[Ord. 1077, 8/7/2002]
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Purpose and Objectives. The purpose of this Part is to enable the
Borough of Quakertown to comply with all the applicable state and
federal environmental laws regulating the collection and treatment
of domestic and industrial waste as well as assist in assuring a well-operated
municipal wastewater sewage system and treatment plant. To this end,
the Borough reserves the right to condition or to refuse to accept
industrial wastewater. The particular objectives of this Part are:
A.Â
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater
system which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate
the resulting sludge.
B.Â
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater
system which will pass through the system inadequately treated into
receiving waters or the atmosphere, or otherwise be incompatible with
the system.
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To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater
system that could harm the collection system, the treatment plant
or the health, safety and welfare of the plant personnel.
D.Â
To prevent the introduction of clean water discharges into the municipal
wastewater system that could interfere with the operation of the system
or consume the treatment plant capacity or reduce the effectiveness
of the treatment process.
E.Â
To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge
from the publicly owned treatment works.
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To provide for the equitable distribution of costs for the implementation
of the Borough's industrial pretreatment program.
G.Â
This Part provides for the regulation of certain contributors to
the Borough of Quakertown municipal wastewater collection system through
the issuance of permits to significant industrial users and through
enforcement of general requirements for other users; authorizes monitoring,
compliance and enforcement activities; establishes administrative
review procedures; requires industrial user reporting and assumes
that existing customers capacity will not be preempted.
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This Part shall apply to all users who reside in or discharge wastewater
in the Borough, and to all users outside the Borough as authorized
by an interjurisdictional agreement between the Borough and the Borough
of Richlandtown and Richland Township. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Borough shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions
of this Part. Nothing contained in this Part shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Borough
and users, within or out of the Borough, whereby a waste of unusual
strength or character may be accepted by the Borough by special agreement,
either verbal or written, executed prior to such acceptance, containing
safeguards, limitations and conditions acceptable to the Borough.
No such special agreement or arrangement, however, shall waive or
abrogate any national categorical pretreatment standard.
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Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, nothing in this
Part shall be deemed to be a legally binding commitment under the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq., the Clean Streams
Law, 35 Pa. Stat. §§ 691.1 et seq., and applicable
regulations (e.g., 40 CFR Part 403, Title 25 Pa. Code) for the Borough
to undertake pretreatment implementation or enforcement activities
beyond the minimum otherwise required by these laws and regulations.
Nevertheless, the Borough maintains discretionary authority to undertake
pretreatment activities beyond the minimum required.
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ACT or THE ACT
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER
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(2)Â
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BCWSA
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or BOD
BOROUGH
BOROUGH MANAGER
BUILDING SEWER OR LATERAL
BYPASS
COMMERCIAL USER
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONTROL AUTHORITY
DEP
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DOMESTIC WASTE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
GENERAL PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS
GRAB SAMPLE
HEXANE-EXTRACTABLE MATERIALS or FAT, OIL AND GREASE
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INTERFERENCE
LOCAL LIMITS
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR CATEGORICAL STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM OR NPDES PERMIT
NEW SOURCE
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(2)Â
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(b)Â
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NONCOMPLIANCE
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
NORMAL PRODUCTION DAY
PASS-THROUGH
PERSON
pH
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or STANDARDS
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS
POTW
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SHALL
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
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(2)Â
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SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
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SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR
SLUG or SLUG LOAD
SPILL
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STATE
STORMWATER
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOXIC POLLUTANTS
UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE
USER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
WATERS OF THE STATE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following
terms and phrases as used in this Part shall have the meanings hereinafter
designated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also know as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The Regional Administrator of Region III of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
If the user is a corporation:
The president, secretary, treasurer or a vice president of the
corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other
person who performs similar policy or decisionmaking function for
the corporation.
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation
facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual
sales or expenditures exceeding $2,500,000 in second quarter 1980,
if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the
manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
If the user is a federal, state, local governmental facility
or charitable organization: a director or highest official appointed
or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities
of the government facility or charitable organization, or their designee.
The individuals described in Subsections A through C above may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having the overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company and the written authorization is submitted to the Borough.
Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority.
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions in § 302, Subsection 1, of this Part. Best management practices also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, slug loads, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
[Added by Ord. 1159, 5/6/2009]
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., usually expressed as a concentration (e.g., mg/1).
The Borough of Quakertown, its elected and appointed officials
and their deputies, and its agents and employees.
The person duly appointed by Borough Council to supervise
the day-to-day operations of the Borough and who is charged with certain
duties and responsibilities by Borough ordinance or a duly authorized
representative.
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion
of a user's treatment facility.
A commercial source of indirect discharge that is not a source
of industrial waste.
A combination of individual samples taken from a waste stream
at selected intervals for some specified period of time having either
equal volume or proportioned to the flow at the time of the sampling.
The Borough of Quakertown.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or
where appropriate it shall also mean any duly authorized official
of said agency.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The normal water-borne or dissolved waste discharged by a
residential household, as well as toilet or other like wastes discharged
by any user.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where
appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the administrator
or duly authorized official of said agency.
Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 403.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis, without regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period
of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
The result of EPA Test Method 1664.
[Added by Ord. 1159, 5/6/2009]
The discharge or the introduction of pollutants into the
POTW, including holding tank waste discharged into the system, as
outlined in 40 CFR 403.3(g) and Section 307(b), (c) and (d) of the
Act.
The program established by this Part and administered by
the Borough establishing rules and regulations for the Borough and
for industrial users of the Borough's POTW, thereby enabling
the Borough to comply with the responsibilities of implementing general
pretreatment regulations as required by the Borough's NPDES permit.
An industrial waste source of indirect discharge.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance, or form of energy,
which is produced as a result, whether directly or indirectly, of
any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or activity,
or in the course of developing, recovering or processing of natural
resources and which is discharged into the POTW; but not noncontact
cooling water or domestic waste. Any wastewater which contains industrial
waste and which is discharged from an industrial, manufacturing, trade
or business premises is considered industrial waste for the purposes
of this Part.
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment process
or operations which may, but is not required to, contribute to a violation
of the Borough's NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of
sewage sludge use, sludge processes or disposal by the POTW in accordance
with Section 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345), or any criteria,
guidelines or regulation developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, or more-stringent state criteria, including those contained in
any sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of the SWDA
applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.
Numerical limitations on the concentration, mass or other
characteristics of wastes or pollutants discharged, or likely to be
discharged, by industrial users and which are developed by the Borough.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in 40 CFR, Parts 401 to 471, and in accordance with Section
307 (b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317), which applies
to a specific industrial category.
A permit issued to the control authority pursuant to Section
402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source
if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that
section, provided that:
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located.
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source.
The production or wastewater generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these
are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which
the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent
to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity
as the existing source, should be considered.
