[Adopted 2-9-1977]
This article shall be known and be cited as
the "Port Washington Water Pollution Control District Sewer Use Ordinance."
Definitions of terms used in this Article are
as follows:
The quantity of oxygen by weight, expressed in milligrams
per liter, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter
under standard laboratory conditions for five days at a temperature
of 20º C. as determined by appropriate procedures described in
the definition of "standard methods."
The Board of Commissioners of the Port Washington Water Pollution
Control District.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a 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 five feet outside the inner face of the building walls.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called "house connection."
The measure of chemically decomposable material in domestic
or industrial wastewater as represented by the oxygen utilized as
determined by the appropriate procedure described in the definition
of "standard methods."
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to a
wastewater sample and the amount remaining at the end of a thirty-minute
period as determined by the procedure given in the definition of "standard
methods."
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or
surface water.
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal
coliform bacteria.
A combination of individual (or continuously taken) samples
obtained at regular intervals over the entire discharge day. The volume
of each sample shall be proportional to the discharge flow rate. For
a continuous discharge, a minimum of 24 individual grab samples (at
hourly intervals) shall be collected and combined to constitute a
twenty-four-hour composite sample. For intermittent discharges of
four to eight hours' duration, grab samples shall be taken at a minimum
of thirty-minute intervals. For intermittent discharges of less than
four hours' duration, grab samples shall be taken at a minimum of
fifteen-minute intervals.
Any person that discharges or causes a discharge to a public
sewer.
The Port Washington Water Pollution Control District in the
Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
The water-carried wastes produced from noncommercial or nonindustrial
activities and which result from normal living processes.
Solid wastes from domestic and commercial preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of
produce.
An individual sample collected in less than 15 minutes.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant as defined
above.
All water-carried wastes and wastewater of the district,
excluding domestic wastewater and unpolluted water, and includes all
wastewater from any producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional,
commercial, agricultural or other operation where the wastewater discharged
includes significant quantities of wastes of nonhuman origin.
An industrial user of the district-owned wastewater facilities
that:
Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average
workday.
Has a flow of greater than 5% of the flow carried
by the district wastewater facilities receiving the waste.
Has in its wastewater a toxic pollutant in toxic
amounts as defined in standards issued under § 307(a) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.
Is found by the permit-issuance authority, in
conjunction with the issuance of an NPDES permit to the district wastewater
treatment plant receiving the wastewater, to have significant impact,
either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on that wastewater treatment plant or upon the quality of effluent
from that wastewater treatment plant.
A weight-to-volume ratio which, when multiplied by the factor
8.34, shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons of water;
parts per million parts (ppm).
Any outlet, including storm sewers, into a watercourse, pond,
ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
Any permit or equivalent document or requirement issued to
regulate the discharge of pollutants from point sources into the navigable
waters, the contiguous zone and the ocean by the Administrator of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to §§ 402
and 405 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.
Includes any corporation, organization, government or governmental
subdivision or agency, business, trust, partnership, association,
individual or other legal entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction
into the wastewater facilities.
Garbage that has 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.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by the district.
Domestic wastewater.
A sewer which carries wastewater and to which storm-, surface
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Wastewater.
A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater or drainage water.
Any discharge of wastewater which, in concentration of any
given 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 of flows during normal operation and shall adversely
affect the collection system and/or the performance of the wastewater
treatment plant.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
latest edition, at the time of analysis, of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, as prepared, approved and published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water
Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
A sewer for conveying stormwater from street runoff and other
drainage areas, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water
and into which domestic and industrial wastewaters are not intentionally
passed.
Water which results from precipitation, such as rain or snow,
and runs off or drains away during or after such precipitation.
Solids, measured in milligrams per liter (mg/l), that either
float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, wastewater
or other liquids and which are largely removable by a laboratory filtration
device in accordance with the procedure described in the definition
of "standard methods."
Any wasted water of the district not contaminated or polluted
with wastewater and which is suitable for discharge to the municipal
stormwater drainage system. "Unpolluted water" shall be water containing
the following:
No free or emulsified grease or oil.
No acids or alkalis.
No phenols or other substances producing taste
or odor in receiving waters.
No toxic or poisonous substances in suspension,
colloidal state or solution.
No noxious or otherwise obnoxious or odorous
gases.
Not more than 10 milligrams per liter each of
suspended solids and BOD.
