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County City Town of Hague Village
Local Law No. 1 of the year 2005.
A local law Amending the Sewer Use Local Law #3 of 2002. (insert title)
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the
County City Town of Hague as follows: Village |
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Title |
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Short Title and Purpose |
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Definitions |
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Use of Public Sewers Required |
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New Sewers or Sewer Extensions |
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Building Laterals, Street Laterals, Connections, and Fees |
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Inflow |
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Trucked and Hauled Wastes |
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Discharge Restrictions |
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9 |
Discharge Permits and Pretreatment Requirements |
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10 |
Enforcement and Penalties |
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Charges |
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Public Disclosure of POTW Operation |
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13 |
Conflicts, Severability, Effective Date and Applicability |
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Appendix |
Table of Parameters of Concern |
Specific Table of Contents
Article 1 - Short Title and Purpose
Section 101 - Short Title
Section 102 - General Purpose
Section 103 - Specific Purposes
Section 104 – Continuance of Previous Sewer Use Law
Article 2 - Definitions
Section 201 - Defined Terms
Section 202 - Abbreviations
Section 203 - Undefined Terms
Article 3 - Use of Public Sewers Required
Section 301 - Waste Disposal Unlawful
Section 302 - Connecting Private Sewage System to Storm Sewer Unlawful
Section 303 - Discharge of Sewage into Well Prohibited
Section 304 - Wastewater Discharge Unlawful
Section 305 - Building Permit Allowed Only When Approved Wastewater Disposal
Available
Section 306 - Private Wastewater Disposal Unlawful
Section 307 - Connection to Public Sewer Required
Section 308 - Limitation on Use of Public Sewers
Section 309 - Wastewater from Outside the POTW Service Area- Inter-municipal
Agreements
Section 310 - Moratorium
Section 311 - Basis of Sewer Use Requirement
Article 4 - New Sewers or
Sewer Extensions
Section 401 - Proper Design
Section 402A - New Sewers Subject to Approval, Fees, Inspection, Testing, and
Reporting
Section 402B - Plans, Specification, and Pipe Test Results Required
Section 403A - Sewer Pipe
Section 403B - Safety and Load Factors
Section 403C - Sewer Pipe installation
Section 403D - Cleanout Installation
Section 404 - Manholes and Manhole Installation
Section 405A - Infiltration/Exfiltration Testing
Section 405B - Test Section
Section 405C - Test Period
Section 405D - Pipe Lamping
Section 405E - Deflection Testing
Section 405F - Air Testing Alternative
Section 405G - Vacuum Testing Alternative
Section 406A - Force Mains
Section 406B - Force Main Testing
Section 407 - Final Acceptance and Warranty/Surety
Section 408 - Liability Insurance Coverage During Construction Period
Article 5 - Building
Laterals, Street Laterals, Connections, and Fees
Section 501A - Permit Required for Sewer Connections
Section 501B - Inflow/Infiltration Prohibited
Section 502 - Sewer Lateral Permits
Section 503A - New Building Laterals
Section 503B - Laterals Serving Several Buildings
Section 503C - Laterals Serving Complexes
Section 503D - Dry Sewers
Section 504 - Using Existing Building Laterals
Section 505 - Lateral Pipe Materials
Section 506A - Street Lateral to Public Sewer Connection
Section 506B - Future Connection Locations; As-Built Drawings
Section 506C - Special Manhole Requirements
Section 507 - Laterals At and Near Buildings
Section 508 - Sewage Lifting
Section 509 - Lateral Pipe Installation
Section 510A - Watertight Joints
Section 510B - Cast Iron Pipe Poured Joints
Section 510C - Cast Iron Push Joints
Section 510D - PVC Push Joints
Section 511A - Building Lateral/Street Lateral Connection
Section 511B - Cleanout Repair/Replacement
Section 511C - Street Lateral Replacement; Ownership
Section 512 - Testing
Section 513A - Connection Inspection
Section 513B - Trench Inspections
Section 514 - Public Safety Provisions Required; Restoration of Disturbed
Areas
Section 515 - Interior Clean-Out
Section 516 - Costs Borne by Owner
Article 6 - Inflow
Section 601 - New Inflow Sources Prohibited
Section 602 - Existing Inflow Sources Disconnected
