For the purposes of this article, the terms used herein are
defined as follows:
ABNORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics
of 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.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 200° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Sea Cliff or such
other persons or board as may be appointed by the Board of Trustees.
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 walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building
wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called "house connection" or "building
lateral."
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater
or surface water.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The Building Inspector of the Village of Sea Cliff, or such
other person designated by the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Sea Cliff, or the authorized deputy, agent, or representative of either.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
GARBAGE
The solid wastes, including animal and vegetable waste, resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial or commercial establishment with a classification
as designated in the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual,"
in the most current edition, as published by the Executive Office
of the President and who utilizes the services of the Village's
sewer system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes or sewage.
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.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen-ions, in grams, per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a
hydrogen-ion concentration of 10-7.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of a municipal system which is designed to provide
treatment (including recycling and reclamation) wastes received by
the municipal system.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount 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 processes, process
changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403, General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
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, with no particle having a dimension greater than 1/2
inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292). Includes any sewers that convey wastewater
to the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances
not connected to a facility providing treatment.
ROOF DRAIN
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
SANITARY SEWAGE
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
wastes and other wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwaters, and surface
waters that are not admitted intentionally.
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 mixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial
wastes and other wastes shall also be considered sewage within the
meaning of this definition.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
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. Domestic sewage includes
both black water and grey water.
SEWAGE, NORMAL
A.
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
(1)
BOD (five-day): 250 milligrams per liter or less.
(2)
Suspended solids: 240 milligrams per liter or less.
(3)
Phosphorus: 50 milligrams per liter or less.
(4)
Ammonia: 30 milligrams per liter or less.
(5)
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen: 50 milligrams per liter or less.
(6)
Total Nitrogen: 40 milligrams per liter or less.
(7)
Chlorine demand: 15 milligrams per liter or less.
(8)
Chemical oxygen demand: 350 milligrams per liter or less.
(9)
Oil and grease: 100 milligrams per liter or less.
B.
Despite satisfying one or more of these characteristics, if
the sewage also contains substances of concern, it may not be considered
normal sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
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 SYSTEM (also POTW)
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting
wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
SLUG
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
SPDES
The State Pollution Discharge Elimination System established
by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of
New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges to the waters
of the state.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" and referred
to as nonfilterable residue.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to the
sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, 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 natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
Floatable oil and sand interceptors, including grease traps, shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Enforcement Officer, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable oil in excessive amounts, as specified in §
103-29B(1), or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors and grease traps shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Enforcement Officer and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors and grease traps, the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates, and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Enforcement Officer. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner's personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided
or required for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at the owner's
expense.
The Enforcement Officer may require a user of sewer services
to provide information needed to determine compliance with this chapter.
These requirements may include:
A. Wastewater discharge peak rate and volume over a specified time period.
B. Chemical analysis of wastewaters.
C. Information on raw materials, processes, and products affecting wastewater
volume and quality.
D. Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent
or other materials important to sewer use control.
E. A plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing sewer and
pretreatment facility location.
F. Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
G. Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials
through spills to the municipal sewer.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall
be determined in accordance with the standards and methods applied
by Nassau County. Sampling methods, locations, times, durations and
frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject to
approval by the Enforcement Officer.