Color not exceeding 15 units as measured by
the platinum-cobalt method of determination or specified in the definition
of "standard methods."
Rejected, unused or superfluous substances in liquid, gaseous
or solid state resulting from domestic, agricultural or industrial
activities.
The spent water of the district. From the standpoint of sources,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
A network of wastewater collection, conveyance, treatment
and disposal facilities interconnected by sewers and owned by the
district.
Any district-owned facility, devices and structures used
for the receiving, processing and treating of wastewater.
Any natural or man-made channel in which a flow of water
occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit
or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on any property
owned by the Port Washington Water Pollution Control District any
human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet
within the Port Washington Water Pollution Control District or in
any area under the jurisdiction of said district any wastewater or
other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been approved
by the Board of Commissioners.
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful
to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool
or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
D.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes,
situated within the district and abutting on any street, alley or
right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be
located a public sanitary sewer of the district, is hereby required
at the expense of the owner(s) to install suitable toilet facilities
therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public
sewer in accordance with the provisions of this article, within 180
days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public
sewer is within 100 feet of the property line.
A.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of § 123-5D, the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this section.
B.
Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater
disposal system, the owner(s) shall first obtain a written permit
signed by the Board of Commissioners. The application for such permit
shall be made on a form furnished by the district, which the applicant
shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information
deemed necessary by the Board. A permit and inspection fee in the
amount stated on the application form shall be paid to the district
at the time the application is filed.
C.
A permit for a private wastewater disposal system
shall not become effective until the installation is completed to
the satisfaction of the Board. The Board or its authorized representative
shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction,
and in any event the applicant for the permit shall notify the Board
or its authorized representative when the work is ready for final
inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection
shall be made within 72 hours of the receipt of notice to the Board
or its authorized representative.
D.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private
wastewater disposal system shall comply with all the requirements
of the Nassau County Department of Health and all other regulating
agencies having jurisdiction thereover. No septic tank shall be permitted
to discharge to any natural outlet.
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided in § 123-5D, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within 180 days in compliance with this article, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material.
F.
The owner(s) shall operate and maintain the private
wastewater disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times at
no expense to the district.
G.
No statement contained in this section shall be construed
to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed
by the Nassau County Department of Health, the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
A.
No unauthorized person(s) shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sanitary sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written
permit from the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative.
B.
All applications to construct, install, alter, replace,
modify or change a building sewer shall be made and submitted to the
district in writing, upon the form provided for such purpose by the
district.
C.
The permit fee, in the amount stated on the application
form, shall accompany such application.
D.
No permit to connect to the public sanitary sewer
will be issued until a finished roof is on the building and the cellar
plumbing is in place and inspected by the Board or its authorized
representative and the cellar floor completed.
E.
No work shall be commenced on the building sewer until
the permit applied for has been issued by the district, and in any
event such commencement shall be preceded by three days' notice to
the district of intent to commence.
F.
The owner shall obtain all necessary permits to open
any highway for the connection to the public sewer and shall be responsible
for all damage to persons or property occasioned by such opening.
Pavement replacement shall conform to the requirements of the authority
having jurisdiction over said pavement.
G.
No person shall discharge or continue to discharge
to any public sewer any wastewater which includes or consists of industrial
wastewater without first making application in writing, on forms provided
by the district, to make such discharge.
A.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation
and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s).
The owner(s) shall indemnify the district for any loss or damage that
may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the
building sewer.
C.
Only those persons licensed to perform plumbing in
the municipal subdivision above listed and supplying to the Board
a plumber's bond as approved by the Board shall be authorized to perform
such plumbing and/or make connections to the public sewer.
D.
The point of connection to the public sanitary sewer
shall be as designated by the Board or its authorized representative.
The building sewer shall be run directly from said point to the wastewater
outlet of the connected building.
E.
The building sewer shall be constructed of extra-heavy
cast-iron pipe with lead-caulked joints throughout or cement asbestos
pipe with approved joint. All joints shall be watertight. The building
sewer shall be a minimum of five inches in diameter.
F.
No part of the building sewer shall be covered with
backfill until it has been inspected by a representative of the district.
The actual connection to the public sewer or manhole of the district
shall be made only in the presence of and in the manner directed by
said representative.
G.