Section 603 - Existing Inflow Sources Disconnected When Property Sold
Section 604 - No Re-connection of Inflow Source Allowed
Section 605 - Charges for Inflow
Article 7 - Trucked or Hauled Waste
Section 701 - Licenses and Application
Section 702 - Concurrent Requirements
Section 703 - Dumping Location and Timing
Section 704 - Notification of Dumping
Article 8 - Discharge
Restrictions
Section 801 - Pretreatment Standards
Section 802 - General Prohibitions
Section 803 - Concentration Based Limitations
Section 804 - Mass Discharge Based Limitations
Section 805 - Modification of Limitations
Section 806 - Access to User's Records
Section 807 - Dilution
Section 808 - Grease, Oil, and Sand Interceptors
Section 809 - Solid Waste Grinders
Section 810 - Rejection of Wastewater
Article 9 - Discharge
Permits and Pretreatment Requirements
Section 901 - Wastewater Discharge Reports
Section 902 - Notification to Industrial Users
Section 903A - Wastewater Discharges
Section 903B - Wastewater Discharge Permits Required For Significant
Industrial Users
Section 903C - Other Industrial Users
Section 903D - Discharge Permits to Storm Sewers Not Authorized
Section 904A - Application for Wastewater Discharge Permits
Section 904B - Permit Modifications
Section 904C - Permit Conditions
Section 904D - Permit Duration
Section 904E - Permit Reissuance
Section 904F - Permit Transfer
Section 904G - Permit Revocation
Section 904H - Public Notification
Section 905 - Reporting Requirements for Permittee
Section 906 - Flow Equalization
Section 907 - Monitoring Stations (Control Manholes)
Section 908 - Proper Design and Maintenance of Facilities and Monitoring
Stations
Section 909 - Vandalism, Tampering with Measuring Devices
Section 910 - Sampling and Analysis
Section 911 - Accidental Discharges; SPCC Plan
Section 912 - Posting Notices
Section 913 - Sample Splitting
Section 914 - Public Access to Information Maintained by the Zoning
Enforcement Officer
Section 915A - Access to Property and Records
Section 915B - Access to Easements
Section 915C - Liability of Property Owner
Section 916 - Special Agreements
Article 10 - Enforcement
and Penalties
Section 1001 - Enforcement Response Plan
Administrative Remedies
Section 1002 - Notification of Violation
Section 1003 - Consent Orders
Section 1004 - Administrative or Compliance Orders
Section 1005 - Administrative Fines
Section 1006 - Cease and Desist Orders
Section 1007 - Termination of Permit
Section 1008 - Water Supply Severance
Section 1009 - Show Cause Hearing
Section 1010 - Failure of User to Petition the Town
Section 1011 - Notice
Section 1012 - Right to Choose Multiple Remedies
Judicial Remedies
Section 1113 - Civil Actions for Penalties
Section 1114 - Court Orders
Section 1115 - Criminal Penalties
Section 1116 - Injunctive Relief
Section 1117 - Summary Abatement
Miscellaneous
Section 1118 - Delinquent Payments
Section 1119 - Performance Bonds
Section 1120 - Liability Insurance
Section 1121 - Informant Rewards
Section 1122 - Public Notification
Section 1123 - Contractor Listings
Article 11 - Charges
Section 1101 - Normal Sewage Service Charges
Section 1102 - Surcharge for Abnormal Sewage
Section 1103 - Total Sewer Service Charge
Section 1104 - Segmenting the POTW
Section 1105 - Measurement of Flow
Section 1106 - Billing Period
Section 1107 - Pretreatment Program Costs
Section 1108 - Charges for Trucked or Hauled Waste
Section 1109 - Capital Recovery
Section 1110 - Collection of Charges
Section 1111 - Fiscal Year for System
Section 1112 - Impact Fees
Section 1113 - Use of Revenues
Section 1114 - Records and Accounts
Article 12 - Public
Disclosure of POTW Operations
Section 1201 - POTW Operations Open to the Public
Section 1202 - Procedural Requirements Available
Section 1203 - Validity Through Public Inspection
Article 13 - Conflicts,
Severability, Effective Date and Applicability
Section
1301 - Conflicts
Section 1302 - Severability
Section 1303 - Effective Date
Section 1304 - Applicability
Appendix - Parameters of
Concern
Class A - Halogenated Hydrocarbons
Class B - Halogenated Organics (Other than Hydrocarbons)
Class C - Pesticides (Includes Herbicides, Algaecides, Biocides, Slimicides
and Mildewcides)
Class D - Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Class E - Tars
Class F - Substituted Aromatics (Other than Hydrocarbons and Non-Halogenated)
Class G - Miscellaneous
Class M - Metals and their Compounds
Article 1
Short Title and Purpose
Section 101 - Short Title
Section 102 - General Purpose
Section 103 - Specific Purposes
Section 104 - Continuance of Previous Sewer Use Law
Section 101 - Short Title
For brevity and ease of communication, this Law may be cited as the Town of Hague Sewer Use Law.