Construction on a site which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting the criteria of Subsection A(2) or A(3) above, but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under this section has
commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment;
or
Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation
or removal of existing building, structures or facilities which is
necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of new source
facilities or equipment.
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation
within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contract which can
be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts
for feasibility, engineering and design studies do not constitute
a contractual obligation under this subsection.
Any violation of pretreatment requirements or pretreatment
standards, including but not limited to limits, sampling, analysis,
reporting and adherence to compliance schedules and regulatory deadlines.
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
For the purposes of sampling wastewater, a normal production
day is that period of time during which wastewater is discharged and
production, cleanup and other activities that normally produce wastewater
or industrial waste are occurring. If a sample is specified to be
collected during a normal production day, it should not include aliquots
taken during low waste stream flow periods that are not representative
of normal activities, or during times when wastewater is not being
discharged.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges
from other sources, cause a violation of any requirement of the POTW's
NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude and duration
of the violation. Pass-through may also be the concentration of pollutants
in the sludge so that the end use of the sludge causes or contributes
to pollution, harm to the environment or a violation of any state
or national sludge disposal regulation, guideline or standard.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, charitable
organization, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company,
trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or any
of the legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender
shall include the feminine. The singular shall include the plural
where indicated by the context.
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed
in standard units.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, liquid waste, gaseous waste,
incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, radioactive materials, heat,
wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial,
municipal and agricultural wastes, and certain characteristics of
wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD,
toxicity or odor).
The contamination of any waters of the state such as will
create or is likely to create a nuisance or to render such waters
harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare,
or to domestic, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational
or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals,
birds, fish or other aquatic life; or contamination of the air, soil
or of the environment so as to produce or is likely to produce similar
deleterious effects.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutants, or the
alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to
a less harmful state prior to, or in lieu of, discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration
can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, or
by process changes, or by other means, except as prohibited by 40
CFR 403.6(d).
The person designated by the Superintendent or the Borough
Manager as the person responsible for the day-to-day administration
of the industrial pretreatment program.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment
standards and local limits.
Any discharge that is prohibited by § 302 of this
Part.
Prohibitions and standards as provided in 40 CFR 403.5.
A "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Act,
which may but is not required to be owned by the Borough of Quakertown.
For the purposes of this Part, POTW consists of the sewage and wastewater
collection system, treatment plant, pump stations and other ancillary
facilities owned and operated by the Borough of Quakertown and BCWSA.
This includes not only Borough and BCWSA sewers, but any other sewers
which, by agreement, or by order of other authority, discharge into
the Borough-owned collection system or treatment plant.
That part of the POTW including, but not limited to, sewers
and pipes that convey the discharged wastewater to the POTW.
That portion of the POTW designated to provide treatment
to wastewater.
Is mandatory; MAY — Is permissive.
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards.
A user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown
wastewater).
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather organic capacity of the POTW treatment
plant.
Is designated as such by the Borough on the basis that it has
a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection B above has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Borough may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from the user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
A user is in significant noncompliance if it is in violation
of a pretreatment standard or requirement and the violation meets
one or more of the following criteria:
[Amended by Ord. 1159, 5/6/2009]
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here
as those in which 66% or more of all of the measurements taken for
the same pollutant parameter during a six-month period exceed (by
any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including
instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1);
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as
those in which 33% or more of all of the measurements taken for the
same pollutant parameter during a six-month period equal or exceed
the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including
instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1), multiplied by
the applicable TRC; the TRC for BOD, TSS and hexane-extractable materials
is 1.4; the TRC for all other pollutants except pH is 1.2 (there is
no TRC for pH);
Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement,
as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1) (daily maximum, long-term average, instantaneous
limit, or narrative standard), that the Borough determines has caused,
alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass
through (including endangering the health of Borough personnel or
the general public);
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment
to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in
the Borough’s exercise of its emergency authority to halt or
prevent such a discharge;
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a permit, consent order, or administrative
order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining
final compliance;
Failure to provide, within 45 days after the due date, required
reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance
reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance
with compliance schedules;
Failure to accurately report noncompliance; and
Any other violation or group of violations, which may include
a violation of applicable best management practices, which the Borough
determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of
the pretreatment program.
An industrial user in significant noncompliance at any time
during a calendar year.
Any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including
but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge,
which has a reasonable potential to cause pass-through or interference
or in any other way violate any provision of this Part 3, local limits,
or any condition of a permit issued pursuant to this Part 3.
[Amended by Ord. 1159, 5/6/2009]
Any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature including,
but not limited to, an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge
or the control or cleanup activities associated with such an occurrence;
an accidental spill may result from the spilling, overflowing, rupture
or leakage of any storage, process or transfer container.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Budget and Management 1972.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
The person designated by the Borough who is charged with
certain duties and responsibilities, including but not limited to
supervision of the day-to-day operations of the POTW or his duly authorized
representative or agent.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface or
is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquids and which is removable
by laboratory filtering.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the administrator of the EPA under the
provisions of the Clean Water Act § 307(a) or other acts.
A discharge into the POTW of industrial waste or other matter
which is not in accordance with the terms of this Part, an applicable
wastewater discharge permit or the industrial pretreatment program.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into
or permitted to enter the POTW.
The permit issued by the Borough of Quakertown authorizing
discharge of industrial waste into the municipal wastewater system.
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems and all other bodies or accumulation of water, surface or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
[Ord. 1077, 8/7/2002; as amended by Ord. 1159, 5/6/2009[1]]
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General. No user shall contribute or allow to be contributed, directly
or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will cause or contribute
to interference or pass-through. These general prohibitions apply
to all such users of the POTW, whether or not the user is subject
to national pretreatment standards or any other national, state or
local pretreatment requirements. A user may not contribute the following
substances to the POTW:
A.Â
Waste streams with a flash point of less than 140° F. or 60°
C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
B.Â
Liquids, solids or gases such as, but not limited to, gasoline, kerosene,
naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, hydrides
and sulfides, in quantities so as alone or by interaction with other
substances, to cause or risk fire or explosion, or be injurious in
any other way to the POTW, the operation of the POTW or to the POTW
personnel.
C.Â
Waste streams that create either at the point of discharge or at
any point in the system, a condition in which two successive readings
on an explosion hazard meter are more than 5%, nor any single reading
over 10% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter.
D.Â
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow
in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the wastewater
treatment facilities such as, but not limited to, grease, garbage
with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts
or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides, spent lime, stone or
marble dust, metal, glass, straw, paper, wood, plastics, tar, asphalt
residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating
oils, mud, glass grinding or polishing wastes.
E.Â
Wastewater containing hexane extractable material in amounts that
will cause pass through or interference.
