[Amended 9-12-1984]
The meaning of the terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
ACT or THE ACTThe Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended.
ASTMThe American Society for Testing and Materials.
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")The pollutional strength of a waste expressed in terms of the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING SEWERThe sanitary sewer from a building plumbing system to the public sanitary sewer.
CONCENTRATIONShall refer to the mass of a substance or material per unit volume of liquid. Concentration may be expressed as parts per million of water by weight (ppm) or as milligrams per liter (mg/l).
GARBAGESolid wastes from the preparation, cooking, dispensing, handling, storage or sale of food.
INDUSTRIAL WASTESWater-carried wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRY or INDUSTRIAL USERAny establishment defined as such by the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (latest edition) prepared by the Statistical Documents Division, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of the United States. It shall also include any user which discharges or may accidentally discharge wastewater containing toxic substances, or any substances which cause any interference on upset of the wastewater treatment plant.
[Amended 1978]
The inhibition, upset, or disruption of any of the wastewater treatment plant operations or process which contributes to either a violation of the Town's SPDES permit or causes a nuisance condition within the POTW. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the wastewater treatment plant in accordance with all applicable state and/or federal laws, regulations and guidelines. See 40 CFR 403.3(k) for detailed definition.
LABORATORY DETERMINATIONThe measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes in accordance with the methods contained in the latest edition at the time of any such measurement, test or analyses, of Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Sewage, a joint publication of the American Public Health Association, the American Waterworks Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation or in accordance with any other method prescribed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
LOADINGThe multiplication of a waste constituent concentration times the rate of flow of the liquid carrying the waste times a conversion factor to obtain the units of pounds per day.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or PRETREATMENT STANDARDAny regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(B) and (C) of the Act which applies to a specific category of industrial users. "Pretreatment standards" or "standards" shall mean prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards, and legal limits.
NATURAL OUTLETAny outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NYSDECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
OWNERThe owner or owners of record of the freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, or other person, firm or corporation in control, or person exercising dominion and control over the premises.
PASS-THROUGHA discharge which exits the POTW into water of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NYDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation). [40CFR 403.3(p)]
PERSONAny individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pHThe logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANTAny dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTIONThe man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENTThe reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature 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 obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTSAny substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial user.
PUBLIC SEWERA sewer which carries liquid 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 Town of Newfane. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
SANITARY SEWAGEWater-carried wastes generated by contact with human activity from a residence, business building, and institutional or industrial establishment.
SANITARY SEWERA sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intended to be admitted.
SEWAGEA combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE WORKSAll sewers, interceptors, pumping stations, treatment facilities, outfall conduits, and so forth, employed to collect, transmit, treat and dispose of flows and loading of sanitary sewage.
SEWERA pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER DISTRICTShall refer to any sanitary sewer district created in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Town Law, within the Town of Newfane.
SHALLIs mandatory; "may" is permissive.
SHREDDED GARBAGEThe wastes from the preparation, cooking or 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 greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERAny industrial user of the Town's wastewater disposal system who:
A. Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average work day; or
Has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act of (state) statutes and rules; or
Is found by the Town to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system, the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality, or air emissions generated by the system.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCEAn industrial user whose violation meets one or more of the criteria set forth in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(viii), with the exception of 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(viii)(F) (failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports and reports on compliance with compliance schedules).
SLUGAny discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in any quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes or more than five times the average 24 concentration or flows during normal operation.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAINA sewer which carries storm or surface waters and drainage, but is intended to exclude sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUPERINTENDENTThe person(s) responsible for operating and maintaining the sewage works of the Sewer District, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDSSolids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
SYSTEMAll sewers, interceptors, pumping stations, treatment facilities, outfall conduits, and so forth, employed to collect, transmit, treat and dispose of flows and loading of sanitary sewage.
TOWNThe territorial limits of the Town of Newfane, New York.
WATERCOURSEA channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.