As used in this Article
VI, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general
good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational
practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices
to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly
to stormwater, receiving waters, or stormwater conveyance systems.
BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices
to control site runoff, spillage, leaks, sludge, water disposal, or
drainage from raw materials storage.
BMPs
Best management practices.
CLEAN WATER ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
An activity requiring authorization under the SPDES permit
for stormwater discharges from construction activity, GP-02-01, as
amended or revised, or covered by the Village's erosion and sediment
control or pollution prevention plan laws, rules or regulations. These
activities include construction projects resulting in land disturbance
of one or more acres. Such activities include but are not limited
to clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating, and demolition.
COUNTY
The County of Nassau, State of New York.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
EPA
The federal Environmental Protection Agency.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination
thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical,
chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly
contribute to a substantial present or potential hazard to human health,
safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored,
transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
ILLICIT ACTIVITY
Any action of condition, active or passive, which results
in nonstormwater entering the Village's MS4 or into an MS4 that tributaries
into the Village's MS4.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS
Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface,
which allows an illegal discharge to enter the Village's MS4 or into
an MS4 that tributaries into the Village's MS4, including but not
limited to:
(1)
Any conveyances which allow any nonstormwater
discharge, including, but not limited to, treated or untreated sewage,
process wastewater, and wash water to enter the MS4 and any connections
to the storm drain system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless
of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted,
or approved by an authorized enforcement agency; or
(2)
Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial
or industrial land use to the Village's MS4 which has not been documented
in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by an authorized
enforcement agency; or
(3)
Any building or other structure's floor drain
or trench drain; or
(4)
Any unauthorized connection as defined elsewhere in this Article
VI.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE
Any discharge through an authorized connection, and any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the Village's MS4, or into an MS4 that tributaries into the Village's MS4, except as exempted in this Article
VI.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
An activity requiring a SPDES permit for discharges from
industrial activities, except construction, GP-98-03, including as
amended or revised.
MS4
Municipal separate storm sewer system.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM
A conveyance or system of conveyances and retention and infiltration
facilities (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets,
catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm
drains) that is:
(1)
Owned or operated by the Village or another
municipal entity;
(2)
Designed or used for collecting, conveying,
storing, infiltrating and/or managing stormwater;
(3)
Which is not a combined sewer; and
(4)
Which is not part of a publicly owned treatment
works as defined at 40 CFR 122.2.
NYCRR
New York Code, Rules, and Regulations.
PERSON
Any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm,
corporation or other entity recognized by law.
POLLUTANT
The same meaning ascribed to such word in §
150-3 of this chapter.
PREMISES
Any lot, parcel of land, or portion of land, whether improved
or unimproved, and all buildings and structures thereon, including
adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
SMO
The Stormwater Management Officer.
SPDES
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
(1)
DISCHARGE COMPLIANCE WITH WATER QUALITY STANDARDSA condition that applies when the Village has been notified that the discharge of stormwater authorized under its MS4 SPDES permit may have caused or has the reasonable potential to cause or contribute to the violation of an applicable water quality standard. Under this condition the Village must take necessary actions to ensure future discharges do not cause or contribute to a violation of water quality standards.
(2)
LISTED WATERSTERS — A condition in the Village's MS4 SPDES permit that applies when the MS4 discharges to a DEC 303(d) listed water. Under this condition the stormwater management program must ensure no increase of the listed pollutant of concern to the 303(d) listed water.
(3)
TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD STRATEGYA condition in the Village's MS4 permit where a TMDL, including requirements for control of stormwater discharges, has been approved by EPA for a water body or watershed into which the MS4 discharges. If the discharge from the MS4 did not meet the TMDL stormwater allocations prior to September 10, 2003, the Village shall be required to modify its stormwater management program to ensure that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the TMDL is achieved.
(4)
A condition in the Village's MS4 permit that
applies if a TMDL is approved in the future by EPA for any water body
or watershed into which an MS4 discharges. Under such condition the
Village must review the applicable TMDL to see if it includes requirements
for control of stormwater discharges. If an MS4 is not meeting the
TMDL stormwater allocations, the Village must, within six months of
the TMDL's approval, modify its stormwater management program to ensure
that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the TMDL is
achieved.
STATE
The State of New York.
STORMWATER
Rainwater, surface runoff, subsurface drainage and snowmelt.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICER
The Superintendent of Buildings, or his designee, as the designated officer of the Village to enforce this Article
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303(d) LIST
A list of all surface waters in the state for which beneficial
uses of the water (drinking, recreation, aquatic habitat, and industrial)
are impaired by pollutants, prepared periodically by the DEC as required
by Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. 303(d) listed waters are
estuaries, lakes, and streams that fall short of state surface water
quality standards and are not expected to improve within the next
two years.
TMDL
Total maximum daily load.
TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD
The maximum amount of a pollutant to be allowed to be released
into a water body so as not to impair uses of the water, allocated
among the sources of that pollutant.
UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTION
A permanent or temporary unapproved direct or indirect conveyance
to the Village's MS4. Any connection, pipe, hose, or other conveyance,
whether permanent or temporary, that is not documented on plans, maps,
or equivalent records signed by the Superintendent, or that is not
approved by a permit issued by the Superintendent, is considered unauthorized
regardless of whether the discharge is otherwise allowed by this chapter.
WASTEWATER
Water that is not stormwater, is contaminated with pollutants,
and is or will be discarded.