F.Â
Any wastewater having a pH of less than five standard units or more
than 10 standard units, or wastewater having any other corrosive property
capable of causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment and/or
personnel of the POTW.
G.Â
Any wastewater containing pollutants in sufficient quantity, either
singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to injure, to interfere
with any wastewater treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, to create a toxic effect in the receiving waters or the
POTW or to exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment
standard.
H.Â
Any substance which results in the formation or release of toxic
gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity that may cause acute worker health
and safety problems.
I.Â
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which either singly
or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public
nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into
the sewer for maintenance and repair.
J.Â
Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or any other
product of the POTW, such as residues, sludges or scums to be unsuitable
for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW
to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines
or regulation developed under § 405 of the Act; any criteria,
guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed
pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substance Control Act or state criteria applicable to the sludge management
method being used.
K.Â
Any substance which will alone or in conjunction with other substances
cause the POTW to violate its NPDES permit or the water quality standards
of the receiving waters.
L.Â
Any wastewater with an objectionable color not removed in a treatment
process such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning
solutions.
M.Â
Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological
activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference, but
in no case wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into
the POTW which exceeds 40° C. (104° F.).
N.Â
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, COD,
etc.) released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentrations
which, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, will
cause interference to the POTW.
O.Â
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such
half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the
federal government, state or Borough of Quakertown.
P.Â
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public
nuisance.
Q.Â
Stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or noncontact
cooling water.
R.Â
Hauled or trucked pollutants except at the control authority's
designated point at the POTW where hauled or trucked wastewater may
be discharged.
S.Â
Any wastewater containing any compounds or salts of aldrin, dieldrin,
endrin, lindane, methoxychlor, toxaphene, dichlorophenoxyacetic acid,
trichlorophenoxyproprionic acids or other persistent herbicides, pesticides
or rodenticides.
Noncompliance with the above-listed prohibited standards is
enforceable under the provisions of this Part.
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National Categorical Pretreatment Standards. If the categorical standards for a particular industrial user are more stringent than local limits or other requirements imposed under this Part, then the categorical standards shall apply. The national categorical pretreatment standards as set forth in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Part 405 et seq., are hereby incorporated into the industrial pretreatment program as program requirements for those industrial users subject to such categorical standards. Upon the promulgation of new national categorical pretreatment standards that apply to an existing industrial user, the industrial user so affected shall comply with the reporting requirements in § 304, Subsection 7, of this Part and the requirement of 40 CFR 403.12. If an existing industrial user not subject to a wastewater discharge permit under this Part becomes a significant industrial user because of a newly promulgated categorical standard, the industrial user shall also apply for a permit as provided in § 304, Subsection 1, of this Part.
3.Â
Specific Pollutant Limitations. The Borough may establish, and review
from time to time, local limits regulating the discharge of specific
pollutants by industrial users. Local limits developed to prevent
pass through or interference or to implement prohibited discharge
standards shall be approved by the approval authority.
A.Â
Local limits may be established for any substance which is discharged,
or is likely to be discharged, to the POTW.
B.Â
Local limits may limit concentration, mass or a combination of the
two.
C.Â
The procedure for the calculation of local limits may be as recommended
by the approval authority or otherwise considered appropriate by the
Borough.
D.Â
Local limits shall be calculated for pollutants, as deemed necessary,
to prevent interference and pass through. In addition, local limits
may be calculated to prevent the discharge of toxic materials in toxic
amounts; threats to worker health and safety; and physical, chemical
or biological damage to the POTW.
E.Â
Local limits are applicable to all significant industrial users and
may be included in wastewater discharge permits. Local limits may
be applied to other industrial users if deemed appropriate by the
Borough.
F.Â
Discharging any pollutant in excess of a local limit established
for that pollutant shall constitute a violation of this Part.
4.Â
Any user who is discharging industrial wastewater into the Borough's
collection system with concentrations of pollutants higher than those
listed below will, at the Borough's discretion, either be required
to pay a surcharge in addition to their regular sewer rate, or have
to pretreat the wastewater to within acceptable limits.
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When a user discharges any of the above-listed parameters in excess
of the concentration indicated for that parameter, the sewer charge
shall be calculated using the following formula:
Sewer rate = regular sewer x surcharge factor.
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The surcharge factor is calculated as follows:
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Surcharge factor = 0.25 + 0.15(BOD÷300) + 0.25 (TSS÷350)
+ 0.1(NH3÷40) + 0.25 (TP÷15)
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Where BOD is the concentration of biochemical oxygen demand,
TSS is the concentration of total suspended solids, etc. Where a pollutant
concentration is less than the limitation listed above for that parameter,
the number in parenthesis in the surcharge factor shall be equal to
one.
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6.Â
Borough's Right of Revision. The Borough Manager or Superintendent
may establish more stringent limitations or requirements for dischargers
to the POTW if deemed necessary to comply the objectives as stated
in § 301 of this Part. Such limitations or requirements
shall become effective upon the amendment or revision of a wastewater
discharge permit or upon publication of notice of such new limitations
or requirements in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough.
7.Â
Excessive Discharge. No user shall, unless expressly authorized by
an applicable standard or requirement, increase the use of process
water or in any way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or
complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with
the limitations contained in the federal categorical pretreatment
standards or with any other pollutant-specific limitation developed
by the Borough, state or federal agencies.
8.Â
Accidental Discharge.
A.Â
Each significant industrial user shall provide protection from discharges
of spills and slug loads. Facilities and procedures to prevent discharge
of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the industrial
user's own cost and expense. The Borough shall evaluate each
significant industrial user to determine whether protection from slug
loads or spills of prohibited materials or other regulated substances
must be provided. If the Borough determines that the industrial user
needs such facilities, it will so notify the industrial user, requiring
the development and implementation of a spill control plan. No significant
industrial user that commences contribution to the POTW after the
date of adoption of this Part shall be permitted to introduce pollutants
into the POTW until such an evaluation has been completed and, if
required by the Borough, a spill control plan has been developed and
implemented. Existing industrial users will be reevaluated from time
to time and, if so notified by the Borough, shall develop and implement
a spill control plan as instructed and according to the schedule agreed
to by the Borough. Inspection of facilities and approval of spill
control plans and facilities by the Borough shall not relieve the
significant industrial user from the responsibility to modify its
facility or plans as necessary to meet the requirements of this Part,
nor shall it imply any warranty or determination regarding the appropriateness,
efficacy or safety of the plan or facilities on behalf of the Borough.
B.Â
Any spill control plan developed by an industrial user shall include
the elements itemized in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vi)A-D. In addition, the
industrial user shall have permanently posted a notice to employees
advising whom to call in the event of a spill or slug load, including
the Superintendent, and listing the information required to be provided
to the Superintendent in such event. The industrial user shall ensure
that all employees are trained in the spill control plan and in emergency
notification procedures.
