A. 
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Town Board.
B. 
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: one for residential and commercial services and one for industrial users. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make the application on a special form furnished by the Town. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town Board. The Town Board, by resolution, shall have the right to fix a fee for the filing of permit application and inspection charge, which shall be paid to the Town Clerk at the time the application is filed.
C. 
Industrial users shall be required to comply with the following permit requirements:
(1) 
Wastewater discharge permits.
(a) 
Wastewater discharges. No industrial user shall discharge wastewater to the POTW without having a valid wastewater discharge permit issued by the Town. Industrial users shall comply fully with the terms and conditions of their permits in addition to the provisions of this chapter. Violation of a permit term or condition is deemed a violation of this chapter.
(b) 
Discharge permits to storm sewers not authorized. The Town does not have the authority to issue permits for the discharge of any wastewater to a storm sewer.
(c) 
Groundwater discharges. All groundwater discharges to the Town of New Paltz POTW shall be issued a wastewater discharge permit.
(2) 
Application for wastewater discharge permits.
(a) 
Industrial users shall complete and file with the Superintendent an application in the form prescribed by the Town. The application shall be accompanied by a fee, as established by the Town Board. In support of any application, the industrial user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
[1] 
Name, address and location (if different from the address).
[2] 
SIC code of both the industry and any categorical processes.
[3] 
Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but not limited to those listed in this chapter, as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory approved by the NYSDOH. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with standard methods. This requirement may be waived by the Superintendent.
[4] 
Time and duration of the discharge.
[5] 
Average daily peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any.
[6] 
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances.
[7] 
Description of activities and facilities on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged to the POTW.
[8] 
Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production.
[9] 
Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day).
[10] 
Number and type of employees, hours of operation and proposed or actual hours of operation.
[11] 
The nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any county, state or federal standards, and a statement whether or not the standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet all applicable standards.
[12] 
If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the standards, then the industrial user shall provide the shortest schedule to accomplish such additional treatment and/or O&M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be longer than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
[a] 
The schedule shall contain progress increments in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards. (Such events include hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, beginning operation and beginning routine operation.)
[b] 
No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months, nor shall the total compliance period exceed 18 months.
[c] 
No later than 14 calendar days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Town Engineer including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay and the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Town Engineer.
[13] 
Any other information as may deemed by the Superintendent to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(b) 
The Superintendent will evaluate the data furnished by the industrial user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Town may issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
(3) 
Permit modifications.
(a) 
Wastewater discharge permits may be modified by the managing Superintendent, upon 30 days' notice to the permittee, for just cause. Just cause shall include, but not be limited to:
[1] 
Promulgation of an applicable National Categorical Pretreatment Standard.
[2] 
Revision of or a grant of a variance from such categorical standards pursuant to 40 CFR 403.13.
[3] 
Changes in general discharge prohibitions and local limits as per this chapter.
[4] 
Changes in processes used by the permittee, or changes in discharge volume or character.
[5] 
Changes in design or capability of any part of the POTW.
[6] 
Discovery that the permitted discharge causes or contributes to pass-through or interference.
[7] 
Changes in the nature and character of the sewage in the POTW as a result of other permitted discharges.
(b) 
Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
(4) 
Permit conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable regulations, user charges and fees established by the Town. Permits may contain the following:
(a) 
Limits on the average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulation and equalization.
(b) 
Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics, including concentration or mass discharge limits.
(c) 
The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the management of the wastewater discharged to the POTW.
(d) 
Requirements for installation and maintenance (in safe condition) of inspection and sampling facilities.
(e) 
Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, standards for tests and reporting schedules.
(f) 
Compliance schedules.
(g) 
Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports.
(h) 
Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge, as specified by the Town, and affording the Superintendent access thereto.
(i) 
Requirements for notification of the Town of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or of any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the POTW.
(j) 
Requirements for the notification of the Town of any change in the manufacturing and/or pretreatment process used by the permittee.
(k) 
Requirements for notification of excessive, accidental or slug discharges.
(l) 
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the Town to ensure compliance with this chapter and state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
(5) 
Permit duration. Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years. A permit may be issued for a period of less than five years.
(6) 
Permit reissuance. The user shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of 180 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification, by the Superintendent, during the term of the permit, as limitations or requirements, as identified in this section or other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his permit at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change. Any changes or new conditions in the reissued permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
(7) 
Permit transfer. Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific user for a specific operation or discharge at a specific location. A wastewater discharge permit shall not be reassigned, transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation.
(8) 
Permit fees. There shall be an administrative fee established by the Town Board for all permits and renewals or reissuances. Any other costs associated with said permit shall be charged to the applicant. This shall include any laboratory fees for testing and any other types of engineering or consultant fees that the Town will incur during the duration of the permit.
D. 
Reporting requirements for permittee.
