Town of Brookhaven, NY Disposal Regulations

The property owner shall apply for a permit on a form furnished by the Town and shall provide all information called for on the form.

The permit application shall be accompanied by an application fee, established pursuant to a schedule adopted by resolution of the Town and by plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent by the Town.

All permit applications for service to establishments producing industrial wastes shall be subject to Town approval after a public hearing held upon 10 days' notice to the general public by publication in the Town's official newspaper.

All permit applications for a commercial or industrial discharge must submit data identifying the characteristics of the discharge from said property.

Those permit applications showing data that exceeds the definition of normal sewage, must provide details on the proposed pretreatment measures to meet the District's requirements for normal sewage.

Permit fees and classes. A combined permit and inspection fee (sewer connection fee) shall be paid to the Town before a permit is issued. Fees shall be established pursuant to the schedule adopted by resolution of the Town and may vary depending on whether the property served is residential, commercial or industrial and on whether the permit is for an original building sewer connection or some other purpose.

Expenses, indemnification, contractor registration and insurance.

All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the property owner.

Property owners who install their own building sewer lateral connection shall indemnify the Town from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by said installation.

Any person working for a fee (contractor) to make connections to the sewer system must either have a valid plumber's license issued by the Suffolk County Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) or a valid liquid waste license issued by SCDCA.

All registered contractors must have on file with the Town an owner's and contractor's protective liability insurance policy, in the name of the Town of Brookhaven, in the following amounts; bodily injury, $500,000 for each person and $1,000,000 for each accident; and for property damage of $100,000.

Design.

Licensed engineer or registered architect required. All new, and extensions to, sanitary sewers owned and operated by the District, or privately maintained and connected to the District, shall be designed by a professional engineer or registered architect licensed in the state, in accordance with the Recommended Standards for Sewage Works, as adopted by the Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State Sanitary Engineers ("Ten State Standards") and in strict conformance with all requirements of NYSDEC, SCDHS and SCDPW. In the event that there is a conflict in the standards, the more restrictive standard shall be utilized.

Internal District improvements. Plans, specifications and methods of installation for all new, and extensions to, sanitary sewers lying within the service area of the District shall be submitted to, and written approval shall be obtained from, the District before initiating any construction. The design shall anticipate and allow for flows from all possible extensions or developments within the immediate drainage area.

External District improvements. Plans, specifications and methods of installation for all new, and extensions to, sanitary sewers lying outside the service area of the District shall be submitted to, and written approval shall be obtained from, the District, SCDHS and NYSDEC before initiating any construction. The design shall anticipate and allow for flows from all possible future extensions or developments within the immediate drainage area.

Capacity determination.

Capacity analysis. The District shall conduct a capacity analysis of District facilities prior to approval of any new connections or extensions to sanitary sewers for properties lying:

(a)

Outside the service area of the District.

(b)

Within the District if the parcel's design flow rate based on Suffolk County Department of Health Services standards exceeds the allowance established in the District Formation Report.

Inadequate or insufficient capacity.

(a)

Denials. If capacity is inadequate in any sewer which would convey the wastewater, or is insufficient in the POTW treatment plant to treat the wastewater properly, the application shall be denied, subject to other provisions of this section.

Separate building sewers. The drainage and plumbing system of each building shall have a separate and independent connection with the sewer wherever possible. Where one building stands in the rear of another or is on an interior lot and no connection to a sewer is available nor can be made through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, then the building sewer from the building on the front of the lot may be extended to the building on the rear of the lot. This may be considered as one building sewer for permit and inspection fee purposes, but, for sewer service charge, user charge and/or rent purposes, the number of connections shall be based upon the number of units being serviced.

Proposed connections that include industrial or process wastes must submit as part of the application a list of chemicals stored on the property or used in their processes. The applicant must also submit a copy of their current NYSDEC SPDES permit and the past years' discharge monitoring reports, if the property currently has a SPDES permit. Furthermore the district requires that any existing industrial or process wastes be sampled for either the chemicals listed on the SPDES permit or those listed in Federal General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR). The results from those sampling events must be included with the application so the district can determine if pretreatment will be required. For proposed industrial or process wastes the applicant must submit a list of the chemicals being used along with a list of their breakdown or by-products and the expected chemical concentrations to the District for review.