C.Â
In the event of any spill or slug load, as defined by this Part,
the industrial user shall immediately notify the Superintendent, or
his designated agent, by telephone, providing information regarding
the nature, volume and constituents of the spill or slug load and
providing notice, to the best of the industrial user's knowledge,
of when the discharge commenced and when it will cease. Within five
days of such an event, the industrial user shall provide to the Borough
a written report of the spill or slug load describing the cause, the
nature, volume and constituents of the spill, the measures taken to
mitigate any expense, loss, damage or other liability which might
have been incurred as a result of the spill or slug load and the measures
the industrial user plans to take to prevent a reoccurrence of the
incident. Such a report may be waived by the Borough at the Borough's
sole discretion, if the immediate telephone notice was provided and
if the industrial user requests such a waiver, giving sufficient reason
therefor.
D.Â
In any case, the reporting of a spill or slug load to the Borough
shall not relieve the industrial user of any fines, civil penalties
or other liability which may arise or be imposed by this Part or any
other applicable law.
9.Â
Notification of the Discharge of Hazardous Wastes.
A.Â
Pursuant to 40 CFR 403.12(p), industrial users shall notify the Borough,
the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director and state hazardous
waste authorities in writing of any discharge into the POTW of a substance,
which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under
40 CFR Part 261. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous
waste as set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number
and the type of discharge (continuous, batch or other). If the industrial
user discharges more than 100 kilograms of such waste per calendar
month to the POTW, the notification shall also contain the following
information to the extent such information is known and readily available
to the industrial user:
(1)Â
An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in
the wastes.
(2)Â
An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents
in the waste stream discharged during the calendar month.
(3)Â
An estimation of the mass of constituents in the waste stream
expected to be discharged during the following 12 months.
B.Â
All notifications must take place as provided by 40 CFR 403.12(p).
Industrial users who commence discharging after the effective date
of this rule shall provide the notification no later than 180 days
after the discharge of the listed or characteristic hazardous waste.
Any notification under this subsection need be submitted only once
for each hazardous waste discharged. However, notifications of changed
discharges must be submitted as provided in § 304 of this
Part.
C.Â
The notification requirement does not apply to pollutants already
reported under the self-monitoring requirements of 40 CFR 403.12(b),
(d) and (e). Dischargers are exempt from the requirements of paragraph
one of 40 CFR 403.12 (p) if, during a calendar month, they discharge
no more than 15 kilograms of hazardous wastes, unless the wastes are
acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e).
Discharge of more than 15 kilograms of nonacute hazardous wastes in
a calendar month, or of any quantity of acute hazardous wastes as
specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e), requires a one-time notification.
Subsequent months during which the industrial user discharges more
than such quantities of any hazardous waste do not require additional
notification.
D.Â
In the case of any new regulations under § 3001 of RCRA
identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing
any additional substance as a hazardous waste the industrial user
must notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management Waste Division
Director and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of
such substance within 90 days of the effective date of such regulations.
E.Â
In the case of any notification made under paragraph (p) of 40 CFR
403.12, the industrial user shall certify that it has a program in
place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated
to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
10.Â
Unauthorized Discharges. Except as otherwise provided in § 305, Subsection 1A, of this Part, discharge of any prohibited substance listed under § 302, Subsection 1, of this Part or in violation of applicable local limits or categorical standards shall be an unauthorized discharge and the Borough may take whatever steps necessary to halt such a discharge or to seek penalties therefor as set forth in § 305 of this Part.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that §§ 302
and 304 were readopted in their entirety to acknowledge that the federal
regulations referenced herein have been modified since the last enactment
of this Part and are reincorporated by the Borough as applicable local
regulations in their revised form.
[Ord. 1077, 8/7/2002]
1.Â
It is the purpose of this section to provide for the recovery of
costs from significant users or users of the Borough's wastewater
disposal system for the implementation of the program established
herein. The applicable charges or fees shall be set forth in the Borough's
schedule of charges and fees.
2.Â
Charges and Fees. The Borough may adopt, by resolution of Borough
Council, charges and fees, which may include but not be limited to:
A.Â
Fees for reimbursement of the costs of setting up and operating the
Borough's pretreatment program.
B.Â
Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures.
C.Â
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.
D.Â
Fees for permit applications.
E.Â
Fees for filing appeals.
F.Â
Fees for consistent removal by the Borough of pollutants otherwise
subject to Federal pretreatment standards.
G.Â
Fees for responding to accidental discharges and emergencies resulting
from discharges in violation of the wastewater discharge permit and
this Part.
H.Â
Other fees the Borough may deem necessary to carry out the requirements
contained herein.
These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this Part
and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the Borough.
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[Ord. 1077, 8/7/2002; as amended by Ord. 1159, 5/6/2009[1]]
1.Â
Industrial Users.
A.Â
All significant industrial users proposing to connect to or contribute
to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting
to or contributing to the POTW.
B.Â
Whenever an existing industrial user becomes a significant industrial
user, but has not previously submitted an application for a wastewater
discharge permit, the user shall do so as soon as it knows that it
is or will be a significant industrial user.
C.Â
Discharge of industrial wastes by a significant industrial user without a valid wastewater discharge permit is an unauthorized discharge and a violation of this Part, and the Borough may take such action as allowed by law, including the blockage or severance of the connection between the user's building sewer and the POTW collection system, to exclude the unauthorized discharge from the POTW. Industrial users that are not classified as significant industrial users may discharge industrial wastes without a permit, but must comply with all other provisions of this Part including, but not limited to, the wastewater quality requirements established by § 302 and the reporting requirements of § 304, Subsection 8.
2.Â
Permit Application. An industrial user required to obtain a wastewater
discharge permit shall complete and file with the Borough an application
in the form prescribed by the Borough, accompanied by the required
fee. In support of the application, the industrial user shall submit
in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information
as requested by the Borough:
A.Â
Name, address and location of the facility (if it is different from
the mailing address).
B.Â
SIC number, according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual,
Bureau of the Budget 1972, as amended.
C.Â
Wastewater constituents and characteristics, as requested by the
Borough, for a particular applicant. Sampling and analyses shall be
performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant
to Section 304(g) of the Act, and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as
amended.
D.Â
Time and duration of contribution.
E.Â
Average daily and thirty-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including
daily, monthly and seasonal variation, if any.
F.Â
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details
to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances by the size,
location and elevation.
G.Â
Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the
premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged.
H.Â
The nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which
are limited by the Borough, state or federal pretreatment requirements
or standards; and a statement regarding whether or not pretreatment
requirements and standards are being met on a consistent basis, and
if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or
additional pretreatment is required for the industrial user to meet
applicable pretreatment requirements and standards.
I.Â
If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet
any pretreatment requirements and standards, the shortest schedule
by which the industrial user will provide such additional pretreatment.
