Village of Port Chester, NY Article IV Discharge of Effluents from Private Sewage Disposal Systems Into Public Sewers and of Cleanings Therefrom

§ 269-16 Discharge prohibited into sewers.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sewer, either directly or indirectly, any overflow or effluent from a septic tank, cesspool, subsurface drainage trench, bed or filter, or other receptacle storing organic waste.

§ 269-17 Use of treatment plant for processing contents.

The contents of privy vaults, septic tanks or cesspools may be delivered and will be processed at the municipal sewage treatment plant provided:

A. That such contents were accumulated and located on property within the Village of Port Chester.

B. That such contents consist only of domestic or commercial wastes, excluding any industrial wastes or substances specified to be excluded from public sewers by these regulations.

C. That such contents are transported in sanitary, watertight vehicles, equipped with a suitable valve outlet, and meeting such requirements as may be stipulated by local or state health agencies.

D. That a permit is issued by the Superintendent for the discharge of such contents. A permit fee may be set for each tank load of such wastes by the Superintendent.

E. That delivery of such contents is made to the sewage treatment plant site on weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., except holidays.

F. That one or more copies of the permit form for the discharge of such contents are surrendered to the sewage treatment plant operator or his agent and that said operator or his agent accepts the delivery as containing no substances or wastes known to be harmful to the sewage treatment plant or its treatment processes.

G. Permits issued under this section shall be void after 30 days from date of issuance. All permits are subject to cancellation, revocation or suspension by the Superintendent when such action is deemed necessary to safeguard the sewage works.