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Unless otherwise stated in the section where the term
is used in this chapter, the meanings of terms used in this chapter
shall be as stated below. When not inconsistent with the context,
the present tense shall include the future, and words used in the
plural shall include the singular and vice versa. For the purposes
of this chapter, "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
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ABNORMAL SEWAGE
ACT or "THE ACT"
ADMINISTRATOR
AMMONIA
APPLICANT
APPROPRIATE AGENCIES
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
ASTM, denoting "American Society for Testing And Materials"
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF MUNICIPAL WWTP SEWER SYSTEM
BOD, denoting "biochemical oxygen demand"
BUILDER
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING LATERAL
CAPACITY OF MUNICIPAL WWTP SEWER SYSTEM
CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER
CHLORINE DEMAND
CITY OF NEW YORK'S WATER SUPPLY
COD, denoting "chemical oxygen demand"
COLOR
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONNECTION
CONTROL AUTHORITY
CONTROL MANHOLE
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
COOLING WATER
DEVELOPER
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DOMESTIC WASTES
DRY SEWERS
EASEMENT
END OF PIPE
END OF PIPE CONCENTRATION
EPA, USEPA, or U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
EXTENSION
FACILITY
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW RATE
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
GREASE TRAP
ICS FORM
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL SURVEY (ICS)
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INFILTRATION
INFLOW
INSPECTOR
INTERFERENCE
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(2)Â
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LATERAL
LATERAL, BUILDING
LATERAL, STREET
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE
STANDARD
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW OWNER
NEW SOURCE
NEW USER
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NYCDEP)
NUISANCE
NYC RULES AND REGULATIONS
OIL AND GREASE
OLD OWNER
OTHER WASTES
PASS-THROUGH
PERMIT
PERSON
pH
PHOENICIA WASTEWATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
PHOSPHORUS, TOTAL
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
(POTW) PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
PRETREATMENT (TREATMENT)
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
PRETREATMENT STANDARD or NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
RECEIVING WATERS
RECORDS
ROOF DRAIN
SEPTAGE
SEPTIC TANK
SERVICE AREA OF THE POTW
SEWAGE
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC (DOMESTIC WASTES)
SEWAGE, NORMAL
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(a)Â
(b)Â
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(d)Â
(e)Â
(f)Â
(g)Â
(h)Â
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SEWAGE, SANITARY
SEWAGE, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER
SEWER
SEWERAGE SYSTEM or SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM
SEWER, COMBINED
SEWER, PUBLIC
SEWER, SANITARY
SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)
SHANDAKEN WWTP or MUNICIPAL WWTP
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
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SLUG
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STATE
STATE POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (SPDES) PERMIT
STATE'S WATERS
STORMWATER
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
SUMP PUMP
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TEN STATES STANDARDS (10 STATES STANDARDS)
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TOWN
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
USER
USER, CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL (CIU)
USER, EXISTING
USER, INDUSTRIAL
USER, NEW
USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL (SIU)
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(2)Â
(3)Â
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WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP)
WASTEWATER, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER
WATERSHED (NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED)
WATERS OF THE STATE (STATE'S WATERS)
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics
of normal sewage. See "sewage, normal."
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.,
as may be amended.
The Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
With respect to the Inspector's exercise of judgment in fulfilling
his/her responsibilities and obligations under this chapter, shall
include, in the discretion of the Inspector on a case-by-case basis,
any or all of the following: the WWTP Chief Operator, Water and Sewer
Public Works Superintendent, the Town Board, the Town Engineer or
consulting engineer, NYSDEC, NYSDOH, NYCDEP and US EPA.
The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NYSDEC is delegated approval
authority responsibility by the USEPA.
The procedure defined as "standard methods" in this article,
or other procedures approved by the Inspector for flow measurement
or determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates
in waters, wastewater, and/or sludge.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated
in this chapter.
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
A principal executive officer or his designee,
if the industrial user is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial
user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
A duly authorized representative of the individual
designated above, if such representative is responsible for the overall
operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
Difference between the municipal WWTP sewer system's capacity
and the average daily flows that the municipal WWTP sewer system treats.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical
oxidation of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the building walls, and conveys it to the building lateral,
which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The portion of a lateral that extends from the property line
(or theoretical curb cut) up to the foundation of the structure being
served by the sewer system.
