This Part 1 shall be known and may be cited
as the "Sewer Use Law of the Town of Fallsburg, New York."
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BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CEO
COMBINED SEWER
DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
EASEMENT
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (NYSDEC)
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NYSDOH)
PERSON
pH
PRETREATMENT
PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
PUBLIC SEWER
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SLUG
SPDES
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed STORM SEWER)
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
UNPOLLUTED WATER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
WATERCOURSE
Definitions.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of
terms used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of
the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called "house connection."
The duly appointed Code Enforcement Officer for the Town.
[Added 5-18-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or
surface water.
A person licensed or registered in the State of New York
and authorized by New York State Education Law as a professional engineer
and who is experienced in the design of wastewater disposal systems.
[Added 5-18-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
Any industrial or commercial establishment with a classification
as designated in the current edition of the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS), and which utilizes the services of
the Town's sewer system.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Any outlet leading to the environment, including storm sewers
and combined sewer overflows, and any pathway leading to a watercourse,
stream, pond, ditch, lake, or other surface water body or groundwater.
[Amended 5-18-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation or other
duly authorized official of said Department.
The New York State Department of Health or other duly authorized
official of said Department.
[Added 5-18-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a
hydrogen-ion concentration of 10-7.
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, National
Pretreatment Standards.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
A wastewater disposal system which is not publicly owned
or controlled.
[Added 5-18-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the "Clean Water 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
A sewer owned or controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
[Amended 5-18-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
That portion of the municipal system which is designed to
provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) wastes received
by the municipal system.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions
together with minor quantities of ground, storm, and surface waters
that are not admitted intentionally.
The combination of human and household waste with water which
is discharged to the plumbing system, including the waste from a flush
toilet, bath, sink, lavatory, dishwashing or laundry machine, or the
water-carried waste from any other fixture, equipment or machine.
[Amended 5-18-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
Denote 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 drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water, or unpolluted water from any source.
The officer or employee in charge of the operation and management
of the Town sanitary sewer district or districts, or his or her authorized
deputy, agent, or representative.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to
as "nonfilterable residue."
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried sewage from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with any infiltrated groundwater, surface water, and stormwater
that may be present.
[Amended 5-18-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
A complete system of piping, watertight vessels, tanks, or
other facilities designed for the collection, transport, treatment
and disposal of wastewater. Wastewater disposal systems include individual
household systems as regulated by 10 NYCRR Part 75, Appendix A.
[Added 5-18-2015 by L.L.
No. 4-2015]
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
