[Ord. 1864, 11/28/1994, § 101]
1.
ALCOSAN
CORROSIVE WASTE
EXPLOSIVE/REACTIVE WASTE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
HAZARDOUS WASTE
IGNITABLE WASTE
INTERFERENCE
(1)
(2)
PASS-THROUGH
PERSON
pH
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
TOXIC POLLUTANT
WASTE WATER
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
For the purposes of this Part,
the following terms shall have the meaning hereafter designated:
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority including its treatment
facility and any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment,
recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes
of a liquid nature.
A waste or substance which has any of the following properties:
A waste or substance which can create an explosion hazard
in the sewage collection system or the ALCOSAN treatment facility;
which has any of, but is not limited to, the following properties:
It is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change
without detonating.
It reacts violently with water.
It forms potentially explosive mixtures with water.
When mixed with water, it generates toxic gasses, vapors or
fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health
or the environment.
It is a cyanide or sulfide bearing waste which can generate
toxic gasses, vapors, or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present
a danger to human health or the environment.
It is capable of detonation or explosive reaction if it is subjected
to a strong initiating source or if heated under confinement.
It is readily capable of detonation, explosive decomposition
or reaction at standard temperature and pressure.
It is a forbidden explosive as defined in 40 CFR 173.51, or
a Class A explosive as defined in 49 CFR 173.53 or a Class B explosive
as defined in 49 CFR 173.88.
All wastes that are defined as hazardous under the regulations
enacted pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
as specified in 40 CFR 261 or under the regulations promulgated pursuant
to the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act, 35 P.S. § 6018.101
et seq., as specified in 25 Pa. Code § 261.
A waste or substance which can create a fire hazard in the
sewage collection system or the ALCOSAN treatment facility which has
any of, but is not limited to, the following properties:
A discharge originating in the Township which, alone or in
conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
Inhibits or disrupts the ALCOSAN facilities, its treatment processes
or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal.
Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of ALCOSAN's
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (hereinafter referred
to as "NPDES") permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration
of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal
by ALCOSAN in compliance with the following statutory provisions and
regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state
or local regulations): § 405 of the Clean Water Act, the
Solid Waste Disposal Act (including Title 2 or more commonly referred
to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and including state
regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared
pursuant to subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act), the Clean
Air Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Any discharge of a pollutant through ALCOSAN into the waters
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities or concentrations
which, alone or in conjunction with other discharges from other sources,
is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the ALCOSAN's NPDES
permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity, or any other legal entity, or its legal representatives, agents
or assigns.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, emissions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt or other industrial, municipal, or agricultural
waste discharged into water.
The man-made or man induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of water.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the EPA, pursuant to § 307(A)
of the Act.
The liquid and water carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
together with any ground water, surface water, and stormwater that
may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed
directly or indirectly into the facilities of ALCOSAN.
All streams, lakes, bonds, marshes, water courses, water
ways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems, and other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground,
natural or artificial, public or private, which, are contained within,
flow through, or border upon the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any
portion thereof.
[Ord. 1864, 11/28/1994, § 103]
1.
No person shall introduce or cause to be introduced directly or indirectly
into the facilities of ALCOSAN or into any sewer, pipe or other conveyance
located in the Township and transmitting substances into the facilities
of ALCOSAN, any toxic pollutant or other waste water which will:
[Ord. 1864, 11/28/1994, § 103]
1.
No person shall introduce, permit or cause to be introduced, directly
or indirectly, into the facilities of ALCOSAN or into any piped sewer,
pipe or other conveyance located in the Township and transmitting
substances into the facilities of ALCOSAN any of the following:
A.
Any substance which will endanger the life, health or safety of the
treatment plant sewer maintenance and plant operations personnel or
which would preclude safe entry into the sewer system or any portion
of the treatment plant.
B.
Any ignitable, reactive, explosive, corrosive, or hazardous waste,
except as provided for by ALCOSAN's rules and regulations.
C.
Any wastewater with a temperature greater than 140° F. (60°
C.).
D.
