Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in these rules and regulations shall be
as follows:
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
An authorized representative of a user is defined to be:
(1)
If the user is a corporation:
(a)
The president, secretary, treasurer, or vice president of the
corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other
person who performs similar policy- or decision-making functions of
the corporation.
(b)
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation
facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual
sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million if authority to sign documents
has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate
procedures.
(2)
A general partner or proprietor, if the user is a partnership
or proprietorship.
(3)
A director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility, if the user is a federal, state, or local government facility.
(4)
A duly authorized representative of the individuals designated
above if the authorization is in writing, the designated representative
is responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which
the wastewater discharge originates or has overall responsibility
for environmental matters for the company, and, the written authorization
is submitted to the Town.
(5)
For the purposes of obtaining a sewer connection or sewer modification
permit, an authorized representative shall be:
(a)
The owner of the property.
(b)
An agent authorized by the property owner to perform the work
indicated on the permit application.
BOD5 (denoting "five-day biochemical
oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. (68° F.) expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal beginning 30 inches outside the building
wall.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the USEPA in accordance with Section 307(B) and (C) of the Clean
Water Act (22 U.S.C. § 1347), which applies to a specific
category of industrial users.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water,
sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining
at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature.
COMMISSION
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the Albany County
Water Purification District.
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of Public Works of the Town of Colonie.
COOLING WATER
The water discharges from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. Cooling water
shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD5 or suspended solids in excess of 10 parts per million
by weight or toxic substances as limited elsewhere herein.
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
Any county sanitary sewer district as created, altered or
modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
The trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators,
water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other
appurtenant structures owned and operated by the Albany County Water
Purification District.
DILUTION
The process of decreasing the concentration of a substance
in a solution or mixture through the introduction of additional solvent
or other substance.
DIRECTOR
The Executive Director of the Albany County Water Purification
District.
FOOD WASTES
Organic waste from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling and storage
and sale of produce.
GARBAGE
All refuse other than industrial wastes or effluents.
HEALTH OFFICER
The duly appointed Commissioner of Health of Albany County.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user who discharges waste from an industrial manufacturing
process as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade 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.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the operation of the Town
or County sewerage system or water pollution control plant that causes
alone, or in conjunction with discharges by other sources, a violation
of any requirement of the Town's or County's SPDES discharge
permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation)
or which prevents sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with
the following statutory provisions and regulation or permits issued
thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations): Section
405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource
Conservation and Recovery ACT (RCRA), including state regulations
contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to
Subtitle D of the SWDA; the Clean Air Act (CAA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, which, when analyzed,
show by weight the following characteristics:
(1)
Five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5): 2,090 pounds per million gallons (250 milligrams per liter) or
less.
(2)
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(3)
Total suspended solids (TSS): 2,500 pounds per million gallons
(300 milligrams per liter) or less.
(4)
Total phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(5)
Total ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(6)
Total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN): 417 pounds per million gallons
(50 milligrams per liter) or less.
(7)
Chemical oxygen demand (COD): 2,920 pounds per million gallons
(350 milligrams per liter) or less.
(8)
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams
per liter) or less.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, eggshells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes
and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes.
PASS THROUGH
Any user's discharge that causes or contributes to a
violation of any requirement of the SPDES discharge permit issued
to the Town or County, including an increase in the magnitude or duration
of a violation.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration
in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity
of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midpoint
of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline
conditions and those below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
PROPERLY SHREDDED FOOD WASTE
Food waste that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in the public sewer to which it is discharged, with no
particle having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated
or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
including apartment houses and hotels, office buildings, factories
or institutions and free from stormwater, cooling water, surface water,
industrial wastes and other wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of "sewage," as above defined, with industrial
wastes or other wastes also shall be considered "sewage" within the
meaning of this definition.
SEWAGE SURCHARGE
The demand payment for the use of the County sewerage system
and/or Town sewerage system for handling the 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.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER DISTRICT
The Town of Colonie sewer improvement area as created, altered
or modified by action of the Town Board of the Town of Colonie.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting
wastewater to and away from the Town and/or County wastewater treatment
plants.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
Any user of the Town of Colonie sewerage system that meets
any one or more of the following criteria:
(1)
Is subject to national categorical pretreatment standards promulgated
by the USEPA under 40 CFR § 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I,
Subchapter N.
(2)
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day, or more, of
process wastewater (excluding sanitary wastewater, noncontact cooling
water, and boiler blowdown) to the Town sewerage system.
(3)
Contributes a discharge that makes up 5% or more of the dry
weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the Town or County water
pollution control plant.
(4)
Contributes a discharge which, in the opinion of the Superintendent
or the Director, has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting
the operation of the Town or County sewerage system or for violating
any pretreatment standard or requirement.
SLUG
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration of sufficient magnitude to cause interference.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration
of any given 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 operation.
STORM SEWER (STORM DRAIN)
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters
and other unpolluted waters.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent, or authorized deputy, agent, or representative,
of the Town of Colonie Department of Public Works Division of Pure
Waters.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by flotation,
skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater.
TOWN
The Town of Colonie and the lands contained therein.
TOWN BOARD
The legally constituted Town Board of the Town of Colonie.
TOWN SEWERAGE SYSTEM
The trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators,
water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other
appurtenant structures owned and operated by the Town of Colonie.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous
to sewerage maintenance or operation personnel, tend to interfere
with any biological sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard
to human beings or animals or inhibit aquatic life or create a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage
treatment plant.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the discharge
of wastewater to the Town sewerage system.