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Unless otherwise stated in the section where the term is used in this Part 1, the meanings of terms used in this Part 1 shall be as stated below. When not inconsistent with the context, the present tense shall include the future, and words used in the plural shall include the singular and vice versa. Furthermore, a masculine pronoun shall include the feminine. The word "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
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ABNORMAL SEWAGE
ACT OR THE ACT
ADMINISTRATOR
AMMONIA
APPLICANT
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
ASTM (DENOTING "AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS")
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER
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BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
BUILDER
BUILDING DRAIN
CHLORINE DEMAND
COD (DENOTING "CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
COLOR
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONNECTION CHARGE (TAP FEE)
CONTROL AUTHORITY
CONTROL MANHOLE
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
COOLING WATER
COUNTY
DEVELOPER
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DOMESTIC WASTES
DRY SEWER
EASEMENT
END OF PIPE
END OF PIPE CONCENTRATION
END OF PROCESS CONCENTRATION
EPA, USEPA OR UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW RATE
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
ICS FORM
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL SURVEY (ICS)
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INFILTRATION
INFLOW
INTERFERENCE
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LATERAL, BUILDING
LATERAL, STREET
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR CATEGORICAL STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD OR PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW OWNER
NEW SOURCE
NEW USER
NORMAL SEWAGE
NUISANCE
OIL AND GREASE
OLD OWNER
OTHER WASTES
PASS-THROUGH
PERMIT
PERSON
PH
PHOSPHORUS, TOTAL
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
PRETREATMENT (TREATMENT)
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENT
PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
RECEIVING WATERS
ROOF DRAIN
SANITARY INSPECTOR
SCAVENGER WASTES
SEPTAGE
SEPTIC TANK
SERVICE AREA OF THE POTW
SEWAGE
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC (DOMESTIC WASTES)
SEWAGE, NORMAL
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SEWAGE, SANITARY
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT)
SEWER
SEWERAGE SURCHARGE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM (ALSO POTW)
SEWER, COMBINED
SEWER, PUBLIC
SEWER, SANITARY
SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
SLUG
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STATE
STATE'S WATERS
STORMWATER
SUBSTANCE OF CONCERN
SUMP PUMP
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TOWN
TOWN ENGINEER
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
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USER
USER, EXISTING
USER, INDUSTRIAL
USER, NEW
USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL (SIU)
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(b)Â
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VOLUME CHARGE (USER CHARGE)
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
WASTEWATER OF UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER
WATERS OF THE STATE (STATE'S WATERS)
As used in this Part 1, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics of normal
sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of these characteristics of normal
sewage. See "normal sewage."
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean
Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., as may be amended.
The Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams of nitrogen per
liter.
That person who makes application for any permit. The "applicant"
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
The USEPA or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC) in the event that the NYSDEC is delegated approval authority responsibility
by the USEPA.
The procedures defined as "standard methods" in this Article 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.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated in
this Part 1.
May be:
A principal executive officer of at least the level of Vice President,
if the industrial user is a corporation.
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership
or proprietorship, respectively.
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above,
if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities
from which the indirect discharge originates.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to
determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical oxidation
of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any part of
a building, either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the building walls and conveys it to the building lateral, which begins
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to
determine the difference between the amount of chlorine added to a sample
and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at the end of a specified
contact time at room temperature, expressed in milligrams per liter.
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.
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance is equivalent
to zero optical density.
The 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.
The one-time application fee to offset Town expenses to process an
application for a connection of a building/street lateral to the public sewer.
The fee also covers plan review, permit issuance and inspection costs. The
fee may be scaled to the amount of work involved or to the size of the public
sewer involved.
Shall refer to the approval authority or to the Superintendent since
there is an approved pretreatment program under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to the control authority in or upstream of the
street lateral, such that samples collected from the manhole represent the
discharge to the POTW.
A pollutant that the POTW treatment plant was designed to treat,
defined in accordance with the Act.
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 milligrams per liter
or toxic substances as limited elsewhere in this Part 1.
