[1967 Code § 77-1; Ord. No. 154-04 § 1]
As used in this article:
Shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in
five days at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
Shall mean a sewer, together with necessary connections conveying
sewage from a single building to the public sewer or other place of
disposal.
Shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking or
dispensing of food, or from the handling, storing or sale of produce.
Shall mean a subsurface sewage disposal system designed and
constructed to treat sewage in a manner that will retain most of the
settleable solids in a watertight tank, and to discharge the liquid
portion to an adequate disposal area.
Shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake
or other body of surface or groundwater.
Shall mean the duly licensed public sewage treatment plant
operator occupying such position in the Township, or his authorized
deputy, agent or representative.
Shall mean the owner of any lot, property, building or other
premises discharging, or for which a drain or sewer is being built
to discharge, sewage or ground, storm or surface waters to any sewer,
disposal system or natural outlet.
Shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Shall mean the person duly appointed to and occupying such
position in the Township, or his authorized deputy or assistant.
Shall mean a system which includes a sewage treatment plant
and which is not operated by a municipality or public utility; including
all trunks, branches and other appurtenances except building sewers.
Shall mean garbage shredded to such degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch to any
dimension.
Shall mean a sewer under the jurisdiction of a municipality
or public utility.
Shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm,
surface and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Shall mean a liquid waste containing animal, chemical or
vegetable matter in suspension or solution.
Shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used
for treating sewage.
Shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Shall mean:
Any user in the Township including, but not limited to, any
significant industrial user as defined in 40 CFR 403.3(t) but excluding
municipal collection systems, who discharges wastewater into the Township
wastewater treatment system where:
The user is subject to Categorical Pretreatment Standards under
40 CRF 403.6 and 40 CRF Chapter I, Subchapter N;
The user's average volume of process wastewater exceeds 25,000
gallons per day;
The amount of BOD, COD or Suspended Solids in the industrial
process wastewater discharge exceeds the mass equivalent of 25,000
gallons per day of the domestic waste of the affected local agency;
The volume of industrial process wastewater in the discharge
exceeds 5% or more of the average daily dry weather flow of the local
agency;
The user's discharge of process wastewater contributes, 5% or
more of the daily mass loading of any of the pollutants listed in
N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4, Appendix A Tables II through V;
The user is designated as an SIU by the control authority on
the basis that the user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting
the local agency's operation;
The user is designated as an SIU by the control authority on
the basis that the user has been in violation of any Federal, State,
or local pretreatment standard or requirement, including, but not
limited to, significant noncompliance as defined in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vii);
or
The control authority determines it would be consistent with
the intent of the Pretreatment Act or State Act to require a permit
for the indirect user; and
Any user in areas of the State in which the Department is the
control authority where:
The user is determined to be a hazardous waste facility that
received a permit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26G-12;
The user's discharge consists of landfill leachate, which is
either pure, treated, or diluted; or
The user's discharge consists of 25,000 gallons per day or more
of process wastewater and/or polluted ground water which is pumped
from the ground in order to decontaminate an aquifer; however
Upon finding that any user in the State has no reasonable potential
for adversely affecting the local agency's operation or for violating
any Federal, State, or local pretreatment standard or requirement,
the control authority may at any time, on its own initiative or in
response to a petition received from a user or a local agency, and
in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that any user specified
in paragraphs 1 or 2 above, unless the user is subject to Categorical
Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter
N, is not a significant indirect user.
Shall mean the precipitated solid matter produced by the
sewage treatment process.
Shall mean a sewer designed to convey only surface or storm
water.
Shall mean solids that either float on the surface of or
are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are
removable by laboratory filtering.
Shall mean any stream, body of water drained by a stream,
dry ditch or any depression that will permit drainage into any waters
of the State. The waters of the State include the ocean and its estuaries,
all springs, streams and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether
natural or artificial.
[1967 Code § 77-2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in an insanitary manner, upon public or private property
within the Township or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Township,
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
[1967 Code § 77-3]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any watercourse any sanitary
sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this chapter.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy
standards for individual subsurface sewerage disposal systems set
forth in N.J.A.C. 7:9A are hereby adopted by reference as allowed
by N.J.S.A. 26:3-69 to 69.6.
[1967 Code § 77-5]
It shall be unlawful to construct, install or maintain any private sewer, package sewerage system or other private sewerage disposal or treatment facilities other than those provided for in subsection 22-11.3, except upon compliance with all regulations of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy and with such requirements as the Township Board of Health may reasonably impose to assure reliable avoidance of all health hazards.
[1967 Code § 77-8]
a.
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner, who shall indemnify
the Township from any loss or damage that may, directly or indirectly,
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer or the making
of the connection to the public sewer.
b.
After completion of installation, inspection and approval of a building sewer connected to the public sewer, subsequent maintenance of that portion within any street right-of-way shall be by the Township and the cost thereof shall be borne by the Township, except as provided in subsection 22-15.4.
[1967 Code § 77-9]
Every new building sewer connected to the public sanitary sewer
system shall be provided with a lookhole or inspection hole located
adjacent to the property line. Such lookhole or inspection hole shall
be terminated at ground level and fitted with a brass ferrule.
