This chapter shall be known as the "Town of Dickinson Sewer Use Law."
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Unless otherwise defined herein, technical terms shall be defined in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation. Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or required by subject matter or context:[1]
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials and its latest published applicable standards.
BOARD or JOINT SEWAGE BOARD
The Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board, established under the agreement between the City of Binghamton and the Village of Johnson City for the operation of a joint wastewater treatment facility. The term includes any duly authorized designee, agent or representative of the Board.
BOD5 (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer which begins five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive stormwater and surface water as well as wastewater.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD5 or suspended solids each in excess of 10 milligrams per liter.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FEDERAL ACT or ACT
The 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, Public Law 92-500, and the 1977 Clean Water Act, Public Law 95-217, and any amendments thereto; as well as any guidelines, limitations and standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the "Act."
FLOW RATE
The quantity of waste or liquid that flows in a certain period of time.
GARBAGE
Animal and vegetable wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing of food and from the handling, processing, storage and sale of food products and produce.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any sanitary waste from holding tanks, such as marine vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A nonresidential user of the Town public sewer system, which user is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under one of the following divisions:
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Division A: agriculture, forestry and fishing.
(2) 
Division B: mining.
(3) 
Division D: manufacturing.
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Division E: transportation, communications, electrical, gas and sanitary services.
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Division I: services.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any discarded matter, including any liquid, gaseous or solid substance, or a combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from development or recovery of natural resources. The term shall not include garbage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
A permit issued by the Board, authorizing the permittee to deposit or discharge industrial wastewater into the Town public sewer system.
INFLUENT
Wastewater, raw or partly treated, flowing into any sewage treatment device or sewage treatment facilities.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the treatment plant processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal. The term includes any action which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the Joint Sewage Board's SPDES permit or which results in the prevention of sewage sludge reuse, reclamation or disposal by the treatment plant in accordance with § 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345) or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or any more stringent state criteria applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the treatment plant.
JOINT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT or TREATMENT PLANT
The Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant. The term includes all devices or systems used in the storage, treatment, cycling or reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature by the Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes having pollutant concentrations which do not exceed 240 milligrams per liter of BOD5, 300 milligrams per liter of total suspended solids or 50 milligrams per liter of oil and grease and which are otherwise acceptable for discharge into the treatment plant under the terms of this chapter. The numbers and values of characteristics are subject to revision by the Joint Sewage Board when, in the opinion of the Board, a revision is necessary in order to maintain the physical integrity of the treatment plant or maintain the treatment plant's capability of providing treatment in compliance with federal, state and local standards.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association, private or public corporation, political subdivision, governmental agency, municipality, industry, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
POLLUTANTS
As may be defined now or hereafter by appropriate local, state or federal authorities or by the Board, or substances which may be present in wastewater, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, the amount of which may contain soluble or insoluble solids of organic or inorganic nature which may deplete the dissolved oxygen content of natural waters, contribute solids, contain oil, grease or floating solids which may cause unsightly appearance on the surface of such waters or contain materials detrimental to aquatic life.
PREMISES
Any parcel of real property, including land, improvements or appurtenances or buildings, grounds, etc.
PRIVATE SEWER
A sewer which is not owned or controlled by a public agency.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer which is owned or controlled by a governmental agency. This term includes any devices or systems used by the governmental agency in the storage, transmission, treatment or reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes.
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
The rules and regulations relating to the use of the Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant, promulgated by the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer intended to carry only sanitary or sanitary and industrial wastewater from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions.
SANITARY WASTE
Wash water, culinary wastes and the liquid waste containing only human excreta and similar matter, flowing in or from a building drainage system or sewer originating in a dwelling, business building, factory or institution.
SEWAGE
Wastewater, as hereafter defined.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater. The term includes sanitary sewers and combined sewers.
SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle having any dimension greater than 1/2 inch.
SPDES PERMIT
A wastewater discharge permit issued by the DEC under the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
STORM SEWER
A sewer intended to carry only stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters and/or drainage exclusive of sanitary wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of sewage works systems in the Town of Dickinson as appointed by the Town Board.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter in water or wastewater, as determined by standard methods.
TOWN
The Town of Dickinson, Broome County, New York.
TOWN PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
All Town-owned pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations and force mains, and all other constructions, devices and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conveying wastewater to a point of ultimate disposal.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which when discharged to the sewer system in sufficient amounts may tend to interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitutes a hazard to the receiving waters of the effluent from the sewage treatment plant, poses a hazard to sewer maintenance personnel or constitutes a hazard to animal life or inhibits aquatic life. This definition includes, but is not limited to, EPA priority pollutants.
UNIFORM CODE
The New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water to which no constituent has been added, either intentionally or accidentally, which would render such water unacceptable to the agency having jurisdiction thereof for disposal to storm or natural drainages or directly to surface waters.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the Town public sewer system.
WASTEWATER
The water-carried domestic, human or animal waste from residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with such ground infiltration and industrial and commercial wastes as may be present.
WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
The individual chemical, physical, bacteriological and radiological parameters, including volume, flow rate and such other parameters that serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality and/or strength of wastewater.
WEF
The Water Environment Federation and its latest published applicable standards.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.