Town of Farmington, NY Definitions

An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:

If the user is a corporation:

[1]

The president, secretary, treasurer, or a vice president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision making functions for the corporation; or

[2]

The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for individual wastewater discharge permit requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.

If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or proprietor, respectively.

If the user is a federal, state, or local governmental facility: a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government facility, or their designee.

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)

The individuals described above may designate a duly authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the Town of Farmington.

Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in § 125-74, including treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage. BMPs also include alternative means (e.g., management plans) of complying with, or in place of, certain established categorical pretreatment standards and effluent limits.

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)

The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical oxidation of organic matter or in a sample, 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 DRAIN

That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the building walls, and conveys it to the building lateral, which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.

BYPASS

The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a user's treatment facility.

CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER

An industrial user subject to a categorical pretreatment standard or categorical standard.

CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD (CATEGORICAL STANDARD)

Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by USEPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317), as amended, that apply to a specific category of users and that appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471, as amended.

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.

CHIEF OPERATOR, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

A certified individual who is employed and/or appointed by the Town of Farmington and who is designated by the appointing officials as the person in responsible supervision of the complete and actual operation of any wastewater treatment plant. It is not intended to include the Superintendent or municipal or other officials unless their duties include the actual operation of a wastewater treatment plant. The Chief Operator must have a valid NYSDEC Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certificate of the appropriate grade for the POTW in order to make decisions pertaining to the operation of the wastewater treatment plant and collection system.

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.

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

The Town official as further defined in Town Code.

COLOR

The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum absorption, relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance is equivalent to zero (0.0) optical density.

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW (CSO)

A structure or facility designed to discharge wastewater from a combined sewer to the adjacent environment (typically a watercourse or other body of water) during periods of high flow in the sewer, where transport of the flow would otherwise exceed the capacity of the sewer system or contribute to overloading of the POTW treatment plant. Also refers to a discharge event from such structure or facility.

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.

CONNECTION

Attachment of one user to a sewer. (See "Extension.")

CONNECTION CHARGE (TAP FEE)

The one-time application fee to offset Town of Farmington expenses to process an application for a connection of a building/street lateral to the public sewer, in accordance with the fee schedule as established by the Town of Farmington Board. The fee also covers plan review, permit issuance, street repair cost, and inspection costs. The fee may be scaled to the amount of work involved, or to the size of the public sewer involved.

CONTROL AUTHORITY

The term shall refer to "approval authority," or to the Superintendent when the Town of Farmington has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11, as amended.

CONTROL POINT

A manhole or other suitable structure accessible to the control authority in or upstream of the street lateral, such that samples collected from the control point represent the discharge to the POTW.

CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT

A pollutant that the POTW treatment plant was designed to treat, defined in accordance with the Act.

COOLING WATER

The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce COD or suspended solids in excess of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited elsewhere in this chapter.

COUNTY

County of Ontario, in which the Town of Farmington is located.

DAILY MAXIMUM

The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant collected during a calendar day.

DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT

The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the course of the day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in terms of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken that day.

DEVELOPER

A person who undertakes land development activities.

DEVELOPMENT, LAND

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, as defined in the Town Code.

DIRECT DISCHARGE

The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of New York. (For reference, see "Indirect Discharge.")

DOMESTIC WASTES

See "sewage, domestic."

DRY SEWERS

The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection to the POTW but which is not used, in the meantime, for transport of storm or sanitary sewage.

EASEMENT

An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.

END OF PIPE

For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article IX of this chapter, "end of pipe" shall mean the control point, provided the samples collected from the control point are representative of the discharge to the POTW.

END OF PIPE CONCENTRATION

The concentration of a substance in a sample of wastewater at end of pipe.

END OF PROCESS CONCENTRATION

See "National Categorical Pretreatment Standard."

EXISTING SOURCE

Any source of discharge that is not a new source.

EXTENSION

Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an existing sewer line.

FACILITY

All buildings, other structures, grounds and contiguous property at any locations related to or connected with a user at the user's location.

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.

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 without regard to flow and over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes.

ICS FORM

The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform and update the Industrial Chemical Survey.

INDIRECT DISCHARGE

The introduction of wastewater into a POTW from any nondomestic source for treatment and ultimate discharge of the treated effluent to the state's waters. (For reference, see "direct discharge.")

INDUSTRIAL

Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, business, or institution, and is distinguished from domestic or residential.

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL SURVEY (ICS)

The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by the NYSDEC, to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.

INDUSTRIAL USER

See "user, industrial."

INDUSTRIAL WASTES

The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility, or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.

