Unless the contents specifically indicate otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five days
at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight or milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of the 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 beginning three feet outside the inner face of the building
wall, and shall mean and include a house sewer or a private sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or to an existing extension from a public sewer when available.
COOLING WATER
The water discharge from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other, but which shall be
free from odor and oil. It shall contain no polluting substances which
would produce BOD or suspended solids each in excess of 10 parts per
million by weight.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Includes any liquid, gaseous, solid or other waste substance
or a combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing,
trade or business or from the development or recovery of any natural
resources, whether pretreated or not.
JOINT SEWAGE BOARD OR BOARD
The Binghamton - Johnson City Joint Sewage Board, established
under the contract between the City of Binghamton and the Village
of Johnson City for the operation of a joint sewage treatment plant.
The term includes any duly authorized designee, agent or representative
of the Board.
MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT GROUP
The staff of technicians at the Endicott sewage treatment
plant, headed by the Village of Endicott Superintendent of Public
Works, who are responsible for administering the industrial/commercial
self-monitoring program, determining compliance with pretreatment
standards and establishing applicable charges and surcharges for industrial
and commercial users within the service area of the Village of Endicott
sewage treatment plant.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
NEW SOURCE
Any source of industrial waste, the construction of which
is commenced after the date of promulgation of a USEPA categorical
pretreatment standard applicable to such source, or within 120 days
following a proposed standard in the Federal Register which is promulgated
within that time frame.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
OTHER WASTES
Includes prohibited discharges such as garbage, refuse, decayed
wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinders, ashes, offal,
tar and all other discarded matter not sewage or industrial waste.
PART
As used in relation to the term "sewer system," includes
all lateral sewers, or all branch sewers, or all interceptor sewers,
or all trunk sewers, any sewage treatment and disposal works, each
part with necessary appurtenances, including sewage pumping stations.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution. It is used to indicate the concentration
of free acid and free alkali.
PLUMBING CODE
This chapter, specifications adopted pursuant thereto, and
the Plumbing Code of the Town of Union, as amended.
POTW
The publicly owned treatment works which include the public
sewers, pumping stations and the Village of Endicott sewage treatment
plant and the Binghamton - Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant.
PRETREATMENT
Preliminary treatment rendered upon industrial or other wastes
prior to discharge to the public sewer system in order to meet prescribed
pollutant limitations.
PRIVATE SEWER
A building sewer and connection or other sewer not controlled
by a municipality or other public authority.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The garbage that has been shredded to such 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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sanitary sewer or storm sewer in which all owners of abutting
properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority
of the Town of Union and/or Village of Endicott.
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
The "Rules and Regulations Relating to the Use of the Binghamton
- Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant," promulgated by the Binghamton
- Johnson City Joint Sewage Board.
SANITARY OR DOMESTIC SEWAGE
The water-carried human or animal wastes from the sanitary
conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels),
office buildings, factories or institutions, and free from storm and
surface waters and industrial wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and to which storm-,
surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE OR WASTEWATER
Includes sanitary or domestic sewage from residences, buildings,
industrial establishments or other places, together with such groundwater
infiltration and surface water as may be present. The admixture of
domestic sewage, as above defined, with industrial waste or other
wastes, as herein defined, also shall be considered "sewage" within
the meaning of this chapter.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage as owned by the Village of Endicott.
SEWER SYSTEM, SEWAGE WORKS, OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Includes all sewer pipes and other appurtenances which are
used or useful in whole or part in connection with the collection,
treatment or disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes
and which are owned, operated or maintained by the Town of Union and/or
the Village of Endicott individually or jointly with other jurisdictions,
Broome County, New York, including sewage pumping stations and sewage
treatment plant.
SLUG
Any water or waste exceeding a concentration greater than
five times the normal sewage and which is greater than five times
the normal sewage and which is discharged continually for a period
longer than 15 minutes.
SPDES PERMIT
A state pollution discharge elimination system permit issued
by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to
an industry or POTW authorizing the discharge of wastewaters therefrom
into the waters of the State of New York.
SPECIAL PERMIT
A conditional permit issued by the Commissioner of Public
Works with the consent of the Endicott Superintendent of Public Works
to an industry or other establishment authorizing the discharge of
unpolluted waters or other prohibited wastes into the public sewer
system. Such consent shall be reflected by the affixing of signatures
of both officials on the permit for validation, and copies shall be
kept on file in the office of both the Town of Union and the Village
of Endicott.
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
A pipe or conduit which carries storm- and surface water
and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes. It may, however,
carry cooling water or other unpolluted waters.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Superintendent and/or his authorized deputies, agents
or representatives of the Village of Endicott responsible for the
operation and maintenance of the sewage treatment plant under the
provisions of the Environmental Conservation Law and the SPDES permit
issued to the village thereunder.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Those solids that either float on the surface of or are in
suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable
by laboratory filtration.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
USER
Any person, enterprise, establishment or owner using or required
to connect to the sewer system, whether tax exempt or not.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a natural flow of water occurs, either
continuously or intermittently.