The purposes of these rules and regulations
are specifically stated as follows:
A.Â
To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates
of flow of sewage and wastes into a Town and/or county sewerage system.
B.Â
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes of a flammable nature or which create in any
way a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewerage maintenance
and operation personnel.
C.Â
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in
the lateral and trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage
regulators and other structures and appurtenances of the Town and/or
county sewerage system.
D.Â
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at
the water pollution control plants as they may be constructed, modified
or improved in the future.
E.Â
To prohibit and/or to regulate the contribution of
sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require for treatment
at the plants greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes
of normal sewage.
F.Â
To require the treatment, before introduction into
the Town sewers, of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength
and/or durability of the structures appurtenant to the sewer system,
by direct or indirect chemical action, or interfere with the normal
treatment processes.[1]
G.Â
To provide cooperation with the Albany County Sewer
District, the Albany County Department of Health and any other agencies
which have requirements or jurisdiction for the protection of the
physical, chemical and bacteriological quality of watercourses within
or bounding the county.
H.Â
To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.
A.Â
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
CHLORINE DEMAND
COMBINED SEWER
COMMISSION
CONTAMINATION
COOLING WATER
COUNTY
COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DIRECTOR
GARBAGE
HEALTH OFFICER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION or NYSDEC
NORMAL SEWAGE
OTHER WASTES
PERSONS
pH
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
PUBLIC SEWER
RECEIVING WATERS
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SURCHARGE
SEWER
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
(4)Â
(5)Â
SLUG
SPDES
STORM SEWER (STORM DRAIN)
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWN
TOWN BOARD
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms in these rules and regulations shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C. (68º F.) expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water,
sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining
at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature
to the Albany County Sewer District.
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through
poisoning or through the spread of disease.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain
no polluting substances which would produce BOD, or suspended solids,
in excess of 10 parts per million by weight, or toxic substances as
limited elsewhere herein.
The County of Albany.
The trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators,
water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other
appurtenant structures owned and operated by the Albany County Sewer
District.
Any county sanitary sewer district as created, altered or
modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
The Albany County Department of Health.
The Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District
or, in the case of a sewer district outside the Albany County Sewer
District, the Superintendent of the Department of Sanitation.
Food wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling and storage
and sale of produce.
The duly appointed Commissioner of Health of Albany County.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or other duly authorized official of said Department.
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed,
show by weight the following characteristics:
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes
and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group contributing directly or indirectly to a Town sewer system.
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration
in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity
of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midpoint
of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline
conditions, and those below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
The reduction of the amount 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 obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process
changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in the public sewer to which it is discharged, with no
particle having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
As defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292);
includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW, but does not
include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility
providing treatment.
A sewer controlled by a public body.
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated
or untreated sewage is discharged.
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial
wastes and other wastes.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground- , surface and storm water as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial
wastes or other wastes also shall be considered sewage within the
meaning of this definition.
The demand payment for the use of a Town sewerage system
for handling and 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.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
A user who:
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average work day;
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the
municipality's wastewater system;
[1] Has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant
to Section 307 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292);
[2]Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial categories
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292); or
Is found by the municipality to have significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment or collection system.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
Denotes the State Pollution Discharge Elimination System
established by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of
the State of New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges
to the waters of the state.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters
and other unpolluted waters.
The duly designated Superintendent of the Department of Water
and Wastewater Management of the Town of Guilderland, or his authorized
deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by flotation,
skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater.
The Town of Guilderland and the lands contained therein.
The legally constituted Town Board of the Town of Guilderland.
Any substance whether gaseous, liquid or solid which, when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous
to sewer district personnel, tend to interfere with any biological
sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard to human beings
or animals, or to inhibit aquatic life, or to create a hazard to recreation
in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
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"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
