Unless otherwise defined herein, technical terms
shall be as 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
Pollution Control Federation and the latest edition of Test Methods
for Evaluating Solid Waste-Physical/Chemical Methods (SW-846) published
by the USEPA. Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly
stated or required by subject matter or context, the meaning of terms
used in this chapter shall be as stated below.
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics
of normal sewage. See "normal sewage."
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.,
as may be amended.
The Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NYSDEC is delegated approval
authority responsibility by the USEPA.
The procedures defined as standard methods in this article,
or other procedures approved by the City, for flow measurement or
determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates
in waters, wastewaters and/or sludges.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated
in this chapter.
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
A principal executive officer of at least the
level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial
user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
A duly authorized representative of the individual
designated above, if such representative is responsible for the overall
operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical
oxidation of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the building walls and conveys it to the building lateral,
which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The City of Norwich, incorporated in 1914.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples
of wastewater taken at selected intervals for a specified time period.
The individual samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
The one time application fee to offset City expenses to process
an application for a connection of a building/street lateral to the
public sewer. The fee also covers plan review, permit issuance, street
repair cost, and inspection costs. The fee may be scaled to the amount
of work involved or to the size of the public sewer involved.
The term shall refer to "approval authority," or to the Superintendent
when the City has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions
of 40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to the control authority in or upstream
of the street lateral, such that samples collected from the manhole
represent the discharge to the POTW.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, refrigeration, or other source. It shall contain no
polluting substances which produce COD or suspended solids in excess
of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substance, as limited elsewhere
in this chapter.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing,
or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New York. (For reference, see "indirect
discharge.")
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial preparation, cooking,
and handling of food, liquid wastes containing human excrement and
similar matter from the sanitary conveniences in dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial buildings, and institutions, or liquid wastes
from clothes washing and/or floor/wall washing. (See "sanitary sewage.")
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to a POTW but which is not used, in the meantime, for transport of
storm or sanitary sewage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article IX, end of pipe shall mean the control manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the POTW.
The agency of the federal government charged with the administration
and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules, and regulations.
Also may be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly
authorized official of this agency.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, from the handling, storage, and sale of produce, and from
the packaging and canning of food.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical,
chemical, and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one
point and time.
Any sanitary waste from holding tanks, such as marine vessels,
chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum pump
tank trucks.
The introduction of wastewater into a POTW for treatment
and ultimate discharge of the treated effluent to the state's waters.
(For reference, see "direct discharge.")
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by
the NYSDEC, to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility,
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding building drains) from the ground through such means as
defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow. Infiltration
is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built into the
sewer or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including building drains) from sources, such as, but not limited
to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs
and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections between storm
sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwater,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters,
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
Inflow is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources:
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment
processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal;
and
Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement
of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with the following statutory
provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent
state or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;
The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) [including
Title II, more commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act" (RCRA)], and including state regulations contained
in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle
D or the SWDA;
Clean Air Act;
Toxic Substance Control Act; and
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street
lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property
line.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1317), which applies to a specific category of
industrial users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical
process (end of process).
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(b)
of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to state's waters.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307(c)
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which
will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated.
A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes,
which show, by analysis, the following characteristics:
BOD (five day): 2,090 pounds per million gallons
(250 milligrams per liter), or less.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons
(300 milligrams per liter), or less.
Phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15
milligrams per liter), or less.
Ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30
milligrams per liter), or less.
Total kjeldahl nitrogen: 417 pounds per million
(50 milligrams per liter), or less.
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons
(25 milligrams per liter), or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million
gallons (350 milligrams per liter), or less.
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons
(100 milligrams per liter), or less.
In spite of satisfying one or more of these
characteristics, if the sewage also contains substances of concern,
it may not be considered normal sewage.
The discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities or concentrations, which, alone or in conjunction with
discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement
of the POTW's SPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration or a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the
POTW for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing
sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other
actions as authorized by this chapter.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, federal, state, or local agency or entity, association,
trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH value of
7.0, the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0
represent alkaline conditions. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands
and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that water,
land and/or air by any living thing at any time.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction
or alteration can be achieved by physical, chemical, or biological
process, process changes, or by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial
user.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA, in accordance with the Act.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights, and the use of which is controlled by the City.
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act,
(33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned, in this instance, by
the City of Norwich. This definition includes any sewers and appurtenances
that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not
include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected directly
or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories,
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial,
and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools, or approved type of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions, and industries. Also sludge from small sewage treatment
plants. Septage shall not have been contaminated with substances of
concern or priority pollutants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with any and/or all local and state requirements.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established,
altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated
by action of the City.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and
such groundwater, surface water, and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial
wastes and other wastes shall also be considered sewage, within the
meaning of this definition.
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
An industrial user of the POTW who:
Is subject to categorical pretreatment standards
under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N; and
Has substantial impact, either singly or in
combination with other industries, on the operation of the treatment
works;
Uses, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds
or 1,000 gallons of raw material containing priority pollutants and/or
substances of concern and discharging a measurable quantity of these
pollutants to the sewer system;
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per
day or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary,
noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater); contributes a
process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry
weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant.
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A user discharging a measurable quantity of
a pollutant may be classified as nonsignificant if, at the influent
to the POTW treatment plant, the pollutant, from all users, is not
detectable.
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A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits,
defined here as those, in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken
during a six-month period, which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily
maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations,
defined here as those, in which 33% or more of all of the measurements
for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period, which
equal or exceed the product of the daily maximum limits multiplied
by the applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease;
TRC = 1.2 for all other pollutants);
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent
limit (daily maximum or long-term average) that the Superintendent
determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges,
interference or pass-through (including endangering the health of
POTW personnel or the general public);
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Superintendent's exercise of its emergency authority under Article XI of this chapter;
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule
date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a local control
mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction, completing
construction, or attaining final compliance;
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the
due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day
compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports
on compliance with compliance schedules;
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
Any other violation which the Superintendent
determines will adversely affect the implementation or operation of
the local pretreatment program.
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause
interference. In any event, a discharge which, in concentration of
any constituent or in quantity of flow, that exceeds, for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal user operations,
shall constitute a slug.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
State of New York.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.
That individual appointed by the City as the Superintendent
of the Norwich water system. Such an individual will be qualified
to oversee water treatment and distribution and POTW operations. This
definition shall also include his authorized assistants and deputies,
agents, or representatives.
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage
treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes,
or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics
thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal
sewage. (See "volume charge.")
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere with
any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a
sewage treatment plant or overflow point. Any pollutant or combination
of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA
under provisions of CWA Section 307(a) or other acts.
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.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
The demand sewer use charge which is based, in part or wholly, on the volume of normal sewage discharged into the POTW (there may be surcharges, as provided for in Article XII). The volume charge shall be based on a specific cost per 100 cubic feet or per 1,000 gallons. The specific charge shall be subject to approval by the City. The moneys so obtained shall be used for current operation and maintenance, for retirement of bonded indebtedness, and for funding of capital projects, of the POTW. The volume charge shall be recalculated annually, as well as the surcharge rates.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewaters
from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities,
and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and
stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated
meanings:
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American National Standards Institute
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
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L
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Liter
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Mg
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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation
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P
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Total phosphorus
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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SIC
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Standard industrial classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 690L
et seq.
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U.S.C.
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United State Code of Laws
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USEPA
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United State Environmental Protection Agency
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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Terms not defined in this article, or terms
found to be ambiguous or improperly defined in this article, shall
be defined by the Act, or regulations pursuant thereto.
