Before commencement of construction of a private
sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit
issued by the Water and Sewer Board. The application for such permit
shall be made on a form furnished by the Village and shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications and other information as is deemed necessary
by the Water and Sewer Board. A permit and inspection fee will be
paid to the Village at the time the application is filed. All information
required shall become a part of the application. No revisions shall
be made to a system which is the subject of an issued permit without
the prior written approval of the Water and Sewer Board.
The methods, practices and materials used in
the construction of a private sewage disposal system located in the
Village shall be in accordance with the provisions of the approved
application and issued permit and any rules, regulations, specifications
and requirements of the Department of Health, the NYSDEC and those
adopted by the Board of Trustees and the Water and Sewer Board to
implement the provisions of this Part 1 as provided herein. In the
absence of any particular provisions in this Part 1 or rules, regulations,
specifications and requirements promulgated pursuant thereto or in
amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate
specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice
No. 9 shall apply.
The Water and Sewer Board shall be allowed to
inspect work being performed on a private sewage disposal system at
any stage of construction. No underground portions shall be covered
unless they have been inspected and approved by the Water and Sewer
Board. Where work is ready for inspection pursuant to the provisions
of an issued permit, the owner shall notify the Water and Sewer Board,
which shall make reasonable efforts to perform the inspection within
24 hours of receipt of the notice. Prior to final approval of the
construction, the owner shall provide the Water and Sewer Board with
two complete sets of as-built drawings of the system and any sewage
infiltration test results, both certified by a professional engineer
licensed in the State of New York. The maximum allowable rate of infiltration
into any section of sewage system shall not exceed 200 gallons per
inch of pipe diameter per mile of sewer per day. The system shall
not be used until the Water and Sewer Board grants final approval
of the construction.
The owner of property served by a private sewage disposal system shall abandon the system whenever the property is connected to the Village sewer system or tributaries thereto pursuant to the provisions in Article
IV. The abandoned facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and either removed or filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt or other suitable material, as directed by the Water and Sewer Board. Any sludge shall be deemed scavenger waste and as such shall not be discharged into the Village sewer system but shall be disposed of in accordance with applicable local, state or federal requirements.