[Ord. 451, 6/19/1996; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
This Part provides for the regulation of the installation and
use of public and private sanitary wastewater transmission lines,
drains and disposal systems within the Township. This Part is intended
to prevent damage to the public wastewater collection system within
the Township, to reduce maintenance costs and to enhance and maintain
adequate flow capacity within the system. This Part and all the rules,
regulations and requirements established therein shall apply to all
residents of the Township, both private and commercial.
[Ord. 451, 6/19/1996; as amended by Ord. 656, 4/9/2015]
1.
ACHD
COMMUNITY SANITARY WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
DEP
DOCUMENT OF CERTIFICATION
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
GREASE TRAP
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGER
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
MTMA
MTMA MANAGER
MUNICIPAL LIEN LETTER
NONDOMESTIC DISCHARGER
NONDOMESTIC PREPARATION OF FOOD
PASS THROUGH
PERSON
PRIVATE SANITARY WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
RESIDENTIAL USER
SANITARY WASTEWATER
SANITARY WASTEWATER SERVICE LINE
SURFACE WATER
TEMPORARY DOCUMENT OF CERTIFICATION
TOWNSHIP
WASTEWATER
Definitions. As used in this Part, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
The Allegheny County Health Department or any agency successor
thereto.
All or part of a privately owned device or devices intended
to treat and/or dispose of sanitary wastewater discharged from structures
located on two or more parcels of land.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or
any agency successor thereto.
An official statement from the MTMA Manager or his designee
stating that there are no known illegal stormwater or surface water
connections to the MTMA's sanitary wastewater collection system
on the specific property which is being sold or transferred.
A tank mechanism with a flow rate greater than 35 gallons
per minute which is installed underground outside the structure being
served and which extracts grease content from sanitary wastewater
prior to the discharge of said wastewater into the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA.
A tank mechanism with a flow rate of 35 gallons per minute
or less which is installed in the sanitary wastewater drainage system
of an individual premises, which mechanism extracts grease content
from sanitary wastewater prior to the discharge of said wastewater
into the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the MTMA. Grease traps shall be rated at a minimum of 22.5 gallons
per minute.
An industry which discharges wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA and which is identified
in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget,
1967, as amended and supplemented, under the category "Division D
Manufacturing," and such other classes of significant waste producers
as deemed appropriate under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes from commercial
buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities and institutions,
whether treated or untreated.
The Moon Township Municipal Authority or any successor thereto.
The General Manager of the Moon Township Municipal Authority
or his designee.
A writing from the proper official of the MTMA concerning
outstanding municipal liens.
Any owner and/or occupier of premises used for purposes other
than residential and who discharges wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA. This term shall
include, but not be limited to, any and all commercial and/or manufacturing
operations, commercial buildings and nursing and/or group homes with
more than 10 residents.
Any food preparation conducted for consumption by a person
or persons other than those residing on the subject premises and/or
their household guests. This includes all restaurants, whether eat-in
or take-out, cafeterias, snack bars, church kitchens and halls, grocery
store kitchens, banquet halls, nursing and/or group homes with more
than 10 residents and food processing businesses.
A discharge which exits the MTMA's wastewater treatment
facility into the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities
or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the MTMA's NPDES permit, including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any person, syndicate, association, partnership, firm, corporation,
institution, agency, authority or other entity recognized by law as
the subject of rights and duties.
All or part of any privately owned device or devices located
on an individual parcel of land and intended to treat and/or dispose
of the sanitary wastewater discharged from any structure or structures
located on that parcel of land.
Owner and/or occupier of premises used only for human residency
and who discharges sanitary wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA.
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
commercial and/or industrial and/or institutional buildings or structures.
A pipe extension from a structure's sanitary wastewater
plumbing system to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned
and/or operated by the MTMA.
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
A temporary statement of certification from the proper officer
of the MTMA issued pursuant to the terms of this Part.
The Township of Moon.
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water or stormwater that may be present.
2.
Word Usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
