This Part 2 shall be known as the "Sewer Use Law of Monroe County."
The purpose of this Part 2 is to ensure the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Monroe County, and protect and enhance the quality of the Waters of the United States in a manner pursuant to and consistent with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) The specific objectives of this Part 2 are as follows:
A.
To control and provide for the regulation of discharges into Sanitary,
Storm, and/or Combined Sewers of the Publicly Owned Treatment Works,
County Storm Drainage System and collection systems tributary thereto.
B.
To prohibit discharges of:
(1)
Excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow into the Publicly
Owned Treatment Works.
(2)
Wastewater which in any way may create a poisonous, hazardous, explosive,
flammable or toxic condition injurious to sewer maintenance or operational
personnel, or create operating or maintenance difficulties in the
Publicly Owned Treatment Works as it now exists or may be constructed,
modified or improved in the future.
(3)
Unpolluted Water to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works not requiring
treatment.
(4)
Wastewater that can cause a Nuisance, such as but not limited to
odor and color.
C.
To prohibit and/or to regulate by Permit, discharges of Wastewater
to Publicly Owned Treatment Works which require greater expenditures
for treatment than those required for equal volumes of Normal Sewage;
to surcharge Users for permitted discharges exceeding Normal Sewage
and therefore resulting in higher treatment expense.
E.
To provide the authority and procedure for the County Sewer Districts
to promulgate Rules and Regulations, to establish User charges and
other fees, to issue Permits, to hold hearings, to issue decisions,
orders and opinions, to give notice and make public all Rules and
decisions affecting substantial rights of Persons or property and
to investigate and prepare findings of facts as they relate to any
direct or indirect use of the Publicly Owned Treatment Works and Storm
Drainage System.
F.
To provide cooperation with the County Department of Public Health,
City of Rochester, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
New York State Department of Health, United States Environmental Protection
Agency 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.
G.
To enforce applicable promulgated final Standards and/or procedures
set by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or United States Environmental Protection Agency.
H.
To prohibit Nonstormwater discharges to the County Storm Drainage
System from Illicit Connections, point and nonpoint source discharges.
I.
To reduce Pollutants in Stormwater discharges to the maximum extent
practicable through runoff control and pollution prevention.
