[Adopted 9-11-1984 by Ord. No. 600]
For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
Any inhibition or disruption of the ALCOSAN facilities, its
treatment processes or operations, its sludge processes, use or disposal,
or of any sewer, pipe or other conveyance located in the Borough,
and transmitting substances into the ALCOSAN facilities, which is
a cause of and significantly contributes to either a violation of
any requirement of ALCOSAN's National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System Permit (hereinafter called "NPDES permit") including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation or to the prevention of
sewage sludge use or disposal by ALCOSAN in accordance with the following
statutory provisions and rules, regulations or permits issued thereunder:
Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq.),
Pennsylvania Clean Streams Act (35 P.S. § 691.1 et seq.),
Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act (35 P.S. § 6018.101
et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251,
et seq.), the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901,
et seq.), including Title 11, more commonly referred to as the "Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act" and including all Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
statutes and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Regulations
prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq.) and the Toxic
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), County
of Allegheny Health Code and the Pollution Control Standards of the
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. (All such statutory
provisions, rules, regulations or permits are hereinafter collectively
called "laws".) A user significantly contributes to such a permit
violation or prevention or sludge use or disposal in accordance with
the above-cited laws whenever such user:
Discharges daily pollutant loading in excess
of that allowed by permit or by contract with ALCOSAN or by federal,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, ALCOSAN or Borough
laws, ordinances, rules or regulations.
Discharges wastewater which substantially differs
in nature or constituents from the user's average discharge.
Knows or has reason to know that its discharge,
alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, would
result in violation of ALCOSAN's NPDES permit or prevent sewage sludge
use or disposal in accordance with the above-cited laws as they apply
to ALCOSAN's selected method of sludge management.
Any discharge of pollutant through the facilities of ALCOSAN
into navigable waters or any stream in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in quantities or concentrations which are a cause of and significantly
contribute to a violation of any requirement of ALCOSAN's NPDES permit
(including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
A user significantly contributes to such a permit violation where
it:
Discharges a daily pollutant loading in excess
of that allowed by permit or by contract with ALCOSAN or by federal,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Allegheny, ALCOSAN or the
Borough laws, ordinances, rules or regulations.
Discharges wastewater which substantially differs
in nature or constituents from the user's average discharge.
Knows or has reason to know that its discharge,
alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, would
result in a permit violation.
Knows or has reason to know that ALCOSAN is,
for any reason, violating its final effluent limitations in its permit
and that such user's discharge either alone or in conjunction with
discharges from other sources, increases the magnitude or duration
of ALCOSAN's violations.
A.
No person, firm, association or corporation 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 Borough and transmitting substances into the facilities
of ALCOSAN, any toxic substance, pollutant or other wastewater which
will:
B.
No person, firm, association or corporation shall
introduce, permit or cause to be introduced, directly or indirectly,
into the facilities of ALCOSAN or into any sewer, pipe or other conveyance
located in the Borough and transmitting substances into the facilities
of ALCOSAN any of the following:
(1)
Any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with
or substantially adversely affect the operation or performance of
the ALCOSAN Treatment Plant, or pass through said plant into navigable
waters or streams of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities
or concentrations which are a cause of and significantly contributes
to a violation of any requirement of the above-cited laws or the ALCOSAN
NPDES permit, or adversely affect the use or disposal of ALCOSAN sludge
or other residues.
(2)
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.
(3)
Any ignitable, reactive, explosive or corrosive waste.
(4)
All wastes that are defined or listed as hazardous
under the regulations enacted by agencies of the federal government
or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(5)
Any wastewater with a temperature great enough to
inhibit biological activity in the ALCOSAN Treatment Plant.
(6)
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.
(7)
Any solids or viscous substances capable of causing
obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper
operation of ALCOSAN's facilities or facilities discharging into the
ALCOSAN's system.
(8)
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids
which either singly or by interaction with other wastes may create
a public nuisance or adversely affect public health or safety.
(9)
Pathological wastes from a hospital or other medical
establishment.
(10)
Garbage, whether ground or not, except properly
shredded food waste garbage resulting from the proper use of a garbage
grinder or disposer of a type approved by ALCOSAN and maintained in
good operating condition.
(11)
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.
(12)
Any substance which violates discharge regulations
as established by authorized agencies of the federal government, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
Commission, Allegheny County or ALCOSAN.
A.
No person, firm, association or corporation 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 Borough and transmitting substances into the facilities
of the Sanitary Authority, any toxic substance, pollutant or other
wastewater in violation of a National Categorical or General Pretreatment
Standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant to Sections 307 (b) and (c) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(b) and (c)].
B.
No person, firm, association or corporation shall
take any action or do or cause to be done anything in violation of
any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or of any
regulation promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant thereto.
C.
No person, firm, association or corporation shall
take any action or do or cause to be done anything in violation of
any rule or regulation of ALCOSAN or of laws, ordinances, rules or
regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the County of Allegheny,
the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission or the Borough pertaining
to sewage discharge, introduction or treatment.
[Amended 3-10-1998 by Ord. No. 667]
Any person who violates any provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof by summary proceedings, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000,
plus costs, or to imprisonment for a period not to excess of 90 days,
or both.