(1) 
The reports or documents required to be submitted or maintained under this section shall be subject to:
(a) 
The provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 relating to fraud and false statements;
(b) 
The provisions of Section 309(c)(4) of the Clean Water Act, as amended, governing false statements, representation or certification; and
(c) 
The provisions of Section 309(c)(6) of the Clean Water Act, as amended, regarding corporate officers.
(2) 
Types of reports.
(a) 
Baseline monitoring report. Within 180 days after promulgation of an applicable federal categorical pretreatment standard, a user subject to that standard shall submit, to the Superintendent and Town Engineer, the information required by this section.
(b) 
Ninety-day compliance report. Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or, in the case of a new source, following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit, to the Town Engineer, a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge, from the regulated process, which are limited by pretreatment standards and requirements, and the average and maximum daily flow for these process units in the user's facility which are limited by such pretreatment standards and requirements. The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment standards and requirements are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional O&M and/or pretreatment is necessary to bring the user into compliance with the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements. This statement shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user and certified to by a qualified professional.
(c) 
Self-monitoring reports. Any user subject to a pretreatment standard, after the compliance date of such pretreatment standard or, in the case of a new source, after commencement of the discharge into the POTW, shall submit, to the Superintendent, a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by such pretreatment standards. In addition, this report shall include a record of all daily flows which, during the reporting period, exceeded the average daily flow reported in this section of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, etc. No fewer than two reports shall be submitted per year.
(d) 
Violation report. If sampling, performed by the user, indicates a violation of this chapter and/or the user's discharge permit, the user shall notify the Superintendent within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Superintendent within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation. The user is not required to resample if the POTW performs monitoring of the user's discharge at least once a month for the parameter which was violated, or if the POTW performs sampling, for the parameter which was violated, between the user's initial sampling and when the user receives the results of this sampling.
(e) 
Other reports. The Superintendent may impose reporting requirements equivalent to the requirements imposed by this section for users not subject to pretreatment standards.
E. 
Additional requirements for industrial user. All industrial users shall also comply with the following additional regulations:
(1) 
Industrial waste shall be discharged into the sewer systems, provided the rules, regulations and standards hereinafter prescribed are complied with, in the judgment of the Engineer. Periodic sampling may be necessary. Intervals are to be prescribed by the Engineer or Superintendent.
(2) 
Sampling and analysis.
(a) 
Sampling shall be performed so that a representative portion of the wastewater is obtained for analysis.
(b) 
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and waste required in any section of this chapter shall be carried out in accordance with standard methods, by a laboratory certified by NYSDOH to perform the analyses. Such samples shall be taken at the approved monitoring stations described in § 113-20 of this chapter, if such a station exists. If an approved monitoring station is not required, then samples shall be taken from another location on the industrial sewer lateral before discharge to the public sewer. Unless specifically requested otherwise, or unless specifically not allowed in federal regulation, samples shall be gathered as flow-proportioned (where feasible) composite samples made up of individual samples taken not less than once per hour for the period of time equal to the duration of industrial wastewater discharge during daily operations (including any cleanup shift).
(3) 
Use of public sewers.
(a) 
No industrial wastewater shall be discharged to a trunk sewer or a sewer discharging directly or indirectly to a public sewer until a permit for industrial wastewater discharge has been approved by the Superintendent.
(b) 
Permit applications shall provide information concerning volume, constituents and characteristics of wastewater, flow rates, each product produced by type, amount and rate of production, and description of activities, facilities and plant process on the premises, including all materials processed and types of materials which are or could be discharged.
(c) 
Each industrial waste permit shall be issued for a period of one year and may be renewed annually. The permit’s terms and conditions may be subject to modification and change by the Town at any time.
(d) 
Permits shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new use, different premises, or a new or changed operation.
(e) 
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and 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 required, the control manhole in the public sewer 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 sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. (This particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls whereas pH’s are determined from periodic grab samples.)
(4) 
No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Town and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Town for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.
F. 
Revocation of permit. Wastewater discharge permits may be revoked for the following reasons:
(1) 
Falsifying self-monitoring reports.
(2) 
Tampering with monitoring equipment.
(3) 
Refusing to allow the Superintendent timely access to the industrial premises.
(4) 
Failure to meet effluent limitations.
(5) 
Failure to pay fines.
(6) 
Failure to pay user charges.
(7) 
Failure to meet compliance schedules.
(8) 
Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge.
(9) 
Failure of the user to report significant changes in operations or wastewater constituents and characteristics.
(10) 
Refusal of reasonable access to the user's premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring.
(11) 
Discharge of harmful substances as per § 113-24 or 113-44 or repeated instances of accidental discharges.
(12) 
Violation of conditions of the industrial wastewater discharge permit.
(13) 
Discharge of substances that cause interference to the POTW or cause the Town to violate any condition of its NPDES permit.
G. 