[1967 Code § 77-11]
Connections shall not be made to a public sanitary sewer except
through a Y or T branch, or in approved saddle fitting, suitably installed.
No building sewer shall be connected to a manhole on a public sewer
except by a dropped connection, constructed in accordance with specifications
approved by the operator. Before considering for approval any such
dropped connection in a manhole, the operator may require recommendation
from the Township's consulting engineer, the cost of whose services
shall be paid by the applicant.
[1967 Code § 77-12]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of
another or an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can
be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court,
yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be
extended to the rear building.
[1967 Code § 77-13]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found on examination and test by the Plumbing Subcode
Official to meet all requirements of this chapter and of the Plumbing
Code.
[1967 Code § 77-14]
All permits for connection with a public sewer system are given
on condition that the owner shall assume all risk of damages that
may result from a backflow from the public sewer or connections. Any
drain subject to backflow or back pressure may be equipped with an
approved type backwater valve as specified by the owner.
[1967 Code § 77-15]
The Township Clerk is authorized to maintain at Township Hall
a map showing the Township sanitary sewage system, as built, including
the location of public sewers and connection fittings. Such map shall
be available to anyone proposing to make connection to the public
sewer but no responsibility shall attach to the Township or Township
Clerk for the accuracy of such map or the absence or mislocation of
any sewers or appurtenances shown thereon.
[1967 Code § 77-16]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm
water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage,
cellar drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters
to any public sanitary sewer.
[Ord. No. 107-2002 § 1]
No sump pump or other device which discharges drainage resulting
from rainwater, springs, wells or other ground water shall be connected
to the Township sanitary sewer system.
[1967 Code § 77-17]
a.
Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated storm sewers, or to
a natural outlet approved by the Township.
b.
Industrial cooling water, steam condensate, air conditioning or refrigerating
cooling waters, washings from vehicles or machinery, or unpolluted
process waters, shall not be discharged to a natural outlet or a public
storm or sanitary sewer except with the approval of the Township Committee,
which in granting such approval may impose conditions concerning pretreatment
or quantity or rate of flow and/or supplementary fees in compensation
for the extraordinary load imposed on the public sewer; and such approval
shall be subject to revocation should there be subsequently revealed
improper conditions or inadequate public sewer capacity.
[1967 Code § 77-18]
No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to
any public sewer.
[1967 Code § 77-19; Ord. No. 154-04 § 2]
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or
cause to be discharged any of the following to any public sewer:
a.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
b.
Any water or waste containing more than 100 parts per million, by
weight, of fat, oil or grease.
c.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas or any discharge which creates a fire or explosion
hazard in the wastewater treatment system, including, but not limited
to, waste streams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140°
F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
d.
Any garbage other than properly shredded garbage as herein defined.
e.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or
viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
f.
Any waters or wastes having a lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0,
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the sewage works.
g.
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard
in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
h.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such materials at the sewage treatment plant, except with advance
permission of the Township Committee and payment in compensation.
i.
The contents of any septic tank or cesspool, except as directed by the operator and upon payment of the fee specified in Article III.
j.
Any noxious gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
k.
Any cyanide greater than 0.15 parts per million as CN.
l.
Any hexavalent chromium greater than two parts per million.
m.
Any trivalent chromium greater than 10 parts per million.
n.
Any copper greater than one part per million.
o.
Any nickel greater than one part per million.
p.
Any cadmium greater than one part per million.
q.
Any zinc greater than five parts per million.
r.
Any phenols greater than 12 parts per million.
s.
Any iron greater than five parts per million.
t.
Any arsenic greater than 0.01 parts per million.
u.
Any lead greater than 0.35 parts per million.
v.
Any tin greater than one part per million.
w.
Any radioactive wastes, except in conformity with the New Jersey
Radiation Protection Code.
[1967 Code § 77-20]
a.
Where an operation entails the discharge of water or wastes containing
toxic or poisonous substances, the owner shall provide a written statement
to the operator, setting forth the nature of the operation proposed.
Such statement shall specify the quantity of water which will be used
and its source, the proposed point of discharge of the acid and/or
other poisonous wastes into the sewage system of Long Hill Township,
the estimated amount to be so discharged, and the expected bacterial,
physical, chemical and other known characteristics of all said wastes.
b.
Within 30 days of receipt of such statement, it shall be the duty
of the operator, with the approval of the Township Committee, to make
an order stating such minimum restrictions as, in the judgment of
the operator and Township Committee, may be necessary to guard adequately
against unsafe or harmful uses of the Township sewage system.
c.
A violation of such order shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
[1967 Code §§ 77-21, 77-22; Ord. No. 109-2002 § 1]
a.
Interceptors for grease, oil and sand shall be provided when required
by the operator for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease in excessive amounts, flammable wastes, sand or other harmful
ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for
private living quarters or dwelling units.
b.
Every interceptor shall be of a type and capacity approved by the
operator and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be
constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt
and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction,
watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when secured
in place, shall be gastight and watertight.
c.
