[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Ridley 9-25-1991 by Ord. No. 1661A. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers and sewage disposal — See Ch. 237.
A.
This chapter is adopted to promote and protect the
public health, safety, comfort, convenience and other aspects of the
general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the specific
enforcement of the various regulations promulgated by the Delaware
County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA), United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection (PADEP), and such other agencies which
may succeed the aforementioned agencies to implement the Delaware
County Wastewater Management Plan and the National Pretreatment Standards,
40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 401 et seq.
B.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
"Ridley Township Wastewater Treatment Ordinance."
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations
are hereby adopted by the Township of Ridley to govern the conduct
of all discharges to the DELCORA Wastewater Management System.
A.
It is intended that this chapter provide for the enforcement
and prosecution of the DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations, and
the National Pretreatment Standards.
B.
It is the specific intent of this chapter to provide
a means of enforcement of the National Pretreatment Standards promulgated
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as set forth
in 40 CFR 401 et seq. (1983) pursuant to the Clean Water Act, as amended,
33 United States Code § 1251 et seq.
C.
The DELCORA Standards, Rules and Regulations shall
be minimum standards and shall apply uniformly to each class or kind
of user within the Township of Ridley.
The Board of the Commissioners of the Township
of Ridley hereby ordains and establishes that any person, firm or
corporation who fails or refuses to comply with the DELCORA Standards,
Rules and Regulations, embodied in DELCORA Resolution Number 91-03,
adopted May 22, 1991, as same may be amended from time to time, which
is incorporated herein by reference and attached hereto as Appendix
"A",[1] shall be subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the
Township offices.
[Amended 10-25-2000 by Ord. No. 1808]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this chapter shall be subject to pay a fine of up
to $1,000 or the maximum legal limit of the fining authority, whichever
is greater, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of
such fine and costs shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not to exceed 30 days. Every day that each violation continues of
this chapter and/or DELCORA's Standards, Rules and Regulations, as
amended, shall constitute a separate offense.
A.
The Township of Ridley hereby appoints DELCORA, or
its designee, as its agent having the power of the Township of Ridley
to institute proceedings in the name of the Township of Ridley against
any and all persons, firms or corporations who violate the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
In cases involving the enforcement of this chapter,
the Solicitor of DELCORA or its designee may cause subpoenas to be
issued for witnesses for the prosecution and may conduct the hearing
on behalf of the Township of Ridley.