The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance
date established for the applicable standard if the standard is a
categorical standard. The following conditions shall apply to this
schedule:
(1)Â
The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form
of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading
to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment facilities
required for the industrial user to meet the applicable pretreatment
standards (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans,
completing final plans, executing permits for major components, commencing
construction).
(3)Â
No later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and
the final date for compliance, the industrial user shall submit a
progress report to the Superintendent including, as a minimum, whether
or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such
date, and if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this
increment of progress; the reason for the delay and the steps being
taken by the industrial user to return the construction to the schedule
established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between
such progress reports to the Superintendent.
J.Â
Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate
of production.
K.Â
Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per
day).
L.Â
Number and type of employees, the hours of plant operation and the
proposed or actual hours or pretreatment system operation.
M.Â
Any other information as may be deemed by the Borough to be necessary
to evaluate the permit application.
The Borough will evaluate the data furnished by the industrial
user and may require additional information. After evaluation and
acceptance of the data furnished, the Borough may issue a wastewater
discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
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3.Â
Permit Modifications and Suspensions. The wastewater discharge permit
may be modified or suspended for any good cause, including but not
limited to the following:
A.Â
To incorporate any new or revised federal or state standards or pretreatment
requirements.
B.Â
Material or substantial alterations or additions to the permittee's
operation processes.
C.Â
Changes in the discharge volume or character.
D.Â
Violation of any terms or conditions of the permit.
E.Â
Obtaining a permit by misrepresentation or failure to fully disclose
all relevant facts in the permit application or in any required reporting.
F.Â
Changes in the design or capability of the POTW.
G.Â
Amendments to this Part or any interjurisdictional agreements governing
the Borough's industrial pretreatment program.
H.Â
Upon request of the permittee, provided the Borough agrees to any
request by the permittee and such a request does not create a violation
of any applicable requirements, standards, laws or rules and regulations.
The filing of a request by the permittee for a permit modification,
revocation and reissuance, or termination, or a notification of planned
changes or anticipated noncompliance, does not stay any permit condition.
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4.Â
Permit Conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly
subject to all provisions of this Part and all other applicable regulations,
user charges and fees established by the Borough. Permits may contain
any of the following conditions and/or restrictions:
A.Â
The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater
to be discharged to a collection system.
B.Â
Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics.
C.Â
Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements
for flow regulation and equalization, or limitations or requirements
expressed as best management practices.
[Amended by Ord. 1185, 12/7/2011]
D.Â
Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling
facilities.
E.Â
Requirements for the installation of pretreatment technology, pollution
control or construction of appropriate containment devices, designed
to reduce, eliminate or prevent accidental, unanticipated or nonroutine
discharges.
F.Â
Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling
locations, frequency of sampling, number, types and standards for
tests and reporting schedules.
G.Â
Compliance schedules and related progress reports.
H.Â
Requirements for submission of required reports.
I.Â
Requirements for maintaining and retaining records related to wastewater
discharge, including all monitoring activities and documentation associated
with any required best management practices, for a minimum of three
years. Records may be required to be retained for more than three
years at the request of the Borough or during any litigation involving
the pretreatment program.
J.Â
Requirements for advance notification of the Borough of any new introduction
of wastewater constituents, of any change in the discharge of hazardous
wastes or of any substantial change in the volume or character of
the wastewater constituents being introduced into the system.
K.Â
Requirements for immediate notification of the occurrence of a spill or slug load as set forth in § 302 of this Part 3, requirements for notification of the Borough of any changes at the facility that may affect the potential to discharge a slug load, and requirements necessary to control slug discharges if determined by the Borough to be necessary.
[Amended by Ord. 1185, 12/7/2011]
L.Â
Statement of duration.
M.Â
Statement of nontransferability.
N.Â
Statement of applicable civil and criminal penalties for violation
of pretreatment requirements and standards.
O.Â
Other conditions as deemed necessary by the Borough to ensure compliance
with this Part.
A wastewater discharge permit, in addition to implementing requirements
as mandated by the general pretreatment regulations and the industrial
pretreatment program approved by the approval authority, may be a
means for the Borough to implement other requirements. Implementation
and enforcement of such additional provisions shall be at the discretion
of the Borough and shall not be subject to the review of the approval
authority.
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5.Â
Permit Duration. Permits shall be issued for a specified time period,
not to exceed five years. A permit may be issued for a period less
than a year, or may be stated to expire on a specific date. A permitted
user shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of 90 days prior
to the expiration of the users existing permit. The terms and conditions
of the users permit may be subject to modification by the Borough
during the term of the permit, as limitations or requirements as identified
in this section are modified or other just cause exists. Any changes
or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule
for compliance unless a specified time frame is expressly authorized
by an applicable standard or requirement.
6.Â
Permit Transfer. Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific
user for a specific operation. A wastewater discharge permit shall
not be reassigned, transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different
premises or a new or changed operation without the written approval
of the Borough. Any succeeding owner shall also comply with the terms
and conditions of the existing permit.
7.Â
Permit Reporting Requirements. The provisions of this Subsection 7 apply to industrial users that are, or that become subject to national categorical pretreatment standards. In the case that an industrial user becomes subject to categorical standards through means of promulgation of a new categorical standard, or due to changes in the user's processes, the following reporting requirements apply. In addition, the user may be subject to the provisions of Subsections 1, 2, 6 and 8 of this section.
A.Â
Compliance Date Report. Within 90 days following the date for final
compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards, or
in the case of a new source, following commencement of the introduction
of wastewater into the POTW, any significant user subject to categorical
pretreatment standards shall submit to the Borough a report indicating
the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge from
the regulated process(es) which are limited by the categorical pretreatment
standards. The report shall state whether the applicable categorical
pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and if
not, what additional O&M and/or pretreatment is necessary to bring
the significant user into compliance with the applicable categorical
pretreatment standards. This statement shall be signed by an authorized
representative of the significant user and certified by a qualified
professional engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B.Â
Periodic Compliance Report. In the case that the Borough does not
conduct semiannual sampling of a significant industrial user's
discharge, the reporting requirements of 40 CFR 403.12(e) and (h)
are applicable, and such a significant industrial user shall provide
self-monitoring reports as are required by the regulations. When the
Borough conducts all industrial waste sampling, industrial users are
not required to submit semiannual reports unless otherwise notified
by the Borough.
C.Â
Baseline Monitoring Reports (BMRs). All significant users subject
to categorical pretreatment standards must submit a baseline monitoring
report (BMR) to the control authority. The purpose of the BMR is to
provide information to the control authority to document the significant
user's compliance with a categorical pretreatment standard prior
to commencement of discharge. As required by 40 CFR 403.12(b), BMRs
must be submitted to the control authority within 180 days after the
effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard or 180 days
after the final administrative decision made upon a category determination
request [40 CFR 403.6(a)(4)], whichever is later. A BMR must contain
the information specified in 40 CFR 403.12(b).
