(a) An alternative collection system service agreement
must be executed between the alternative collection system owner and
each real property owner served by the alternative collection system.
The service agreement must authorize the collection system owner to
place and maintain alternative collection system components on the
real property owner's property.
(b) An alternative collection system service agreement
must identify the owner of the on-site components and specify the
responsible party for the construction and maintenance of the on-site
components.
(c) An alternative collection system owner shall submit
a copy of the alternative collection system service agreement to the
executive director with the summary transmittal letter required in §217.6
of this title (relating to Submittal Requirements and Review Process),
for the executive director to review.
(d) An alternative collection system service agreement
must include:
(1) a requirement that the alternative collection system
owner shall ensure that all existing alternative collection system
components and building laterals that will be incorporated into a
new or altered alternative collection system must be cleaned, inspected,
tested, maintained, altered, or replaced, as necessary, to the satisfaction
of the collection system owner before connecting the alternative collection
system component to the collection system;
(2) a requirement that the alternative collection system
owner shall approve all materials and equipment before incorporating
the materials and equipment into any construction or maintenance of
an alternative collection system component;
(3) a requirement that the alternative collection system
owner shall have an engineer inspect and approve the installation
of all new or replacement alternative collection system components
before placing the system into service;
(4) a provision that the alternative collection system
owner shall have access at all reasonable times to inspect on-site
alternative collection system components;
(5) a provision that the alternative collection system
owner has the right to make an emergency repair and perform emergency
maintenance to any alternative collection system component, including
building laterals and on-site collection system components;
(6) a statement of whether the alternative collection
system owner or the property owner is responsible for non-emergency
maintenance of on-site components;
(7) a statement of whether the alternative collection
system owner or the property owner is responsible for paying maintenance
costs for on-site components, or how the costs to each party will
be determined if responsibility is shared;
(8) a statement of whether the collection system owner
or the property owner is responsible for paying the electrical power
cost of operating an on-site component, or how the costs to each party
will be determined if responsibility is shared;
(9) a payment method, including a payment schedule,
for the alternative collection system owner to recover costs paid
by the alternative collection system owner that the property owner
is responsible for paying;
(10) a payment method, including a payment schedule,
for the property owner to recover costs paid by the property owner
that the alternative collection system is responsible for paying;
(11) a provision that authorizes the alternative collection
system owner to inspect and approve pretreatment units before installation;
(12) a requirement that an on-site component owned
by the alternative collection system owner must have an upstream isolation
valve;
(13) a requirement that an on-site component must have
a service isolation valve located downstream on a service pipe from
an on-site component to the collection system;
(14) a provision that service isolation valves must
be accessible to the alternative collection system owner at all times,
through an easement or other legal agreement or contract between the
property owner and the alternative collection system owner; and
(15) a provision that the alternative collection system
owner shall have the ability to collect, transport, and dispose of
any residual material.
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