The Board of Commissioners hereby declares that it is its intention
that all provisions of this article be in compliance and in accord
with all applicable federal and Pennsylvania statutes, regulations,
permits and laws. The Commissioners also intend that the various portions
of this article be severable. If any portion of this article, at the
time of the adoption of this article or at any time hereafter, shall
be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable,
unconstitutional or contrary to any federal or Pennsylvania statute,
regulation or law applicable to Lower Moreland Township or the Chapel
Hill WWTP, then this entire article shall be not be invalid, and only
those provisions which are invalid, unenforceable, unconstitutional
or contrary to any applicable statute, regulation or law shall be
affected. To the extent possible, the Commissioners intend that any
provision of this article which is found to be invalid, unenforceable,
unconstitutional or contrary to any applicable federal or Pennsylvania
statute, regulation or law be amended or invalidated only to the minimum
extent necessary to cure such condition and to render this article
to not be invalid, unenforceable, unconstitutional or contrary to
any applicable statute, regulation or law. To the extent it is not
possible for any provision of this article which is invalid, unenforceable,
unconstitutional or contrary to any applicable federal or Pennsylvania
statute, regulation or law to be amended to cure such condition and
to render this overall article to not be invalid, unenforceable, unconstitutional
or contrary to any applicable statute, regulation or law, then only
the provision which is invalid, unenforceable, unconstitutional or
contrary to any applicable statute, regulation or law shall be invalid,
and the remainder of this article shall continue in effect as though
the invalid, unenforceable, unconstitutional or contrary provision
had never been a part of this article.
