[Adopted 10-10-2002 by Ord. No. 944]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Borough of Charleroi and/or the Authority of the Borough
of Charleroi.
As used in the article, shall mean components of the sanitary
sewer system relating to treatment, transmission, trunk, interceptors
and mains, sludge treatment or disposal, interconnection or other
general system facilities. As used herein, "capacity-related facilities"
may include those such facilities that provide existing service and/or
those that will provide future service.
As used in this article, shall mean components of the sanitary
sewer system related to the provision of collection services, including
but not limited to, mains and pumping stations. As used herein, "collection
facilities" may include those such facilities that provide existing
service and/or those that will provide future service.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all retail
stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries, and other private
business and service establishments of any kind or nature, except
those which are industrial users, single family residential users,
institutional users or government, public schools and university users,
as those terms are defined herein.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Those facilities which comprise part of the sanitary sewer
system as of the effective date of this article.
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation,
cooking, and serving of food.
Includes legislative, judicial, administrative and regulatory
activities of the Federal, State and local governments, agencies and
authorities and similar users, and public schools and universities,
which are users of the Borough of Charleroi's public wastewater system.
Includes any user of the publicly owned treatment works and/or
sewerage system which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented,
under the following divisions: Division A - Agriculture, Forestry
and Fishing; Division B - Mining; Division D - Manufacturing; Division
E - Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary; and
Division I - Services. As used herein, "industrial user" shall also
include any user who/which discharges wastewater containing toxic
or poisonous substances or any substance(s) which cause(s) interference
in wastewater facilities.
Includes social, charitable and religious activities and
organizations such as churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions
and similar users.
Inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater
treatment process, sludge disposal system, or their operation, which
substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
Includes any apartment, apartment houses, doublehouses, townhouses,
garden apartments, condominiums, hotels, motels, rooming houses, boarding
houses, high rise dwellings, and similar buildings that are rented
out to the public and/or provides lodging for the public.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or any
other body of surface or groundwater.
Any use other than a single family residential use or government
and public schools.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program,
whether administered by the EPA or by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The person or persons who legally own, lease, or occupy property
with building sewers which discharge, or will discharge into the Borough
and/or Authority's wastewater system.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality, or other similar organization, agency,
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by Standard
Methods.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in the wastewater prior to discharge to the wastewater system.
Includes wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings, office buildings, industrial plants, or institutions.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A sewer for conveying storm and surface waters, which are
not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries, and institutions, together with
any groundwater, surface water, or stormwater infiltration that may
be present.
Any devices and systems for the collection, transmission,
storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage,
domestic sewage or liquid industrial wastes. These include intercepting
sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power
and other equipment, treatment works and their appurtenances, extensions,
improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof, elements
essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment
units and clear well facilities; and any works including site acquisition
of the land that will be an integral part of any treatment process
or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment
(including land for composting sludge, temporary storage of such compost
and land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment
systems before land application), or any other method or system for
preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing
of, municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in combined
stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
The combination of the wastewater sewers and treatment facilities.
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary
to treat and discharge wastewater.
A.
All discharge of stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, or other waters not intended to be treated in
the treatment facility shall be made to storm sewers or natural outlets
designed for such discharge. Any connections, drain or arrangements
which would permit any such waters to enter the Borough's public wastewater
system shall be deemed to be in violation of this article.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any part of
the Borough and/or Authority's wastewater system any substances, materials,
waters, or wastes in such quantities or concentrations which will:
(1)
Create a fire or explosion hazard including, but not limited to,
gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas;
(2)
Cause corrosive damage or hazard to structures, equipment, or personnel
of the wastewater system, but in no case discharges with the following
properties.
(3)
Cause obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with
the operation of the Sanitary sewer system due to accumulation of
solid or viscous materials;
(4)
Constitute a rate of discharge or substantial deviation from normal
rates of discharges ("slug discharge"), sufficient to cause interference
in the operation and performance of the Sanitary sewer system.
(5)
Contain heat in amounts which will accelerate the biodegradation
of wastes, causing the formation of excessive amounts of hydrogen
sulfide in the wastewater sewer or inhibit biological activity in
the wastewater treatment facilities, but in no case shall the discharge
of heat cause the temperature of the wastewater sewer to exceed 65°
C. (150° F.) or the temperature of the influent to the treatment
facilities to exceed 40° C. (104° F.) unless the facilities
can accommodate such heat;[1]
(6)
Contain more than 100 milligrams per liter of nonbiodegradable oils
of mineral or petroleum original;
(7)
Contain floatable oils, fat, or grease, except for domestic kitchen
use;
(8)
Contain noxious, malodorous gas or substance which is present in
quantities that create a public nuisance or a hazard to life;
(9)
Contain radioactive or other toxic wastes in harmful quantities as
defined by applicable state and federal regulations;
(10)
Contain any garbage that has not been properly shredded;
(11)
Contain any odor- or color-producing substances exceeding concentration
limits which may be established by the Borough and/or Authority for
purposes of meeting the applicable NPDES.
C.
If, in establishing discharge restrictions, discharge limits, or
pretreatment standards pursuant to this article, the Borough and/or
Authority establish concentration limits to be met by an industrial
user, the Borough and/or Authority in lieu of concentration limits,
shall establish mass limits of comparable stringency for an individual
industrial user at the request of such user.
D.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to the sanitary
sewer system wastewaters containing substances subject to an applicable
Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard promulgated by EPA in excess
of the quantity prescribed in such applicable pretreatment standards
except as otherwise provided in this section. Compliance with such
applicable pretreatment standards shall be within three years of the
date the standard is promulgated; provided, however, compliance with
a categorical pretreatment standard for new sources shall be required
upon promulgation.
E.
Upon application by a multifamily dwelling/multiuser dwelling/nonresidential,
industrial user (as that term is defined herein), the Borough and/or
Authority shall revise any limitations on substances specified in
the applicable pretreatment standards to reflect removal of the substances
by the wastewater treatment facility. The revised discharge limit
for specified substances shall be derived in accordance with federal
law.
F.
Upon application by a multifamily dwelling/multiunit dwelling/nonresidential,
industrial user (as that term is defined herein), the Borough and/or
Authority shall adjust any limitation on substances specified in the
applicable pretreatment standards to consider factors relating to
such user which are fundamentally different from the factors considered
by the Borough in the development of the pretreatment standard. Requests
for and determinations of a fundamentally different adjustment shall
be in accordance with federal law.
G.
The Borough and/or Authority shall notify any multifamily dwelling/multiunit
dwelling/nonresidential, industrial user (as that term is defined
herein) affected by the provisions of this article and establish an
enforceable compliance schedule for each.
If the drainage from any establishment causes a deposit, obstruction,
or damage to any part of the sanitary sewer system, the Borough and/or
Authority shall cause the deposit or obstruction to be promptly removed
or cause the damage to be promptly repaired. The cost for such work,
including materials, labor, and supervision, shall be borne by the
person causing such deposit, obstruction, or damage.
[Amended 12-11-2014 by Ord. No. 1010]
No person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is a part of the Borough and/or Authority's wastewater
facilities. Any person who violates this section shall be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law under the Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A § 3304.
[Amended 12-11-2014 by Ord. No. 1010]
Public notice shall be given in accordance with applicable provisions
of the Borough Code, 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301.1 et seq., other
Borough ordinances, and state and federal law, prior to adoption of
any amendments of this article.
[Amended 12-11-2014 by Ord. No. 1010]
This article shall become effective on October 10, 2002.
