No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process
waters to the Village sewer system.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to the Village sewer
system:
A.
Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B.
Waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids,
liquids or gases, in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction
with other wastes, which injures or interferes with any sewage process,
constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public nuisance
or creates any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant, including but not limited to cyanides. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, no person shall discharge or cause to
be discharged waters or wastes to any public sewer which contain substances
having concentration limits in excess of those set forth in Table
7-1 annexed hereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Table 7-1 is included at the end of this chapter.
C.
Waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or having
any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment and personnel of sewage works.
D.
Solid or viscous substance in a quantity or of such
size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other
interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as
but not limited to ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, metal, glass,
rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood, paunch manure, hair
fleshings, entrails, paper dishes, cups and milk containers, either
whole or ground by garbage grinders.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes to
the Village's sewer system without the prior approval of the Village
Board:
A.
Liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°
F./65° C.; or in such quantities that the temperature at influent
to the treatment works exceeds 40° C. or 104° F.
B.
Water or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils,
whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter,
or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between 32° F. and 150° F. (0° C. and 65° C.).
C.
Garbage that has not been properly shredded.
D.
Waters or wastes containing strong acids, iron pickling
wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
E.
Waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper,
zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting
an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material
received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the Village Board for such materials.
F.
Waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances in such concentration exceeding limits
which may be established by the Village Board after treatment of the
composite sewage to meet the requirements of the state, federal or
public agencies having jurisdiction for the discharge to the receiving
waters.
G.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes.
H.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
I.
Materials which exert or cause:
(1)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids,
such as but not limited to fuller's earth, lime residues, or dissolved
solids, such as but not limited to sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
(2)
Excessive coloration, such as but not limited to dye
wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(4)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes
constituting slugs, as defined herein.
J.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not
amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment process
employed by Orange County Sewer District No. 1 or are amenable to
treatment only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent
cannot meet the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over
discharge to the receiving waters.
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the Village sewer system, which waters contain the substances or possesses the characteristics enumerated in § 253-42 of this article and which in the judgment of the Village Board may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or other receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitutes a public nuisance, the Village Board may:
(1)
Reject the waters or waste;
(2)
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for
discharge to the Village sewer system;
(3)
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge;
and/or
(4)
Require that periodic reports be filed with them at
intervals not exceeding six months each, containing the following
material:
(a)
The specific action, if any taken, to achieve
compliance with Section 307 of the United States Public Law No. 92-500
and any pretreatment requirements mandated by any statute, rule or
regulation of New York State or any of its departments, agencies or
bureaus.
(b)
Results of a comprehensive sampling and laboratory
testing program indicating the characteristics of the wastewater so
discharged in terms of parameters that will adequately identify the
waste. The types of testing and frequency of testing for each such
person so discharging such wastewater shall be specified by the administrator.
All sampling and laboratory testing required by the administrator
shall be performed by each such person, and all costs and expenses
incident to the testing, sampling, monitoring and reporting with respect
to providing data to the administrator, the New York Department of
Environmental Conservation, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency or any other agency having jurisdiction shall be borne by such
person.
B.
If the Village Board permits the pretreatment or equalization
of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Village Board and
subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and
laws.
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Village Board or the administrator, such
interceptors are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes
containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand
or other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be of a type
and capacity approved by the administrator and shall be located as
to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B.
The administrator shall monitor each grease trap installation
to ascertain the adequacy and required frequency of cleaning and pumping.
Upon receipt of the results of the monitoring inspections, the administrator
will determine the frequency of cleaning and pumping required for
each establishment necessary to ensure against a deposit of grease
into the Village sewer system. When the administrator has made such
a determination, he shall notify the owner of such premises as to
the required frequency of such cleaning and pumping. In the event
that any inspection by the administrator reveals that inadequate cleaning
and pumping procedures are being followed, the administrator shall
issue an order to the owner directing compliance. The owner shall
make available to the administrator receipted invoices from the scavenger
services for cleaning and pumping such grease traps.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing
facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained
continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner
at his expense.
When required by the Village Board, the owner
of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary
meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such a manhole,
when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be
constructed in accordance with plans approved by the administrator.
The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall
be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
this Part 2 shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be
determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples
taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole
has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the
nearest downstream manhole in the Village sewer system to the point
at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried
out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents
upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to
life, limb and property. The particular analyses involved will determine
whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises
is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken.
Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained
from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls, whereas pHs are
determined from periodic grab samples.
A.
Any persons aggrieved by any decision or determination made by the Village Board or administrator of the Consolidated Sewer Area, pursuant to § 253-43 hereof, may bring a proceeding to review such determination in the manner provided by Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
B.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed
as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Consolidated
Sewer Area and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste
of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Consolidated
Sewer Area for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial
concern, in accordance with applicable provisions of law.
The Orange County Sewer District has reserved
the right to perform such analyses of wastes as discharged from the
Consolidated Sewer District to sewers of the Orange County Sewer District
to ensure compliance with the Orange County Sewer Law. Where such
analyses indicate violation, the Village Board will take appropriate
action as required by the administrative head of the Orange County
Sewer District.