All excavation and backfilling adjacent to any part
of the public sewer system shall be done by hand labor and the trench
backfill shall be hand tamped to a depth of two feet over the top
of the pipe. All backfilling more than two feet above the pipe shall
be solidly compacted by mechanical tamping or other approved methods
as the work progresses in six-inch lifts.
H.
When determined by a representative of the district,
shoring or sheeting shall be installed in the building sewer excavation
as approved by such representative, and if he shall also determine,
such shoring or sheeting shall be left in place and cut off two feet
below the surface of the ground.
I.
When, in the opinion of the Board of Commissioners,
any extraordinary conditions exist, the Board shall determine the
specifications and methods under which sewer connections shall be
made or building sewers installed.
A.
No waste introduced into the district-owned wastewater
facilities shall interfere with the operations of the facilities.
B.
Specifically, the following wastes, wastewaters and
substances shall not be discharged into any building sewer or any
portion of the wastewater facilities of the district.
(1)
Stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, unpolluted cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process water.
(2)
Quantities of flow or concentrations, or both, which
constitute a slug, as defined herein.
(3)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(4)
Any water containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any waste treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment
plant or cause the effluent from such plant not to meet state, interstate
or federal requirements for the receiving waters.
(5)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.5 or having a corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the wastewater
facilities.
(6)
Solid or viscous substances in such quantities or
of such size as to be capable of causing obstruction to the flow in
sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the wastewater
facilities, such as but not limited to ashes, bones, cinders, sand,
mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics,
wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole
or ground by garbage grinders.
(7)
Wastewater having a temperature higher than 150º
F.
(8)
Wastewater containing more than 25 milligrams per
liter of petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oils or product of
mineral oil origin.
(9)
Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable
oils, fat or grease.
(10)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. Garbage
grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels, institutions,
restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments or similar places
where garbage originates from the preparation of food in kitchens
for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when served by caterers.
(11)
Any noxious and/or malodorous solids, liquids or gases
which alone or by reaction with other substances will create a public
nuisance or hazard to persons or prevent entry to the wastewater facilities
of the district by district personnel or personnel of public emergency
forces.
(12)
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Board or
its authorized representative in compliance with applicable state
or federal regulations.
(13)
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not
amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes
employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the
wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of
other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving
waters.
(14)
Any waters or wastes which, by interaction with other
waters or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases,
form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system or
create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes.
(15)
Any wastewater containing more than 100 milligrams
per liter of vegetable or animal-based fats, oils or grease.
(16)
Any industrial wastewater having a color or an intensity
in excess of 1,000 milligrams per liter. In testing such intensity,
samples shall be diluted with distilled water to bring the range within
10 to 50 parts per million and judged on a basis of "intensity" or
transmission of light rather than "true color" (platinum-cobalt standard).
(17)
Any wastes from gasoline or diesel engine cleaning
operations.
(18)
Paints, paint solvents or paint wastes.
(19)
Any plating bath wastes, formaldehyde and carbide
wastes.
(20)
Wastewaters containing over 2.0 milligrams per liter
of hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide or any halogen.
(21)
Substances having a flash point lower than 187º
F.
(22)
Any water added for the purpose of diluting wastes
which would otherwise exceed applicable maximum concentration limitations.
In addition to the requirements under § 123-9, the following pretreatment limits shall be met by all dischargers to the district wastewater facilities:
A.
In addition to the prohibitions set forth in § 123-9, the pretreatment standard for incompatible pollutants introduced into the district wastewater facilities shall be, for sources within an industrial, commercial or institutional category, that established by the promulgated effluent limitations guideline defining best practicable control technology currently available pursuant to §§ 301(b) and 304(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. Industrial, commercial and institutional dischargers shall also comply with the requirements of §§ 204(b), 307 and 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972.
B.
