The purpose of this Part 2 is to:
A.
Provide for the construction, reconstruction, operation and maintenance
of all equipment and facilities currently or hereafter owned or overseen
by the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of Glens
Falls.
B.
Operate and maintain the equipment and facilities of the Water and
Sewer Department and any other and regulate domestic, commercial and
industrial users of the City's sewage treatment facilities so as to
protect the public health and prevent nuisances.
C.
Provide for an adequate, wholesome and noncontaminated supply of
water for the users of the City's water system.
D.
Prevent the introduction into the City's sewage treatment system
of pollutants which will interfere with the structural, biological
or other operation of the system.
E.
Prevent the introduction into the City's sewage treatment system
of pollutants which will pass through the system inadequately treated,
resulting in the discharge of liquid, gases or solid discharge from
the sewage treatment facility in violation of any applicable federal,
state or local standards.
F.
Improve opportunities to recycle and reclaim the wastewater and sludge
of users of the City's sewage treatment facility.
G.
Provide for the equitable distribution of the costs of the City's
sewage treatment system and water system among the users of those
systems.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An unintentional discharge to the City's sewer system by
a user in violation of the terms of the user's permit.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
The Regional Administrator of Region 2 of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams
per liter.).
The Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of
Glens Falls, New York.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of the 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 interface of the building wall.
That part of the piping of a drainage system which extends
from the end of the building drain to the public sewer or other place
of disposal and which receives the discharge of the building drain
and conveys it to said public sewer or other place of disposal.
The City of Glens Falls, New York.
The Code of the City of Glens Falls, New York.
Wastewater produced by commercial establishments.
The Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation or his authorized (pursuant to internal DEC procedures)
agent.
Wastewater produced by domestic or residential establishments.
An industrial user which is contributing wastewater to the
City's sewer system as of the effective date of this Part 2.
Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
A sample taken from a point within the City's sewer system
on a one-time basis, with no regard to the flow in the sewer system
and without consideration of time.
An establishment producing industrial wastes which are contributed
to the City's sewer system.
The fluid wastes from industrial or manufacturing processes,
trades or businesses.
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes
or operations or that which contributes to a violation of any term
of the City's SPDES permit. The term includes but is not limited to
damage to or disruption of the structural integrity of the City's
sewer system (sewage treatment facility plus appurtenant facilities
and sewer lines) or the biological processes involved within the sewage
treatment facility proper and the prevention of sewage sludge use
or disposal by the POTW 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, the Clean Air
Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or more-stringent state or local
criteria, including those contained in any state sludge management
plan pursuant to Title IV of SWDA, applicable to the method of disposal
or use employed by the POTW.
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.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of ground- or surface water.
Any industrial user which begins contribution to the City's
sewer system subsequent to the effective date of this Part 2.
That portion of the total oxygen demand of raw sanitary wastes
exerted by the autotrophic bacteria Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter to
oxidize ammonia to nitrate, as measured by the 15th Edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
Any wastewater which would result in interference to the
City's sewage system.
A discharge which exits the POTW into a watercourse or waters
of the United States 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).
[Added 12-13-2011 by L.L. No. 9-2011]
A person who has been granted a domestic/commercial permit
or an industrial wastewater discharge permit.
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.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and/or radiological integrity of water.
The reduction in 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 discharge to the POTW,
in accordance with applicable federal, state or local pretreatment
standards and/or the terms of the user's industrial wastewater discharge
permit. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes or process changes by other means, except
by dilution where dilution would be prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
Any substance included in the list, as amended, of priority
pollutants promulgated by the United States EPA pursuant to the Clean
Water Act of 1977 and the Consent Decree of N.R.D.C. Train, 8 E.R.C.
2120 (D.D.C., 1976).
Any privy, septic tank, cesspool or other sewage disposal
facility owned and operated by a person, other than the City's sewerage
system.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
The sewage treatment facility and appurtenant facilities
and sewer lines of the City of Glens Falls, overseen by the Board
of Water and Sewer Commissioners. Where the context so indicates,
"POTW" shall also refer to the administrative network which oversees
the physical plant of the City's sewer system, presided over by the
Board.
A combination of water-carried wastes from domestic residences,
business buildings, commercial establishments and industrial establishments,
together with such ground-, surface or storm waters as may be present.
The physical plant, located on Shermantown Road in the City
of Glens Falls, at which wastes discharged into the City's sewer system
by all users of that system are received and treated prior to discharge
into the Hudson River as liquid waste or into the sludge produced
by said plant as solid waste.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
All facilities within the City for collecting, regulating,
pumping, transporting, treating and discharging sewage.
Any industrial user that is:
[Amended 1-5-1988]
Subject to a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard;
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with
other industrial users, on the operation of the POTW;
Using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds or 1,000
gallons of raw material containing a priority pollutant and is discharging
a measurable amount of a priority pollutant to the POTW; or
Discharging more than 5% of the wastewatering the sewage treatment
facility.
Any discharge of wastewater in which the concentration of
any given constituent or the quantity of total flow exceeds, for any
period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the
average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972.
The State of New York.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342) and New York State Environmental Conservation Law
Article 17, Title 8.
The Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department of the
City, appointed by the Board pursuant to this Part 2.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of
or is suspended in the wastewater contributed to the City's sewerage
system by the users thereof and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
Any person contributing wastewater to the City's sewerage
system.
The liquid and water-carried domestic, commercial or industrial
wastes discharged into the City's sewerage system by the users thereof,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
As used in this Part 2, the following abbreviations shall have
the meanings indicated:
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BOD — Biochemical oxygen demand.
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CFR — Code of Federal Regulations.
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DEC — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
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EPA — The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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l — Liters.
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mg — Milligrams.
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NOD — Nitrogenous oxygen demand.
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O & M — Operation and maintenance.
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POTW — Publicly owned treatment works.
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SIC — Standard industrial classification.
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SIU — Significant industrial user.
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SPDES — State pollutant discharge elimination system.
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SS — Suspended solids.
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SWDA — Solid Waste Disposal Act.
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