25 Pa. Code § 71.73 - Sewage management programs for sewage facilities permitted by local agencies
(a) When
sewage facilities are permitted by local agencies, the municipality is
responsible for taking actions necessary to assure continued compliance of
these sewage facilities with the act, The Clean Streams Law and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(b) When an
official plan or official plan revision shows, or the Department determines,
that existing sewage facilities permitted by the local agency need periodic
inspection, operation or maintenance to provide long-term proper operation, or
are not properly functioning because of inadequate operation and maintenance,
the municipality shall revise its official plan to establish a sewage
management program for these types of facilities. The update revision shall
include the following as a minimum:
(1)
Identification of the specific legal authority to be used by municipal
officials and their designated employes to enter lands and make inspections of
onlot sewage facilities. The policy concerning a schedule of inspections and
methods of notification of landowners of this policy shall be
included.
(2) Standards consistent
with section 8(b)(9) of the act (35 P. S. §
750.8(b)(9)) for operation,
maintenance, repair or replacement of sewage facilities which include:
(i) Removal of septage or other solids from
treatment tanks once every 3 years or whenever an inspection program reveals
that the treatment tanks are filled with solids in excess of 1/3 of the liquid
depth of the tank or with scum in excess of 1/3 of the liquid depth of the
tank.
(ii) Maintenance of surface
contouring and other measures, consistent with Chapter 73 (relating to
standards for onlot sewage treatment facilities) to divert stormwater away from
the treatment facilities and absorption areas and protection of the absorption
areas from physical damage.
(iii)
Requirements for the use of water conservation devices to reduce hydraulic
loading to the sewage system.
(iv)
Requirements for the operation and maintenance of electrical, mechanical and
chemical components of the sewage facilities; collection and conveyance piping,
pressure lines and manholes; alarm and flow recorder devices; pumps;
disinfection equipment and related safety items.
(v) Requirements for septage pumpers/haulers
which are consistent with the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. §§
6018.101-6018.1003).
(vi) Requirements for holding tank
maintenance.
(3) A
discussion of the specific requirements of the sewage management program and
administrative or legal functions needed to carry out the program.
(4) Establishment of a fee schedule for the
cost of municipal services related to implementing the provision of the sewage
management program.
(5)
Identification of the authority to be used to enforce the requirements of the
sewage management program or restrain violations of the program.
(6) Identification of penalty provisions for
violations of the program requirements.
(7) Draft ordinances, regulations or policies
which relate to the sewage management program.
(8) Other requirements consistent with the
act and The Clean Streams Law.
(c) When the official plan update identifies
a local agency as the entity responsible for administering a municipal sewage
management program and when the local agency identified in the official plan
update agrees to administer the program, the local agency is eligible for
reimbursement of eligible costs for administrative and personnel expenditures
to implement sewage management programs under §
72.44 (relating to
reimbursement).
(d) When the
official plan identifies the municipality as the entity responsible for
administering a municipal sewage management program and when that
municipality's onlot system permitting program is administered by a
multimunicipal local agency or a county or joint county department of health,
the municipality is eligible for reimbursement of eligible costs for the
administrative and personnel expenditures to implement a sewage management
program. Application for eligible costs shall be submitted by the municipality
in accordance with the provisions of § 72.44.
Notes
The provisions of this § 71.73 amended under section 9 of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. § 750.9); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1-691.1001); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).
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