Section 102 - General Purpose
The
general purpose of this Law is the following:
To provide for efficient, economic, environmentally safe, and legal operation
of the Town of Hague POTW and the design and operation of all sewage disposal
systems within the Town of Hague
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Section 103 - Specific Purposes
The specific purposes of this Law are the following: (1) To prevent the introduction of substances into the POTW that will:
(2) To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow and,
as much as possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration and inflow.
(3) To assure that new sewers and connections are properly constructed.
(4) To provide for equitable distribution to all users of the POTW of all
costs, associated with sewage transmission, treatment, and residuals
disposal, and to provide for the collection of such costs.
(5) To promote the health safety and welfare of the community by ensuring
that all private wastewater disposal systems are properly designed, located,
constructed and operated.
Section 104 - Continuance of Previous Sewer Use Law
The Septic Regulations of the Town of Hague enacted June 20, 1987 shall remain in full force and effect as amended.
Article 2
Section 202 – Defined Terms
Section 202 - Abbreviations
Section 203 - Undefined Terms
Section 201 - Defined Terms Unless otherwise stated in the
section where the term is used in this Law, the meaning of terms used in this
Law 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. Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.
Abnormal Sewage - 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 ACT" - 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.
Administrator - The Regional Administrator of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
Ammonia - The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams of nitrogen per liter.
Applicant - That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
Approval Authority - The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NYSDEC is delegated approval authority responsibility by the USEPA.
Approved Laboratory Procedure - The procedures defined as 'Standard Methods' in this article, or other procedures approved by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, for flow measurement or determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates in waters, wastewaters, and/or sludges.
ASTM, denoting American Society for Testing and Materials - The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated in this Law.
Authorized
Representative of the Industrial User - An authorized representative
of the industrial user may be: a) A principal executive officer of at least
the level of vice-president, if the industrial user is a corporation; (b) A
general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership or
proprietorship, respectively;(c) 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.
BOD, denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand - 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.
Builder - Any person who undertakes to construct a building
or any part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
Building Drain - 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 (5) feet outside the inner face of the
building wall.
Chlorine Demand - 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.
COD, denoting Chemical Oxygen Demand - 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.
Color - The optical density at the visual wavelength of
maximum absorption, relative to distilled water. One hundred percent (100%)
transmittance is equivalent to zero (0.0) optical density.
Composite Sample - 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.
Connection - Attachment of one user to a sewer. (See
Extension)
Connection Charge (Tap Fee) - The one time application fee
to offset Town of Hague 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, street repair cost, and inspection costs. The fee
may be scaled to the amount of work involved, or to the size of the public
sewer involved.
Control Authority - The term shall refer to "Approval
Authority", or to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator when Town of Hague has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
Control Manhole - A manhole accessible to the Control
Authority in or upstream of the street lateral, such that samples collected
from t he manhole represent the discharge to the POTW.
Conventional Pollutant - A pollutant that the POTW treatment
plant was designed to treat, defined in accordance with the Act.
Cooling Water - 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 Law.
County - The county in which the Town of Hague is located.
