Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ABNORMAL STRENGTH SEWAGE
Any waste having a suspended solid, BOD, chlorine demand
or total phosphate concentration in excess of that found in normal
strength sewage, but which is otherwise acceptable into a public sewer
under the terms of this article.
ADMINISTRATOR
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency or an authorized representative.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The Director in a SPDES state with an approved state pretreatment
program.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
A.
If the user is a corporation:
(1)
The President, Secretary, Treasurer, or a Vice President of
the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any
other person who performs similar policy or decisionmaking functions
for the corporation; or
(2)
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation
facilities, if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated
to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
B.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
C.
If the user is a federal, state, or local governmental facility:
a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility, or their designee.
D.
The individuals described in Subsection
A through
C, above, may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the Saratoga County Sewer District No. 1.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP)
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in §
260-13 [40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b)]. BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. (68° F.) expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water."
BUILDING
That part of the horizontal piping of a building drainage
system beginning five feet from the foundation wall and terminating
at its connection with the main sewer, cesspool, septic tank or other
disposal terminal.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which received the discharge of all soil, waste and other drainage
from inside the walls of any building and conveys the same to the
building service sewer five feet outside the foundation wall of such
building.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
The National Categorical Pretreatment Standard defined as
any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by
EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and
which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water,
sewage or industrial wastewater and the amount of residual chlorine
remaining at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
COMMERCIAL USER
Includes any property occupied wholly or in part by a nonresidential
establishment not within the definition of "industrial user" and which
is connected to the publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
COMMISSION
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Board
of Supervisors as the administrative body of the Saratoga County Sewer
District No. 1.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
A sample consisting of several effluent portions collected
during a specific time period and combined to make a representative
sample.
COMPOSITE SEWAGE
Sewage consisting of several effluent portions collected
from various discharge lines at a common point.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system on condensation, air
conditioning, cooling refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain
no polluting substances which would produce BOD, or suspended solids,
in excess of 10 parts per million by weight, or toxic substances as
limited elsewhere herein.
COUNTY
The County of Saratoga.
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
Saratoga County Sewer District No. 1 or any successor county
sanitary sewer district as created, altered or modified by action
of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors.
DILUTION
The use of stormwater and/or demineralizer backwash and/or
boiler blowdown and/or process water and/or any other discharge stream
to dilute a regulated discharge.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
Discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to
the waters of the State of New York.
DIRECTOR
The Executive Director of the Saratoga County Sewer District
No. 1 and/or any other successor body, agency, commission or authority
charged with the duty of the operation and maintenance of the Saratoga
County Sewer District No. 1 and/or any other additional sewer disposal
districts or facilities subject to the approval of the Legislature
of the County Saratoga or any other body designated pursuant to the
laws of the state of New York or his/her authorized agent or representative.
DISTRICT SEWERAGE SYSTEM
The interceptor sewers, trunk sewers, collector sewers, force
mains, pumping station, sewage treatment plants and other appurtenant
structures owned and operated by the County Sewer District.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
Wastewater from bathrooms, toilet, kitchen and home laundries.
DOMESTIC USER
Any user not covered under the definitions of "industrial
user" or "commercial user."
EFFLUENT
Wastewater after some degree of treatment flowing out of
any treatment device or facilities.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EXCESSIVE INFILTRATION/INFLOW
The quantities of infiltration/inflow which can be economically
eliminated from a sewer system by rehabilitation, as determined by
cost-effectiveness analysis that compares the costs for correcting
the infiltration/inflow conditions with the total cost for transportation
and treatment of the infiltration/inflow.
FLASH POINT
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a volatile substance
will ignite with a flash.
FLOW RATE
The quantity of waste or liquid that flows in a certain period
of time.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling and storage
and sale of produce.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration
of time.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste of domestic origin from holding tanks such as chemical
toilets, campers, trailers, human excrement and garbage (scavenger
waste). Also included is sewage sludge from small sewage treatment
plants.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants
from any source regulated under Section 307 (b) or (c) of the Act,
(33 U.S.C. § 1317), into the POTW (including holding tank
waste discharged into the system).
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
The liquid wastes, including suspended solids, resulting
from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER PERMIT
A permit to deposit or discharge industrial wastewater into
any sanitary sewer under jurisdiction of the District.
INFILTRATION
The water entering a sewer system, including sewer service
connections from the ground, through such means as, but not limited
to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
INFLOW
The water discharged into a sewer system including service
connections from such sources as, but not limited to, roof leaders,
cellar, yard, and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharge,
drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections
from storm sewers and combined sewers, catch basins, stormwaters,
surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow does not include,
and is distinguished from, infiltration.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both: 1) inhibits or disrupts the
POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes,
use or disposal; and 2) therefore is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the POTW's NPDES (SPDES) permit (including an
increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention
of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following
statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued there under
(or more stringent state or local regulations): Section 405 of the
Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) [including Title II, more commonly referred to as the
"Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)," and including state
regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared
pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA], the Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act, and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries
Act.
mg/l
Milligrams per liter.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1317) that apply to a specific category of users and that
appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
NEW SOURCE
A.
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, provided
that:
(1)
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located; or
(2)
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
(3)
The production or wastewater generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these
are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which
the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent
to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity
as the existing source, should be considered.
B.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located
results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction
does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation
meeting the criteria of Subsections A(2) or (3) of this section, but
otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production
equipment.
C.
Construction of a new source as defined under this subsection
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(1)
Begun, or caused to begin as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
(a)
Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment;
or
(b)
Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation,
or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which
is necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of new source
facilities or equipment; or
(2)
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation
within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can
be terminated or modified without substantial loss and contracts for
feasibility, engineering, and design studies do not constitute a contractual
obligation under this subsection.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastewater or other wastes which when
analyzed show by weight the following characteristics:
A.
