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Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part 4, shall have
the meanings hereinafter designated.
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ABNORMAL SEWAGE
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS (ASTM)
APPLICANT
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
BUILDER
BUILDING SEWER
CATEGORICAL STANDARDS
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
CHLORINE DEMAND
CLASSES OF USERS
COLLECTION SEWER, PUBLIC SEWER or SANITARY SEWER
COLOR
COMMERCIAL USER
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONTROL AUTHORITY
CONTROL MANHOLE
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
COOLING WATER
DEVELOPER
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DISSOLVED SOLIDS
DISTRICT
DRAIN LAYER
DRY SEWERS
EASEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
EXTENSION
FECAL COLIFORM
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW RATE
FORCE MAIN
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INFILTRATION
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
INFLOW
INSPECTOR
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE
STANDARD
NUISANCE
OIL and GREASE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
OTHER WASTES
PASS-THROUGH
PERMIT
PERSON
pH
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
PRETREATMENT STANDARD or NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
RECORDS
RECREATIONAL USER
ROOF DRAIN
SEPTAGE
SEPTIC TANK
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC or DOMESTIC WASTES
SEWAGE, NORMAL
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(b)Â
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SEWAGE or WASTEWATER
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT or ADVANCED
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
SEWAGE, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER
SEWER
SEWER DISTRICT
SEWER, SANITARY
SEWER, STORM or STORM DRAIN
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
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(2)Â
(3)Â
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SLUG
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STATE
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS) or TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TOWN
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
USER
USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL (SIU)
WASTEWATER
WATERS OF THE STATE (STATE'S WATERS)
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.
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
exceeds the characteristics of normal sewage.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated
in this Part 4.
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
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.
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.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
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."
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or pretreatment
standards, as amended periodically.
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.
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.
The division of wastewater treatment customers by waste characteristics
and process discharge similarities or function, such as residential,
commercial, institutional, recreational, industrial or governmental.
A sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewaters from
individual discharge sources.
The optical density at the visual wavelength of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance is
equivalent to zero optical density.
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.
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.
The term shall refer to the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead.
An accessible manhole such that samples collected from the
manhole represent the discharge to the STP.
A pollutant that the STP was designed to treat, defined in
accordance with this Part 4.
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.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing,
or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New York.
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.
The Calverton Sewer District, Town of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, New York, as administered by the Town Board, Town of Riverhead,
Suffolk County, New York.
An individual licensed as such by the Town of Riverhead and
approved by the Town Board (same as "plumber").
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.
An acquired legal right, less than fee simple, for the specific
use of land owned by others.
The agency of the federal government charged with the administration
and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules and regulations.
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an
existing sewer line.
Any number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of
man and animals whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator
of pollution.
Oil, grease or fat in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment
facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
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.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical,
chemical and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one point
and time.
Meaning or pertaining to industry and manufacturing and is
distinguished from domestic, residential or commercial.
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes.
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.
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source.
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.
The authorized representative of the district designated
by the Superintendent to inspect all work; repairs installations performed
under these rules and regulations.
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").
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water
Act or "Act" (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of § 307(b)
of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, federal, state, or local agency or entity, association,
trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
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.
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.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial
user.
Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA.
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.
A discharger to the STP who discharges domestic-type wastewater.
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
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.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with all local and state requirements.
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, industrial wastes or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
BOD (five-day)2,090 pounds per million gallons (250 milligrams per liter), or less.
Suspended solids — 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300
milligrams per liter), or less.
Phosphorus — 125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Ammonia — 250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen — 417 pounds per million (50 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Chlorine demand — 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Chemical oxygen demand — 2,920 pounds per million gallons
(350 milligrams per liter), or less.
Oil and grease — 830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams
per liter), or less.
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.
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.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal
sewage and/or which contains substances of concern.
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
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.
A sewer, which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
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).
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.
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance.
Any violation which the Superintendent determines will adversely
affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
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.
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.
Procedures contained in the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."
State of New York.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York.
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)[1] or other acts.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the STP.
An industrial user of the Calverton Sewer District as defined
by the Town Board.
See "sewage."
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.
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Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1317(a).
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
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L
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Liter
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Mg
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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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OSHA
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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P
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Total phosphorus
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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SCDH
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Suffolk County Department of Health Services
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SIC
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Standard industrial classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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SS
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Suspended solids
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STP
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Sewage treatment plant
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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U.S.C.
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United State Code of Laws
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USEPA
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United State Environmental Protection Agency
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Terms not defined in this article, or terms found to be ambiguous
or improperly defined in this article, shall be defined by the Town
Board or the Superintendent.