Any waste which exceeds the naturally occurring background levels
for either alpha, beta, or gamma radiation and/or any wastewater containing
any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half life or concentration
not in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
E.
Any solids or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to
the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operations
of ALCOSAN's facility or facilities discharging into the ALCOSAN system.
F.
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gasses or solids which either
singly or by interaction with other wastes may create a public nuisance
or adversely affect public health or safety.
G.
Pathological wastes from a hospital or other medical establishment.
H.
Garbage, whether ground or not, except properly shredded food waste
garbage resulting from the proper use of a garbage grinder or disposer
type approved by ALCOSAN and maintained in good operating condition.
I.
Sludges or other materials from septic tanks or similar facilities
or from sewage or industrial waste treatment plants or from water
treatment plants, unless the discharge of such sludges and other materials
is specifically approved by ALCOSAN.
J.
Any pollutant including oxygen demanding pollutants released in a
discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will
cause interference with the ALCOSAN facilities.
K.
Any substance which will cause ALCOSAN's effluent or any other product
of the ALCOSAN facilities, such as residues, sludges, or scums, to
be unsuitable for reclamation processes, including any substance which
will cause the ALCOSAN facility to be in non-compliance with sludge
use or disposable criteria, guidelines, or regulations developed under
§ 405 of the Act, any criteria, guidelines, or regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air
Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or state laws or regulations
applicable to the treatment or disposal of such effluent or such product.
[Ord. 1864, 11/28/1994, § 104]
[Ord. 1864, 11/28/1994, § 105; as amended by Ord.
2288, 4/12/2010]
Any person, firm corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense. In addition, any person violating any provision
of the ALCOSAN pretreatment regulations may be subject to administrative
and civil penalties as provided for by the pretreatment regulations
and administered by ALCOSAN. Such penalties may include, but are not
limited to, injunctive relief and penalties of up to $25,000 per day,
per violation as provided for by the Publicly Owned Treatment Works
Penalty Law, 35 P.S. § 752.1 et seq. Authority to so enforce
the pretreatment regulations is granted to ALCOSAN, and is in addition
to but not in place of any other remedy available to the Township.
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 601]
This Part shall be hereafter known as the "Ross Township Grease
Clogging Remediation Ordinance."
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 602]
Any food establishment in any building, room or place or
any portion thereof or appurtenance thereto, where human food or drink
is mixed, cooked, or otherwise prepared, offered for sale, sold, served
or given with or without charge to patrons, customers or guests for
consumption on the premises; provided, however, that this does not
include the mixing, cooking or other preparation and serving of food
in single-family dwellings to the resident family or its guests.
Interceptor whose flow rate is 35 gpm or less and which is
located inside the building. Grease traps shall be rated for a minimum
22.5 gpm.
An interceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gpm and which
is located underground outside the building.
Any public eating place where regular meals are prepared,
offered for sale, sold and served to patrons, customers or guests
for compensation based on the price charged for and generally paid
at the conclusion of each meal. The words "regular meals" as used
herein means meals generally consisting of courses embracing some
kind of meat or its equivalent, vegetables, bread, pastry, beverage
and accompaniments, served at more or less regular intervals.
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 603]
Every building or room occupied or used or used as a public
eating place or restaurant shall be well drained. All soil pipes,
waste pipes, drains or other plumbing fixtures shall be of adequate
size to enable a passage of any waste intended to pass through it
to the main public sewer. All drains, sewers, waste and soil pipes,
traps in water and gas pipes shall, at all times, be kept in good
repair and order so that no gases or odor shall escape therefrom and
so that the same shall not leak, and all vent pipes shall be kept
in good order and repair and free from obstruction.
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 604]
1.
On or before September 1, 1998, every building, room or space or
part thereof used as a restaurant or food preparation facility whether
new or existing shall install or cause to be installed a grease interceptor
or grease trap. The type of installation shall be determined by the
total fixture flow through rate of potential grease laden fixtures
discharging through the building sewage lines as determined by the
Allegheny County Health Department Plumbing Division. For flow through
rates 35 gpm or less, an internal grease trap may be installed in
certain existing structures used as restaurants and food preparation
facilities. For flow through rates exceeding 35 gpm, an external,
underground grease interceptor must be installed in all new structures
or changes of use involving restaurants or food preparation facilities.