Maintenance of Interceptors. Where installed, all grease, oil and
sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense,
in continuously effective operation at all times.
[Ord. No. 109-2002 § 2]
All restaurants, retail food establishments, catering establishments,
commercial food preparation facilities, meat processing facilities
and similar facilities shall maintain their sewage works with treatment
of microorganisms. The microorganism treatment shall be of a type
approved by the sewer plant operator and shall be applied in accordance
with the manufacturer's specifications.
[1967 Code § 77-23]
a.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having:
1.
A five day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 parts per million
by weight, or
2.
Containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended
solids, or
3.
Containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in subsection 22-13.4, or
4.
Having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily
flow of the Township sewage system, shall be subject to review and
approval of the operator.
b.
Where necessary, in the opinion of the operator, the owner shall
provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary
to:
1.
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million and
the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or
2.
Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided in subsection 22-13.4, or
3.
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
c.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the operator and of the Water Pollution Control Commission
of the State of New Jersey, and by Long Hill Valley Water Commission,
and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until the
approvals are obtained in writing.
[1967 Code § 77-24]
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any
waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner, at his expense.
[1967 Code § 77-25]
When required by the operator, the owner of any property served
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling
and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall
be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the operator. The manhole shall be installed
by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as
to be safe and accessible at all times.
[1967 Code § 77-26]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in subsection 22-13.4 and 22-13.8 shall be determined in accordance with the procedures contained in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage," approved and published jointly by the American Public Health Association and the American Water Works Association; and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in subsection 22-13.10 or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
[1967 Code § 77-27]
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Township
and any industrial or commercial concern, whereby a waste of unusual
volume, strength and/or character may be accepted by the Township
under written agreement, subject to payment therefor by the concern.
[1967 Code § 77-28]
It shall be unlawful for any person to break, damage, destroy,
uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment
which is part of the public sewer system, except pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter.
[1967 Code § 77-29]
Surplus dry sludge from the Township's sewage treatment plant,
not required for Township property or projects, shall be disposed
of as directed by the Township Committee.
[Ord. No. 154-04 § 3]
A sewer user must notify the sewer plant operator of any commercial
process discharge or change of process discharge prior to discharging
into the Township's wastewater treatment system. Such notification
shall include the quantity and characteristics of such discharge.
In the event of a non-anticipated release, a user must report that
event within one hour of that release. Such notification shall be
given to the sewer plant operator during regular business hours or
to the Long Hill Township Police Department during non-business hours.
[1967 Code § 77-30; Ord. No. 154-04 § 4]
The operator, Plumbing Subcode Official, Board of Health and
Township Committee, and any other duly authorized employee of the
Township bearing proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted
to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing at any reasonable hour, in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter. Such right of entry shall include
the right to inspect activity, process, chemical inventory and manifests.
[Ord. No. 154-04 § 5]
When requested by the sewer plant operator, a user must submit
information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within
30 days of the request. The sewer plant operator is authorized to
prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users
to update this information.
[1967 Code § 77-31]
[1967 Code § 77-32]
Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be
deemed a separate offense, provided, however, that when, in the judgment
of the operator and the Township Committee, the nature of the offense
does not constitute an immediate and major threat to the operation
of the public sewer system or the health and welfare of the public,
a written order specifying a reasonable time for correction, not exceeding
60 days, may be issued by the Township, and in such case the punishable
offense shall be deemed to commence upon expiration of such order.
[1967 Code § 77-34]
The owner of any building, lot or land where anything in violation
of this chapter shall be committed or exist, and any contractor, agent
or person who commits or assists in the commission of any such violation,
shall each be guilty of a separate offense, and upon conviction, shall
each be liable to the penalty specified in this section.
[1967 Code § 77-35]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall become
liable to the Township for any expense, loss or damage caused to the
Township by reason of such violation.
[Ord. No. 107-2002 § 2]
No owner shall sell, lease or otherwise permit occupancy for residential or nonresidential purposes of any building in the Township without first obtaining from the Township Public Works Manager or his designee a certificate stating that no sump pump or other device which discharges drainage resulting from rainwater, springs, wells or other ground water is connected to the sanitary sewer system in violation of subsections 22-13.1 and 22-13.1A of this chapter. No purchaser shall purchase property unless the seller has obtained the required certificate of sump pump compliance prior to closing and no tenant or lessee shall occupy premises unless the owner or landlord has obtained the required certificate of sump pump compliance prior to such occupancy.
[Ord. No. 107-2002 § 2]
Certificates of sump pump compliance shall be issued in accordance
with the following procedures:
a.
Application; Fee. Applications for certificates of sump pump compliance
shall be filed with the Township Public Works Manager by the seller
of the property or the landlord as the case may be at least 10 days
prior to the change in ownership and/or occupancy. Applications shall
be submitted on the form supplied by the Township Public Works Manager
and shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of $50.
[Ord. No. 107-2002 § 2]
Any person who fails to obtain a certificate of sump pump compliance as required by this chapter shall upon conviction be liable to the penalties stated in Section 1-5 of this Code.
