The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
ANSI
American National Standards Institute.
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials.
AWWA
American Water Works Association.
BOD
Biochemical oxygen demand.
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations.
CPLR
Civil Practice Law and Rules.
COD
Chemical oxygen demand.
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency.
ICS
Industrial chemical survey.
mg/l
Milligram per liter.
NCPI
National Clay Pipe Institute.
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
NYSDEC
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
NYSDOH
New York State Department of Health.
psi
Pounds per square inch.
POTW
Publicly owned treatment works.
ppm
Parts per million, weight basis.
SIC
Standard Industrial Classification.
SPDES
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
SWDA
Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 690 L, et seq.
USEPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency.
TSS
Total suspended solids.
Unless otherwise stated in the section where the term is used in this
chapter, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as stated below.
When not inconsistent with the context, the present tense shall include the
future, and words used in the plural shall include the singular. Words in
the singular shall include the plural. Furthermore, a masculine pronoun shall
include the feminine. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
ABNORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics of normal
sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics of normal
sewage. (See definition 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.
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 NYSDEC, in the event that the NYSDEC is delegated
approval authority responsibility by the USEPA.
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
The procedures defined as "standard methods" in this chapter, 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 sludges.
ASTM
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated in
this chapter.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
A.
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 is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities
from which the indirect discharge originates.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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.
BUILDER
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any part of
a building, either under contract or for resale.
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 building walls, and conveys it to the building lateral, beginning
at the property line of the street abutting the building or structure.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
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.
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.
COLOR
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance is equivalent
to zero optical density.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer receiving and conveying both stormwater and sewage.
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. The volume frequency and period over
which samples are collected will be established for each user by the Superintendent.
CONNECTION
Attachment of one user to a sewer. (See definition of "extension.")
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
Refers to the 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.
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 Article
VII, "end of pipe" shall mean the control manhole, provided that the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the POTW.
EPA, USEPA or UNITED STATES 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.
EXTENSION
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an existing
sewer line.
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.
FORCE MAIN
A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
GARBAGE
The solid wastes resulting from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food; the handling, storage and sale of produce; and 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 in time.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers,
trailers, septic tanks and vacuum pump tank trucks.
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.
INTERFERENCES
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 Village
POTW's SPDES 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 thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):
(1)
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;
(4)
The Toxic Substance Control Act; and
(5)
The 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 Section 307 (B) and (C) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1347), 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 but not limited to a watercourse, pond, ditch,
lake or other body of surface or groundwater, to the state's waters.
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 the 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, give offense to the senses or obstruct or otherwise interfere
with the reasonable use or maintenance of the POTW.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or duly
authorized official of said Department.
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 who inherited the property at any time and intends to sell the property
or has sold the property to a new owner. This definition shall also include
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. Other wastes shall
also include the discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
waste.
PASS-THROUGH
The discharge which exits the Village POTW into waters of the state
in quantities which, alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources,
are a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's SPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of 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, firm,
company, society, group 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 acidic 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 REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.
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, Section 403.6 (D).
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 (1.27 centimeters) in any
dimension.
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 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 types of chemical toilets, including but not
limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments, institutions
and industries. 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 Board of Trustees of the Village.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, and such ground, surface
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. Therefore, domestic sewage includes both black water and grey water.
(See "sewage, sanitary.")
SEWAGE, NORMAL
A.
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which show, by analysis, the
following characteristics:
(1)
BOD (five day): 2,090 pounds per million gallons (250 milligrams per
liter), or less.
(2)
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams per
liter), or less.
(3)
Phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams per liter),
or less.
(4)
Ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams per liter), or
less.
(5)
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: 417 pounds per million (50 milligrams per liter),
or less.
(6)
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams per liter),
or less.
(7)
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million gallons (350 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(8)
Oil and grease: 830 pounds 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 be considered normal
sewage.
SEWAGE, SANITARY
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including
apartment houses, condominiums, cooperatives 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 or wastewater.
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.
SEWER, COMBINED
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and
sewage.
SEWER, PUBLIC
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights,
and the use of which is controlled by the Village.
SEWER SANITARY
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm-, surface, and ground
waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but
excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling waters and
other unpolluted waters.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violations) meet(s)
one or more of the following criteria:
A.
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those,
in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period,
which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or average limit for
the same pollutant parameter.
B.
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those, in
33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant parameter taken
during a six-month period, which equal or exceed the product of the daily
maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC equals 1.4 for BOD, TSS,
fats, oil and grease; TRC equals 1.2 for all other pollutants).
C.
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily maximum
or long-term average) that the Superintendent determines has caused, alone
or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through (including
endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public).
D.
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Superintendent's exercise of its emergency authority under Article
IX of this chapter.
E.
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement order
for starting construction, completing construction or attaining final compliance.
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 in compliance with compliance schedules.
G.
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance.
H.
Any other violation which the Superintendent determines will adversely
affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
SLUG
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or constituent
concentration sufficient to cause interference. (For reference, see "normal
sewage.") In any event, a discharge of normal sewage which, in concentration
of any 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 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 136, and amendments
thereto, any other procedure approved by the Administrator or any other procedure
approved by the Superintendent, whichever is the most conservative. (If 40
CFR 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant
in question, then procedures set forth in the EPA publication Sampling and
Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants,
April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used.)
STATE
The State of New York.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation
and the flow resulting therefrom.
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to human life or the environment.
SUMP PUMP
A mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Water Pollution Control Department of the
Village or his authorized deputy, agent or representative. The Superintendent
shall be qualified to oversee wastewater treatment, collection, conveyance
and POTW operation in accordance with the requirements of the State of New
York.
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 in water, sewage or other liquids, or are settleable, 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.
TOWN
The Town of North Hempstead.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
A.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, that when discharged
to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous to POTW operation
and maintenance personnel, may tend to interfere with any biological sewage
treatment process or may constitute a hazard to recreation in the receiving
waters due to the effluent from a sewage treatment plant or overflow point.
B.
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)
A.
An industrial user of the Village POTW who is:
(1)
Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards promulgated by
the EPA.
(2)
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with other
industries, on the operation of the treatment works.
(3)
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 sewer system.
(4)
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load of conventional pollutants
received by the POTW treatment plant.
B.
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
is not detectable.
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 of 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.