In no case shall the following limitations be exceeded
by any discharge to the district wastewater facilities:
|
Parameter
|
Limit
(mg/l)
|
|---|---|
|
Chlorine demand (30 minutes)
|
15
|
|
Total dissolved solids
|
1,000
|
|
Nitrogen (total)*
|
20
|
|
Phosphorous (total)
|
50
|
|
Sulfide
|
2.0
|
|
Chloride
|
500
|
|
Cyanide (total)
|
0.1
|
|
Fluoride
|
18.0
|
|
Aluminum (total)
|
1.2
|
|
Arsenic
|
0.25
|
|
Barium
|
2.0
|
|
PCB
|
1.0 (PPB)
|
|
Cadmium (total)
|
0.1
|
|
Chromium (hexavalent)
|
0.05
|
|
Chromium (total)
|
0.25
|
|
Copper (total)
|
0.4
|
|
Iron (total)
|
1.5
|
|
Lead (total)
|
0.1
|
|
Manganese (total)
|
2.0
|
|
Mercury (total)
|
0.10
|
|
Nickel (total)
|
2.0
|
|
Selenium (total)
|
0.10
|
|
Silver (total)
|
1.05
|
|
Sodium (total)
|
500
|
|
Zinc (total)
|
0.6
|
|
Phenols (total)
|
0.5
|
*Note: By definition, total nitrogen
shall include the cumulative concentrations of organic nitrogen, ammonia
nitrogen, nitrite nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen.
C.
Toxic chemicals defined in the regulations promulgated
pursuant to, § 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act Amendments of 1972 shall not be discharged into the district-owned
wastewater facilities in concentrations in excess of those permitted
in said regulation.
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed
to be discharged to the wastewater facilities which, in the judgment
of the Board or its authorized representative, may have a deleterious
effect on the wastewater facilities, processes, equipment or receiving
waters or may result in the contravention of the effluent requirements
of the NPDES permit for the district wastewater treatment plant, or
which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance,
the Board or its authorized representative may:
B.
If the Board or its authorized representative permits
the pretreatment or equalization of wastewater flows, the design and
installation of the treatment plants and equipment shall be subject
to review and approval of the Board or its authorized representative,
the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the
Nassau County Department of Health.
C.
Pursuant to § 307(b)(1) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, the Administrator of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal
Register, Volume 38, No. 215, on Thursday, November 8, 1973, and will
publish from time to time thereafter, pretreatment standards for pollutants
introduced into a publicly owned treatment works. Nothing in this
article shall be construed to relieve any major industrial contributor
from its obligations to comply with these standards.
D.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Board or its authorized representative,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing
grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other
harmful ingredients, except that interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the Board or its authorized
representative and shall be located so as to be readily and easily
accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of the
interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal
and disposal by appropriate means of the captured materials and shall
maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject
to review by the Board or its authorized representative. Any removal
and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the personnel
of the owner(s) must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal
firms.
E.
Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are
provided for any wastewaters, they shall be maintained continually
in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
F.
Pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities shall be
provided with an alternate source of power to operate all such facilities,
or the owner of the facilities shall indicate in writing to the Board
or its authorized representative that production shall be controlled
or the discharge handled in such a manner that in the event the primary
source of power to the pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities
fails, any discharge to the public sewer will comply with the limits
established by the Board or its authorized representative pursuant
to this article. This alternate power supply must be separate from
the existing power source used to operate the pretreatment or flow-equalizing
facilities and must be operational at the time construction of these
facilities has been completed.
G.
Screenings, sludges and other solids and precipitates
separated from the wastewaters by pretreatment facilities shall be
disposed of in such a manner as to prevent entry of such materials
into the wastewater facilities.
H.
There shall be no bypass of the pretreatment facilities
which would allow the entry of untreated or partially treated wastes
to the public sewer system.
I.
When required by the Board or its authorized representative,
the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial
wastewater shall install a suitable structure, together with such
necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer, to
facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such
structure, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and
shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Board
or its authorized representative. The structure shall be installed
by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to
be safe and accessible at all times.
A.
Any discharger to which the pretreatment standards
required by this article and/or the applicable provisions of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 are applicable shall
comply with a schedule of compliance to be established by the Board
or its authorized representative for each such discharger.
B.
Each such discharger shall report to the Board or
its authorized representative within 14 days following each date on
the schedule, detailing its compliance or noncompliance with the schedule
date and requirement. The schedule of compliance will include the
following milestones:
(1)
The preparation and submission of an engineering report
covering the proposed pretreatment facilities and effluent limits
to be achieved by such pretreatment facilities.
(2)
The preparation and submission of final plans and
specifications for the pretreatment facilities.
(3)
Commencement of construction of the pretreatment facilities.
(4)
Completion of the construction of the pretreatment
facilities.
(5)
Date by which operational levels required to achieve
specified limits shall be attained.
C.