D.Â
Signatory Requirement. As specified in 40 CFR 403.12(1) reports on
compliance with categorical deadlines, periodic compliance reports
and BMRs must be signed by an appropriate official and must contain
the certification statement specified in 40 CFR 403.6(a)(2)(ii) which
states:
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments
were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with
a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather
and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the
person or persons directly responsible for gathering the information,
the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant
penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility
of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
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8.Â
Change in Operations.
A.Â
Any industrial user contemplating or planning a substantial change
in the manufacturing process, raw materials, auxiliary processes,
pretreatment processes or other changes which may result in substantial
changes to wastewater character, composition, volume or rate of flow,
shall notify the Borough in writing at least 30 days prior to making
such a change, or, if the change is not planned 30 days or more in
advance, immediately upon the decision to make such a change. If a
change in wastewater characteristics occurs without the knowledge
of the industrial user, the industrial user shall report the change
immediately upon becoming aware of it. The report shall include all
information necessary to determine the effect on the wastewater of
the change. The Borough may require the industrial user to undertake
a compatibility study to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Borough
that the wastewater to be discharged is compatible with the POTW,
will not affect any requirements imposed upon the Borough (including
sludge disposal requirements) and will not otherwise adversely affect
the POTW.
B.Â
The Borough may, on receipt of such a report:
(1)Â
Continue an existing wastewater discharge permit in effect.
(2)Â
Require application for a new wastewater discharge permit.
(3)Â
Modify an existing wastewater discharge permit to reflect the
changed nature of the waste.
(4)Â
Rescind and reissue an existing wastewater discharge permit
in order to make substantial changes in wastewater discharge permit
conditions.
(5)Â
Revoke an existing wastewater discharge permit or require the
industrial user to cease or prevent the discharge.
(6)Â
Take such other action as it deems appropriate.
9.Â
Monitoring Facilities.
A.Â
The Borough shall determine whether an industrial user shall place
a monitoring facility on its building sewer line. Any required monitoring
facilities shall be provided, constructed and operated by the industrial
user at its expense. The monitoring facilities shall meet all the
Borough's requirements and comply with all the applicable building,
plumbing and electrical codes. Upon notice of the Borough to do so,
industrial users shall have 90 days to construct and equip the required
facilities.
B.Â
There shall be ample room in and near each sampling manhole or facility
to allow accurate sampling and sampling preparation for analysis.
The facility and all related equipment shall at all times be maintained
by the industrial user in a safe and proper operating condition.
10.Â
Inspection and Sampling. Maintaining a source or potential source
of indirect discharge is governed by the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania
Clean Streams Law, and therefore is an activity that may affect the
public health and welfare if not conducted according to the provisions
of the applicable statutes, this Part and the rules adopted hereunder.
Accordingly, the Borough asserts its right to inspect at reasonable
times the premises of any industrial users that is a source or potential
source of indirect discharge and to take samples and measurements,
all for the purposes of ascertaining compliance with the provisions
of the industrial pretreatment program. The maintenance of a source
of indirect discharge within the Borough shall be deemed a regulated
activity subject to the following rules.
A.Â
The Superintendent may inspect the facilities of any industrial user
to ascertain whether the purpose of this Part is being met and all
requirements are being complied with. Owners or occupants of premises
where industrial wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the
Borough's representatives ready access at all reasonable times
to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling,
records examination, including the copying thereof, or in the performance
of any of their duties. The Borough, EPA and DEP shall have the right
to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary
to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering
operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would
require proper identification and clearance before entry into his
premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with his security
guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel
from the Borough, DEP and EPA will be permitted to enter without delay,
for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities.
B.Â
Significant industrial users’ facilities shall be inspected
by the Superintendent a minimum of one time per year and sampled a
minimum of one time per year. The Superintendent may include in any
wastewater discharge permit issued to a significant industrial user
a schedule under which the SIU must self-monitor its wastewater discharge
and report the results of such self-monitoring on dates or at intervals
as specified in the permit. If any sampling performed by an industrial
user (whether or not such sampling is required by a permit) indicates
a violation, the user must notify the Superintendent within 24 hours
of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the
sampling and analysis for each pollutant parameter in violation and
report the results to the Superintendent within 30 days after becoming
aware of the violation.
[Amended by Ord. 1185, 12/7/2011]
(1)Â
The user is not required to conduct the resampling and reporting
described above if the Borough performs sampling at least once a month
or if the Borough conducts sampling for the parameter between the
time the user’s original sampling was conducted and the time
when the user receives the results of that sampling.
(2)Â
In the case that the Borough conducts sampling that indicates a violation,
the Borough shall undertake the repeat sampling and analysis, unless
it notifies the user that the user is required to conduct the repeat
sampling and analysis, in which case the user is subject to the requirements
stated above.
C.Â
All industrial waste samples shall be representative of the discharge
and shall conform to the requirements found at 40 CFR 403.12(g)(3)
or (4), as appropriate (regarding the use of grab and composite samples).
Sampling and analysis of all samples shall be in accordance with 40
CFR Part 136 and any amendments thereto. Costs of all sampling and
analysis shall be borne by the user. The Borough may include sampling
and analysis costs in the sewer rental charge or may invoice the user
separately for such costs.
[Amended by Ord. 1185, 12/7/2011]
11.Â
Pretreatment.
A.Â
Users shall provide necessary wastewater treatment as required to
comply with this Part and shall achieve compliance with all applicable
federal categorical pretreatment standards within the time limitations
as specified by the federal pretreatment regulations. Any equipment
or facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable
to the Borough shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's
expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and operating
procedures shall be submitted to the Borough for review and shall
be acceptable to the Borough before construction of the facility.
The review and approval of such plans and operating procedures will
in no way relieve an industrial user from the responsibility of modifying
his facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the
Borough under the provisions of this Part, nor does it imply any warranty
or determination regarding the appropriateness, efficacy or safety
of the plans, facilities or procedures by the Borough. Any subsequent
changes in the pretreatment facilities or method of operation shall
be reported to and be accepted by the Borough prior to the user's
initiation of the changes.
B.Â
Grease, oil or sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion
of the Borough, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid
wastes containing floatable grease in such amounts as to cause obstruction
to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of
the wastewater treatment facilities, or any flammable waste, sand
or other harmful ingredients, except such interceptors shall not be
required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors
shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Borough and shall
be located as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible
for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured
material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal
which are subject to review by the Borough. Any removal and hauling
of the collected materials not performed by the owner's (owners')
personnel must be performed by properly licensed waste disposal firms.
C.Â
All records relating to compliance with the pretreatment requirements
and standards shall be made available to officials of the Borough,
DEP, EPA or approval authority upon request.