Orange County, New York.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing, or
causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal facilities
are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the
waters of the State of New York. (For reference, see "indirect discharge.")
See "sewage, domestic."
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to a POTW but which is not used, in the meantime, for transport of sanitary
sewage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by § 148-48, the control manhole, provided that the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the POTW.
The concentration of a substance in a sample at end of pipe.
See "National Categorical Pretreatment Standard."
The agency of the federal government charged with the administration
and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules and regulations, and
also may be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly authorized
official of this agency.
Oil, grease or fat in a physical state such that it will separate
by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period of
time.
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.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical, chemical
and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one point and time.
The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform and update
the industrial chemical survey.
The introduction of wastewater into a POTW for treatment and ultimate
discharge of the treated effluent to the state's waters. (For reference,
see "direct discharge.")
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade,
business or institution, and is distinguished from domestic or residential.
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by the NYSDEC,
to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
See "user, industrial."
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.
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. "Infiltration" does not include, and is distinguished
from, inflow. "Infiltration" is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed
or built into the sewer or drain.
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 springs and swampy areas, manhole covers,
cross-connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins,
cooling towers, stormwaters, foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff,
street wash waters or drainage. "Inflow" does not include, and is distinguished
from, infiltration. "Inflow" is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer
or drain.
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 POTW's NPDES 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):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act.
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 of the SWDA].
Clean Air Act.
Toxic Substance Control Act.
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street lateral
or other place of wastewater disposal.
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property line.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(B) and (C) of the Act (22 U.S.C.
§ 1342) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.
These standards apply at the end of the categorical process ("end of process").
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(B) of
the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to the state's waters.
That individual or entity who or which purchased property within
the service area of the Town after the effective date of this Part 1.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after the publication
of a proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307(C) (33 U.S.C. § 1317)
categorical pretreatment standard which will be applicable to such source,
if such standard is thereafter promulgated.
A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the effective
date of this Part 1.
See "sewage, normal."
The use or lack of use of the POTW in such a manner so as to endanger
life or health or give offense to the senses or obstruct or otherwise interfere
with the reasonable use or maintenance of the POTW.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to
determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease and oil in a sample, expressed
in milligrams per liter.
That individual or entity who or which owns or owned a property within
the service area of the POTW purchased prior to the effective date of this
Part 1 or inherited the property at any time and who or which intends to sell
the property or has sold the property to a new owner, and also the agent of
the old owner.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, eggshells, coffee
grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes and all other discarded
matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes; also the discarded
matter not normally present in sewage or industrial waste.
The discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state in quantities
or concentrations 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 or a violation).
A temporary, revocable written document allowing use of the POTW
for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing sampling locations
and reporting frequencies and requiring other actions as authorized by this
Part 1.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision,
federal, state or local agency or entity, association, trust, estate or any
other legal entity whatsoever.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A "pH" value of seven point zero
(7.0), the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above seven point
zero (7.0) represent alkaline conditions. Values below seven point zero (7.0)
represent acid conditions.
See "total phosphorus."
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands and/or
air which interferes with the beneficial use of that water, land and/or air
by any living thing at any time.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters, lands
and/or air resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into these media.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater
and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such 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 state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing
such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be achieved by
physical, chemical or biological process, process changes or by other means,
except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(D).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial user.
Any Categorical Standard or Prohibitive Discharge Standard.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the EPA,
in accordance with the Act.
See "National Prohibitive Discharge Standard."
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 and with no
particle having a dimension greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1292), which is owned, in this instance, by the Town for or on
behalf of a sewer district or districts or by the City of Newburgh and utilized
by the Town by agreement. This definition includes any sewers and appurtenances
that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant but does not include
pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected directly or indirectly to
a facility providing treatment.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of the state)
into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface of a
roof for disposal.
The Town officer or employee designated by the Town Board to administer
and enforce Arts XII, XIII, XIV and XV of this Part 1 relating to septic tanks
and other private sewage disposal systems.