Developer - Any person who subdivides land for the purpose
of constructing, or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater
disposal facilities are required.
Direct Discharge - The discharge of treated or untreated
wastewater directly to the Waters of the State of New York. (For reference,
see Indirect Discharge.)
Domestic Wastes - see Sewage, Domestic.
Dry Sewers - The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of
future connection to a POTW but which is not used, in the meantime, for
transport of storm or sanitary sewage.
End of Pipe - For the purpose of determining compliance with
limitations prescribed by Article 9, end of pipe shall mean the control
manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are
representative of the discharge to the POTW.
End of Pipe Concentration - The concentration of a substance
in a sample of wastewater at end of pipe.
End of Process Concentration - see National Categorical
Pretreatment Standard.
Easement - An acquired legal right for the specific use of
land owned by others.
EPA, USEPA, or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - 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 other duly authorized
official of this Agency.
Extension - Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one
user, to an existing sewer line.
Facility - All buildings, other structures, grounds and
contiguous property at any locations related to or connected with a user at
the user's location.
Floatable Oil - Oil, grease, or fat in a physical state such
that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater
treatment facility.
Flow Rate - The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a
certain period of time.
Garbage - 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 Sample - A single sample of wastewater representing the
physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one
point and time.
ICS Form - The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries
to perform and update the Industrial Chemical Survey.
Indirect Discharge - 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).
Industrial - Meaning or pertaining to industry,
manufacturing, commerce, trade, business, or institution, and is
distinguished from domestic or residential.
Industrial Chemical Survey (ICS) - The survey of industries
in New York State, initiated by the NYSDEC, to determine chemical usage and
storage by those industries.
Industrial User - See User, Industrial.
Industrial Wastes - 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.
Infiltration - 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.
Inflow - 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, storm waters, 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.
Interference - A discharge which, alone or in conjunction
with discharges by other sources,
(a) inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or
its sludge processes, use or disposal; and
(b) therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the (C,V,T)
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 there under (or more stringent State or local regulations):
i - Section 405 of the Clean Water Act,
ii - 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),
iii - Clean Air Act,
iv - Toxic Substance Control Act, and
v - Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
Lateral, Building - The sewer extension from the building
drain to the Street Lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
Lateral, Street - The sewer extension from the public sewer
to the property line.
National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, or Categorical Standard
- 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. 1347), which
applies to a specific category of industrial users. These standards apply at
the end of the categorical process ("end of process").
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit
- A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1342).
National Prohibitive Discharge Standard, or Prohibitive Discharge
Standard - Any regulation developed under the authority of Section
307 (B) of the Act, and 40 CFR, Section 403.5.
Natural Outlet - Any outlet, including storm sewers and
combined sewer overflows, to State's Waters.
New Owner - That individual or entity who purchased property
within the Service Area of the Town of Hague after the effective date of this
law.
New Source - Any source, the construction of which is
commenced after the publication of the 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.
New User - A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge
after the effective date of this Law.
Normal Sewage - see Sewage, Normal.
Nuisance - The 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.
Oil and Grease - 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.
Old Owner - That individual or entity who owns or owned a
property, within the Service Area of the POTW, purchased prior to the
effective date of this Law, who or inherited the property at any time and
intends to sell the property, or has sold the property to a new owner, also
the agent of the old owner.
Other Wastes - 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. Also, the discarded matter not normally present in sewage or
industrial waste.
Pass Through - The discharge which exits the Town of Hague
Wastewater Treatment Plant (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).
Permit - 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 Law.
Person - Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, Federal, State, or local agency or entity, association, trust,
estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
pH - The 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. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
Phosphorus, total - See total phosphorus.
Pollutant - Any material placed into or onto the State's
waters, lands and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that
water, land and/or air by any living thing at any time.
Pollution - 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.
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 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,
Section 403.6 (D).
Pretreatment Requirements - Any substantive or procedural
requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Pretreatment
Standard imposed on an industrial user.
Pretreatment Standard or National Pretreatment Standard -Any
Categorical Standard or Prohibitive Discharge Standard.
Priority Pollutants - The most recently revised or updated
list, developed by the EPA, in accordance with the Act.
