These rules and regulations shall be known as the Sewer Use Law - 1997. They supersede Local Law No. 3 of 1977, as amended by Local Law No. 9 of 1977; Local Law No. 5 of 1978; and Local Law No. 2 of 1984.
A. 
This chapter establishes rules and regulations governing the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and other waste into the Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 and public sewers tributary thereto, providing for the establishment and collection of charges for use of such sewer system and sewers and prescribing penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations.
B. 
The general purpose of this chapter is to provide for efficient, economic, environmentally safe, and legal operation of the Rockland County Sewer District's publicly owned treatment works (POTW). This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributions into the wastewater collection and treatment systems for the Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 and enables the district to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (the Act) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR 403), as amended.
C. 
This chapter shall apply to all users of the POTW. It authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the programs established herein.
The specific purposes of this chapter are the following:
A. 
To prevent the introduction of substances into the POTW that will:
(1) 
Interfere with the POTW in any way.
(2) 
Pass through the POTW, to the receiving waters and cause contravention of standards for those waters or cause violation of the POTW's SPDES permit, or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW.
(3) 
Increase the cost or otherwise hamper the disposal of POTW sludge and/or residuals.
(4) 
Endanger the general public or POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment.
(5) 
Cause air pollution, or groundwater pollution, directly or indirectly.
(6) 
Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance condition.
B. 
To prohibit the contribution of sewage and industrial wastes, and other wastes, which cause maintenance difficulties in the trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other structures and appurtenances to the sewer district's system and public sewer tributary thereto.
C. 
To require the treatment, before introduction into the sewer district's sewer system, local sewer collection systems and/or other public sewers tributary thereto, of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength and/or durability of the structures appurtenant to the system by direct or indirect chemical action, or interfere with the normal collection and treatment processes.
D. 
To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow of sewage and wastes into the sewer district's sewer system, and/or local sewer collection systems and/or other public sewers tributary thereto.
E. 
To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow and, as much as possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration and inflow.
F. 
To assure that new sewers and connections are properly constructed.
G. 
To provide for equitable distribution to all users of the POTW of all costs associated with sewage transmission, treatment and residuals disposal, and to provide for the collection of such costs.
H. 
To provide the authority and procedure for the sewer district to promulgate rules, to investigate and prepare findings of facts, to issue licenses or permits, to hold hearings, to make decisions, orders and opinions, and to give notice and make public all rules and decisions.
I. 
To provide cooperation with the Rockland County Department of Health, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York State Department of Health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies which have requirements of jurisdiction for the protection of the physical, chemical and bacteriological quality of watercourses within or bounding the County.
J. 
To protect the public health and to prevent nuisance.
K. 
To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the system.
All local laws and/or regulations of any local governing body must be adhered to in addition to this chapter. This chapter will supersede those local laws and/or regulations only where conditions herein are more stringent.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Executive Director shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the Executive Director may be delegated by the Executive Director to other district personnel.