Village of Webster, NY Article VII Regulated Discharges

§ 113-19 Discharge of unpolluted waters.

No person shall discharge or provide a connection for discharging or draining into a sewer tributary any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water, nor shall any person drain any catch basin, lake, swamp, pond or swimming pool, except with the permission of the Superintendent evidenced by a properly issued permit or if such connection or drainage is into a designated storm sewer. Cooling water discharges to the waters of the state require SPDES permits and are subject to state and federal regulations.

§ 113-20 Prohibited discharges.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or allow to run, leak or escape into any public sewer, pipe, channel, sewer appurtenance or waterway connecting with any public sewer, or into any private sewer connected with a public sewer, any of the following described materials, substances or wastes:

A. Any pollutants which create a fire or explosion hazard in the public sewer, including but not limited to waste streams with a closed cup flash point of less than 140° F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.

B. Any water or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having a pH higher than 10.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or the sewerage systems or personnel employed in its operation and maintenance.

C. Any solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with proper operation of the sewerage system. Examples of substances which may cause such obstructions are construction materials, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure, coffee grounds, fur, wax, cement, hops, spent grain, whole blood and filter media.

D. Any waters or wastes containing toxic, hazardous or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create a public nuisance or to create any hazards in the receiving waters.

E. Any liquid or vapor having heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment plant resulting in interference or causing damage, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperatures exceeds 65° C. (150° F.) at the discharge point or 40° C. (104° F.) at the treatment plant.

F. Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.

§ 113-21 Substances subject to review.

A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes or any wastes listed within the rules and regulations of the Village of Webster found to harm the sewerage system structures, the sewage treatment process or the equipment, to have an adverse effect on the receiving waters or which would endanger life, limb or public property or constitute a nuisance. The criteria used in forming these rules and regulations of the Village of Webster include such factors as the quantities of said wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials or construction of the sewers, nature of treatment facilities and the likelihood of harm, injury or nuisance. The characteristics of the effluent subject to review will be determined from the sample wastewater collected at a control manhole prior to entering the public sewers.

B. The following substances, materials or wastes are prohibited in the first instance but may be subject to review, provided that waivers shall not be granted that are at variance with prevailing state and federal regulations or conditions of discharge permits or sludge disposal permits:

(1) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter and containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F. (0° C. and 65° C.).

(2) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded or triturated.

(3) Any water or wastes containing objectionable or toxic substances in amounts determined to be potentially objectionable or toxic.

(4) Any water or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which shall be established in this Part 2 or the rules and regulations to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.

(5) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration which exceed limits established by the Superintendent or applicable state or federal regulations. See § 113-29.

(6) Materials which contain or cause:

(a) Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as but not limited to fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as but not limited to sodium chloride and sodium sulfate).

(b) Excessive discoloration at the treatment plant or in the receiving waters, such as but not limited to dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.

(c) Except as provided for under Article XIII, unusual biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant additional load on the sewage treatment works.

(d) Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs as defined herein.

(7) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable, or only partially amenable, to treatment or reduction in concentration by the sewage treatment plant process employed or are amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.

§ 113-22 Action by Village.

The Village of Webster, after a hearing, shall either prevent the discharge of unacceptable water and wastes or issue a permit which is properly conditioned upon findings and the standards of safety prescribed by this Part 2 or the rules and regulations of the Village of Webster. The rules and regulations of the Village of Webster shall include surcharges, pretreatment requirements, control over quantities or rates of discharge, time of discharge and holding facilities and any measure or combination of measures which are necessary to preserve the sewerage system, its structures and equipment and the health, safety and well-being of the employees, the community and the biota of the receiving waters.

§ 113-23 Emergency action.

The Superintendent shall take any temporary action necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare without a prior hearing in the event of any discharge which, in the belief of the Superintendent, will cause serious, imminent harm or injury or adversely affect the sewerage system structures or equipment, any person or the biota of the receiving waters. If possible under the circumstances of the emergency, the Superintendent will give informal notice of the Superintendent's emergency action to the affected party. Review of any emergency action by a hearing will be accomplished without delay to determine what, if any, permanent restriction is necessary. The Superintendent, acting upon the belief that an emergency exists, shall be indemnified against any personal liability that may arise in the performance of the Superintendent's duties to protect the public health, safety, welfare or property of the Village of Webster.