[Adopted 5-29-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985]
A. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms and phrases as used in this article shall be as follows:
ACT OR THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the event that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is delegated approval authority responsibility.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
May be a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation; a general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively; or a duly authorized representative of the individuals designated above.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure five days at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration (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, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to a public sewer.
CHRONIC VIOLATIONS OF WASTEWATER DISCHARGE LIMITS
Those, in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period, which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter.
[Added 10-4-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria, plus any additional pollutants identified in the treatment work's SPDES permit if such pollutants are treated to the degree required by the SPDES permit.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
Refers to the Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Suffern.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use to which the only pollutant added is heat, such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of New York.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Administrator or other duly authorized official of said Agency.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a onetime basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as campers, chemical toilets, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
All pollutants other than compatible pollutants.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE OR DISCHARGE
The introduction of pollutants into the treatment works from any nondomestic source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
INDUSTRIAL USER OR USER
A source of indirect discharge.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the treatment works, its treatment, processes or operations, which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the Village SPDES permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the treatment works 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 (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or more stringent state criteria.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM OR NPDES PERMIT
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NEW SOURCE
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
pH
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Pretreatment Standard, imposed on an industrial user.
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants to the treatment works.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s) meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
[Added 1-3-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
(1) 
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those, in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period, which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter.
(2) 
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which 33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period, which equal or exceed the product of the daily maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease; TRC = 1.2 for all other pollutants);
(3) 
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily maximum or long-term average) that the Superintendent of Public Works determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through (including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public);
(4) 
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Superintendent of Public Works need to exercise emergency authority;
(5) 
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;
(6) 
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
(7) 
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
(8) 
Any other violation which the Superintendent of Public Works determines will adversely affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
SIGNIFICANT USER
Any user of the Village wastewater disposal system who:
(1) 
Is subject to promulgated categorical pretreatment standards (NRDC Consent Decree Industries);
(2) 
Is found to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system, the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality or air emissions generated by the system;
(3) 
Is a manufacturing industry using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds or 1,000 gallons of raw material containing priority pollutants or substances of concern and discharging a measurable amount of these pollutants to the sewer system; or
(4) 
Contributes more than 5% of the flow or load carried by the treatment plant.
SLUG
Any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
SPDES PERMIT
The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant to Titles 7 and 8 of Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972.
STATE
The State of New York.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works or other such person designated by the Village to supervise the operation of its treatment works or his duly authorized representative,
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of or is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquids and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
TECHNICAL REVIEW CRITERIA (TRC) VIOLATIONS
[Added 10-4-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
(1) 
Those, in which 33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period, which equal or exceed the product of the daily maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease; TRC = 1.2 for all other pollutants);
(2) 
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily maximum or long-term average) that the Superintendent of Public Works determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through (including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public);
(3) 
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Superintendent of Public Works need to exercise emergency authority;
(4) 
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;
(5) 
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
(6) 
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
(7) 
Any other violation which the Superintendent of Public Works determines will adversely affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the EPA pursuant to Section 307a of the Act.
TREATMENT WORKS
The Village of Suffern wastewater treatment plant, including any sewers that convey wastewater to the treatment plant.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the Village treatment system.
VILLAGE
The Village of Suffern, New York.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter the treatment works.
WATERS OF THE STATE
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation or drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
B. 
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
It shall be unlawful for any person, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the Village of Suffern any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
Except where specifically permitted by the Superintendent, there shall be no private disposal system in the Village of Suffern. Where permitted, they shall be properly constructed, operated and maintained and shall be subject to all the rules and regulations established by the Superintendent, as well as to all requirements of the State and County Departments of Health.
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent of Public Works.
[Amended 3-12-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
The property owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the Village. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent of Public Works. A permit and inspection fee as set by resolution of the Board of Trustees in the Village Standard Schedule of Fees[1] shall be paid to the Village of Suffern at the time the application is filed.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A275, Fees.
[Amended 3-12-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
An installation and connection fee as set by resolution of the Board of Trustees in the Village Standard Schedule of Fees[1] shall be paid to the Village of Suffern by the property owner or his agent at the time that an application is made for the replacement or installation of any sewer service connection, in addition to any other fees required herein.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A275. Fees.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, then the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. The Village assumes no responsibility for damages resulting from installation of such sewers or for difficulties arising from the operation thereof.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent of Public Works, to meet all requirements of this article.
A. 
Pipes. The building sewer shall be cast-iron soil pipe conforming to ASTM Specification A74-69; PVC sewer pipe meeting the requirements of ASTM Specification D-3034 (SDR 35) Type PSM polyvinyl chloride, or equal, or other suitable material approved by the Superintendent of Public Works. Joints shall be tight and waterproof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of cast-iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast-iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Superintendent of Public Works where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast-iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be approved if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent of Public Works.
B. 
Size and slope. The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Public Works, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such four-inch pipe shall be not less than 1/4 inch per foot, unless approved by the Superintendent of Public Works.
C. 
Elevation; depth. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings.
D. 
Excavations and backfilling. All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open-trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent of Public Works. Pipelaying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM Specification C12-19, except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected.
