The Town of Chester is concerned about the dumping, spreading and/or
application of sludge on lands within the Town of Chester. Areas of the Town
are not served by public or community water supply systems and the Town Board
wishes to take steps to ensure the protection of the wells which supply domestic
drinking water to homes and other improvements within the Town of Chester
by prohibiting the dumping or spreading of sludge brought into the Town of
Chester.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
SLUDGE
Any solid, semisolid and/or liquid wastes generated from a municipal,
commercial or industrial wastewater plant, water supply treatment plant or
air pollution control facility, and shall include the contents of a septic
tank, cesspool or other industrial sewer treatment facility which receives
domestic sewage wastes, as well as the accumulated semisolids deposited from
wastewaters from municipal or private sewage plants.
TOWN BOARD
The Town Board of the Town of Chester, Orange County, New York.
The dumping or spreading of sludge generated from sources outside of
the unincorporated area of the Town of Chester, including the application
of sludge on any lands in the Town of Chester is hereby prohibited.