For brevity and ease of communication, the Town of Shandaken
Sewer Use Law may be cited as "this chapter."
The general purpose of this chapter is the following: to provide
for efficient, economic, environmentally safe, and legal operation
of the Pine Hill publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
The specific purposes of this chapter are the following:
A. To prevent the introduction of substances into the POTW that will:
(1) Interfere with the POTW in any way;
(2) Pass-through the POTW into the state's waters and cause contravention
of standards for those waters or cause violation of the POTW's SPDES
permit;
(3) Increase the cost or hamper the disposal of POTW sludge and/or other
residuals;
(4) Endanger employees responsible for the operation, maintenance, and
repair of the POTW;
(5) Cause air pollution, or groundwater pollution, directly or indirectly;
or
(6) Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance condition.
B. To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow and, as much as
possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration and inflow.
C. To assure that new sewer connections are properly constructed.
This chapter shall apply only to areas in the Town that are
currently served by the POTW and to areas that are connected to the
sewer collection system in the future upon such connection.
The provisions of the Town's existing Sewer Use Law applicable to the Hamlet of Pine Hill adopted on or about November 30, 1931, are hereby repealed, and said provisions are replaced by the herein set forth Articles
I through
XII. This chapter does not change terms of agreement between the Village of Pine Hill and NYCDEP signed 8/28/1925, as amended February 5 and 9, 1927 (the "Village Agreement") (both attached as Appendix D), nor the terms of the Sewer Extension Program Agreement
between the Town and the City dated June 4, 2007 (the "Sewer Extension
Program Agreement" or "Agreement") (attached as Appendix C). The Town, on behalf of all existing users and new users,
reserves any and all rights under the Village Agreement and Sewer
Extension Program Agreement, nothing in this chapter shall diminish
or reduce any obligations of the City under those agreements, including
obligations, if any, to pay for and construct new or replacement sewer
connections or laterals and to operate and maintain the sewer system.
Where this chapter references standards of design or construction,
such as but not limited to ASTM standards, ANSI standards, and Ten
State Standards, or NYCDEP, NYCDEC or USEPA regulations or standards,
such reference will be to the latest edition of any such standards
or regulation.