Existing building sewers. Existing building sewers may be used in conjunction with new buildings only when they are found, upon information and testing by the District, wholly at the expense of the property owner, to meet all requirements of this chapter and any other laws, rules, regulations and specifications which apply.

Maintenance and repair. The repair, maintenance and cleaning of a building sewer is the responsibility of the property owner. In the event of the property owner's failure to repair, maintain or clean said sewer, the Town may undertake the necessary work and charge all expenses to the property owner. A minimum charge for such works shall be set by resolution of the Town.

Disconnections. Before any building with a building sewer is demolished, the owner thereof shall conform to requirements established by the Town. The cutoff or plugging of the building sewer shall be done only with the permission of the District and under the supervision of a Town representative.

Future sewer facilities. Improvements, enlargements and extensions by private organizations to the sewer system shall be subject to the approval of the District regarding design, construction and operation. Prior to the approval of the plans for improvements, enlargements and extensions, said private organizations shall deposit with the Town a sum sufficient to cover inspection costs. This sum shall be established pursuant to a schedule adopted by resolution of the Town, based on a percentage of the estimated cost of construction. Any unused balance of the deposits remaining after completion and acceptance of the construction shall be refunded.

Construction inspection and approval. The applicant for the connection of any building sewer to the sewer system shall notify the District when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the sewer. In no case shall any underground portions of the building sewer be covered or connection to the sewer made without the approval and and/or supervision of the District. Trenches backfilled prior to inspection shall be reopened by the contractor or owner at no expense to the Town. The building sewer may be put into use only after satisfactory final inspection has been made and approval given by the District or agents thereof.

Connected properties. On a quarterly basis, properties connected to the District shall provide the District with purchased water use records to determine their pro rata share of the operation and maintenance costs for that year. Properties with sewage flow meters shall on a quarterly basis submit copies of the daily sewage flows recorded by the flow meter.

§ 21-6 (Reserved)

§ 21-7 Construction requirements.

Sewer connections.

Building sewers and water service branches or connections shall not be laid in the same trench and shall be separated by at least 10 feet. A minimum vertical separation of 18 inches shall be maintained between water and sewer facilities under all circumstances. Any building sewer installation in the vicinity of any water main or water service pipe shall conform to all requirements of the SCDHS. Whenever the construction of sewer facilities is taking place in close proximity to a water service branch or connection, the District may cause the work to be performed by the owner of said water service and bill the property owner for all expenses.

The building sewer shall be laid at a depth sufficient to afford protection from frost (minimum of three feet six inches below finished grade) and at a uniform pitch of 1/4 inch per foot, or about 2%. Special permission may be given by the District to use a lesser pitch, which in no case shall be less than 1/8 inch per foot, or about 1%.

No building sewer shall be installed within three feet of and parallel to any bearing wall.

Pipe diameters. No house sewer from the public sewer to the property line shall be of a nominal diameter less than six inches. Inside the property line, the diameter of pipe shall not be less than four inches if existing lines are used and not less than six inches for new lines.

Prohibited connections. No person shall discharge any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer.

Pipe and joint specifications. The building sewer shall be constructed using one of the following pipe materials: cast iron, ABS (acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene) solid wall or PVC (polyvinyl chloride).

(a)

Cast-iron pipe. All cast-iron pipe shall be extra-heavy wall conforming to ASTM Designation A-74, latest revision. Joints for cast-iron pipe and fittings with hubs and plain-end spigots shall be made with positive double-seal compression-type gaskets conforming to ASTM Designation C-564, latest revision. All hubless cast-iron pipe and fittings shall be joined with neoprene-rubber gaskets and screw-on stainless steel clamps. All parts of the clamping assembly shall bear the registered insignia indicating that these items comply with the Cast-Iron Soil Pipe Institute Standard 301, latest revision.

(b)

ABS solid-wall pipe. All ABS solid-wall pipe shall be made of a virgin rigid ABS plastic conforming to ASTM Designation D-2751, latest revision. Pipe shall be Class SDR 35. ABS solid-wall sewer pipe and fittings shall be furnished with solvent-cement joints in which pipe solvent cements into a coupling socket to form the joint closure. Primer for solvent welding shall be a methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and the cement shall be MEK containing a minimum of 20% by weight of dissolved ABS. Strict conformance with ASTM Designation F-902, latest revision, is required.