E. 
Joints and connections. All joints and connections shall be gastight and watertight. The type of joint and method of installation shall be suitable to the type of pipe employed and is subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Public Works.
F. 
Connection to public sewer. In the absence of a suitably located Y-branch a special sewer pipe connection fitting shall be installed. Such fitting shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent of Public Works.
G. 
Notice of connection; supervision required. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent of Public Works when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works. All work for the installation of such service lines shall be performed by a contractor possessing a current plumbing license issued by the County of Rockland.
[Amended 7-11-2011 by L.L. No. 12-2011; 6-10-2013 by L.L. No. 5-2013]
H. 
Guarding of excavations; restoration. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Village.
[Added 5-28-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986]
No sewage service shall be provided to any premises located outside the Village of Suffern unless, upon application to the Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees determines that exceptional or unusual circumstances exist and that it would be in the best interests of the Village of Suffern to allow such service. If the Board of Trustees permits such service, it shall determine the rate to be charged for said service in an amount not less than twice the charge to users located within the Village of Suffern.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water to a building sewer or building drain which, in turn, is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
Stormwater, industrial cooling water, unpolluted process waters and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designed as combined sewers or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent of Public Works. Anyone discharging cooling water or unpolluted process water shall also apply for an SPDES permit issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Such discharge shall be subject to all state and federal regulations.
[Amended 10-4-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010; 1-3-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
The discharge of the following wastes into public sewers is prohibited:
A. 
Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interactions with other substances, to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the treatment works or its operation. This includes, but is not limited to, wastestreams with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140° F. (60° C.) using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21. Prohibited materials include but are not limited to: gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides.
B. 
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the treatment works, such as but not limited to grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal entrails or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes.
C. 
Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.0 or more than 9.0 or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the treatment works.
D. 
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance and repair. This includes, but is not limited to, pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
E. 
Any wastewater having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65° C.) or in such quantities as to result in a temperature of the influent to the treatment works exceeding 104° F. (40° C.), unless USEPA, upon request of the Village of Suffern, approves alternate temperature limits.
F. 
Any slugs or pollutants, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference.
G. 
Pollutants which will cause corrosive structural damage to the POTW, but in no case discharges with pH lower than 5.0, unless the works are specifically designed to accommodate such discharges.
H. 
Any trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the POTW.
A. 
More stringent limitations. Upon promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard for a particular industrial subcategory, the federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this article for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this article.
B. 
Modification of Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards. The Village may modify the federal pollutant discharge limits if the requirements contained in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 403.7, General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution, are fulfilled and approval from the approval authority is obtained.
A. 
No person shall discharge wastewater containing in excess of the following:
Constituent
Limitations
(milligrams per liter)
Ammonia
40
Methylene-blue (active substances)
50
Arsenic
0.025
Cadmium
0.005
Chromium
0.35
Copper
0.30
Cyanide
0.50
Lead
0.05
Mercury
0.01
Nickel
2.0
Silver
0.002
Zinc
1.0
Volatile organics
Chloroform
0.10
1, 1, 1, — Trichloroethane
7.0
Methylene chloride
2.0
Toluene
0.70
Total organic halogens
4.0
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
None
B. 
In the event that an industrial discharge represents less than 1% of the total flow rate to the treatment facility, the implementation of the single concentration discharge limit shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent of Public Works.
C. 
State regulations and limitations on discharges shall apply in any case when they are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those in this article.
A. 
Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances, including slugs, regulated by this article. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the user's own cost and expense. In the case of an accidental discharge or a slug, it is the user's own cost and expense. In the case of an accidental discharge or a slug, it is the responsibility of the user to immediately telephone and notify the treatment works of the incident. A notice shall be permanently posted on the user's bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a dangerous discharge or slug.
B. 
Within five days following an accidental discharge or slug, the user shall submit to the Superintendent a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the user to prevent similar future occurrences.
The Village may adopt charges and fees to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the Village's wastewater disposal system for the implementation of the program established herein. These may include:
A. 
Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the pretreatment program.
B. 
Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures.
C. 
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.
D. 
Fees for permit applications.
E. 
Fees for filing appeals.
F. 
Fees for consistent removal by the Village of pollutants otherwise subject to federal pretreatment standards.
G. 
Other fees as the Village may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.
A. 
Permit required. All existing significant users contributing to the treatment works shall obtain a wastewater contribution permit within 180 days after the effective date of this article, and all significant users proposing to contribute to the treatment works shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting.
B. 
Permit application.
(1) 
Users required to obtain a wastewater contribution permit shall complete and file with the Village an application in the form prescribed by the Village and accompanied by a fee as established by resolution of the Board of Trustees in the Village Standard Schedule of Fees.[1] Existing users shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within 30 days after the effective date of this article, and proposed new users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the treatment works. In support of the application, the user shall submit such information as may be deemed necessary by the Village to evaluate the permit application. This includes but is not limited to the following:
[Amended 3-12-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990]
(a) 
Standard Industrial Classification number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended.
(b) 
A description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged.
(c) 
Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but not limited to those mentioned in §§ 220-16 through 220-21 of this article, as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory.
