Unless otherwise stated in the section where the term is used
in this chapter, the meaning 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. Furthermore, a masculine pronoun
shall include the feminine. Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of these characteristics
of normal sewage. See "normal sewage."
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 United States 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.
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 procedures defined in the current approved edition of
"Standard Methods" in this chapter or other procedures approved by
the NYSDEC, NYSDOH or USEPA for flow measurement or determination
of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates in waters,
wastewaters and/or sludges.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated
in this chapter.
That form of local assessment approved by the New York State
Legislature (L. 1976, c. 527) as the means of raising the expense
for the construction and operation and maintenance of the sewerage
system.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in five days at 20°
C. 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.
A building drain is privately owned and maintained.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of carbonaceous oxygen utilized in five
days at 20° C. in the aerobic carbonaceous biochemical oxidation
of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams per liter.
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 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 0.0 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.
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through
poisoning or through spread of disease.
Any person, firm or corporation approved by the Town Board
to do work on the sewerage system in the Town.
The term shall refer to "approval authority" or to the Superintendent
when the Town of Sullivan has an approved pretreatment program under
the provision of 40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to the control authority in or upstream
of the street lateral, such that samples collected from the manhole
represent the discharge to the sewerage system.
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.
Madison County, the county in which the Town of Sullivan
Sewer Districts are located.
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 reference, see "indirect
discharge.")
The Town of Sullivan Sewer Districts which include the:
See "sewage, domestic."
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to a sewerage system but which is not used, in the meantime, for transport
of sanitary sewage.
A sewerage service contract between the Village of Sylvan
Beach and the Towns of Lenox, Sullivan, Verona, and Vienna titled
the "East Oneida Lake Water Pollution Abatement Project" where the
Village of Sylvan Beach acts as the contractor and the Towns as the
contractees to provide sewage collection and treatment to parts of
each municipality.
The control manhole or other point provided for the collection
of samples which are to be representative of a user's discharge
to the sewerage system.
The concentration of a substance in a sample 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.
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.
The introduction of wastewater into a sewerage 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, or business, and is distinguished from domestic or residential.
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 sewerage 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 sewerage 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, cross-connections between storm
sewers and sanitary sewers, 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.
Inflow is purposely directed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
See "user, institutional."
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources:
Inhibits or disrupts the sewerage system, the Village of Sylvan
Beach Sewage Treatment Plant and the Village of Chittenango Sewage
Treatment Plant's treatment processes or operations, sludge processes,
use or disposal; and/or
Is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the sewerage
system's NPDES/SPDES permit (when applicable) (including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention
of sewage sludge use or disposal by the sewerage system in accordance
with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits
issued thereunder (or more stringent state, county or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;
The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more
commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation 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.
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 right-of-way line as the case may be.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1392).
See "sewage, normal."
The use or lack of use of the sewerage system in such a manner
so as to endanger life or health, or give offense to the senses, obstruct,
or otherwise interfere with the reasonable use or maintenance of the
sewerage system.
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.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lyme, ashes, and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage. Also, the discarded
matter not normally present in sewage.
Any individual, firm, company, association, corporation,
society, person or group having title to real property.
The discharge which exits the sewerage system into waters
of the state in quantities or concentrations, which, alone or in conjunction
with discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the sewerage system's SPDES permit (when applicable)
(including an increase in the magnitude or duration or a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the
sewerage 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.
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.
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 sewerage system. The
reduction or alteration can be achieved by physical, chemical or biological
process, process changes or by other means.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA, in accordance with the Act.
The boundary line of a public highway, street, alley or easement
controlled by the Town or county.
A sanitary sewer within the highway limits, easements limits
or other rights-of-way, including street laterals.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
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. Septage shall not have been contaminated
with substances of concern or priority pollutants. Not material from
grease traps.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with any and/or all local and state requirements.
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.
Liquid wastes from the 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. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
Sewage or other wastes which show, by analysis, the following
characteristics:
BOD (five-day)2,085 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 (50 milligrams
per liter), or less.
CBOD2,502 pounds per million gallons and 300 milligrams, or less.
Chlorine demand - 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Chemical oxygen demand - 2,919 pounds per million gallons (350
milligrams per liter), or less.
Oil and grease - 834 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, it may not be considered
normal sewage.
To the extent these standards are less restrictive than the
standards set forth in the respective sewer use ordinances, laws or
regulations and/or the head-works analysis for the Village of Chittenango
Sewage Treatment Plant and/or Village of Sylvan Beach Sewage Treatment
Plant, the sewer use ordinances, laws or regulations and/or the head-works
analysis for said wastewater treatment plants shall be controlling.
That portion of the sewerage system designed to provide treatment
of wastewater and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such
treatment; in this instance, the Village of Sylvan Beach Sewage Treatment
Plant and the Village of Chittenango Sewage Treatment Plants.
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses, restaurants and hotels), office buildings,
factories or institutions and free from stormwater, surface water,
industrial and other wastes. (See "domestic sewage.")
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights and the use of which is controlled by the Town of Sullivan
and/or the respective district.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting
wastewater to and away from the sewage treatment plant.
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause
interference. In any event, a discharge which, in concentration of
any constituent or in quantity of flow and BOD loading, exceeds, for
any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow and BOD loading
during normal user operations, shall constitute a slug.
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, any other procedure
approved by the Administrator or any other procedure approved by the
Superintendent, whichever is the most conservative.
State of New York.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1392).
See "waters of the state."
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
Any structure occupied and used for residential, commercial,
industrial, or institutional purposes.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.
A mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.
The person appointed by the Town Board as Superintendent,
or such other person as may be designated to perform the duties herein
conferred on the Superintendent.
The Superintendent of the Town of Sullivan's sewerage
system or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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 able to be settled and
can be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
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 Sullivan.
The duly elected Town Board of the Town of Sullivan or its
authorized deputy or representative.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to sewer 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 pollutant or combination of pollutants
listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA under provisions
of CWA 307(A) or other acts.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the sewerage system.
A discharger to the sewerage system who is discharging on
or before the effective date of this chapter.
A user of the sewerage system who discharges nondomestic
wastewaters.
A public, quasi-public or private entity formed for the purpose
of and/or which provides educational, health care, social, financial,
administrative or other similar services. Institutional users include,
but are not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, secondary schools,
colleges, universities, and other similar entities.
A discharger to the sewerage system who initiates discharge
after the effective date of this chapter.
An industrial user of the sewerage system who:
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average workday;
or
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the municipality's
wastewater system; or
Has in his waste toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section
307 of the Act; or
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial categories pursuant
to Section 307 of the Act; or
Is found by the Superintendent to have a significant impact,
either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment or collection system.
The Village of Sylvan Beach and the Village of Chittenango.
The liquid and water-carried or domestic wastewaters 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 sewerage system.
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, intermittent, public or private,
which are contained within, flow through or border upon the state
or any portion thereof.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
ANSI — American National Standards Institute
ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials
AWWA — American Water Works Association
BOD — Biochemical oxygen demand
CBOD — Carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand
CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
COD — Chemical oxygen demand
EPA — Environmental Protection Agency
L — Liter
Mg — Milligram
Mg/l — Milligrams per liter
NPDES — National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NYSDEC — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NYSDOH — New York State Department of Health
NYSDOT — New York State Department of Transportation
P — Total phosphorus
PSI — Pounds per square inch
PPM — Parts per million, weight basis
SIC — Standard Industrial Classification
SPDES — State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
SWDA — Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 690L
et seq.
TSS — Total suspended solids
U.S.C. — United States Code of Laws
USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
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.