If the time period allotted for the completion of
an interim report requirement as indicated above is greater than nine
months, then the discharger shall submit a report to the Board or
its authorized representative, detailing its progress toward completion
of the interim requirement, at the end of the first nine-month period
and at the end of each succeeding nine-month period, including the
report specified above required within 14 days following the specified
date to be established by the Board or its authorized representative.
D.
Each notice of noncompliance shall include the following
information:
(1)
A short description of the noncompliance.
(2)
A description of any actions taken or proposed by
the discharger to comply with the elapsed schedule requirement without
further delay.
(3)
A description of any factors which tend to explain
or mitigate the noncompliance.
(4)
An estimate of the date the discharger will comply
with the elapsed schedule requirement and the assessment of the probability
that the discharger will meet the next schedule requirement on time.
E.
All reports, plans and/or specifications that propose
pretreatment facilities must be approvable and signed and sealed by
a professional engineer licensed to practice in the State of New York.
All such documents shall be subject to review and approval by the
Board or its authorized representative, the Administrator of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation and the Nassau County Department of
Health.
A.
Composite samples.
(1)
Each major contributing industry shall, upon the request
of the Board or its authorized representative, take daily twenty-four-hour
composite samples and measure and record the flow in gallons per day
of intake water (surface water body only) and of each discharge over
a typical production period of at least seven consecutive operating
days. One or two grab samples per day shall also be taken during maximum
anticipated waste loadings (i.e., maximum production period, batch
dumping, washing operations). This sampling program shall be carried
out to ensure complete, reliable results which will typify the industry's
discharge.
(2)
The parameters to be analyzed for and reported on
by each industry shall be determined by the Board or its authorized
representative.
(3)
Grab samples only shall be taken for analysis of dissolved
oxygen, oil and grease, pH and any bacteriological analysis.
(4)
Each major contributing industry shall submit a report
to the Board or its authorized representative within 60 days after
receipt of his request to sample, setting forth the results of the
analyses of the sampling program, the recorded flows during the sampling
period and the following additional data:
(a)
The average and peak flow rates in million gallons
per day.
(b)
A schematic diagram for the industry, showing
the sources of all wastewater within the plant. The schematic diagram
should indicate the internal processes, with a basic description of
influent and effluent parameters for each process.
(c)
The maximum daily number of production units
(i.e., the highest average level sustained for seven consecutive days
of normal production should be specified).
B.
In addition to the specific requirements under Subsection A above for major contributing industries, periodic sampling, analysis and flow measurements of industrial wastewaters shall be made by all industrial and commercial firms and hospitals discharging to district wastewater facilities unless specifically relieved of such obligation by the Board or its authorized representative. The parameters to be analyzed for and reported on by each such discharger shall be determined by the Board.
C.
Flow measurement.
(1)
All dischargers required to make flow measurements
shall furnish and install at the control manhole or other approved
location a calibrated flume, weir, flow meter or similar device approved
by the Board or its authorized representative and suitable to measure
the industrial wastewater flow rate and total volume. All major contributing
industries must provide a means of continuous measurement and recording
of industrial wastewater flows. The flow measurement system shall
indicate, totalize and record total and peak flows.
(2)
The flow measurement system must be approved by the
Board or its authorized representative. Those dischargers other than
major contributing industries required to make flow measurements may,
in lieu of making such flow measurements, provide the Board or its
authorized representative with records of water usage to determine
average flow rates.
D.
All sampling, analyses and flow measurements shall
be performed by personnel employed by a laboratory or engineering
firm approved by the Board or its authorized representative. The sampling
analyses and flow measurement procedures, equipment and results shall
be subject at any time to inspection by the Board or its authorized
representative. Sampling and flow measurement facilities shall be
such as to provide safe access to authorized personnel.
E.
Those industrial wastewater dischargers required to
make periodic measurements of their wastewater flows and its constituents
shall annually make the minimum number of such measurements required.
Composite samples of the industrial wastewater shall be obtained for
the required analyses. Dischargers required to sample on only a few
days per year shall sample during the period of highest wastewater
flow and wastewater constituent discharged.
F.
Precision and accuracy of data.
(1)
Adequate care shall be maintained in obtaining, recording
and reporting the required data on wastewater effluent quality and
quantity so that the precision and accuracy of the data will be equal
to or better than that achieved by the prescribed standard analytical
procedures.
(2)
The industrial wastewater discharger shall calibrate
and perform maintenance procedures on all monitoring and analytical
instrumentation at sufficiently frequent intervals to ensure accuracy
of measurements.