The maximum amount of wastewater flow (in gallons per day)
that the municipal WWTP sewer system can effectively treat. This is
the same as the municipal WWTP sewer system's design flow permitted
under its SPDES permit.
See "user, categorical industrial."
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the difference between the amount of chlorine added to
a sample and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at the
end of a specified contact time at room temperature, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
The New York City public water supply system includes all
watercourses, wetlands, reservoirs, reservoir stems and controlled
lakes tributary thereto.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the oxygen requirement of that portion of matter, in a
sample, that is susceptible to oxidation, by a specific chemical oxidant,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum
absorption, relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance
is equivalent to zero optical density.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples
of wastewater taken at selected intervals, for a specified time period.
The individual samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
Attachment of a structure with plumbing to a sewer main or
lateral.
The term shall refer to approval authority, or to the Inspector
when the Town has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions
of 40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to wastewater treatment plant and/or
sewer system personnel in or upstream of the street lateral, such
that samples collected from the manhole represent the flow to the
municipal WWTP sewer system from a specific source.
A pollutant that the municipal WWTP sewer system was designed
to treat, defined in accordance with the Act.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no
polluting substances which would produce COD or suspended solids in
excess of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited
elsewhere in this chapter.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing,
or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New York. (For references, see "indirect
discharge.")
See "sewage, domestic."
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to the municipal WWTP sewer system but which is not used, in the meantime,
for transport of storm or sanitary sewage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article VII (Discharge Restrictions), shall mean the control manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the municipal WWTP sewer system.
The concentration of a substance in a sample of wastewater
at end of pipe.
The agency of the federal government charged with the administration
and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules, and regulations;
also may be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly
authorized official of this agency.
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an
existing sewer line.
All buildings, other structures, grounds and contiguous property
at any locations related to or connected with a user at the user's
location.
Oil, grease, or fat in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment
facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, from the handling, storage, and sale of produce, and from
the packaging and canning of food.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical,
chemical, and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one
point and time.
A device designed and installed so as to separate and retain
deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from normal wastes while
permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the drainage
system by gravity.
The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform
and update the industrial chemical survey.
The introduction of wastewater into the Municipal WWTP sewer
system for treatment and ultimate discharge of the treated effluent
to the state's waters. (For reference, see "direct discharge.")
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce,
trade, business, or institution, and is distinguished from domestic
or residential.
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by
the NYSDEC, to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
See "user, industrial."
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility,
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding building drains) from the ground through such means as
defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow. Infiltration
is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built into the
sewer or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including building drains) from sources such as, but not limited
to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs
and swampy areas, manhole covers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters,
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
Individual (or his or her authorized representative) chosen
by the Town Board who is responsible to oversee municipal WWTP sewer
system operations in the Town. He/she is responsible for receiving
permit applications for the construction of sewer laterals and/or
connections and for rendering determinations on such actions. The
Inspector is also responsible for enforcing the Town of Shandaken
Sewer Use Law.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources.
Inhibits or disrupts the municipal WWTP sewer
system, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes,
use or disposal; and
Therefore, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the municipal WWTP sewer system's SPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or prevents
sewage sludge use or disposal by the municipal WWTP sewer system in
accordance with the following statutory provisions and regulations
or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;
SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Actnservation and Recovery Act - RCRA"), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D or the SWDA);
Clean Air Act;
Toxic Substance Control Act; and
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
Pipe or conduit that goes from the sewer main up to the foundation
of a structure with plumbing that is used to transmit sewage from
the structure to the sewer collection system.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street
lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property
line or easement line.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307B and C of the Act (22 U.S.C.
§ 1347), which applies to a specific category of industrial
users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical process
(end of process).
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307B
of the Act, and 40 CFR, § 403.5.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to state's waters.
That individual or entity who purchased property within the
service area of the municipal WWTP sewer system after the effective
date of this chapter.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of the proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307C
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which
will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated.
A discharger to the municipal WWTP sewer system who commences
discharge after the effective date of this chapter.
An agency of the City of New York that is involved principally
with water supply and environmental protection activities, including
watershed protection activities, in both New York City proper and
the city's east and west of Hudson watershed areas.