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.

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.

INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT

The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.

INTERFERENCE

A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges by other sources:

Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and

Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW discharge permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):

Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, as amended;

Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/RCRA), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D or the SWDA), as amended;

LATERAL, BUILDING, OR BUILDING SEWER OR HOUSE CONNECTION

Clean Air Act, as amended;

(d)

Toxic Substance Control Act, as amended;

(e)

Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act, as amended;

(f)

40 CFR 503, Standards for Use and Disposal of Sewer Sludge, as amended; and

(g)

NYCRR, Part 360 and Parts 700-705, as amended.

The sewer extension from the building drain to the street lateral.

LATERAL, STREET

The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property line.

LOCAL LIMIT

Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the Town of Farmington upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b), as amended.

MEDICAL WASTE

Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes.

MONITORING STATION

See "control point."

MONTHLY AVERAGE

The sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month.

MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT

The highest allowable average of daily discharges over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month.

NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD (CATEGORICAL STANDARD)

Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307 (B) and (C) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 1347), as amended, which applies to a specific category of industrial users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical process ("end of process").

NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT

A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342), as amended.

NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD, OR PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD

Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307 (B) of the Act, and 40 CFR 403.5, as amended.

NATURAL OUTLET

Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, to state's waters.

NEW OWNER

That individual or entity who purchased property within the service area of the POTW after the effective date of this chapter.

NEW SOURCE

Any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act, as amended, which will be applicable to such source if such standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, provided that:

The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed at a site which no other source is located; or

The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or

The production or wastewater generating process of the building, structure, facility, or installation are substantially independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing source should be considered.

Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility, or installation meeting the criteria above but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment.

(3)

Construction of a new source as defined hereunder has commenced if the owner or operator has:

Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous onsite construction program:

[1]

Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment; or

[2]

Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation, or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of new source facilities or equipment; or

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (NYSDEC or DEC)

Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering, and design studies, do not constitute a contractual obligation under this definition.

NEW USER

A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the effective date of this chapter.

The agency of the New York State government charged with the administration and enforcement of state environmental laws, rules and regulations, and federal environmental laws, rules and regulations where the approval authority has been delegated by the USEPA. Also may be used as a designation for the Commissioner or other duly authorized official of this Department.

NONCONTACT COOLING WATER

Water used for cooling that does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product.

NORMAL SEWAGE

See "sewage, normal."

NUISANCE

The use or lack of use of the POTW 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 POTW.

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.

OLD OWNER

That individual or entity who owns or owned a property, within the service area of the POTW, purchased prior to the effective date of this chapter, who or inherited the property at any time and intends to sell the property, or has sold the property to a new owner, also the agent of the old owner.

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 POTW 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 POTW discharge permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).

PERMIT

A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the POTW for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other actions as authorized by this chapter.

PERSON

Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state, and local governmental entities.

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.

PHOSPHORUS, TOTAL

See "total phosphorus."

POLLUTANT

Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that water, land and/or air by any living thing at any time.

POLLUTION

The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters, lands and/or airs resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into these media.

POTW DISCHARGE PERMIT

The permit authorizing discharges from the POTW, pursuant to applicable state or federal regulations (see "NPDES permit" and "SPDES Permit").

POTW TREATMENT PLANT

That portion of the POTW designed to provide wastewater treatment as defined in this section, and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.

PRETREATMENT

Wastewater treatment, as defined in this section, prior to, or in lieu of, discharge into the POTW.

PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS

Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial user.

PRETREATMENT STANDARD (NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD)

Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.

PRIORITY POLLUTANTS

The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the USEPA, in accordance with the Act.

PRIVY

A lavatory that does not discharge wastewater to a public sewer.

PRIVY VAULT OR CESSPOOL

A receptacle constructed for the purpose of collecting domestic wastewater without a connection to a public sewer.

PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD

See "National Prohibitive Discharge Standard."

PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE

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, and with no particle having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension. Discharge from solid waste grinders at or serving commercial establishments, institutions or industries does not fall under this definition and is subject to the restrictions as set forth in § 125-85.

PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)

A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1292), as amended, which is owned, in this instance, by the Town of Farmington for the purpose of serving the Farmington Sanitary Sewer District and interconnected sewer districts. This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement Section 201 of the Act, as amended, or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power, and other equipment, and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process (including land use for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems prior to land application) or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment. This definition also includes any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste, including stormwater runoff, or industrial waste, including waste in combined stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.

RECEIVING WATERS

A natural water course or body of water (usually waters of the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.