(c)

PVC pipe. All PVC pipe and fittings shall conform to ASTM Designation D-3034, latest revision, and shall have an SDR classification of 35.

(d)

Special backfilling requirements for Class SDR 35 pipe. All SDR 35 pipe shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of ASTM Designation D-2321, latest revision, Underground Installation of Flexible Thermoplastic Sewer Pipe. If requested by the Town, a compaction test may be required on each building sewer installed to ensure compliance with the requirements of ASTM Designation D-2321. The only exception will be when a contractor installs more than one building sewer in any one day. For those cases, one compaction test will be required on the first building sewer installed, with an additional compaction test required for each third building sewer installed thereafter. The compaction testing will be conducted by an independent laboratory previously approved by the Town. All compaction tests will be performed at the contractor's expense. In addition, the Town reserves the right to order additional compaction testing at random locations to further verify compliance with the compaction requirements.

(e)

Pipe material and size transitions. When a connection of two differing pipe materials and/or sizes is required, the drainlayer shall provide the Town's agents with catalog cuts of the proposed device used to join said pipes. The device shall be either a specialized adaptor or a flexible coupling, manufactured specifically for the joining of differing pipes. No such device shall be installed prior to the drainlayer's receipt of written approval from the Town.

(f)

Depth of pipes. No PVC or ABS pipe shall be laid in a public highway or building driveway at a depth less than 48 inches. Pipes laid with less than 48 inches of cover shall be extra-heavy cast iron. All cast-iron pipes shall be covered to a depth of at least two feet, or one foot with Town approval, above the crown of the pipe with select fill acceptable to the District Engineer, entirely free from stones and rubbish and carefully compacted.

(g)

Excavations, pipelaying, backfill specifications. The size, slope, alignment, material of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating and placing the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing codes and all applicable rules and regulations. In the absence of code provisions, or in amplifications thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials and Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply. All excavations for building sewer installations shall be guarded with barricades and light so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town.

(h)

Connection to public sanitary sewer. The connection of the building sewer into the public sanitary sewer shall be made at an existing stub if available. Where a stub is not available the owner shall, at his expense, install a Y-branch in the public sanitary sewer at the location specified by the Town. No connections shall be made to manholes unless specifically approved, in writing, by the Town. Where the public sewer is located at an unusual depth, the connection to the public sewer shall be made as required by the Town. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged into the building sewer. The cost thereof shall be borne by the owner. The term "approved means" signifies that the owner has submitted plans for lifting the sewage, to the Town, and has received written approval of such system. Cleanouts shall be installed on all building sewers so that the maximum distance between cleanouts is 75 feet. If the building sewer is less than 75 feet in length, no cleanout will be required. In those cases where the length of the building sewer is between 75 feet and 150 feet, the cleanout shall be installed at the midpoint of the sewer line. In addition, cleanouts will be required at all bends that equal or exceed 23°. Cleanouts shall be constructed using Campbell frame and cover No. 1735 or approved equal. Cleanout frames shall be set in a concrete base, 36 inches by 36 inches by eight inches thick.

Manholes.

Construction of manholes must be in accordance with the latest revision of the SCDHS and SCDPW design standards.

Sampling manholes are required on the domestic and industrial or process wastes lines. In the case of multiple house connections from the same building if possible one sampling manhole can be provided for all the domestic house connections and one for all the industrial connections. In no case shall the domestic and industrial connections be connected to the same sampling manhole.

Sewage flow meters.

The District may require that any parcel connected to the District install a sewage flow meter for the purposes of monitoring the volume of flow being discharge to the District.

All flow meters must be installed in accordance with the manufacturers' specifications.

All flow meters must be located in an easily accessible unpaved area located outside of any roadways or parking areas.

Flow meters must be calibrated annually, and calibration records must be submitted to the district.

Flow meters shall be provided with a visual display located within the building in an area easily accessible by a representative of the District.

Properties with flow meters at the request of the District shall provide the District with copies of purchased water use records for the purposes of verifying the accuracy of the installed sewage flow meter.

Sewage pump stations.

In the event that a sewage pump station is required, the design of said pump station must conform to the latest revision of the SCDHS and SCDPW construction standards.