2.
Said grease trap or interceptor shall be installed at an appropriate
location along the sewer line between the restaurant and/or food preparation
facility and the lines entry into the main public sewer line. An inspection
site tee shall be installed between the interceptor discharge and
connect to the public sewer system. All installations shall be in
accordance with Article 15 of the Allegheny County Health Department
Plumbing Code and Regulations.
3.
No solid waste devices, such as waste grinders, disposals, potato
peelers, etc., shall discharge through the grease trap or grease interceptor.
Only potential grease laden fixtures may discharge through the trap
or interceptor.
4.
All new restaurants or food preparation facilities shall be required
to install an exterior, underground grease interceptor of a minimum
1,000 gallon capacity, regardless of flow through rate.
5.
In all existing restaurants or food preparation facilities, there
shall be installed a grease interceptor or grease trap as determined
by flow through rate, as detailed above.
6.
In existing facilities where it is determined by Ross Township that
a grease trap is not sufficient, Ross Township may require that a
grease interceptor (as detailed above) be installed. Such insufficiency
shall be evidenced by excessive amounts of grease being discharged
into the public sewer system by a facility. All existing restaurants
or food preparation facilities shall, at a change of ownership or
alteration, install an exterior, underground grease interceptor of
a minimum 1,000 gallon capacity. In all existing structures, buildings
or parts thereof in which there is a change of use or occupancy to
that of a restaurant or food preparation facility there shall be installed
a grease interceptor, minimum 1,000 gallon capacity, regardless of
flow through rate.
7.
Each grease interceptor or grease trap shall and must be installed
by a plumber registered with the Allegheny County Plumbing Department.
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 605]
1.
All grease interceptors and grease traps shall be maintained and
kept in good working order at all times. The interceptor or trap shall
limit the amount of grease discharged into the public sewer system
to levels not exceeding those permitted by the Allegheny County Sanitary
Authority (ALCOSAN). Oil/grease discharges shall not exceed 200 ppm
downstream of the interceptor or trap.
2.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of any owner, lessee or agent
of any restaurant or food preparation facility to, at a minimum of,
annually inspect the grease interceptor or trap. A written record
shall be kept of all inspections. The inspection record shall, at
a minimum, list the name (inspector and company), address, phone number
of the inspection/disposal company, the method and frequency of cleaning
schedule and the date of the cleaning/inspection. Such records shall
be presented to the Township upon request. A more frequent cleaning/inspection
schedule may be ordered to be performed by the facility when it is
determined by the Township that the facility is discharging excessive
amounts of grease to the public sewer system.
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 606; as amended by Ord.
2288, 4/12/2010]
1.
Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this Part, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000
plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a
term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.
2.
Whosoever violates any of the provisions of this Part shall cease
to discharge or infiltrate or permit the discharge or infiltration
of the violating materials and substances upon receiving 30 days'
notice, in writing, to do so. In case the violator neglects or refuses
to do so, in addition to the fines set forth above, Ross Township
may proceed to have the violating system disconnected and the cost
thereof, together with the penalty of 10% additional thereto, shall
be collected from the violator in the manner now provided by law.
In addition to the penalties provided above, the Township of Ross
shall have the right, upon proper notification, to cause water service
to the offending premises to be terminated by the provider thereof.
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 607]
1.
In the discharge of duties, Ross Township Code Enforcement Officer
or authorized representative shall have the authority to enter, at
any reasonable hour, any restaurant or food preparation facility in
the jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Part.
2.
The Ross Township Code Enforcement Officer may cooperate with or
delegate his authority to the appropriate official of the Allegheny
County Health Department or other County agency charged with the duty
of enforcing any Allegheny County ordinance or regulation relating
to the subject matter of the within Part.
[Ord. 1958, 3/9/1998, § 608]
The Township of Ross reserves the right to invoke and enforce
any Allegheny County ordinance or regulation relating to the subject
matter of this Part and to seek the imposition of the penalties provided
in the said Allegheny County Ordinance or regulation.