See "septage."
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 also sludge from small sewage treatment plants. "Septage"
shall not have been contaminated with substances of concern or priority pollutants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of an underground
tank (with suitable baffling) constructed in accordance with any and/or all
local and state requirements.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established, altered,
changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined or consolidated by action of
the Town Board.
A combination of the 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.
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. (See "sewage, sanitary."
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which show, by analysis, the
following characteristics:
BOD (five-day): 2,090 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams per
liter) or less.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (350 milligrams per
liter) or less.
Phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams per liter)
or less.
Ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams per liter) or
less.
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: 417 pounds per million gallons (50 milligrams
per liter) or less.
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams per liter)
or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million gallons (350 milligrams
per liter) or less.
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams per liter)
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."
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including
apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions
and free from stormwater, surface water and industrial and other wastes. (See
"domestic wastes.")
See "POTW treatment plant."
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment
plant for the handling of 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. (See "volume charge.")
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting
wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and
sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal rights and
the use of which is controlled by the town.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface and ground
waters are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage but
excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling waters and
other unpolluted waters.
See "user, significant industrial."
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or constituent
concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause interference. In any
event, a discharge which, in concentration of any 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 or flow during
normal user operations shall constitute a "slug."
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.
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.); any other
procedure approved by the Administrator; or any other procedure approved by
the Superintendent, whichever is the most conservative.
The State of New York.
See "waters of the state."
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation,
and also the flow resulting therefrom.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.
A mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.
An individual appointed by the Town Board and who serves at the Board's
pleasure and at a salary and on the terms and conditions as determined by
said Board and who shall be in charge of the Town Sewer Department but not
necessarily have that job title.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the dry weight of solids in a sample that either float on the surface of or
are in suspension in or are settleable and can be removed from the sample
by filtration, expressed in milligrams per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during the acid digestion
of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams of nitrogen per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the total quantity of orthophosphate in a sample of wastewater following the
hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed as milligrams of phosphorus
per liter of sample.
The Town of Newburgh, Orange County, New York.
The professional engineer employed by the Town of Newburgh.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, that, when discharged
to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous to sewer maintenance
personnel, tend to interfere with any biological sewage treatment process
or constitute a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent
from a sewage treatment plant or overflow point.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations
promulgated by the EPA under provisions of CWA 307(A) or other acts.
Any person who contributes or causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before the effective
date of this Part 1.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the effective
date of this Part 1.
An industrial user of the Town POTW who is:
Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards promulgated by
the EPA.
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with other
industries, on the operation of the treatment works.
Using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds or 1,000 gallons
of raw material containing priority pollutants and/or substances of concern
and discharging a measurable quantity of these pollutants to the sewer system.
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load of conventional pollutants
received by the POTW treatment plant.
Discharging more than 25,000 gallons of sewage per day.
Note: A user discharging a measurable quantity of a pollutant may be
classified as nonsignificant if, at the influent to the POTW treatment plant,
the pollutant, from all users, is not detectable.
The demand sewer use charge which is based, in part or wholly, on the volume of normal sewage discharged into the POTW (there may be surcharges, as provided for in Article XI). The "volume charge" shall be based on a specific cost per 1,000 gallons. The specific charge shall be subject to approval by the Town Board. The moneys so obtained shall be used for current operation and maintenance. The basis of "volume charge" calculations shall be made available to the public, on demand, as provided in Article XI. The "volume charge" shall be recalculated annually, as well as the surcharge rates.
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.
See "sewage of unusual strength or character."
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, which are contained within, flow through or
border upon the state or any portion thereof.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
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L
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Liter
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Mg
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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation
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P
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Total phosphorus
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 690L et seq.
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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U.S.C.
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United States Code of Laws
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USEPA
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
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Terms not defined in this Article, or terms found to be ambiguous or
improperly defined in this Article, shall be defined by the Act or regulations
pursuant thereto.
