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Sewer Use Rules and Regulations
- August 2003
Article II -
Purpose 
The intent and purpose of
these Sewer Use Rules and Regulations are as follows:
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To prohibit the
discharge into the treatment works of any wastewaters that are not in
compliance with any applicable standards promulgated pursuant to the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, the Clean Water Act of 1977,
any subsequent amendments to said Federal Acts, and any other applicable
Federal legislation.
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To ensure that all
wastewaters discharged into the Authority's facilities and from the
Authority's treatment works are in compliance with the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, the Clean Water Act of 1977, and
any subsequent amendments to said Federal Acts, and any subsequent
applicable Federal legislation.
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To require the
pretreatment of all wastewaters discharged into the Authority's facilities
or treatment works for which categorical pretreatment standards have been
promulgated pursuant to Federal or State legislation by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
department of Environmental Protection, and/or for which pretreatment
standards have been developed by the Authority.
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To prohibit the
discharge of any wastewaters into the Authority's facilities or treatment
works of a flammable nature or which may create in any way a poisonous or
hazardous environment for maintenance and operating personnel or for others
properly on Authority property of facilities.
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To prohibit the
discharge of any wastewaters into the Authority's facilities or treatment
works which may affect its integrity or cause operational or maintenance
difficulties in it as it is now constructed or as it may be modified,
expanded, or improved on in the future.
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To prohibit or require
pretreatment before introduction into the Authority's facilities or
treatment works of any wastewaters which may adversely affect the integrity,
operation and/or maintenance of the treatment works by direct or indirect
chemical or physical action, or which may interfere with the treatment
process or the operation and maintenance of the Authority's facilities.
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To regulate excessive
volumes and/or inordinate rates of discharge of any wastewaters into the
Authority's facilities or treatment works.
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To regulate the
discharge of any wastewaters which require the levying of a surcharge for
either their discharge into the Authority's facilities or treatment works,
or treatment by the treatment works plant.
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