BOD 2000 pounds per million gallons (240 milligrams per liter)
or less;
B.
Chlorine demand: 208 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter) or less;
C.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams
per liter) or less.
OBJECTIONABLE WASTE
Any wastes that can harm either the sewers, sewer treatment
process, or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream,
or otherwise endanger life, health, or property, or constitutes a
nuisance.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes,
and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastewater.
PASS-THROUGH
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with
a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation
of any requirement of the POTW's SPDES permit (including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
any other legal entity, all federal, state, and local government entities
or group contributing directly or indirectly to the District sewerage
system.
pH
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration
in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity
of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midpoint
of the scale, represents neutrality. Values below 7.0 represent acid
conditions.
POLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
Any water, liquid or gaseous waste containing any of the
following: soluble or insoluble substances of organic or inorganic
nature which may deplete the dissolved oxygen content of the receiving
stream; settleable solids that may form sludge deposits; grease and
oils; floating solids which may cause unsightly appearance; color;
phenols and other substances to an extent which would impart any taste
or odor to the receiving stream; and toxic or poisonous substances
in suspension, colloidal state, solution or gases.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the District's system which is designed
to provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) to wastes
received by the District's system.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of, or alteration of, pollutant
properties in wastewater prior to, or in lieu of, discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration
can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, production
process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR
403.6, General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources
of Pollution.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in the public sewer to which it is discharged, with no
particle having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act, (33
U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned in this instance by the District.
This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the
POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers or other
conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the
purposes of this article, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that
convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the District who
are, by contract or agreement with the District, users of the District's
POTW.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated
or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial
wastewater, and other wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
water and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SCAVENGER WASTES
The matter collected from privies, septic tanks, cesspools
and chemical toilets and sludge from small sewage treatment plants
(25,000 gallons per day or less).
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial
wastewater or other wastes also shall be considered "sewage" within
the meaning of this definition.
SEWER
A pipe or a conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL
Is mandatory; "must" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
Except as provided in Subsections C and D, of this section,
a significant industrial user is:
A.
An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
B.
An industrial user that:
(1)
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown
wastewater);
(2)
Contributes a process wastestream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plant; or
(3)
Is designated as such by the County on the basis that it has
a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
C.
The County may determine that an industrial user subject to
categorical pretreatment standards is a nonsignificant categorical
industrial user rather than a significant industrial user on a finding
that the industrial user never discharges more than 100 gallons per
day (gpd) of total categorical wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact
cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater, unless specifically included
in the pretreatment standard) and the following conditions are met:
(1)
The industrial user, prior to County's finding, has consistently
complied with all applicable categorical pretreatment standards and
requirements;
(2)
The industrial user annually submits the certification statement required in §
260-14G(13)(b) [see 40 CFR 403.12(q)], together with any additional information necessary to support the certification statement; and
(3)
The industrial user never discharges any untreated concentrated
wastewater.
D.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection
B of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the County may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
A.
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;
B.
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);
C.
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily
maximum or long-term average) that the Director 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);
D.
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Director's exercise of its emergency authority under §
260-16 of this article;
E.
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement
order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining
final compliance;
F.
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;
G.
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
H.
Any other violation which the Director determines will adversely
affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
SLUG LOADING
Discharges of a non-routine, episodic nature, including,
but not limited to, an accident spill or non-customary batch discharge.
SPDES
The State Pollution Discharge Eliminations System.
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, or its most recent edition.
STANDARD METHODS
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation,
latest edition.
STORM SEWER (STORM DRAIN)
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewater other than cooling waters
and other unpolluted waters.
SURFACE WATER
The source of water which occurs when the rate of precipitation
exceeds the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by flotation,
skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in the
latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater" published by the American Public Health Association.
THE ACT
The Clean Water Act, as amended.
TOXIC POLLUNTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency under the provisions of CWA 307(a) or other Acts.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the District POTW.
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 POTW.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
Any persons who maliciously, willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenances
or equipment which is part of the district sewerage system or public
sewer tributary thereto shall be subject to prosecution pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Penal Law of the State of New York
as well as being in violation of this article.
The Saratoga County Sewer District No. 1, subject to the approval
of the Board of Supervisors, shall at least biannually review its
schedule of rates and charges.
A. Town and County tax bills and the City of Mechanicville City and
County tax bills shall be utilized whenever possible for the billing
of the annual user charge for the trunking and treatment of sewage.
The City of Saratoga Springs shall be considered a single user and
shall be billed annually by the District for the total sum due from
the municipality for the trunking, treatment and collection of the
sewage. Billing of individual sewer user charges in the City of Mechanicville
shall commence with the annual user charges billed for the year 2007.
B. The District may bill separately for the collector sewerage charge,
which charge may be paid in installments as determined by the Commission
and the Board of Supervisors.
C. Penalties for unpaid user and collector charges shall be levied at
the rate of 1% per month for each month or portion thereof that the
bill is unpaid after the last day fixed for payment. Bills remaining
unpaid as of November 1 of each year will also be subject to the enforcement
and collection procedures as set forth in § 266(3) of the
County Law.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or
part of this article or the application thereof to any person, individual,
corporation, firm, partnership, or business shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the
remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or part of this article
or in its specific application.
This article shall take effect on April 1, 2020, subject to
its filing in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of
New York.
Local Law No. 3 of 1984 shall terminate on the date this article
becomes effective.
Upon its effective date as provided in §
260-22 herein, this article shall become incorporated into the Code of Saratoga County as Article
III, Sewer Use, of Chapter
260.