Prohibitive Discharge Standard - see National Prohibitive
Discharge Standard.
Properly Shredded Garbage - 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.
POTW Treatment Plant - That 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) - A treatment works,
as defined by Section 212 of the Act, (33 U.S.C 1292), which is owned, in
this instance, by Town of Hague . 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.
Receiving Waters - A natural watercourse or body of water
(usually Waters of the State) into which treated or untreated sewage is
discharged.
Records - Shall include, but not be 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 law, records shall mean records of and relating to waste generation,
reuse and disposal, and shall include records of usage of raw materials.
Roof Drain - A drain installed to receive water collecting
on the surface of a roof for disposal.
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. Also sludge from small sewage
treatment plants. Septage shall not have been contaminated with substances of
concern or priority pollutants.
Septic Tank - 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.
Service Area of the POTW - 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 of Hague (Board, Council).
Sewage - 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.
Sewage, Domestic (Domestic Wastes) - Liquid wastes from the
non-commercial 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. Therefore,
domestic sewage includes both black water and grey water. (See Sewage,
Sanitary.)
Sewage, Normal - Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes,
which show, by analysis, the following characteristics:
B.O.D. (Five Day) - 2090 lbs. per million gallons (250 milligrams per liter), or less.
Suspended Solids - 2500 lbs. per million gallons (300 milligrams per liter), or less.
Phosphorus - 125 lbs. per million gallons (15 milligrams per liter), or less
Ammonia - 250 lbs. per million gallons (30 milligrams per liter), or less.
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen - 417 lbs. per million (50 milligrams per liter), or less.
Chlorine Demand - 209 lbs. per million gallons (25 milligrams per liter), or less.
Chemical Oxygen Demand - 2920 lbs. per million gallons (350 milligrams per liter), or less.
Oil and Grease -
830 lbs. 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.
Sewage, Sanitary - Liquid wastes from the sanitary
conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office
buildings, factories, or institutions, and free from storm water, surface
water, industrial, and other wastes. (See Domestic Wastes.)
Sewage Treatment Plant (Water Pollution Control Plant) - see
POTW Treatment Plant.
Sewage, Unusual Strength or Character - Sewage which has
characteristics greater than those of Normal Sewage and /or which contains
Substances of Concern.
Sewer - A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting
sewage.
Sewer, Combined - A sewer designed to receive and transport
both surface runoff and sewage.
Sewer, Public - A sewer in which all abutting property
owners have equal rights, and the use of which is controlled by the Town of
Hague.
Sewer, Sanitary - A sewer which carries sewage, and to which
storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Sewer, Storm (Storm Drain) - A sewer which carries storm and
surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters,
other than cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.
Sewerage System (also POTW) - All facilities for collecting,
regulating, pumping, and transporting wastewater to and away from the POTW
treatment plant.
Sewerage Surcharge - 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.)
Significant Industrial User - see User, Significant
Industrial.
Significant Non-Compliance (SNC) - A User is in significant
non-compliance if its violation(s) meet(s) one or more of the following
criteria:
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits , defined here as those, in sixty-six (66) percent or more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period, which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
Technical Review Criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those, in which thirty-three (33) percent or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period, which equal or exceed the product of the daily maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease; TRC = 1.2 for all other pollutants);
Slug - 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, that exceeds, for
any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes, more than five (5)
times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or flow during normal
user operations, shall constitute a slug.
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 Methods - 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, Part 136, and amendments thereto. (If 40
CFR, Part 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique for the
pollutant in question, then procedures set forth in 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 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, whichever is
the most conservative.
State - State of New York.
State's Waters - See Waters of the State.
Storm Water - Any flow occurring during or following any
form of natural precipitation; also the flow resulting there from.
Substances of Concern - Those compounds which the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation has determined may be harmful
to man or the environment.
Sump Pump - A mechanism used for removing water from a sump
or wet well.
Suspended Solids - 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, or are settleable,
and can be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams per
liter.
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) - 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.
Total Phosphorus - 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.
Town - The Town of Hague, as incorporated on April 6, 1807.