12.Â
Significant Noncompliance and Significant Violators. Significant
noncompliance for significant industrial users will be calculated
by the Borough on a "rolling quarter" basis, using procedures as recommended
by the EPA. The Borough will annually publish in the largest daily
newspaper published in the Borough a list of significant violators.
The Borough may publish a list of significant violators more frequently,
at the discretion of the Borough.
13.Â
Confidential Information. Information and data on an industrial user
obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits,
monitoring programs and inspections shall be available to the public
or other governmental agencies without restriction unless the industrial
user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Borough that the release of such information would divulge
information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection
as trade secrets of the industrial user. When requested by the person
furnishing a report, those portions of a report which might disclose
trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for
inspection by the public but shall be made available, upon written
request, to governmental agencies for uses related to this Part, the
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and/or the
pretreatment program. Any such portions of a report shall also be
available for use by the state or any state agency in judicial review
or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report.
Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized
as confidential information.
14.Â
Special Agreements and/or Waiver of Pretreatment Requirements. Nothing
contained in this Part shall be construed as prohibiting special agreements
between the Borough and a person discharging industrial wastes or
wastewaters to the sewer system, or for the Borough to otherwise waive
requirements hereunder, when conditions and circumstances making such
special agreements or waiver advisable and/or necessary, in the opinion
of the Borough, are present; provided, however, that:
A.Â
National categorical pretreatment standards and prohibited discharge
standards [including the general and specific prohibitions set forth
at 40 CFR 403.5(a) and (b)] shall not be waived, unless such waiver
is granted by mechanisms established under the Federal Pretreatment
Regulations (40 CFR 403 et seq.).
B.Â
In no case shall a special agreement or waiver of local limits allow
for an industrial user to discharge any pollutant which, alone or
in combination with other regulated industrial user discharges, would
reasonably be expected to exceed the mass loadings determined by the
Borough as acceptable to the sewage treatment plant based upon considerations
of, among other things, interference, pass through and sludge contamination.
The Borough may consider other factors (e.g., effect of the discharge
on the POTW, future expansion, etc.), as it deems appropriate. In
no event shall any special agreement or waiver allow the sum of the
loadings allocated to industrial users to exceed the values set forth
in any local limits analysis submitted by the Borough to EPA and approved
by EPA as part of the industrial pretreatment program.
C.Â
The Borough may require an industrial user requesting a special agreement
or waiver adjusting effluent limitations to submit supporting documentation
indicating why the industrial user cannot reasonably expect to meet
the effluent limitation contained in its wastewater discharge permit,
setting forth an expeditious schedule for achieving compliance with
such limitations and including such other information as the Borough
may require. In granting any special agreement or waiver the Borough
may impose time limitations upon any reduced requirements and provide
a compliance schedule for achieving compliance. In granting any special
agreement or waiver, the Borough may impose any other conditions deemed
necessary to implement the purposes of this Part.
D.Â
If granting a special agreement or waiver would result in increased
costs to the Borough (e.g., treatment, monitoring, sludge disposal
costs), the Borough may condition the special agreement or waiver
upon the agreement of the industrial user to pay those costs, and
to provide security adequate in the judgment of the Borough to assure
payment of said costs.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that §§ 302
and 304 were readopted in their entirety to acknowledge that the federal
regulations referenced herein have been modified since the last enactment
of this Part and are reincorporated by the Borough as applicable local
regulations in their revised form.
[Ord. 1077, 8/7/2002]
1.Â
Administrative Enforcement Remedies.
A.Â
Legal Action.
(1)Â
If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other
wastes into the Borough's POTW contrary to the provisions of
this Part, federal or state pretreatment standards or requirements,
or any order of the Borough, or violates any other provision of this
Part or wastewater discharge permit conditions, the Borough may commence
an action of the type listed herein or may take any action for which
it has been empowered under state law, for appropriate relief in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
(2)Â
The Borough may develop guidelines for the enforcement of this
Part and applicable industrial user permit conditions in the form
of an enforcement response guide, which may be updated or amended
from time to time as is necessary. Such guidelines shall not be mandatory
and shall not serve to limit the enforcement options available to
the Borough for any violation of the pretreatment program.
B.Â
Notification of Violation. Whenever the Borough determines that any
industrial user has violated or is violating this Part, wastewater
discharge permit or order issued hereunder, the Borough Manager or
his agent may serve upon said industrial user written notice of the
violation. The notice of violation may require a response to be submitted
to the Borough within a specified time period to be determined by
the Borough. This response may include, but not be limited to, an
explanation of the violation and a plan for the satisfactory correction
and prevention thereof. Response to a notice of violation in no way
relieves the industrial user of liability for any violations occurring
before or after receipt of the notice of violation.
C.Â
Compliance Agreements. The Borough Manager is hereby empowered to
enter into agreements with industrial users for the purpose of assuring
timely compliance with the provisions of the industrial pretreatment
program. Such agreements shall not replace an applicable wastewater
discharge permit, but may serve to modify the terms of such a permit
regarding schedules of compliance or other actions by the industrial
user necessary to meet the pretreatment requirements. No such agreement
shall serve to modify the provisions of a pretreatment standard so
as to make such provisions less stringent. The provisions of such
an agreement shall not serve to abrogate the rights of the Borough
to seek appropriate penalties for noncompliance should the industrial
user fail to meet the terms and conditions of the agreement, but the
Borough may agree not to seek such additional penalties if the terms
of the agreement are met.
D.Â
Show Cause Hearing. The Borough may order any industrial user which
causes or contributes to a violation of this Part or wastewater discharge
permit or order issued hereunder, to show cause why a proposed enforcement
action should not be taken. Notice shall be served on the industrial
user specifying the time and place for the meeting, the proposed enforcement
action and the reasons for such action and a request that the user
show cause why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken.
The notice of the meeting shall be served personally or by registered
or certified mail (return receipt requested) at least 10 days prior
to the meeting. Such notice may be served on any principal executive,
general partner or corporate officer.
E.Â
Suspension of Wastewater Discharge Permits.
(1)Â
The Borough Manager may suspend a user's wastewater discharge
permit whenever such suspension is necessary 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 or
to the environment, or causes interference to the POTW or causes the
Borough to violate any condition of its NPDES permit.
(2)Â
Any person notified of a suspension of his wastewater discharge
permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the discharge. In the event
of a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension
order, the Borough may take steps as deemed necessary to prevent or
minimize damage to the POTW system or endangerment to any individuals.
(3)Â
Upon proof of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge
by the user, payment of any damages, fines, penalties or costs associated
with the noncompliance, and the submission of a detailed written statement
describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures
taken to prevent any future occurrence, the Borough, at its discretion,
may reinstate the user's wastewater discharge permit or keep
it in suspension for good cause.
