A penalty of $100 may be assessed to any user for each day that
a report required by this chapter, a permit or order issued hereunder
is late, beginning five days after the date the report is due. (Higher
penalties may also be assessed where reports are more than 30 to 45
days late. Actions taken by the general manager to collect late reporting
penalties shall not limit the general manager's authority to
initiate other enforcement actions that may include penalties for
late reporting violations.
The general manager may decline to issue or reissue an individual
wastewater discharge permit or general permit to any user who has
failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, a previous individual
wastewater discharge permit, or a previous general permit, or order
issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirements,
unless such user first files a satisfactory bond, payable to THTMA,
in a sum not to exceed a value determined by the general manager to
be necessary to achieve consistent compliance.
The general manager may decline to issue or reissue an individual
wastewater discharge, or general permit to any user who has failed
to comply with any provision of this chapter, a previous individual
wastewater discharge permit, or a previous general permit, or order
issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement,
unless the user first submits proof that it has obtained financial
assurances sufficient to restore or repair damage to the POTW caused
by its discharge.
The general manager may decline to issue or reissue an individual
wastewater discharge permit or general permit to any user who has
failed to pay any outstanding fees, fines, or penalties incurred as
a result of any provision of this chapter, a previous individual wastewater
discharge permit, general permit, or order issued hereunder.
Whenever a user has violated or continues to violate any provision
of this chapter, an individual wastewater discharge permit, general
permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard
or requirement, water service to the user may be severed. Service
will recommence, at the user's expense, only after the user has
satisfactorily demonstrated its ability to comply.
A violation of any provision of this chapter, an individual
wastewater discharge permit, general permit, or order issued hereunder,
or any other pretreatment standard or requirement is hereby declared
a public nuisance and shall be corrected or abated as directed by
the general manager. Any person(s) creating a public nuisance shall
be subject to the provisions of Hempfield Township Code [insert proper
citation] governing such nuisances, including reimbursing THTMA for
any costs incurred in removing, abating, or remedying said nuisance.
