As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., as currently
in effect and as hereafter amended from time to time.
APPROVED
Acceptable to the Superintendent. Town Engineer and/or other
AHJ.
AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION (AHJ)
An organization, office or individual responsible for enforcing
the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment,
materials, an installation, or a procedure.
BUILDING SEWER
A plumbing system used to convey sewage from a building or
structure containing sanitary facilities that begins from the exterior
face of the building's exterior wall to the public sewer, grinder
pump or other place of disposal.
CONNECTION
Attachment of one user to a public sewer.
COUNTY
Yates County, New York.
DISTRICT
The sewer districts and extensions that are established in
the Town.
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.
GRINDER PUMP
A pump specifically designed for the grinding of sewage solids
and pumping of the resulting slurry through a pressurized service
to the public force main or sewer.
INDUSTRIAL
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce,
trade, business, or institution, and is distinguished from domestic
or residential.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A discharger to the public sewer who discharges non-domestic
sewage.
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, storm waters,
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.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
ORDER TO REMEDY
An order issued by the Superintendent pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this chapter.
OWNER
Any person, agent, operator, firm or business entity having
a legal or equitable interest in the property as recorded in the official
records of the county as holding title to the property.
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.
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
An individual who is licensed professional engineer (PE)
in accordance with Article 145 of the Education Law of NYS, as currently
in effect and as hereafter amended from time to time.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal rights and which is controlled by a public authority.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rules and/or regulations adopted by the Town Board covering
the installation, operation and use of the sewage works.
SANITARY FACILITY
A water closet (a.k.a., toilet), urinal, lavatory (a.k.a.,
sink), bathtub or shower, drinking fountain, slop sink, utility sink,
or other similar type of plumbing fixture, or a combination thereof.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and
such ground, surface, and storm water 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 WORKS
All facilities and their associated appurtenances for collecting,
pumping, transmission, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER DISTRICT
Sewer district and extensions thereto established and administered
in accordance with Article 12 of the Town Law of NYS and/or any other
applicable law.
SEWER RENTS
A scale of unit method of annual charges established and
imposed in the district on the basis of equivalent single-house units
(hereinafter referred to as "units") for the use of the sewage works
or any part or parts thereof.
SEWER SANITARY
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm, surface,
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
An industrial user of the district who is:
A.
Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment
Standards promulgated by the EPA; or
B.
Having substantial impact, either
singly or in combination with other industries, on the operation of
the sewage treatment plant; or
C.
Using, on an annual basis, more than
10,000 pounds 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 public sewer; or
D.
Discharging more than 5% of the flow
or load of conventional pollutants received by the sewage treatment
plant.
SPDES PERMITTEE
This term shall bear the same meaning as "permittee" as defined
in 6 NYCRR Part 750 Environmental Conservation Law (ECL).
STOP WORK ORDER
An order issued pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this chapter.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
SUPERINTENDENT
That individual appointed by the Town Board as the Sewer
Superintendent. This definition shall also include his/her/their authorized
deputy, agent, or representative.
TOWN
The Town of Milo, New York.
TOWN LAW OF NYS
The Town Law of NYS, as currently in effect and as hereafter
amended from time to time.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to the sewage treatment plant as well as its operation and maintenance
personnel, tend to interfere with any biological sewage treatment
process, or to constitute a hazard to recreation in the receiving
waters, due to the effluent from a sewage treatment plant or overflow
point. This definition shall also include any pollutant or combination
of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA
under provisions of CWA 307 (A), or other acts.
UNAPPROVED WASTE
FOG, garbage (shredded or unshredded), rubbish, refuse, wood,
eggshells, seafood shells, coffee grounds, diapers, cleaning wipes,
flushable wipes, sanitary napkins, tampons, sawdust, shavings, cat/kitten
litter, bark, sand, lime, ashes, and/or all other discarded matter
that is not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes as determined
by the Superintendent. Town Engineer and/or an AHJ.
UNIFORM CODE
This term shall bear the same meaning as "Uniform Code" that
is defined in the Building Construction and Fire Prevention Law of
the Town, as currently in effect and as hereafter amended from time
to time.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of sewage into the public sewer.
WATER QUALITY PROTECTION ZONE 1
This term shall bear the same meaning as "water quality protection
zone 1" that is defined in the KWIC Polices and Procedures Manual.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
WATERSHED INSPECTOR
This term shall bear the same meaning as "Watershed Inspector"
that is defined in the On-Site Wastewater Treatment System Law of
the Town, as currently in effect and as hereafter amended from time
to time.
ZONING LAW
The Zoning Law of the Town, as currently in effect and as hereafter amended from time
to time.