Word usage. When not inconsistent with the context, the present tense
shall include the future, and words used in the plural shall include
the singular and vice versa. Furthermore, a masculine pronoun shall
include the feminine. The word "shall" is mandatory, while the word
"may" is permissive.
ABNORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
exceeds the characteristics of normal sewage.
APPLICANT
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
The procedures defined as "standard methods" in this article,
or other procedures approved by the Superintendent, for flow measurement
or determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates
in waters, wastewaters and/or sludges.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDER
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
BUILDING SEWER
Any sewer or part thereof connecting, or installed for future
connection of, a public or private building with the district sewer
and extending from the district sewer to a point within five feet
of the building or house foundation wall. This is also known as a
"service connection."
CATEGORICAL STANDARDS
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or pretreatment
standards, as amended periodically.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the oxygen requirement of that portion of matter in a sample,
that is susceptible to oxidation, by a specific chemical oxidant,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the difference between the amount of chlorine added to
a sample and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at the
end of a specified contact time at room temperature, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
CLASSES OF USERS
The division of wastewater treatment customers by waste characteristics
and process discharge similarities or function, such as residential,
commercial, institutional, recreational, industrial or governmental.
COLOR
The optical density at the visual wavelength of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance is
equivalent to zero optical density.
COMMERCIAL USER
For the purpose of the user charge system, a user engaged
in the purchase or sale of goods or in a transaction or business or
who otherwise renders a service.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples
of wastewater taken at selected intervals, for a specified time period.
The individual samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
CONTROL MANHOLE
An accessible manhole such that samples collected from the
manhole represent the discharge to the STP.
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
A pollutant that the STP was designed to treat, defined in
accordance with this Part 4.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no
polluting substances which will produce COD or suspended solids in
excess of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited
elsewhere in this Part 4.
DEVELOPER
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing,
or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New York.
DISSOLVED SOLIDS
That concentration of matter in the sewage consisting of
colloidal particulate matter one micron in diameter or less and both
organic and inorganic molecules and ions present in solution.
DISTRICT
The Calverton Sewer District, Town of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, New York, as administered by the Town Board, Town of Riverhead,
Suffolk County, New York.
DRAIN LAYER
An individual licensed as such by the Town of Riverhead and
approved by the Town Board (same as "plumber").
DRY SEWERS
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to the STP, but which is not used in the meantime, for transport of
sanitary sewage.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right, less than fee simple, for the specific
use of land owned by others.
EXTENSION
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an
existing sewer line.
FECAL COLIFORM
Any number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of
man and animals whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator
of pollution.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, grease or fat in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment
facility.
FLOW RATE
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
FORCE MAIN
A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
GARBAGE
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food, from the handling, storage and sale of produce and from the
packaging and canning of food.
GRAB SAMPLE
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical,
chemical and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one point
and time.
INDUSTRIAL
Meaning or pertaining to industry and manufacturing and is
distinguished from domestic, residential or commercial.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes.
INFILTRATION
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding building drains) from the ground through such means as
defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manholes. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow. Infiltration
is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built into the
sewer or drain.
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source.
INFLOW
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including building drains) from sources such as, but not limited
to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs
and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections between storm
sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
Inflow is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
INSPECTOR
The authorized representative of the district designated
by the Superintendent to inspect all work; repairs installations performed
under these rules and regulations.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1317), which applies to a specific category
of industrial users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical
process ("end of process").
NUISANCE
The use or lack of use of the STP in such a manner so as
to endanger life or health, give offense to the senses or obstruct
or otherwise interfere with the reasonable use or maintenance of the
STP.
OIL and GREASE
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease and oil in a sample,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
Includes all costs, direct or indirect, inclusive of expenditures
attributable to administration, replacement of equipment and treatment
and collection of wastewater, necessary to ensure adequate wastewater
collection and treatment on a continuing basis which conforms to applicable
regulations and assures optimal long-term facility management, but
not including debt service.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes. Also, the discarded matter not normally present in sewage
or industrial waste.
PASS-THROUGH
The discharge which exits the Calverton Sewer District STP
into waters of the state in quantities which, alone or in conjunction
with discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the sewage treatment plant's SPDES permit.
PERMIT
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the
STP for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing
sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other
actions as authorized by this Part 4.
PERSON
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, federal, state, or local agency or entity, association,
trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH value of
7.0, the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0
represent alkaline conditions. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
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 into the STP. The reduction
or alteration can be achieved by physical, chemical or biological
process, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by
the Town Board.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial
user.
RECORDS
Shall include, but not be limited to, any printed, typewritten,
handwritten or otherwise recorded matter of whatever character (including
paper or electronic media), including but not limited to letters,
files, memoranda, directives, notes and notebooks, correspondence,
descriptions, telephone call slips, photographs, permits, applications,
reports, compilations, films, graphs and inspection reports. For the
purposes of this Part 4, "records" shall mean records of and relating
to waste generation, reuse and disposal, and shall include records
of usage of raw materials.
ROOF DRAIN
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
SEPTAGE
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools or approved type of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions and industries. Septage shall not have been contaminated
with substances of concern or priority pollutants.
SEPTIC TANK
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with all local and state requirements.
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC or DOMESTIC WASTES
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial preparation, cooking
and handling of food, liquid wastes containing human excrement and
similar matter from the sanitary conveniences in dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial buildings and institutions, or liquid wastes
from clothes washing and/or floor/wall washing.
SEWAGE, NORMAL
(1)
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
(a)
BOD (five-day)2,090 pounds per million gallons (250 milligrams per liter), or less.
(b)
Suspended solids — 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300
milligrams per liter), or less.
(c)
Phosphorus — 125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(d)
Ammonia — 250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(e)
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen — 417 pounds per million (50 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(f)
Chlorine demand — 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(g)
Chemical oxygen demand — 2,920 pounds per million gallons
(350 milligrams per liter), or less.
(h)
Oil and grease — 830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(2)
In spite of satisfying one or more of these characteristics,
if the sewage also contains substances of concern, it may not be considered
normal sewage.
SEWAGE or WASTEWATER
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, and
such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial
wastes and other wastes shall also be considered sewage within the
meaning of this definition.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
SEWER DISTRICT
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the STP. The bounds shall be established, altered,
changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined or consolidated by
action of the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead.
SEWER, SANITARY
A sewer, which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER, STORM or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
(1)
Any violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily maximum
or long-term average) that the Superintendent determines has caused,
alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through
(including endangering the health of sewer district personnel and
operators or the general public).
(2)
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment
to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in
the Superintendent's exercise of its emergency authority under of
this Part 4.
(3)
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance.
(4)
Any violation which the Superintendent determines will adversely
affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
SLUG
Any discharge which, in concentration of any 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 flow during normal user operations shall constitute
a slug.
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, and subsequent revisions.
STANDARD METHODS
Procedures contained in the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services or
the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead has determined may be harmful
to man or the environment.
SUPERINTENDENT
That individual nominated by the Town Board of the Town of
Riverhead and confirmed by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead
as the Superintendent of the Calverton Sewer District. This definition
shall also include his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS) or TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float
on the surface of, or are in suspension, or are settleable, and can
be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during
the acid digestion of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the total quantity of orthophosphate, in a sample of
wastewater, following the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed
as milligrams of phosphorus per liter of sample.
TOWN
The Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, that, when
discharged to the public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous
to the STP operation and maintenance personnel, tends to interfere
with any biological sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters; any pollutant or combination
of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA
under provisions of CWA Section 307(a) or other acts.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the STP.
WATERS OF THE STATE (STATE'S WATERS)
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, 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.