The use or lack of use of the Municipal WWTP sewer system
in such a manner so as to endanger life or health, give offense to
the senses, or obstruct or otherwise interfere with the reasonable
use or maintenance of the wastewater treatment and sewage collection
system.
Rules and Regulations For the Protection from Contamination,
Degradation and Pollution of the New York City Water Supply and Its
Sources, 10 NYCRR Part 128, 18 RCNY Chapter 18, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease, and oil, in a sample,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
That individual or entity who owns or owned a property, within
the service area of the municipal WWTP sewer system, purchased prior
to the effective date of this chapter, or who inherited the property
at any time and intends to sell the property, or has sold the property
to a new owner; also the agent of the old owner.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes, and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes; also, the discarded matter not normally present in sewage
or industrial waste.
The discharge which exits the municipal WWTP sewer system
into waters of the state in quantities which, alone or in conjunction
with discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the municipal WWTP sewer system's SPDES permit(s) (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of municipal
WWTP sewer system for specified wastes over a limited period of time,
containing sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring
other actions as authorized by this chapter.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, federal, state, or local agency or entity, association,
trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
The logarithm (Base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH value of
7.0, the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0
represent alkaline conditions. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
A group of five individuals, chosen by the Town Board, to serve the Town Board in an advisory capacity on matters relating to the WWTP sewer system. Each individual member shall be a resident and/or owner of property connected to the sewer system. Members shall serve at the discretion of the Town Board for terms of three years. The members shall serve without compensation. The Town Board may delegate some or all of its authority or decisionmaking under Articles III and V hereof to this Committee by Board resolution on an annual basis. The Town Board shall consult with the Committee prior to establishing the sewer rent under Article XIII and prior to making allocation determinations under § 103-81B and C.
See "total phosphorus."
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands
and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that water,
land and/or air by any living thing at any time.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters, lands
and/or airs resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into these
media.
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292). This definition includes any sewers and
appurtenances that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant,
but does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected
directly or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater, and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a wastewater treatment
and sewage collection system. The reduction or alteration can be achieved
by physical, chemical, or biological process, changes, or by other
means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(D).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial
user.
Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA, in accordance with the Act and filed with the Secretary of State.
See "national prohibitive discharge standard."
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, and with no particle having a dimension greater
than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
Shall include, but not be limited to, any printed, typewritten,
handwritten or otherwise recorded matter of whatever character (including
paper or electronic media), including but not limited to, letters,
files, memoranda, directives, notes and notebooks, correspondence,
descriptions, telephone call slips, photographs, permits, applications,
reports, compilations, films, graphs and inspection reports. For the
purposes of this chapter "records" shall mean records of and relating
to waste generation, reuse and disposal, and shall include records
of usage of raw materials.
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools, or approved type of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions, and industries; also sludge from small sewage treatment
plants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with any local, state, and New York City requirements.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established,
altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated
by action of the Town Board, subject to applicable law.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and
such ground-, surface, and stormwater as may be inadvertently present.
The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial wastes
and other wastes shall also be considered "sewage," within the meaning
of this definition.
All facilities used for collecting, regulating, pumping,
and transporting sewage to a wastewater treatment plant.
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial (restaurants and institutions
serving food on-premises are not considered commercial for purposes
of this definition) preparation, cooking, and handling of food, liquid
wastes containing human excrement and similar matter from the sanitary
conveniences in dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings,
and institutions, or liquid wastes from clothes washing and/or floor/wall
washing. Therefore, domestic sewage includes both black water and
grey water. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes,
which show, by analysis, the following characteristics:
B.O.D. (five-day): 2,090 pounds per million
gallons (250 milligrams per liter), or less.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons
(300 milligrams per liter), or less.
Phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15
milligrams per liter), or less.
Ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30
milligrams per liter), or less.
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: 417 pounds per million
gallons (50 milligrams per liter), or less.
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons
(25 milligrams per liter), or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million
gallons (350 milligrams per liter), or less.
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons
(100 milligrams per liter), or less.
In spite of satisfying one or more of these
characteristics, if the sewage also contains substances of concern
in significant concentrations, it may not be considered normal sewage.
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories,
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial,
and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal sewage and/or which contains substances of concern in significant concentrations which could result in an exceedance of one or more of the objectives set forth in § 103-3A hereof.
A pipe or conduit used for carrying or transporting sewage
to a wastewater treatment plant.
