As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AQUIFER
A saturated permeable subsurface geologic unit that can transmit
an economic quantity of water under ordinary hydraulic gradients.
AQUIFER DISTRICT
A combination of the Watershed Zone, Aquifer Recharge Zone
and Wellhead Protection Zone as defined below.
AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE
Those land areas outside the Aquifer Protection Zone (Zone
I) through which a large volume of precipitation or surface runoff
flows directly or indirectly into the Clinton Street/Ballpark aquifer.
This area is designated on the official Village of Johnson City Aquifer
Protection Map as "Zone II."
CONE OF DEPRESSION
The depression produced in a water table or other piezometric
surface by the extraction of water from a well at a given rate. The
volume and area extent of the cone varies with the rate and duration
of withdrawal of water.
DEVELOPMENT
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate
that includes, but is not limited to, the construction of buildings,
tanks or other materials storage facilities, the renovation of structures,
dredging, grading, land filling, commercial excavation or the installation
of pipelines and wastewater treatment facilities.
GROUNDWATER
The subsurface water that occurs below the water table in
soils and geologic formations that are fully saturated.
INJECTION WELL
A dug hole or a bored, drilled or driven shaft whose depth
is greater than its largest surface dimension through which subsurface
emplacement of fluids occurs.
PERSON
Denotes a single individual, a group of individuals, an association,
a company or a corporation.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste that includes,
but is not limited to, garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue,
junk cars, dead animals, commercial wastes, medical wastes and industrial
wastes.
SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFIED
A.
An existing storage facility that is modified
in one or more of the following ways:
(1)
A new stationary tank is added to the site.
(2)
An existing stationary tank is replaced, reconditioned
or permanently closed.
(3)
A leaking tank is replaced, repaired or permanently
closed.
B.
The repair, replacement or installation of the
piping system or ancillary equipment is not considered a substantial
modification unless such repair, replacement or installation is due
to a release of 1% of flow-through plus 130 gallons on a monthly basis
and is coupled with an annual tightness test.
TANK
A container or other holding vessel designed to store a toxic
or hazardous substance which is constructed of nonearthen materials
which provide support.
TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Any substance listed in regulations promulgated under the
authority of the federal Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA) or New York State Environmental Conservation Law Article
27, 37 or 40 as now enacted or hereinafter amended.
TOWN OF UNION WELLHEAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE
An advisory board with representatives from the Town of Union,
Villages of Johnson City and Endicott, and business/industry. The
Board shall be composed of five members. The membership shall include
one member each from the Town of Union and the Villages of Johnson
City and Endicott. Two of the members shall be representatives from
business and industry. Each member shall be appointed for three years.
Each municipality shall appoint one member of the Wellhead Advisory
Board from their respective jurisdictions with the approval of the
local Town or Village Board. The additional two members shall be appointed
by the Town of Union Board with recommendations from the Villages
of Johnson City and Endicott.
UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITIES
Any one or combination of tanks, including any associated
piping or ancillary equipment, at least 10% of which is situated beneath
the surface of the ground that is used for the purpose of material
transmission, storage or containment, except those for public water
or sewer.
WATER BODY
Any river, stream, spring, pond, lake, reservoir or channel
of water or any man-made culvert which flows directly into the aforementioned.
WATERSHED ZONE
The land surface that is hydraulically tributary to the Aquifer
Recharge Zone (Zone II). This area is designated on the official Village
of Johnson City Aquifer Protection Map as "Zone III."
WELLHEAD PROTECTION ZONE
The land areas that extend from the municipal wells to the
outermost limits of their cones of depression. This area is designated
on the official Village of Johnson City Aquifer Protection Map as
"Zone I."