(d) 
Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any Village, state or federal pretreatment standards and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis. If not, the user shall provide a schedule which will show how it intends to effect the necessary changes to meet such standards.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A275, Fees.
(2) 
The Village will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Village may issue a wastewater contribution permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
C. 
Permit modifications. Within nine months of the promulgation of a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, the wastewater contribution permit of users subject to such standards shall be revised to require compliance with such standard within the time prescribed by such standard.
D. 
Permit conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this article and all other applicable regulations, user charges and fees established by the Village. Permits may contain the following:
(1) 
Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics.
(2) 
Limits on the average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulation and equalization.
(3) 
Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities.
(4) 
Specifications for monitoring programs, which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedule.
(5) 
Compliance schedules.
(6) 
Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports. (See § 220-24.)
(7) 
Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge, as specified by the Village, and affording Village officials access thereto.
(8) 
Requirements for notification of the Village of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the wastewater treatment system.
(9) 
Requirements for notification of slug discharges.
(10) 
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the Village to ensure compliance with this article.
E. 
Permit duration.
(1) 
Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years. The user shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of 180 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification by the Village during the term of the permit. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his permit at least 30 days prior to the effective day of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
(2) 
A wastewater discharge permit shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation without the approval of the Village.
A. 
Compliance date report. Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or, in the case of a new source, following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the treatment works, any user subject to such standards shall submit to the Superintendent a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge from the regulated process and the average and maximum daily flow for these process units. The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional action is necessary to bring the user into compliance. This statement shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user and certified to by a qualified professional.
B. 
Periodic compliance reports. Any user subject to a pretreatment standard, after the compliance date of such pretreatment standard or, in the case of a new source, after commencement of the discharge into the treatment works, shall submit to the Superintendent periodic compliance reports indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by such pretreatment standards. Such reports shall be submitted during the months of June and December unless required more frequently in the pretreatment standards or by the Superintendent.
A. 
Except where otherwise required by the Administrator pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136 and amendments thereto or with any other test procedures approved by the Administrator, all measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage and shall be determined from suitable samples collected at the control manhole provided for herein. In the event that no such special manhole has been required, the sampling point shall be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
B. 
Sampling methods, locations, times, durations and frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis, subject to approval by the Superintendent.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall provide and maintain at his expense a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent of Public Works.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Village and United States Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation representatives bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties at reasonable times for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing pertinent to discharge to the public sewers. They shall also have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering operations and may at reasonable times have access to conduct sampling or metering operations and may at reasonable times have access to and copy any records and inspect any monitoring equipment or method required by this article or any permits issued thereunder. Where a user has security measures in force, the user shall make necessary arrangements with their security guards so that such personnel will be permitted to enter without delay.
Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the Village or to comply with a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the Village for review and shall be acceptable to the Village before construction of the facility. The review of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to provide an acceptable effluent under the provisions of this article.
A. 
The Superintendent or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system.
B. 
Information and data on an industrial user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits and monitoring programs and from inspectors shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the industrial user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Village that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the user. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information. Confidential information shall be available to any governmental agency for uses related to the Village's Sewer Use Local Law, SPDES permit and/or pretreatment program, provided that such information shall be used by the agency in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the information.
A. 
The Superintendent may suspend the wastewater treatment service and/or a wastewater contribution permit when, in his opinion, such suspension is necessary in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons or to the environment, cause interference to the treatment works or cause the Village to violate any condition of its SPDES permit.
B. 
Any person notified of a suspension of the wastewater contribution permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the contribution. In the event of a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the Village may take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection.
C. 
If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the Village's wastewater disposal system contrary to the provisions of this article, federal or state pretreatment requirements or any order of the Village, the Village Attorney may commence an action for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief in the Supreme Court of Rockland County.
Any user who violates the following conditions of this article or applicable state and federal regulations is subject to having his permit revoked as provided for herein:
A. 
Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge or any failure of a user to report significant changes therein.
B. 
Refusal of reasonable access to a user's premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring.
C. 
Violation of conditions of the permit.
A. 
The Village may order any user who causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to enter the treatment works to show cause why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. A notice shall be served on the user specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the Board of Trustees regarding the violation, the reasons why the action is to be taken and the proposed enforcement action and directing the user to show cause before the Board of Trustees why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The notice of the hearing shall be served personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at least 10 days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of a corporation.
B. 
The Board of Trustees may itself conduct the hearing and take the evidence or may designate a Village official to:
(1) 
Issue in the name of the Board of Trustees notices of hearings requesting the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter involved in such hearings.
(2) 
Take the evidence.
(3) 
Transmit a report of the evidence and hearing, including transcripts and other evidence, together with recommendations, to the Board of Trustees for action thereon.
C. 
At any hearing held pursuant to this article, testimony taken must be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript, so recorded, will be made available to any member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment of the usual charges thereof.
D. 
After the Board of Trustees has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances are properly operated. Further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate may be issued.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the municipal sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
Any person found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this article, except § 220-33, shall be served by the Village with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined an amount not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall become liable to the Village for expense, loss or damage occasioned the Village by reason of such violation.
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this article or wastewater permit or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.