Standards contained in the latest edition of "Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities," published by the Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Managers. Use of the Ten States Standards is subject to acceptance by the approval authority.

RECORDS

Includes, 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 chapter, "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. Also sludge from small sewage treatment plants. 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 any and/or all local and state requirements.

SERVICE AREA OF THE POTW

The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established, altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated by action of the Town Board.

SEWAGE

A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and such ground, surface, and stormwater as may be inadvertently present. The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial wastes and other wastes shall also be considered as sewage, within the meaning of this definition.

SEWAGE, DOMESTIC (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. Therefore, domestic sewage includes both black water and grey water. See "sewage, sanitary."

SEWAGE, NORMAL

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.

(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.

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT)

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, SANITARY

Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses, manufactured dwellings, and hotels), office buildings, factories, or institutions (including places of worship), and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial, and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")

See "POTW treatment plant."

SEWAGE, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER

Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal sewage and/or which contains substances of concern.

SEWER

A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.

SEWERAGE SYSTEM

All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.

SEWERAGE SURCHARGE

The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage. (See "volume charge").

SEWER, COMBINED

A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and sewage.

SEWER DISTRICT

A district created by the Town for the purpose of conveying, treating and disposing of sewage, in accordance with Article 12 of New York Town Law, as amended.

SEWER, LOW PRESSURE

A sewer, as part of a low pressure sewer system, that conveys sewage primarily under induced pressure instead of primarily under the influence of gravity. The pressure may be provided by pumping equipment located on a user's property, either incorporating a grinding element to reduce the size of solids in the wastewater if discharged directly, or without such grinding element if discharge is from a septic tank.

SEWER, PUBLIC

A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal rights, and the use of which is controlled by the Town of Farmington.

SEWER, SANITARY

A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.

SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)

A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.

SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER

See "user, significant industrial."

SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA or DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS

The specifications adopted by the Town Board, as amended, relating to the minimum criteria for the design and construction of improvements within the Town, which, upon the satisfactory completion thereof, may be offered for dedication to the Town for perpetual operation and maintenance. These criteria shall govern in all areas of private, public, industrial and commercial development and/or areas that will involve the connections to existing municipal systems.

SLUG

A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or constituent concentration (see normal sewage) sufficient to cause interference. In any event, a discharge which, in concentration of any constituent or in quantity of flow, that 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.

SLUG LOAD or SLUG DISCHARGE

Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration, which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 125-74 of this chapter. A "slug discharge" is any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through or in any other way violate the POTW's regulations, local limits or POTW discharge permit conditions.

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," jointly published by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation, procedures established by the Administrator, pursuant to Section 304 (G) of the Act, as amended, and contained in 40 CFR 136, as amended. (If 40 CFR 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question, then procedures set forth in EPA publication, "Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants," April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used), any other procedure approved by the Administrator, or any other procedure approved by the Superintendent, whichever is the most conservative.

STATE

State of New York.

STATE POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (SPDES) PERMIT

A permit issued pursuant to Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York.

STATE'S WATERS

See "waters of the state."

STORMWATER

Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.

SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN

Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or the US Environmental Protection Agency has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.

SUMP PUMP

A mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.

SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER AND SEWER OF THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON (SUPERINTENDENT)

The individual designated by the Town of Farmington to supervise POTW operations, and administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this chapter, among other duties, who is qualified to perform the duties and responsibilities as assigned to him/her in this chapter.

SUSPENDED SOLIDS

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.

TEN STATES STANDARDS

See "recommended standards for wastewater facilities."

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 Farmington, in the County of Ontario, State of New York.

TOXIC SUBSTANCES

Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous to the POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere with any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a sewage treatment plant or overflow point. Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the USEPA under provisions of Section 307 (A) of the Act, or other acts, as amended.

UPSET

An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with categorical pretreatment standards because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the user. An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation.

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (USEPA OR EPA)

The agency of the federal government charged with the administration and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules, and regulations. Also may be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly authorized official of this agency.

USER

Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution of wastewater into the POTW.

USER, EXISTING

A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before the effective date of this chapter.

USER, INDUSTRIAL

A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.

USER, NEW

A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the effective date of this chapter.

USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL (SIU)

An industrial user of the POTW who is:

An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or

An industrial user that:

[1]

Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);

[2]

Contributes a process wastestream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant;

[3]

Is designated as such by the Town of Farmington on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement;

[4]

Is designated as such by the Town of Farmington on the basis that it has a reasonable potential to impact plant operations and is discharging sewage of unusual strength or character in excess of applicable limits set forth in this chapter.