A.
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 Town sewer system.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
sewers, or to a natural outlet. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted
process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Town Engineer,
to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described water or wastes to the Town sewer system:
A.
Gasoline, benzene, naptha, 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 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 such 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, shavings,
metals, 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, material, waters or wastes to
the Town's sewer system without the prior approval of the Town 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° and 150° F. (0° 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 Town Board for such materials.
F.
Waters or wastes containing phenols or other waste
or odor-producing substances, in such concentration exceeding limits
which may be established by the Town 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 concentration 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.
(3)
A BOD in excess of 240 milligrams per liter.
(4)
A chlorine demand in excess of 25 milligrams per liter.
(5)
A chemical oxygen demand in excess of 600 milligrams
per liter.
(6)
Suspended solids in excess of 300 milligrams per liter.
(7)
Having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the
average daily sewage flow of any sewer district.
(8)
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 the Orange County Sewer District No. 1 or any Town water
pollution control facilities or are amenable to treatment only to
such degree that the sewage treatment plant's effluent cannot meet
the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to
the receiving waters.
K.
Waters or wastes generated by a significant industrial
user, as defined in this Part 1.
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the Town sewer system, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 77-36 of this article, and which in the judgment of the Town 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 constitute a public nuisance, the Town Board may:
(1)
Reject the waters or waste;
(2)
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for
discharge to the Town sewer system;
(3)
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge
and/or
(4)
Require that periodic reports be filed with it 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 or
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 Town 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 Town 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 Town Board or the Administrator, such
interceptors are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes
containing grease in excess 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.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of
impervious materials. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight
and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place
shall be gastight and watertight.
C.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times.
A.
Establishments requiring interceptors.
(1)
Garages and automobile washing establishments. No
person operating or owning a commercial garage or automobile wash
rack shall permit any sewage or effluent therefrom to flow into any
public sewer or house connection sewer unless such wash rack is roofed
over and is equipped with a standard sand and grease trap approved
by the Town Engineer.
(2)
Restaurant sinks and dishwashers. Every dishwashing
sink, dishwashing machine or other device intended or used for washing
dishes and cooking utensils in any establishment serving 100 or more
meals per day shall be connected to the house connection sewer through
a grease interceptor as hereinafter provided.
(3)
Industrial sand and grease interceptors required.
Every fowl or animal slaughterhouse and every meat-packing or meat-curing
establishment, and all equipment in any soap factory, tallow-rendering,
wool-pulling, hide-tanning or hide-curing establishment or other industry
from which any considerable amounts of grease or sand are to be discharged,
shall be connected with the public sewer through a grease trap or
sand and grease trap as hereinafter provided.
B.
Minimum performance of traps. No grease trap shall
be connected with the public sewer which has a rate of flow of less
than 16 gallons per minute and a grease retention capacity of less
than 18 pounds.
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 Town 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 1 shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of 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 Town 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 pH is determined
from periodic grab samples.
A.
Any persons aggrieved by any decision or determination made by the Town Board or Administrator of any sewer district pursuant to § 77-37 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 any sewer
district and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of
unusual strength or character may be accepted by that sewer district
for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern,
in accordance with applicable provisions of law.
The Orange County Sewer District No. 1 has reserved
the right to perform such analyses of wastes as discharged from any
sewer district of the Town to sewers of the Orange County Sewer District
No. 1, to ensure compliance with the Orange County Sewer Law (Local
Law No. 17 of 1974 and all amendments thereto). Where such analyses
indicate violation, the Town Board will take appropriate action as
required by the administrative head of Orange County Sewer District
No. 1.