§ 21-8 Restricted discharges.

Types of discharge restricted. No person shall discharge into the sewer system any waste, substance or waters other than such kinds or types of waters or water-carried wastes for conveyance of which the particular public sewer is intended designed or provided.

Storm- and related waters prohibited in sewers. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, air conditioning and refrigerating wastewaters or untreated industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.

Regulation of stormwater drainage. Stormwater shall be discharged to storm sewers or to a natural outlet. Such waters shall be discharged only after the approval of any local, county or state regulatory agency having jurisdiction.

Prohibited discharges into sewers. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:

Wastes defined as objectionable, prohibited or limited wastes in § 21-1.

All sludge produced and generated by the Town's sewage treatment plant is disposed at the Suffolk County owned and operated Bergen Point Water Pollution Control Facility. Acceptance of the sludge is contingent upon the Town's meeting the limitations imposed by the Department of Public Works Sewer Use Rules and Regulations Appendix A, Article V, Section 3A, for the County of Suffolk. A list of these parameters, appended at the end of this chapter, stipulates the discharge concentration limits established by Suffolk County. In order to comply with these regulations, it shall be unlawful for any discharge into any Town of Brookhaven facility to exceed the toxic and objectionable chemical concentration limits (latest revision) set by the SCDPW Sewer Use Rules and Regulations and adopted for use by the Town of Brookhaven.

The Town may, after notice and hearing, establish and keep current a list of prohibited or limited wastes, including but not limited to a schedule of sewer discharge concentration limits. The Town reserves the right to establish more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges as necessary. In the event of conflict between local, county, state and federal regulations, the most stringent shall prevail. Prohibited, objectionable or limited wastes listed shall include:

Any waste, including business, commercial or industrial wastes, which exceeds allowable discharge levels as promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 307(b) and (c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments, entitled "Industrial Pretreatment Requirements," and such other liquids, substances or materials that may be enumerated by the Administrator to be objectionable or toxic. Business, commercial or industrial facilities identified as categorical facilities pursuant to 40 CFR Part 403 must comply with the previously indicated categorical pretreatment standards as promulgated by USEPA.

Any substance, wastewater or compound described in § 21-8D in concentrations so listed.

Any storm drainage, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters.

§ 21-9 Pretreatment.

If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated above that do not meet standards for normal sewage and which may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Town may:

Reject such wastes; or

Require pretreatment of such wastes to an acceptable condition, standard and level, at the cost and expense of the applicant, prior to discharge into the sewage works as elsewhere prohibited herein; or

Require flow equalization by way of control over the quantities and rates of discharge as elsewhere provided herein; or

Require that a suitable surcharge over and above other assessments be paid in lieu of pretreatment for compatible industrial wastes only, and in no event shall a surcharge be applicable in lieu of conformance to Federal General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403), Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards or Town of Brookhaven Concentration Limits; or

Require that any applicant or sewer user provide, at his own expense, chemical analyses, treatability studies, engineering reports or other documentation from professional engineers or consulting laboratories for the purpose of determining the acceptability of a waste for discharge to the sewage works, which information shall be reviewed by the Town; or

Bring such action and impose such penalties against the violator as may be lawfully permitted; or

(7)

Any combination of the above.

When pretreatment or flow equalization facilities are required by the Town:

The pretreatment or flow equalization facilities must be designed by a professional engineer, licensed in New York State, familiar with said facilities.

A compliance time schedule shall be furnished by the Town to the applicant. Failure to meet the requirements of the compliance schedule shall, in the case of an existing violation, be construed as an additional violation of this chapter and be subject to all penalties provided therefor. Said applicant shall retain, at his own cost and expense, a professional engineer, licensed in New York State, to prepare engineering reports and facility designs for the Town's review and approval and to certify the compliant construction for the required pretreatment or flow equalization facilities.

Thereafter, approved facilities shall be maintained by the applicant to ensure effective and continuous operation.

The applicant may be required to collect representative samples of the discharge to a sewage works and to have those samples analyzed to determine compliance with applicable standards.

The applicant shall, at his own cost and expense, modify, improve or alter, as required, his pretreatment or flow equalization facility such that the discharge into a sewage works is in compliance with all applicable pretreatment and flow discharge standards as specified in this chapter.