As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean and
include:
ABNORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of these characteristics
of normal sewage. See "normal sewage."
ACT or "THE ACT"
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.,
as may be amended.
ADMINISTRATOR
The Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
AMMONIA
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
APPLICANT
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NYSDEC is delegated approval
authority responsibility by the USEPA.
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 sludge.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
A.
Principal executive officer of at least the level of Vice President,
if the industrial user is a corporation;
B.
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
C.
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
above, if such representative irresponsible for the overall operation
of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Village Board of the Village of Bloomfield or as appointed
by the Village Board convened as a Board of Health.
BOD, DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
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 (OR SEWER)
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.
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.
COD, DENOTING CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
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.
COLOR
The optical density at the visual wavelength of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water; 100% transmittance is equivalent to zero
optical density.
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any liquid, solid, gaseous or other waste substance, or a
combination thereof, resulting directly or indirectly from any process
or operation of industry manufacturing, trade or business, or resulting
from the development and recovery of any natural resources which causes,
may cause, or may reasonably be expected to cause pollution of the
waters in the Village of Bloomfield or its tributaries or outlets.
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 CHARGE (TAP FEE)
The one-time application fee to offset Village expenses to
process an application for a connection of a building/street lateral
to the public sewer. 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 Village has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions
of 40 CFR 403.11.
CONTROL MANHOLE
A manhole accessible to the control authority in or upstream
of the street lateral, such that samples collected from the manhole
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
Ontario County, the county in which the Village is located.
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. (For reference, see "indirect
discharge.")
DRY SEWERS
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to a 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 Section 902, "end of pipe" shall mean the control manhole, provided
the samples collected from the control manhole are representative
of the discharge to the POTW.
EPA, USEPA, or U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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.
FIXTURES
A waste drain from each sink, water closet, urinal, shower
or tub or any other structure draining from any premises into said
sewer system.
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 at one
point and time.
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 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 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.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources:
A.
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations,
or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and
B.
Therefore, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the
POTW's NPDES 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 there under (or more stringent state
or local regulations):
(1)
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;
(2)
The 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') of the SWDA;
(4)
Toxic Substance Control Act; and
(5)
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
LATERAL, BUILDING
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street
lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
LATERAL, STREET
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property
line, national categorical pretreatment standard, or categorical standard.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by
the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act [33
U.S.C. § 1317(b) and (c)], which applies to a specific category
of industrial users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical
process ("end of process").
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to the state's waters.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Any building constructed or placed on an undeveloped site
and requiring a new wastewater system and currently not utilizing
a wastewater system.
NEW OWNER
That individual or entity who purchased property within the
service area of the Village after the effective date of this chapter.
NEW SOURCE
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307(c)
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which
will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated.
NEW USER
A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
NUISANCE
The use or lack of use of the POTW in such a manner so as
to endanger life or health, or give offense to the senses, 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, or inherited the property at any time and who 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, eggshells,
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.
PART
As used in relation to the term "sewer system," all lateral
sewers or all branch sewers or all interception sewers or all trunk
sewer and each part with necessary appurtenances, including pumping
stations.
PASS THROUGH
The discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with
discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement
of the POTW's SPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration or 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, 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.
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 TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater, and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
PRETREATMENT (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 a POTW. The reduction
or alteration can be achieved by physical, chemical, or biological
process, process changes, or by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial
user.
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA, in accordance with the Act.
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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned, in this instance, by the
Village. This definition includes any sewers and appurtenances that
transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include
pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected directly or indirectly
to a facility providing treatment.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
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, industries, and 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 Village Board.
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.
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. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
SEWAGE, NORMAL
A.
Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
(1)
BOD (five-day): 2,500 lbs. per million gallons (300 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(2)
Suspended solids: 2,500 lbs. per million gallons (300 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(3)
Phosphorus: 125 lbs. per million gallons (15 milligrams per
liter) or less.
(4)
Ammonia: 250 lbs. per million gallons (30 milligrams per liter)
or less.
(5)
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: 417 lbs. per million (50 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(6)
Chlorine demand: 209 lbs. per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(7)
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 lbs. per million gallons (350
milligrams per liter) or less.
(8)
Oil and grease: 830 lbs. per million gallons (100 milligrams
per liter) or less.
B.
In spite of satisfying one or more of these characteristics,
if the sewage also contains substances of concern, it may not considered
normal sewage.
SEWAGE, SANITARY
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories,
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial,
and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
SEWER RENTS
A scale of quarterly charges established and imposed in the
Village of Bloomfield for the use of the sewer system or any part
or parts thereof.
SEWER, COMBINED
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
SEWER, PUBLIC
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights, and the use of which is controlled by the Village.
SEWER, SANITARY
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
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.")
SEWERAGE SYSTEM (ALSO POTW)
All sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are used or
useful in whole or in part in connection with the collections of sewerages,
water, industrial waste and other wastes and which are owned, operated
or maintained by the Village of Bloomfield, including sewage pumping
stations operated or maintained by said Village.
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.
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," published by the American
Public Health Association, procedures established by the Administrator,
pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR Part 136, and amendments thereto
(if 40 CFR Part 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.
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 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
That individual appointed by the Village Board as the Superintendent.
Such an individual shall be qualified to oversee water treatment and
distribution and POTW operations. This definition shall also include
his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
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 sediment, 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.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to sewer maintenance personnel, tends to interfere with any biological
sewage treatment process, or constitutes 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 EPA under provisions of
CWA 307(a) or other acts.
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 Village POTW who is:
A.
Subject to national categorical pretreatment standards promulgated
by the EPA;
B.
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with
other industries, on the operation of the treatment works;
C.
Using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 lbs. or 1,000 gallons
of raw material containing priority pollutants and/or substances of
concern and discharging a measurable quantity of these pollutants
to the sewer system;
D.
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load of conventional
pollutants received by the POTW treatment plant.
*Note: A user discharging a measurable quantity of a pollutant
may be classified as nonsignificant if, at the influent to the POTW
treatment plant, the pollutant from all users is not detectable.
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VILLAGE
The Village of Bloomfield, as incorporated on June 1, 1990.
VOLUME CHARGE (USER CHARGE)
The demand sewer use charge which is based, in part or wholly, on the volume of normal sewage discharged into the POTW (there may be surcharges, as provided for in Article
XII). The volume charge shall be based on a specific cost per 100 cubic feet or per 11,000 gallons. The specific charge shall be subject to approval by the Village Board. The moneys so obtained shall be used for current operation and maintenance, for retirement of bonded indebtedness, and for funding of capital projects of the POTW. The basis of volume charge calculations shall be made available to the public, on demand, as provided in Article
XIII. The volume charge shall be recalculated annually, as well as the surcharge rates.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewaters
from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities,
and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and
stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow or water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
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.