Notice of violation and notice of revocation. Whenever the Superintendent finds that any user has violated or is violating his industrial wastewater discharge permit or any prohibition, limitation or requirements of this chapter or has violated conditions warranting revocation of the user permit, the Superintendent shall serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of the violation or grounds for revocation. The notice shall provide a reasonable time limit for the correction of the violation and/or a date when revocation of the permit shall become effective. Failure to comply with the notice shall subject the violator to enforcement and penalties as set forth in §§ 113-31 and 113-32 of this chapter.
H. 
Hearing.
(1) 
Any person served with a notice of violation and/or revocation by the Superintendent under this section may request a hearing by filing within five days, excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, after the day the notice was given, in the office of the Town Clerk, a written letter requesting a hearing on the matter. Upon receipt of such request, the Clerk shall forward a copy to the Superintendent and the Board.
(2) 
The Board shall either designate a hearing officer to hold said hearing or set a time and place for such hearing before the Board. The Board shall inform the person in writing of the designation of the hearing officer or date for the hearing. At the hearing, the person shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show why the order or decision of the Superintendent should be modified or withdrawn.
(3) 
If the Board authorizes a designee to conduct the hearing, the designee shall take the evidence and shall be authorized to issue in the name of the Board notices of hearings requesting the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter involved in such hearings.
(4) 
Upon conclusion of the hearing, the designee shall transmit a report of the evidence and hearing, together with recommendations, to the Board for action thereon.
(5) 
At any hearing held pursuant to this chapter, testimony taken must be under oath and recorded by tape. The tape will be made available to any member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment of usual charges.
(6) 
After the Board has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the user cited directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances shall have been installed or existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances are properly operated. Further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate may be issued.
I. 
Suspension of services. The Superintendent may order immediate suspension of the wastewater treatment service and/or an industrial wastewater discharge permit of a user, pending compliance with a notice of violation and/or notice of revocation, when such suspension is necessary, in the opinion of the Superintendent, in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons or to the environment or the POTW. Any user notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service and/or the industrial wastewater discharge permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the discharge or comply voluntarily with the suspension order. Failure to so comply shall cause the Town Board to take such steps as deemed necessary, including authorizing the Superintendent to immediately sever the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW system or endangerment to individuals or the environment. The Town Board shall authorize reinstatement of the industrial wastewater discharge permit and/or the wastewater treatment service upon proof to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall pay for, defend and hold harmless the Town from any loss, expense or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A. 
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except that where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and shall be considered as a separate building sewer.
B. 
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Engineer, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
The building sewer shall be ductile iron soil pipe, AWWA C151, thickness Class 52 (2), or equal, or vitrified clay pipe, ASTM C700, extra-strength or equal, PVC sewer pipe, Class SDR 35, ASTM D3034 or other suitable material approved by the Engineer. Joints shall be gastight and watertight. Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of ductile iron pipe. Ductile iron pipe may be required by the Engineer where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of ductile iron soil pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Engineer. All pipe is to be bedded in at least six inches of gravel, crushed stone or sand. Bedding material is to be placed in the trench so as to obtain equal support for all sections of the pipe.
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such four-inch pipe shall be not less than 1/8 inch per foot nor more than 1/2 inch per foot.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment, insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe and fittings. Where horizontal bends of more than 11 1/4° are required, cleanouts of a type approved by the Engineer are to be installed.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer, and the cost of installing, maintaining, repairing and replacing such artificial means shall be paid by the district. The cost of installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of any artificial means of lifting sanitary sewage from a building drain to the public sewer, as well as the utility costs incurred in the operation thereof, which are made necessary by the construction and installation of building drains subsequent to the installation of the public sewer shall be paid by the owner of the premises on which any such building drain is located.
All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Engineer. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with the section of the construction specifications for Sewer District Nos. 1, 5 and 6 entitled “Excavation, Trenching and Backfilling for Utilities Systems.”
The connection of the building sewer into an existing public sewer shall be made at the property line. If a lateral connection has not previously been provided, the lateral will be constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line by the Town upon submittal of a written application by the property owner. The method of connection of the lateral to the public sewer will be dependent upon the type of sewer material used and, in all cases, shall be approved by the Engineer. The cost of constructing said lateral shall be paid by the district.
A. 
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall give at least a twenty-four-hour notice to the Town Supervisor and Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer lateral. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Engineer or his agent or representative or such other person approved by the Town Board.
B. 
When trenches are opened for the laying of house sewer lateral pipes, such trenches shall be inspected by the Engineer or his deputy or representative before the trenches are filled, and the plumber performing such work shall notify the Engineer when the laying of house sewer is completed. If a trench is filled before inspection is made, the plumber to whom a permit is issued shall reexcavate the trench to permit the required inspection.
C. 
All excavation for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored by the property owner in a manner satisfactory to the Town.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged only to such sewers as are specifically designed as storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Engineer, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.