Definitions. Unless otherwise stated, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings stated:
[Amended 6-19-2001 by L.L. No. 10-2001; 10-16-2006 by L.L. No. 28-2006; 7-10-2007 by L.L. No. 30-2007]
Includes sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics of normal sewage. See "normal sewage."
ACT or THE ACTThe Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. §
1251, et seq., or as may be subsequently amended.
The Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
AMALGAM SEPARATOR Dental equipment designed to remove dental amalgam particles from the wastewater of a dental facility and is certified to ISO 11143 Standards (Dental Equipment-Amalgam separators, ISO 11143, December 1999. International Organization for Standardization 1, rue de Varenbe, Case postale 56-CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland). The amalgam separator shall achieve a minimum of 99 percent removal efficiency of dental amalgam, by weight, in accordance with ISO 11143 test procedures.
APPLICANTThat person who makes application for any permit. The applicant may be an owner, new or old, or their agent.
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDUREIncludes the procedures defined as "standard methods" in this section, 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.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES PLAN (BMPP)An operational methodology, including a schedule of activities, prohibitions, maintenance policies and other management procedures, prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of this chapter, to prevent or reduce the discharge of any substance regulated under this chapter.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical oxidation of organic matter in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20° C.) expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
BUILDING DRAINThat 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, at five (5) feet [one and fifty-two hundredths (1.52) meters] outside the inner face of the building wall or at the property line if less than five (5) feet [one and fifty-two hundredths (1.52) meters].
CENTERPORT SEWER DISTRICTThe legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater is collected and pumped to the Northport Sewage Treatment Plant for treatment pursuant to an intermunicipal agreement between the Town of Huntington and the Incorporated Village of Northport, and comprising of pipes, conduits, lines, pumps, devices, structures and appurtenances. The Centerport Sewer District is owned by the Town of Huntington and administered by the Huntington Town Board.
CHEMICAL OXIDATION 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.
COMPOSITE SAMPLEThe 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.
CONNECTIONAttachment of one user to a sewer. (See "extension.")
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANTIncludes any pollutant that the POTW treatment plant was designed to treat, defined in accordance with the Act.
COOLING WATERIncludes 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 (5) milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited elsewhere in this chapter.
COUNTYThe County of Suffolk (SC), in which the Town of Huntington, and therefore the Huntington and Centerport Sewer Districts, is located.
DENTAL AMALGAMAn alloy that contains mercury and other metals used in the practice of dentistry.
DENTAL AMALGAM WASTEWaste from a dental facility containing:
(1) Dental amalgam that has been in contact with the patient including, but not limited to, extracted teeth with dental amalgam restorations, carving scrap collected at chair-side, dental amalgam captured by chair-side traps, vacuum pump filters, amalgam separators or other dental amalgam capture devices; and
Dental amalgam that has not been in contact with the patient including, but not limited to, excess dental amalgam mix and the used pre-encapsulated dental amalgam capsules remaining at the end of a dental procedure; and
Dental amalgam that may have accumulated in the plumbing system of a dental facility.
DENTAL FACILITY(IES)Any institution, clinic, office or other location where the practice of density is performed.
DISTRICTThe Huntington Sewer District and Centerport Sewer District collectively.
EASEMENTAn acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EXTENSIONThe attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an existing sewer line.
GARBAGEIncludes the solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food; from the handling, storage and sale of produce; and from the packaging and canning of food.
GRAB SAMPLEA single sample of wastewater representing the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one point and time.
HUNTINGTON SEWER DISTRICTThe legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater may be discharged to the Huntington Sewage Treatment Plant for treatment, and comprising of facilities, systems and appurtenances used for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and other wastes. The Huntington Sewer District is owned by the Town of Huntington and administered by the Huntington Town Board.
IMPACT FEEA one-time fee imposed upon a parcel for the parcel’s proportionate use of the district’s flow capacity beyond the flow allowance designated for the parcel in the Section 201 Wastewater Study. In the case of the Centerport Sewer District, a one-time fee imposed for use of the sewage flow capacity reserved for the district in the Northport Sewage Treatment Plant if the proposed flow for the parcel exceeds Suffolk County Department of Health Services flow standards.
INDUSTRIALIncludes anything pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, business or institution, and is distinguished from domestic or residential.
INDUSTRIAL WASTESIncludes 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.
INFILTRATIONIncludes 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, which is inadvertent (not purposely designed or built into the sewer or drain). Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
INFLOWIncludes 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 spring and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwater, foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage, which is advertent (purposely designed and/or built into the sewer or drain). Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
INTERFERENCEIncludes a discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges by other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal and therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the district's 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.