(3)
Sampling shall be representative of the volume and
quality of wastewater effluent discharged over the sampling and reporting
period. When required by the Board or its authorized representative,
dischargers shall install and maintain in proper order automatic flow
proportional sampling equipment and/or automatic analysis and recording
equipment.
(4)
Care shall be exercised when collecting a composite
sample such that proper preservation is present in the sample container
during sample collection. Depending on the analysis to be conducted,
several different containers and preservation techniques may be required.
Samples shall be analyzed as quickly as possible after collection.
(5)
The industrial wastewater discharger is responsible
that the methodology used is reliable for its specific wastes in its
laboratory. Such discharger must be able to demonstrate to the Board
or its authorized representative that it has a viable quality control
program.
G.
Maintenance of records.
(1)
The industrial wastewater discharger shall maintain
and record the results of all required analyses and measurements and
shall record, for all samples, the date and time of sampling, the
sample method used, the dates analyses were performed, who performed
the sampling and analyses and the results of such analyses.
(2)
All records shall be retained for a minimum of three
years, such a period to be extended during the course of any unresolved
litigation or when so requested by the Board or its authorized representative.
The industrial wastewater discharger also shall retain all original
strip-chart recordings from any continuous monitoring instrumentation
and any calibration and maintenance records for a minimum of three
years, such period to be extended during the course of any unresolved
litigation or when so requested by the Board or its authorized representative.
(3)
The industrial wastewater discharger shall provide
the above records and shall demonstrate the adequacy of the flow measuring
and sampling methods upon request of the Board or its authorized representative.
The industrial wastewater discharger shall identify the effluent sampling
point used for each discharge pipe by providing a sketch or flow diagram,
as appropriate, showing the locations.
H.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of industrial wastewaters to which reference is made in this article
shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable
samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special
manhole has been provided, the control manhole shall be considered
to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point
at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried
out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents
upon the wastewater facilities and to determine the existence of hazards
to life, limb and property.
I.
Following promulgation of guidelines establishing
test procedures for the analysis of pollutants, published pursuant
to § 304(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended, all sampling and analytical methods used to meet the requirements
of this article shall conform to such guidelines. If the § 304(g)
guidelines do not specify test procedures for any pollutants required
to be analyzed by the article and until such guidelines are promulgated,
sampling and analytical methods used to meet these requirements shall,
unless otherwise specified by the Board or its authorized representative,
conform to the latest edition of the following references:
(1)
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewaters, 13th Edition, 1971 American Public Health Association,
New York, New York 10019.
(2)
ASTM Standards, Part 23, Water, Atmospheric Analysis,
1972, American Society for Testing Materials, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
19103.
(3)
W.Q.O. Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and
Wastes, April 1971, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Quality
Office, Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, NERC, 1014 Broadway,
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268.
J.
Information required in reports.
(1)
The results of the above sampling, analyses and flow
measurement requirements shall be reported by the industrial wastewater
discharger to the Board or its authorized representative. A report
or written statement shall be submitted even if no discharge occurred
during the reporting period. A report shall also be submitted if there
have been any modifications in industrial wastewater pretreatment
facilities, changes in operations procedures or changes in wastewater
characteristics resulting in the discharge of a substance which was
indicated as absent in previous reports and other information submitted
by the discharger, or other significant activities which alter the
quality and quantity of the discharges. Permanent elimination of a
discharge shall be promptly reported by the discharger, in writing,
to the Board or its authorized representative.
(2)
The industrial wastewater discharger shall include
in this report any previously approved nonstandard analytical methods
used.
(3)
In addition, all industrial wastewater dischargers
providing pretreatment of their industrial wastewaters shall also
include in their reports the following information:
(4)
Copies of the report should be sent to the Board or
its authorized representative on the 10th of each month following
the month in which the sampling occurred. The report shall be in a
form approved by the Board or its authorized representative.
K.
All reports required to be submitted by an industrial
wastewater discharger must be signed by a principal of the industrial
firm and a principal of the laboratory or engineering firm that secured
and analyzed the wastewater samples. For corporations, the report
must be signed by a principal executive officer of at least the level
of vice president. In the case of a partnership or a sole proprietorship,
all reports must be signed by a general partner or the proprietor,
respectively.
A.
