Notwithstanding the provisions of §
177-10, the Superintendent shall inspect the private sewage disposal system before any underground portions thereof are covered, within 48 hours of receipt of written notice from the applicant that any underground portion(s) of the system are completed and ready to be buried. An applicant shall not cover any underground portions of his private sewage disposal system prior to the timely inspection by the Superintendent as provided for in this section.
After each inspection, the Superintendent shall submit a written
statement to the Board regarding the findings of the inspection and
the degree of compliance of the constructed system or portions thereof
with the plans, specifications and other information supplied to the
Superintendent and the Board by the applicant during the permit application
process.
Each applicant shall submit to the Superintendent a notice of completion, which shall include two complete sets of as-built drawings of the system and, if a percolation test was required by the Board or Superintendent or was performed by the applicant, with the results of such tests certified by a professional engineer licensed in the State of New York. The forty-eight-hour period set forth in §
177-10 shall not begin to run until the Superintendent has received both written notice of completion, two as-built drawings and infiltration test results, if any, as specified in this section.
The type, capacity, location and plans of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations and requirements of the
Department of Public Health of the State of New York.
No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system
employing subsurface soil absorption facilities when the area of the
lot is less than 15,000 square feet.
A permit shall not be issued for a private sewage disposal system that is placed so as to discharge into any public sewer or body of surface water within the City of Glens Falls or any area under the city's jurisdiction. If a permit has been issued for a private sewage disposal system which is later discovered to be discharging into any public sewer or body of surface water within the City of Glens Falls or any area under the city's jurisdiction, said permit shall be revoked and the discharge halted by the owner(s) at the owner(s) own cost and expense, or, if the owner(s) fails to halt such discharge, such discharge shall be halted by the Superintendent or his representative, in which case all costs of such endeavor shall be payable to the Board by the owner(s) and shall constitute a lien against the real property involved until such time as the costs, plus interest and charges, are paid in full. As used in this section, the term "private sewage disposal system" does not apply to privately owned sewage disposal systems that are operated by users subject to pretreatment regulations under the terms of this Part
2.
The methods, practices and materials used in the construction
of any private sewage disposal system shall be in accordance with
the relevant provisions promulgated by the Board. In the absence of
any relevant Board-promulgated provisions regarding any aspect of
the construction, the relevant materials and procedures set forth
by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Water
Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall
apply.
The owner(s) of a private sewage disposal system shall operate
and maintain such facility in a sanitary and satisfactory manner,
as determined by the Board and Superintendent, at all times and at
no cost or expense to the Board or city.
Before the time for expiration of the permit to construct a connection to the public sewer, the Superintendent shall have the right to perform, at his discretion, such tests and inspections as are necessary to ascertain completeness and integrity of any portions of the private sewage disposal system(s) which will be connected to the POTW and, at the direction of the Board, shall perform such tests and inspections and shall require the owner(s) to perform all repairs or alterations as are necessary to assure the completeness and integrity of the private sewage disposal system and to make the private sewage disposal system acceptable for connection to the public sewer as required by this Part
2.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer. [NOTE: See Charter, Article
VII, Board of Health, for additional information on the Health Officer.]