F.Â
Revocation of Permit. Any user is subject to revocation of a permit
granted hereunder for violation of applicable state and/or federal
regulations, conditions of this Part or by reason of the commission
of any of the following acts:
(1)Â
Violation of the conditions of the permit.
(2)Â
Failure to report significant changes in operations or wastewater
constituents or characteristics.
(3)Â
Refusal to permit reasonable access to the premises for inspection
and monitoring.
(4)Â
Failure to report factually the wastewater constituents and
characteristics of its discharge.
Upon revocation of a user's wastewater discharge permit,
the user's right to discharge industrial waste ceases and subsequent
discharge of industrial waste may result in such action as the Borough
deems appropriate, including severance or plugging of the user's
building sewer at the point of connection to the POTW.
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2.Â
Judicial Remedies.
A.Â
The Borough may proceed in equity in a court of competent jurisdiction
against any user who has violated or may violate any provision of
this Part or the provisions of the industrial pretreatment program,
including any permit issued hereunder, seeking appropriate relief
therefore. In such an action, the Borough may also seek to recover
such damages as it suffered due to the violations including, but not
limited to, costs of investigation, monitoring, remediation or treatment
of nonconforming wastes; civil or criminal costs, fines or penalties
imposed on the Borough by EPA, the Pennsylvania DEP or any court or
tribunal; and damage to persons or property.
B.Â
Any user who violates any provision of this Part, or the terms and
conditions of any wastewater discharge permit issued hereunder, shall
be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each such
offense. Each day in which an offense occurs shall be a separate offense.
When the offense is the violation of a discharge limit expressed as
an average, each day in the averaging period may be, at the discretion
of the court, considered as a separate offense. A proceeding under
this section shall not act as a bar to a simultaneous proceeding in
equity before the same tribunal for the same offense, nor to other
actions of the Borough under this Part.
(1)Â
The Borough may recover reasonable attorney's fees, court
costs and other expenses associated with enforcement activities, including
sampling and monitoring expenses.
(2)Â
In determining the amount of civil liability, the court shall
take into account all relevant circumstances including, but not limited
to, the extent of harm caused by the violation, the magnitude and
duration of the violation, any economic benefit gained through the
user's violation, corrective actions taken by the user, the compliance
history of the user and any other factors as justice requires.
C.Â
Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Part, any
local limits imposed as provided herein or any wastewater discharge
permit issued under the industrial pretreatment program is guilty
of a summary offense and upon conviction thereof shall be subject
to a penalty of not more than $1,000 for each such offense. Each day
on which such an offense occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct
offense.
D.Â
Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representations
or certifications in any application, record, report, plan or other
document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this Part
or wastewater discharge permit, or who falsifies, tampers with or
knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required
under this Part shall be subject to prosecution or other legal action
as provided herein or as otherwise may be provided by local and/or
state and federal law.
E.Â
In addition to civil and criminal liability, the industrial user
violating any of the provisions of this Part, wastewater discharge
permit or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, or causing
damage to or otherwise adversely affecting the operation of the Borough
of Quakertown POTW shall be liable to the Borough of Quakertown for
any expense, loss or damage caused by such violation or discharge.
The Borough of Quakertown shall bill the industrial user for the costs
incurred by the Borough of Quakertown for any cleaning, repair, monitoring,
sampling, supervision or replacement work caused by the violations
or discharge. Refusal to pay the assessed costs shall constitute a
separate violation of this Part.
F.Â
The remedies provided for in this Part are not exclusive. The Borough
may take any, all or any combination of these actions against a noncompliant
user. Enforcement of pretreatment violations will generally be in
accordance with the Borough's enforcement response plan; however,
the Borough may take any action against any user when the circumstances
warrant. Further, the Borough Manager is empowered to take more than
one enforcement action against any noncompliant user.
3.Â
Right of Appeal.
A.Â
Industrial user may appeal to the Borough: (i) the terms or conditions
of a wastewater discharge permit; (ii) the denial of issuance of a
wastewater discharge permit; (iii) the revocation or suspension of
a wastewater discharge permit or (iv) a notice of violation. An appeal
is subject to the following requirements:
(1)Â
The appeal must be made in writing to the Borough.
(2)Â
The appeal must be served on the Borough within 30 calendar
days from the date of the industrial user's receipt of notice
of the action being.
(3)Â
The appeal must state the specific provision(s) of a wastewater
discharge permit or the specific directions or actions of the Borough
which are being contested. The representative may make a decision
on a request for a stay of permit conditions, granting, granting with
conditions or denying such a request, pending the hearing of the appeal,
and such decision constitutes final agency action on the matter.
(4)Â
The appeal must state the reasons for the appeal of each provision,
direction or action.
(5)Â
The appeal may suggest alternate or revised provisions or actions
to replace those appealed.
(6)Â
An appeal of a wastewater discharge permit may include a request
to stay specific permit conditions pending the outcome of the appeal.
Any such request shall include all factual and legal justification
for such a request.
B.Â
Provisions specifically mandated by federal or state regulations
(e.g., compliance with categorical standards) shall not be appealed.
Conditions which, in the opinion of the Borough, would constitute
a hazard or pose a potential threat of pollution if stayed, shall
not be stayed during an appeal.
C.Â
An appeal shall be made to the Borough, and shall be reviewed by
any designated representative(s) of the Borough, provided that the
representative shall not be the pretreatment coordinator. The representative
may make a decision on a request for a stay of permit conditions,
granting, granting with conditions or denying such a request, pending
the hearing of the appeal, and such decision constitutes final agency
action on the matter.
D.Â
The representative(s) reviewing the appeal shall report in writing
to the Borough the results of the review. The report should contain,
at a minimum:
(1)Â
A summary of each item appealed, the appellant's reasons
for appeal and the appellant's proposed remedies, if any.
(2)Â
The finding of merit (i.e., that the appeal has merit or does
not have merit) for each point, and the reason(s) for so finding.
(3)Â
For each point found to be with merit, a proposed remedy and
a determination that the proposed remedy is allowable under this Part
and all applicable federal, state and local rules, regulations and
laws.
E.Â
The Borough Council, or a board appointed by the Council, shall review
the report and, at one or more regular or special public meetings,
take testimony offered by the appellant or his agent, the reviewer,
the pretreatment coordinator, the Superintendent, the Borough Manager
or other interested party. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 551,
et seq. Within 15 days of the conclusion of the hearing the Council,
or the board appointed by the Council, shall render its decision.
Such a decision by Council or its appointed board constitutes final
agency action.
F.Â
If the Borough or any hearing board appointed by the Borough shall
have as a member any person who has financial, legal or other proprietary
interest in the industrial user bringing the appeal, such person shall
recuse himself from any vote which shall determine the decision of
the body in regard to the appeal.
G.Â
An action of the Borough for which administrative review had been
available under this section shall not be subject to administrative
or judicial review in any proceeding for enforcement.