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. Whenever used in this Part 2, unless otherwise expressly
stated or required by subject matter of context, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD or JOINT SEWAGE BOARD
The Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board, established
under the contract between the City of Binghamton and the Village
of Johnson City for the operation of a joint wastewater treatment
facility. The term includes any duly authorized designee, agent or
representative of the Board.
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees centigrade (20º C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
CITY
The City of Binghamton, New York.
COOLING WATER
The water discharges 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
each in excess of ten (10) milligrams per liter.
CPLR
The New York Civil Practice Law and Rules.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FEDERAL ACT or ACT
The 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments,
Public Law 92-500, and the 1977 Clean Water Act, Public Law 95-217, and any amendments thereto; as well as any guidelines,
limitations and standards promulgated by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency pursuant to the Act.
FLOW RATE
The quantity of waste or liquid that flows in a certain period
of time.
GARBAGE
Animal and vegetable wastes from the preparation, cooking
and disposing of food and from handling, processing, storage and sale
of food products and produce.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any sanitary waste from holding tanks such as marine vessels,
chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum pump
tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any nonresidential user of the joint sewage treatment
plant which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented
under one (1) of the following divisions:
(1)
Division A — Agriculture, Forestry
and Fishing.
(3)
Division D — Manufacturing.
(4)
Division E — Transportation,
Communication, Electrical, Gas and Sanitary Services.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any discarded matter including any liquid, gaseous or solid
substance, or a combination thereof, resulting from any process of
industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from development or
recovery of natural resources. The term does not include garbage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
A permit, issued by the Joint Sewage Board, authorizing the
permittee to deposit or discharge industrial wastewater into any public
sewer served by the joint sewage treatment plant.
INFILTRATION
Water, other than sewage, that enters a sewage collection
system (including sewer service connections) from the ground through
such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connection, or manholes.
Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
[Added 8-7-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
INFILTRATION/INFLOW (I/I)
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow,
without distinguishing the source.
[Added 8-7-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
INFLOW
Water, other than sewage, that enters a sewage collection
system (including sewer service connections) from sources such as
roof leaders, cellar drains, sump pumps, missing or defective cleanout
caps, swimming pools, yard drains, area drains, foundation drains,
drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections
between stormwater sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling
towers, stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage.
Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
[Added 8-7-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the treatment plant processes
or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal. The term includes
any action which is a cause of or significantly contributes to a violation
of any requirement of the Joint Sewage Board's SPDES permit or which
results in the prevention of sewage sludge reuse, reclamation or disposal
by the treatment plant in accordance with § 405 of the Act
(33 USC § 1345) or any criteria, guidelines or regulations
developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control
Act or any more stringent state criteria applicable to the method
of disposal or use employed by the treatment plant.
JOINT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT or TREATMENT
PLANT
The Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewers, outfall sewers,
sewage collection systems, pumping, power and other equipment and
appurtenances which are jointly owned by the City of Binghamton, New
York, and the Village of Johnson City, New York, and which are used
in the storage, treatment, cycling and reclamation of municipal wastewater.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY
All significant industrial users and all other industries
having a wet process discharge to the public sewer system.
MUNICIPAL USER
A municipal corporation which owns or has jurisdiction over
any public sewer which conveys wastewater to the Binghamton-Johnson
City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant.
OWNERS
The City of Binghamton and the Village of Johnson City, joint
owners of the sewage treatment plant.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association,
private or public corporation, political subdivision, governmental
agency, municipality, industry trust, estate or any other legal entity
whatsoever.
POLLUTANTS
As may be defined now or hereafter by appropriate local,
state or federal authorities or by the Board, substances which may
be present in wastewater, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, the amount
which may contain soluble or insoluble solids of organic or inorganic
nature which may deplete the dissolved oxygen content of natural waters,
contribute solids, contain oil, grease or floating solids which may
cause unsightly appearance on the surface of such waters or contain
materials detrimental to aquatic life.
PREMISES
Any parcel of real property, including land, improvements
or appurtenances or buildings, grounds, etc.
PUBLIC SEWER
Any sewer owned or controlled by a governmental agency. The
term includes any devices, structures or systems used by the governmental
agency in the storage, transmission, treatment or reclamation of municipal
sewage or industrial wastes.
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
The "Rules and Regulations Regulating to the Use of the Binghamton-Johnson
City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant," promulgated by the Binghamton-Johnson
City Joint Sewage Board.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer intended to carry only sanitary or sanitary and industrial
wastewater from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants
and institutions.
SANITARY WASTE
Wash water, culinary wastes, the liquid waste containing
only human excreta and similar matter, flowing in or from a building
drainage system or sewer originating in a dwelling, business building,
factory or institution.
SEWAGE
The water-carried domestic human or animal waste, together
with industrial and commercial waste, from residences, buildings,
industrial, and commercial establishments or other places. Neither
infiltration or inflow are components of "sewage."
[Amended 8-7-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater; the term includes
sanitary sewers and combined sewers.
SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public
sewers, with no particle having any dimension greater than one-half
(1/2) inch in any direction.
SPDES PERMIT
A wastewater discharge permit issued by the DEC under the
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter in wastewater, as determined by
standard methods.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substances, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which when
discharged to the sewer system in sufficient amounts may tend to interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to the receiving
waters of the effluent from the sewage treatment plant, pose a hazard
to sewer maintenance personnel or constitute a hazard to fish or animal
life or inhibit aquatic life. This definition includes but is not
limited to EPA priority pollutants.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
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.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the joint sewage treatment plant or into any public
sewer which conveys wastewater to the sewage treatment plant.
VILLAGE
The Village of Johnson City, New York.
WASTEWATER
The composite of all flow constituents conveyed in a sewer
including sewage and infiltration and inflow.
[Amended 8-7-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012]
WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
The individual chemical, physical, bacteriological and radiological
parameters, including volume, flow rate and such other parameters
that serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality, quantity
and strength of wastewater.