The minimum frequency of sampling, analyses and flow
measurement by all industrial and commercial firms and hospitals discharging
to the wastewater facilities shall be in accordance with the following
schedule unless otherwise required by the Board or its authorized
representative:
|
Schedule of Sampling, Analyses and Flow
Measurements
| |
|---|---|
|
Average Annual Wastewater Flow
(gallons)
|
Minimum Frequency*
|
|
0 to 100,000
|
None required
|
|
100,000 to 1,000,000
|
1 per year
|
|
1,000,000 to 5,000,000
|
1 per 6 months
|
|
5,000,000 to 12,000,000
|
1 per 3 months
|
|
Over 12,000,000 and all major contributing industries
|
1 per month
|
*NOTE: Dischargers required to submit
only annual characterization analysis data should submit it directly
to the Board or its authorized representative on July 1; dischargers
required to submit data every six months should submit data on January
1 and July 1; dischargers required to submit data every three months
should submit data on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1; dischargers
required to submit data monthly should submit data on the 10th of
each month following the month in which the sampling occurred.
B.
Industrial plants with large fluctuations in quantity
or quality may be required to provide continuous sampling and analyses
for every operating day.
A.
The Board and other duly authorized employees, representatives
or agents of the district bearing proper credentials and identification
shall have the right:
(1)
To enter upon a discharger's property for the purpose
of inspection.
(2)
To have access to and copy at reasonable times any
records required by the district.
(3)
To inspect any monitoring equipment associated with
the discharge.
(4)
To measure and/or sample any discharge to the district
wastewater facilities.
B.
The Board or its authorized representative shall have
no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries, beyond
that point having a direct bearing on the kind and course of discharge
to the wastewater facilities or waterways.
C.
The Board or its authorized representatives bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all private properties over which the district holds an easement agreement
for the purposes of such inspection, observations, measurements, sampling,
repair and maintenance of the wastewater facilities lying within the
said easement as are included in the terms of said easement agreement.
D.
Authorized employees bearing proper credentials of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC)
shall have the authority to enter properties of the contributing industries
for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing.
A.
The maintenance, repair and operation of a building
sewer to the point of connection to the public sewer shall be the
owner's responsibility and shall conform to the rules and regulations
of the district now in force or hereafter adopted.
B.
No person shall make or cause to be made any repair
of a building sewer without having first notified the district in
writing on printed forms furnished by the district.
C.
No fee is required on filing the application for the
repair of a building sewer.
A.
In the event that a building that is connected to
the Port Washington Water Pollution Control District's public sewer
is to be abandoned or demolished or the certificate of occupancy is
withdrawn, the connection to the sewer is to be disconnected at the
original point of connection to the district public sewer and the
district public sewer is to be plugged in a manner and with a plug
that is satisfactory to the district. The public sewer is to be disconnected,
plugged and inspected prior to the start of any work on the site.
B.
No person shall make or cause to be made any disconnection
to the public sewer without first having notified the district in
writing on forms furnished by the district.
C.
The permit fee, in the amount stated on the application
form, shall accompany such application.
A.
No person(s) shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is part of the wastewater facilities.
B.
Except for invitees, licensees, district personnel
and general contractors performing services for the district, all
individuals found to be on district property referred to as Lions
Field and Sunset Park after 12:00 midnight shall be considered trespassers
and shall be subject to prosecution. All other individuals, except
district personnel and general contractors, found to be on any other
district property at any time without authorization shall be considered
trespassers and shall be subject to prosecution.
C.
Any person(s) violating the foregoing provisions shall
be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of
this article shall be served by the district with written notice stating
the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit
for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within
the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond
the time limit above denoted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
on conviction thereof, shall be fined in the amount not exceeding
$1,000 for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall
continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
article shall become liable to the district for any expense, loss
or damage occasioned the district by reason of such violation.
D.
The district may, in addition to the remedies provided
above in this section, take such steps as may be necessary to seal
or close off any building sewer connection from the district wastewater
facilities until it is satisfied that adequate measures have been
taken to prevent the recurrence of any violation of the provisions
of this article.
A.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
B.
The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or
provision of this article shall not affect the validity of any other
part of this article which can be given effect without such invalid
part or parts.
C.
The district reserves the right to change or amend
this article in accordance with the provisions provided therefor in
the Town Law of the State of New York.
This article shall be in full force and effect
after its passage, approval, recording and publication as provided
by the Town Law of the State of New York.
