This chapter shall be known as the "Town of
Mamaroneck Environmental Facilities Sewer Act."
The purposes of this chapter are specifically
stated as follows:
A.
To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates
of flow of sewage and wastes into the Town sanitary sewer system and
all public sewers tributary thereto.
B.
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes of a flammable nature or which create in any
way a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewage maintenance and
operation personnel.
C.
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in
the trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators
and other structures and appurtenances to the Town system and public
sewers tributary thereto.
D.
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at
the Westchester County Publicly Owned Treatment Works treatment plants
as they now exist or may be constructed, modified or improved in the
future.
E.
To prohibit and/or to regulate the contribution of
sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require, for treatment
at the plants, greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes
or normal sewage.
F.
To require the treatment, before introduction into
the Town trunk sewer system and public sewers tributary thereto, of
such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength and/or durability
of the structures appurtenant to the system, by direct or indirect
chemical action, or interfere with the normal treatment processes.
G.
To set forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect
contribution into the Town sanitary sewer system.
H.
To prevent the introduction of any pollutant into
the Town sanitary sewer system which will interfere with its operation,
including interference with its use or disposal of sludge at the Westchester
County Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
I.
To prevent the introduction of any pollutant into
the Town sanitary sewer system which will either pass through the
treatment works or otherwise be incompatible with such works.
J.
To improve opportunities to recycle and reclaim municipal
and industrial wastewaters and sludges.
K.
To provide for the equitable distribution of the operation
and maintenance costs of the Town sanitary sewer system.
L.
To provide cooperation with the Westchester County
Department of Health, the Westchester County Department of Environmental
Facilities and any other agencies which have requirements for or jurisdiction
over the protection of the physical, chemical and bacteriological
quality of watercourses within or bounding the Town.
M.
To protect the public health and welfare.
