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 3, unless otherwise expressly
stated or required by subject matter or context, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD or JOINT SEWAGE BOARD
The Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board, established
under the agreement 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.
BOD5 (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 two degrees Celsius (2º C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
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
which begins five (5) feet [one and five-tenths (1.5) meters] outside
the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive storm and surface water as well
as wastewater.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain
no polluting substances which would produce BOD5 or suspended solids each in excess of ten (10) milligrams per liter.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
DIRECTOR OF SERVICES or DIRECTOR
The Director of Services of the Village of Johnson City,
New York, and his or her duly authorized deputies, agents and representatives.
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 the 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 village public sewer system,
which user 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, Communications,
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 shall not include garbage.
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]
INFLUENT
Wastewater, raw or partly treated, flowing into any sewage
treatment device or sewage treatment facilities.
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 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 Section 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345)
or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the
Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
or any more stringent state criteria applicable to the method of disposal
or use employed by the treatment plant.
JOINT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT or TREATMENT PLANT
The Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant.
The term includes all devices or systems used in the storage, treatment,
cycling or reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of
a liquid nature by the Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment
Plant.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes having pollutant
concentrations which do not exceed two hundred forty (240) milligrams
per liter of BOD5, three hundred (300) milligrams
per liter of total suspended solids or fifty (50) milligrams per liter
of oil and grease and which is otherwise acceptable for discharge
into the treatment plant under the terms of this Part 3. The numbers
and values of characteristics are subject to revision by the Joint
Sewage Board when, in the opinion of the Board, a revision is necessary
in order to maintain the physical integrity of the treatment plant
or to maintain the treatment plant's capability of providing treatment
in compliance with federal, state and local standards.
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
of 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.
PRIVATE SEWER
A sewer which is not owned or controlled by a public agency.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer which is owned or controlled by a governmental agency.
This term includes any devices 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 Relating 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.
SPDES PERMIT
A wastewater discharge permit issued by the DEC under the
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
STORM SEWER
A sewer intended to carry only stormwaters, surface runoff,
street wash waters and/or drainage, exclusive of sanitary wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter in water or wastewater, as determined
by standard methods.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any substance, 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 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 village public sewer system.
VILLAGE
The Village of Johnson City, New York.
VILLAGE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
All village-owned pipelines or conduits, pumping stations
and force mains and all other constructions, devices and appliances
appurtenant thereto used for conveying wastewater to a point of ultimate
disposal.
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 and/or
strength of wastewater.