The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act," RCRA), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D or the SWDA.
Toxic Substances Control Act.
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
LATERAL, BUILDINGIncludes the sewer extension from the building drain to the street lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
LATERAL, STREETIncludes the sewer extension from the public sewer to the property line.
LICENSEEAny person licensed by the town pursuant to Article
III of this chapter.
Includes any combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments and such ground-, surface and stormwater as may be inadvertently present.
MERCURY and/or MERCURY, ELEMENTAL A heavy, silvery-white metal that is liquid at room temperature and is represented by the chemical symbol “Hg” with an atomic number of 80 and an atomic mass of 200.59.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARDIncludes an regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(B) and (C) of the Act (22 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").
Includes any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, to the waters of the state.
NUISANCEThe 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.
NYSDECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the state agency responsible for the administration and enforcement of state environmental laws, rules and regulations.
OIL and GREASEThe result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to determine quantity of fats, wax, grease and oil in a sample, expressed in milligrams per liter.
OWNERThat individual or entity who owns property within a service area of the district.
OTHER WASTESIncludes garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes.
PASS-THROUGHIncludes the discharge which exits the district POTW into waters of the state in quantities, which alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, is 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).
PERMITA temporary revocable written document allowing use of the POTW for specified wastes over a limited period of time. The permit shall indicate sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other actions as authorized by this chapter.
PERSONIncludes any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, federal, state or local agency or entity, association, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
pHThe 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, while values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
POLLUTANTIncludes any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands and/or airs, which interferes with beneficial use of that water, land and/or air by any living thing at any time.
POLLUTIONIncludes 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.
POLLUTION PREVENTION PLANA plan required to be submitted to the Superintendent by users identified as significant industrial users, which shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, and at a minimum contains the following: (1) an analysis of the pollutant(s) that the significant industrial user discharges, a description of the sources of the pollutants, and a comprehensive review of the processes used by the significant industrial user which result in the generation and discharge of the pollutant(s); (2) for each such pollutant, an analysis of the potential for pollution prevention to reduce generation of the pollutant(s), including the application of innovative and alternative technologies and any adverse environmental impacts that may result from the use of those methods; (3) a detailed description of the tasks and time schedules required to investigate and implement various elements of pollution prevention techniques; (4) a statement of the significant industrial user’s pollution prevention goals and strategies, including priorities for short-term and long-term action, and schedule for the implementation of such goals and strategies; (5) a description of the significant industrial user’s existing pollution prevention methods, if any; (6) a statement that the significant industrial user’s existing and planned pollution prevention strategies, if any, do not cause an increase of and/or transfer to other pollutants. If such an increase may occur, the significant industrial user shall include an additional statement and supporting documentation explaining the anticipated environmental benefits of such strategies to the satisfaction of the Superintendent; (7) an analysis, to the extent feasible, of the relative costs and benefits of the proposed pollution prevention activities; and (8) a specification of, and rationale for, the technically feasible and economically practicable pollution prevention measures proposed by the significant industrial users for implementation.
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 condition prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW, achieved by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR §
403.6(D).
Includes any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial user.
PRIORITY POLLUTANTSIncludes the most recently revised or updated list, developed by the EPA, in accordance with the Act.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGEIncludes the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has 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 one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
POTW TREATMENT PLANTThat portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)Includes any treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. §
1292), which is owned, or utilized, in this instance, by the District, and shall include any sewers and appurtenances that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but shall not include any pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected directly or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.
Includes any natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
RECORDSIncludes, but is not limited to, any printed, typewritten, handwritten or otherwise recorded matter of whatever character (including paper or electronic media), including but not limited to letters, files, memoranda, directives, notes and notebooks, correspondence, descriptions, telephone call slips, photographs, permits, applications, reports, compilations, films, graphs and inspection reports. For the purposes of this chapter, "records" shall mean records of and relating to waste generation, reuse or disposal and shall include records of usage of raw materials.
ROOF DRAINA drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface of a roof for disposal.
SEPTAGEIncludes all liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks, holding tanks, cesspools or approved type of chemical toilets (including but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments, institutions and industries), and sludge from small sewage treatment plants. Septage shall not have been contaminated with substances of concern or priority pollutants.
SEPTIC TANKIncludes a private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance with any and/or all local, county and state requirements.
SERVICE AREA OF THE POTWIncludes the legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater may be discharged into the POTW, as established, altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined or consolidated only by action of the Town Board.
