such applicant's
application be approved by it), and each and all of such terms and
conditions shall be placed on a written permit to be issued by the
Borough Clerk.
B.
A copy of the proposed permit shall be mailed by certified mail to
the applicant. The applicant shall have 30 days from the date of receipt
of the permit to review the terms and conditions contained therein.
The applicant shall also be notified in writing of the right to request
a public hearing before the Mayor and Council to present evidence,
testimony and remarks pertaining to the proposed permit. A request
for a public hearing shall be presented in written form to the Borough
Clerk within the thirty-day review period noted above. The Mayor and
Council shall issue a final permit within 60 days of the close of
the hearing.
C.
In the event that the applicant does not request a hearing, the permit,
as originally presented, shall be deemed final upon the expiration
of the thirty-day review period noted above.
Any changes in the quantity, character, chemical content or
in the physical or chemical properties of the industrial or commercial
wastewater of any holder of a special permit granted under this article
which occur after a permit has been granted or which occur in the
interval between the filing of the application for a permit and the
issuance of same shall be forthwith reported in writing to the Mayor
and Council.
Any person, firm or corporation which is already depositing
industrial or commercial wastewater into the system shall, within
90 days following written request from the Mayor and Council, file
with the Borough Clerk a written application for special permission
to continue to do so, which application shall contain the matters
and things specified in this article.
The granting of special permission by the Mayor and Council
to discharge industrial or commercial wastewater into the system in
any one or more instances shall not be construed in such way as to
establish a precedent binding upon said Mayor and Council which will
compel it to grant future applications for special permission to discharge
the same or similar industrial or commercial wastewater into the system.
Moreover, such special permission, when granted, shall not be deemed
to be a continuing right to discharge industrial or commercial wastewater
into said sewer system, but instead such special permission may be
modified or revoked at any time by the Mayor and Council when it is
determined by it that the terms and conditions of said special permission
have been violated, or that the special permission was improvidently
or unwisely granted, or that the licensee's deposits in said
sewer system will overburden its capacity or impair its operation
to the detriment of other users of the system, in addition to other
causes for modification or revocation contained herein. In addition,
such special permission may be modified or revoked for any other cause
deemed good and sufficient therefor by said Mayor and Council.
The discharge of industrial or commercial wastewater into the
system when specially permitted by the Mayor and Council as herein
provided shall be by a connection separate from that used for the
discharge of domestic wastewater. Plants in existence as of February
3, 1998, may be required hereunder to separate domestic and industrial
or commercial wastewaters if a single connection is in use, if determined
by the Mayor and Council to be in the best interests of the Borough.
Grease traps or other appliances as may be necessary to protect
the system from stoppage shall be installed by the owner at the owner's
expense when notified by the Mayor and Council in writing to make
such installation. Upon failure of the owner to comply with such notice
or to properly operate and maintain such devices, in addition to the
penalties hereinafter provided for violation of this article, the
special permission of such person to discharge industrial or commercial
wastewaters into the system may be revoked by the Mayor and Council.
A.
Every person, firm or corporation discharging industrial or commercial
wastewater into the system by virtue of special permission granted
by the Mayor and Council for that purpose, as provided for herein,
shall at all times permit the inspection of said wastewater by the
agents or employees of the Borough of Washington and, when ordered
by the Mayor and Council, shall cause such wastewater to be pretreated
so that same shall comply with the terms of this article, the terms
and conditions under which the said special permit was granted and
the rules and regulations of said Borough of Washington. Refusal to
permit inspection of said wastewater or refusal to obey an order to
treat same shall be deemed a violation of this article sufficient
to cause a revocation of the permit.
B.
If the Mayor and Council determines that pretreatment facilities
will be required, the applicant shall submit engineering drawings,
specifications, schematics, process descriptions and other pertinent
data to the Borough for review and approval. Any subsequent alterations
or additions to such pretreatment facility shall not be made without
first submitting revised engineering drawings and specifications to
the Borough for review and approval.
C.
The pretreatment facilities shall at all times be under the direct
supervision and control of an authorized representative of the system
user. The name of such representative shall be forwarded to the Borough
within five days of his employment in such capacity. The Borough reserves
the right to require that the pretreatment facilities be under the
control of a licensed treatment plant operator if the Mayor and Council
determines this is in the best interest of the Borough. Within 180
days notice from the Borough, the system user shall comply with such
requirements.
D.
The industrial or commercial user shall reimburse the Borough for
all reasonable and customary engineering and legal fees, inspection
costs and/or other expenses incurred as a result of examining and
processing information required by this section. Payment shall be
made within 15 days after submission of a statement by the Borough.
