Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this chapter shall be
as follows:
ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
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.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
CONTAMINATION
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through
poisoning or through the spread of disease.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LATERAL
A pipe which is used to carry and/or transfer sewage from
the residence, business or other structure and connects to the public
sewer main.
[Added 10-2-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
NPDES
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit
program, whether administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
or by the State of New York.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or other duly authorized official of said Department.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private
property with wastewater facilities which discharge or will discharge
to the Village's wastewater facilities.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
POTW
Publicly owned treatment works, as defined by § 212
of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 12912); includes any sewers that
convey wastewater to the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or
other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount 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 obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process
changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
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, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
RESIDENTIAL USER
All premises used only for human residency and which are
connected to the wastewater facilities.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
All industries subject to promulgated categorical
pretreatment standards (Categorical Industries); 40 CFR 403, Appendix
C.
(2)
Industries having substantial impact, either
singly or in combination with other contributing industries on the
operation of the treatment works.
(3)
Manufacturing industries using, on an annual
basis, more than 10,000 pounds and/or 1,000 gallons of raw material
containing priority pollutants/substances of concern and discharging
a measurable amount of these pollutants to the sewer system from the
process using these pollutants.
(4)
Those industries discharging more than 5% of
the flow or load carried by the treatment plant receiving the waste.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste 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 flow during normal
operation.
STANDARD METHODS
The latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination of
Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association,
Water Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.
STATE
The State of New York.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Massena
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where
appropriate, a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized
official of said Agency.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.