SEWAGEIncludes any combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments and such ground, surface and storm water 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)Includes 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. Domestic sewage includes both black water and grey water. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
SEWAGE, NORMAL(1) Includes sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, which show by analysis the following concentrations:
(a) BOD (five-day): one thousand six hundred sixty-eight (1,668) pounds per million gallons [two hundred (200) mg/l] or less.
Suspended solids: one thousand eight hundred thirty-five (1,835) pounds per million gallons [two hundred twenty (220) mg/l] or less.
Phosphorus: one hundred twenty-five (125) pounds per million gallons [fifteen (15) mg/l] or less.
Ammonia: two hundred eight (208) pounds per million gallons [twenty-five (25) mg/l] or less.
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: three hundred thirty-four (334) pounds per million gallons [forty (40) mg/l] or less.
Chlorine demand: two hundred nine (209) pounds per million gallons [twenty-five (25) mg/l] or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: two thousand nine hundred twenty (2,920) pounds per million gallons [three hundred fifty (350) mg/l] or less.
Oil and grease: eight hundred thirty (830) pounds per million gallons [one hundred (100) mg/l] or less.
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, SANITARYIncludes liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
SEWERA pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
SEWER, COMBINEDA sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and sewage.
SEWER, PUBLICA sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal rights and the use of which is controlled by the district.
SEWER, SANITARYA sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM (ALSO POTW)Includes all facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
SEWERAGE SURCHARGEThe demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial waste or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage. (See "volume charge.")
SILVER-RICH SOLUTIONSIncludes, but is not limited to, fixers, bleach-fixes, stabilizers (e.g., plumbless stabilizers and chemical washes), low-flow washes and all functionally similar solutions.
SLUGA substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or constituent concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause interference; a discharge which, in concentration of any constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds, for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes, more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal user operations.
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 METHODSIncludes any 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; 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; or any other procedure approved by the Administrator or by the Superintendent, whichever is the most conservative.
The State of New York (NYS).
STORMWATERIncludes any flow resulting from or occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation.
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERNIncludes those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.
SUMP PUMPIncludes any mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.
SUPERINTENDENTThe Director of the Department of Environmental Waste Management of the Town of Huntington or their authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDSThe result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float on the surface, are in suspension or are settleable, and can be removed from the sample by filtration; expressed in milligrams per liter.
TOTAL SILVER HALIDE PROCESS WASTEWATERIncludes the sum of all aqueous solutions used in any silver halide imaging process, including but not limited to photography film developers, fixers, bleach-fix, stabilizers, low-flow washes, rinse waters, other washes and all functionally similar solutions.
TOWNThe Town of Huntington (TOH).
TOWN BOARDThe Town Board of the Town of Huntington, or its designee, acting in its role as administrator of the district.
TOXIC SUBSTANCESIncludes any substance (whether gaseous, liquid or solid) that, when discharged into a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous to POTW operation and maintenance personnel; tend to interfere with any biological sewage process; constitute a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a sewage treatment plant or point of overflow; or any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA under provisions of CWA 307 (A) or other acts.
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA or USEPA)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 or other duly authorized official of this agency.
USERIncludes any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the POTW.
USER, EXISTINGIncludes any discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before the effective date of this chapter.
USER, INDUSTRIALIncludes any discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL (SIU)(1) Includes any industrial user of the District who qualifies under one or more of the following:
(a) Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards promulgated by the EPA.
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with other industries, on the operations of the treatment works.
Using, on an annual basis, more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds or one thousand (1,000) gallons of raw material containing priority pollutants, or substances of concern and discharging a measurable quantity of these pollutants into the sewer system.
For the Huntington Sewer District, discharging more than one (1%) percent of the flow or load of conventional pollutants received by the POTW treatment plant.
For the Centerport Sewer District, discharging more than one (1%) percent of the contracted allowable system flow [fifty-six thousand (56,000) GPD].
A user discharging a measurable quantity of a pollutant may be classified as a non-significant industrial user if, at the influent point to the POTW treatment plant, the pollutant is not detectable.
VOLUME CHARGE (USER CHARGE)The demand sewer use charge which is based on the volume of normal sewage discharged into the SWF by scavenger waste haulers, based on a specific cost per one thousand (1,000) gallons. The specific charge shall be subject to approval of the Town Board, and revenues therefrom shall be used for current operation and maintenance, retirement of bonded indebtedness and funding of SWF capital projects. The basis of volume charge calculations shall be made available to the public.
WASTEWATERIncludes 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.
WATERS OF THE STATE (STATE'S WATERS)Includes 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, contained within, flowing through or bordering upon the state or any portion thereof