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting
wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights to its use.
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm-, surface,
and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
The owned wastewater treatment plant that, with its sewage
collection system, comprises a part of the Town wastewater collection
and treatment facilities. For purposes of this chapter, all references
to discharges to the Shandaken WWTP or the municipal WWTP shall include
discharges to the WWTP's sewage collection system except where specifically
stated otherwise.
See "user, significant industrial."
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits,
defined here as those, in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken
during a six-month period, which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily
maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations,
defined here as those, in which 33% or more of all of the measurements
for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period, which
equal or exceed the product of the daily maximum limits multiplied
by the applicable TRC (TRC equals 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and
grease; TRC equals 1.2 for all other pollutants);
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent
limit (daily maximum or long-term average) that the Inspector, after
consultation with appropriate agencies, determines has caused, alone
or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through
(including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general
public);
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Inspector's exercise of its emergency authority under Article IX (Enforcement; Penalties) of this chapter;
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule
date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a local control
mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction, completing
construction, or attaining final compliance;
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the
due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day
compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports
on compliance with compliance schedules;
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
Any intentional discharge of stormwater or groundwater
into house laterals or directly into sewer mains; and
Any other violation which the Inspector, after
consultation with appropriate agencies, determines will adversely
affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration (See "normal sewage") sufficient to cause
interference.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
Procedures contained in the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American
Public Health Association, procedures established by the Administrator,
pursuant to Section 304(G) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR Part
136, and amendments thereto. (If 40 CFR Part 136 does not include
a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question,
then procedures set forth in EPA publication Sampling and Analysis
Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants,
April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used, or any other procedure
approved by the Town Board.)
State of New York.
Permit issued by the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation regulating the discharge of pollutants from new or existing
outlets or point sources into the waters of the state.
See "waters of the state."
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to people or the environment
including the Parameters of Concern listing in Appendix B.[1]
A machine used for removing standing water from one location
and disposing it elsewhere.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float
on the surface of, or are in suspension, or are settleable, and can
be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
Latest edition of Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities
by the Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi Board of State and Provincial
Health and Environmental Managers.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during
the acid digestion of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the total quantity of orthophosphate, in a sample of
wastewater, following the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed
as milligrams of phosphorus per liter of sample.
The Town of Shandaken, an incorporated municipality of the
State of New York.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to the POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere
with any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a
sewage treatment plant or overflow point.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
An industrial user of the POTW that is subject to categorical
pretreatment standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter
N.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before
the effective date of this chapter.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewater.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
An industrial user of the POTW who is:
A CIU; or
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.3(t)(2), any
other industrial user that discharges an average of 25,000 gallons
per day or more of process wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact
cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater) to the POTW; or
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.3(t)(2), any
other industrial user that contributes a process wastestream which
makes up 5% or more average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW; or
Any other industrial user that the Town designates
as having a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating a pretreatment standard or requirement.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewater
from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities,
and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and
stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
A permit that is granted that allows a connection to be made
to the sewer collection system.
Wastewater treatment plant and any sewers, laterals, and
other appurtenances that transport wastewater to the treatment plant.
That portion of a wastewater treatment and sewage collection
system or POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater, and to
treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment. Includes privately
owned treatment plants.
See "sewage, unusual strength or character."
The drainage basins of the Catskill and Delaware and Croton
Systems. Maps of the watershed are located at various offices within
the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
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Editor's Note: Appendix B is included at the end of this chapter.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated
meanings:
ANSI
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American National Standards Institute.
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials.
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association.
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand.
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations.
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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules.
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand.
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency.
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l
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Liter.
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Mg
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Milligram.
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter.
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute.
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NPDES
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National pollutant discharge elimination system.
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NYCDEP
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New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health.
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation.
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P
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Total phosphorus.
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch.
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis.
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SIC
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Standard industrial classification.
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SPDES
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State pollutant discharge elimination system.
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C § 690
L, et seq.
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TSS
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Total suspended solids.
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U.S.C.
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United State Code of Laws.
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USEPA
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United State Environmental Protection Agency.
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WWTP BLE)
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Wastewater treatment plant.
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Terms not defined in this article, or terms
found to be ambiguous or improperly defined in this article, shall
be defined by the Act, or regulations, pursuant thereto.