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Borough of Narberth, PA
Montgomery County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Narberth as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-12-1959 by Ord. No. 487 (Ch. 105, Art. I, of the 1986 Code)]
The sewer mains of the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Narberth shall be maintained at the expense of the Borough.
The entire length of the sewer laterals from the mains to buildings shall be maintained at the expense of the owner of the property served by the laterals.
[Adopted 10-18-2017 by Ord. No. 1002]
The Borough hereby adopts by reference the City of Philadelphia Sewer and Wastewater Control Regulations, effective January 1, 2013, as published by the Philadelphia Water Department and attached to this article as Exhibit A,[1]subject to the following modifications and additional requirements:
A. 
The City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "City") is the control authority and the Borough is the contributing jurisdiction.
B. 
The City shall enforce the wastewater control regulations, including inspections and penalties, with notification to the Borough.
C. 
All required notifications and reports shall be made to both the City and the Borough.
D. 
The City shall administer industrial pretreatment permit applications, and a copy of permit applications shall be submitted to the Borough.
E. 
Any industrial user responsible for any accidental discharge of wastewater must immediately notify both the City and the Borough.
F. 
Except as allowed by federal pretreatment standards, dilution as a control technique for compliance with discharge limits is prohibited.
G. 
The City, with notification to the Borough and as part of its approval, modification or administration of industrial pretreatment permits, may impose mass discharge limits in lieu of, or in conjunction with, concentration discharge limits.
H. 
The knowing transmittal of false information by an industrial user to either the City or the Borough is prohibited and constitutes a wastewater control regulation violation.
I. 
The City or the Borough may require an industrial user to install monitoring and pretreatment facilities, and these shall be provided and operated at the user's own expense.
J. 
Any authorized officer or employee of the City may, upon 24 hours' notification to the Borough, enter and inspect, sample or test at any reasonable time any part of the Borough wastewater collection system, and, as appropriate, enter onto private property to inspect, sample or test waste discharges of industrial users; the Borough may also choose to inspect, sample and test waste discharges of the industrial users.
K. 
Where a discharge to the wastewater collection system reasonably appears to present an imminent danger to the health and welfare of persons, or presents or may present an imminent danger to the environment, or threatens to interfere with the operation of the City's wastewater treatment system, the City or the Borough may immediately initiate steps to identify the source of the discharge, and to hold or prevent said discharge.
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Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Borough office.
In addition to those penalties for violations specified by the City of Philadelphia Wastewater Control Regulations, effective January 1, 2013, any user who is found to have violated, continues to violate or fails to comply with any provision of the rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder shall be liable to the Borough for a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 or the maximum fine allowed by law for each offense, plus actual damages incurred by the Borough per violation per day, for as long as the violation continues. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense; each term, condition or parameter violated shall also be deemed a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the penalties and damages provided herein, the Borough may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, court reporters' fees and other expenses associated with the enforcement activities, including sampling and monitoring expenses, against the person found to have violated these regulations or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder.