Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Part 2 and in any regulations adopted pursuant
to this Part 2 shall be as follows:
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
Any method approved by the Superintendent for the determination
of flow measurement or pollution concentration of discharges to the
public sewers.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF USER
(1)
If the user is a corporation: the president, secretary or treasurer
or a vice president of the corporation in charge of a principal business
function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision
making functions for the corporation; or delegated to the manager
in accordance with corporate procedures.
(2)
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
(3)
If the user is a federal, state or local government facility:
a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the government facility, or their
designee.
(4)
The individuals described in Subsections A(1) through (3) above
may designate another authorized representative if the authorization
is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position
responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the
discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental
matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted
to the Village.
BOD (denotes "biochemical oxygen demand")
The results obtained using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter or in satisfying the oxygen demand of other materials
present.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which received the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The results obtained using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the difference between the amount of chlorine added to
water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine
remaining at the end of a specified time.
COD (denotes "chemical oxygen demand")
The approved laboratory procedure to measure the oxygen requirement
of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible
to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant.
CONTESTED CASE
A proceeding in which the legal rights, duties or privileges
of a party are determined by the Village of Webster after the party
has had an opportunity for hearing.
CONTROL MANHOLE
An accessible manhole at the connection between a private
sewer and the public sewer.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of heat transfer, condensation,
air conditioning, noncontact cooling, refrigeration or other sources.
EXISTING SOURCE
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) of proposed Categorical Pretreatment Standards which
will be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated
in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from domestic and commercial preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food, from the handling, storage and sale of produce
and from the packaging and canning of food.
GREASE, OIL or FATS
Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample
of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent.
INDUSTRIAL USER
The discharge of pollutants into a publicly owned treatment
works from any nondomestic source as regulated under Section 307(b),
(c) or (d) of the Act.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any discarded matter, including liquid, gaseous or solid
substance, or a combination thereof, resulting from any process of
industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development
or recovery on any natural resources, except garbage.
INTERFERENCE
An inhibition or disruption of the publicly owned treatment
works, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge process
use or disposal which is a cause of or significantly contributes to
either a violation of any requirements of the publicly owned treatment
works discharge permit or to the prevention of sewage sludge use or
disposal by the publicly owned treatment works in accordance with
established state and federal regulations.
NEW SOURCE
(1)
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is or may be a discharge, the construction or operation of which
commenced prior to the publication by the EPA of proposed pretreatment
standards under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable
to such source if such standards are there after promulgated in accordance
with that section, provided that:
(a)
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located;
(b)
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
(c)
The production or wastewater-generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these
are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which
the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as
the existing source should be considered.
(2)
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located
results in a modification rather than a "new source" if the construction
does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation
meeting the criteria of Subsection A(1)(b) or (c) above but otherwise
alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
(3)
Construction of a "new source" as defined under Subsection A(1)
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(a)
Begun or caused to begin as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
[1]
Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment;
or
[2]
Significant site preparation work, including clearing, excavation
or removal of existing building, structure or facilities which is
necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of "new source"
facilities or equipment; or
(b)
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation
within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can
be terminated or modified without substantial loss and contracts for
feasibility, engineering or design studies do not constitute a contractual
obligation under this subsection.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed,
show pollutant concentrations which do not exceed the following characteristics:
(1)
Characteristics.
(a)
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD): 2,500 pounds per million gallons
(300 milligrams per liter) or less.
(b)
Chlorine demand: 416 pounds per million gallons (50 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(c)
Chemical oxygen demand (COD): 5,000 pounds per million gallons
(600 milligrams per liter) or less.
(d)
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(e)
Phosphate as phosphorus: 42 pounds per million gallons (five
milligrams per liter) or less.
(2)
The numbers and values of characteristics are subject to revision by the Village of Webster in accordance with Article
XIV, if data obtained during the previous year on the available treatment capacity of the POTW indicate a revision is needed.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or duly authorized office of said Agency.
OTHER WASTES
Discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes.
PARCEL CHARGE
The charge applied to all assessed properties in the Village
of Webster which may be subject to a nominal parcel charge on a benefits
derived basis, except where a direct charge basis on assessed valuation
is in part or wholly the basis of sewer use charges.
PARTY
Each person or agency named or admitted as a party of properly
seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted to any administrative
or enforcement procedure.
PASS-THROUGH
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United
States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction
with a discharge or 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).
PERMIT
A temporary written document issued to allow the use of a
Village of Webster sewerage system for specific wastes over a limited
period of time.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, agency, association, society,
corporation, institution or group.
PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
That portion of the total extractable grease, oils or fats
as defined in this section which is not retained on an activated alumina
absorption column after lubricating with hexane.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
in gram atoms per liter of solution. Values above 7.0 represent acid
conditions.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing
such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensation
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, with no particle having a dimension greater than
1/4 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
The sewers, manholes, intercepting sewers, sewage pumping,
treatment and disposal works and any other plant, works or equipment
and accessories within any municipality that discharges its sewage
and liquid into the Village of Webster sewerage system.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse of body of water into which treated
sewage is discharged.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
For purposes of this Part 2, the procedures by which the
Village of Webster will carry out and implement the requirements of
this Part 2.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewer discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels, but not commercial kitchens
therein), office, commercial and industrial buildings and institutions
and filter backwash from swimming pools.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which transports sewage and to which storm-, surface
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SCAVENGER WASTES
The matter collected from privies, septic tanks, cesspools,
chemical toilets, camper and marine holding tanks, sludge from treatment
of industrial waste and other domestic commercial and industrial waste.
The term does not include industrial wastes transferred on site and
discharged to the Village sewer system, provided that the wastes are
wholly generated on site, that the discharge is to a manhole located
before the monitoring station for that facility and that prior notification
is given to the POTW receiving the discharge.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-surface and stormwater as defined above, with industrial
wastes or other wastes also considered "sewage" within the meaning
of the definition.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWERAGE SURCHARGE
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage
treatment plant for handling any sewage, industrial wastes or other
wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics
thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal
sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
An industrial user (see "NYSDEC") having one or more of the
following attributes:
(1)
Subjection to promulgated Categorical Pretreatment Standards.
(2)
Having a 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 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)
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load carried by the
treatment plant receiving the waste.
(5)
Discharging an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of
process wastewater to the treatment plant (excluding sanitary, noncontact
cooling and boiler blow down wastewater).
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in volume of flow exceeds,
for any period or duration longer than five minutes, more than five
times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal
operation.
SPDES
State Pollution Discharge Elimination System.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries stormwaters and drainage, but excludes
sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters and unpolluted
waters.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Webster
or the Superintendent's duly authorized agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The results obtained using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the dry weight expressed in milligrams per liter of solids
that either float on the surface, are in suspension or are settleable
and can be removed from sewage by filtration.
THIRTY-DAY AVERAGE CONCENTRATION
The weighted arithmetic mean; the sum of the observations
(sampling of waste) constituting the sample (statistical sample),
divided by their number. The sample shall consist of all observation
in a thirty-day period. The minimum sample shall consist of two data.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be detrimental
to the sewerage system, interfere with any biological sewage treatment
process or constitute a hazard to human beings or animals or inhibit
aquatic life or create a hazard in the receiving waters. This includes,
but is not limited to, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency priority pollutants.
UNIT CHARGE
In the Village of Webster, the sewer charge may be based
on a standard volume of sewage flow from an average household; this
volume, as determined by methods described herein, is subject to revision
by the Village of Webster if data accumulated under actual conditions
indicates a need for such a revision.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or duly
authorized official of said agency.
VILLAGE
The Village of Webster, New York.
VOLUME CHARGE
In the Village of Webster sewerage system, the sewer use
charge may be based in part or wholly on the volume of discharge in
the sewerage system. The charge shall be based on a specific cost
per 100 cubic feet or per 1,000 gallons; the specific cost is determined
based on the overall cost of treating sewage and is subject to revision
by the Village of Webster.