As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated.
303(D) LIST
A list of all surface waters in the state for which beneficial
uses of the water (drinking, recreation, aquatic habitat, and industrial
use) are impaired by pollutants, prepared periodically by the DEC
as required by Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. Such 303(d)
listed waters are estuaries, lakes, and streams that fall short of
state surface water quality standards and are not expected to improve
within the next two years.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general
good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational
practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices
to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly
to stormwater, receiving waters, or stormwater conveyance systems.
BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices
to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal,
or drainage from raw materials storage.
BMPS
Best management practices.
CLEAN WATER ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
An activity requiring authorization under the SPDES permit
for stormwater discharges from construction activity, GP-02-01, as
amended or revised. These activities include construction projects
resulting in land disturbance of one or more acres. Such activities
include, but are not limited to, clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating,
and demolition.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
EPA
The federal Environmental Protection Agency.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination
thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical,
chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly
contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human
health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated,
stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS
Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface,
which allows an illegal discharge to enter the MS4, including, but
not limited to:
(1)
Any conveyances which allow any nonstormwater discharge including
treated or untreated sewage, process wastewater, and wash water, to
enter the MS4 and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor
drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had
been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by an authorized enforcement
agency; or
(2)
Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial
land use to the MS4 which has not been documented in plans, maps,
or equivalent records and approved by an authorized enforcement agency.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE
Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the MS4,
except as exempted in this chapter.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
An on site sewage treatment system generally found in an
area without public sewers, commonly consisting of a septic tank,
leaching facilities and/or other appurtenant components, that serves
a single residence or building.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
An activity requiring an SPDES permit for discharges from
industrial activities except construction, GP-98-03, as amended or
revised.
MS4
Municipal Separate Stormwater System.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORMWATER SYSTEM
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains):
(1)
Owned or operated by the Village;
(2)
Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater;
(3)
Which is not a combined sewer; and
(4)
Which is not part of a publicly owned treatment works as defined
at 40 CFR 122.2.
NYCRR
New York Code, Rules, and Regulations.
PERSON
Any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm,
corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either
the owner or as the owner's agent.
POLLUTANT
Dredged spoil, filter backwash, solid waste, incinerator
residue, treated or untreated sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions,
chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat,
wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, and industrial, municipal,
agricultural waste and ballast discharged into water; which may cause
or reasonably be expected to cause pollution of the waters of the
state in contravention of pertinent standards promulgated by the federal
government, the state, the Village, or any other municipality or department
thereof, having legal jurisdiction to impose such standards.
PREMISES
Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether
improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
SMO
The Stormwater Management Officer.
SPDES
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
(1)
DISCHARGE COMPLIANCE WITH WATER QUALITY STANDARDSA condition that applies when the Village has been notified that the discharge of stormwater authorized under its MS4 permit may have caused or has the reasonable potential to cause or contribute to the violation of an applicable water quality standard. Under this condition, the Village must take necessary actions to ensure future discharges do not cause or contribute to a violation of water quality standards.
(2)
LISTED WATERSTERS — A condition in the Village's MS4 permit that applies when the MS4 discharges to a 303(d) listed water. Under this condition, the stormwater management program must ensure no increase of the listed pollutant of concern to the 303(d) listed water.
(3)
TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD STRATEGYA condition in the Village's MS4 permit where a TMDL, including requirements for control of stormwater discharges, has been approved by the EPA for a water body or watershed into which the MS4 discharges. If the discharge from the MS4 did not meet the TMDL stormwater allocations prior to September 10, 2003, the Village shall modify its stormwater management program to ensure that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the TMDL is achieved.
(4)
A condition in the Village's MS4 permit that applies if
a TMDL is approved in the future by the EPA for any water body or
watershed into which an MS4 discharges. Under such condition the Village
shall review the applicable TMDL to see if it includes requirements
for control of stormwater discharges. If an MS4 does not meet the
TMDL stormwater allocations, the Village shall, within six months
of the TMDL's approval, modify its stormwater management program
to ensure that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in
the TMDL is achieved.
STATE
The State of New York.
STORMWATER
Rainwater, surface runoff, snowmelt and drainage.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICER
A designated officer of the Village to enforce this chapter,
to be appointed at the Village annual organizational meeting.
TMDL
Total maximum daily load.
TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD
The maximum amount of a pollutant allowed to be released
into a water body so as not to impair uses of the water, allocated
among the sources of that pollutant.
WASTEWATER
Water that is not stormwater, is contaminated with pollutants,
and is or will be discarded.