Toxic Substances - Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid,
or solid, that when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may
be hazardous to POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere
with any biological sewage treatment process, or to 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.
User - Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the
contribution of wastewater into the POTW.
User, Existing - A discharger to the POTW who is discharging
on or before the effective date of this Law.
User, Industrial - A discharger to the POTW who discharges
non-domestic wastewaters.
User, New - A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge
after the effective date of this Law.
User, Significant Industrial (SIU) - An industrial user of
the Town of Hague POTW who is:
*Note: A user discharging a measurable quantity of a
pollutant may be classified as non-significant if, at the influent to the
POTW treatment plant, the pollutant is not detectable.
Volume Charge (User Charge) - 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 12). The
volume charge shall be based on a specific cost per 100 cubic feet or per
1,000 gallons. The specific charge shall be subject to approval by the Town
of Hague Board. The moneys so obtained shall be used for current operation
and maintenance, for retirement of bonded indebtedness, and for funding of
capital projects, of the POTW. The basis of volume charge calculations shall
be made available to the public, on demand, as provided in Article 13. The
volume charge shall be recalculated annually, as well as the surcharge rates.
Wastewater - The liquid and water-carried industrial or
domestic wastewaters from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial
facilities, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water,
and storm water that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed
into or permitted to enter the POTW.
Wastewater Discharge Permit - A permit as set forth in
Article 10 of this Law.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator - That
individual nominated by the Town of Hague Supervisor, and confirmed by the
Town of Hague Board as the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. Such an
individual shall be licensed in the State, and otherwise qualified to oversee
wastewater collection, conveyance and POTW operations. This definition shall
also include his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
Wastewater, Unusual Strength or Character - see Sewage, Unusual Strength or Character.
Zoning Enforcement Officer - That individual
nominated by the Town of Hague Supervisor, and confirmed by the Town of Hague Board as the Zoning Enforcement Officer. This definition shall also include his
authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
Waters of the State (State's Waters) - All streams, lakes,
ponds, marshes, water courses, 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.
Section 202 - Abbreviations
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
AWWA - American Water Works Association
BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CPLR - Code of Public Law and Rules
COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
L - Liter
Mg - Milligram
Mg/l - Milligrams per liter
NCPI - National Clay Pipe Institute
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NYSDEC - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NYSDOH - New York State Department of Health
NYSDOT - New York State Department of Transportation
P - Total Phosphorus
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works
PPM - Parts per Million, weight basis
SIC - Standard Industrial Classification
SPDES - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
SWDA - Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 690 L, et seq.
U.S.C. - United State Code of Laws
USEPA - United State Environmental Protection Agency
TSS - Total Suspended Solids
Section 203 - Undefined
Terms
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.
Article 3
Use of Public Sewers Required
Section 301 - Waste Disposal Unlawful
Section 302 - Connecting Private Sewage System to Storm Sewer Unlawful
Section 303 - Discharge of Sewage into Well Prohibited
Section 304 - Wastewater Discharge Unlawful
Section 305 - Building Permit Allowed Only When Approved Wastewater Disposal
Available
Section 306 - Private Wastewater Disposal Unlawful
Section 307 - Connection to Public Sewer Required
Section 308 - Limitation on Use of Public Sewers
Section 309 - Wastewater from Outside the POTW Service Area - Inter-municipal
Agreements
Section 310 - Moratorium
Section 311 - Basis of Sewer Use Requirement
Section 301 - Waste
Disposal Unlawful
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be
deposited, in any unsanitary manner, on public or private property, within
the Town of Hague or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said
municipality, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable waste.
Also, no person shall discharge domestic sewage onto the surface of the
ground or discharge it in a way that permits it to come to the surface of the
ground.
Section 302 - Connecting
Private Sewage system to Storm Sewer Unlawful
No person shall connect a private sewage system so that sewage flows into a
storm sewer or into a drain intended exclusively for storm water.
Section 303 - Discharge of Sewage into Well Prohibited
No person shall discharge sewage into a well.
Section 304 - Wastewater
Discharge Unlawful
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet, within Town of
Hague, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said municipality, any
wastewater or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been
provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Law.
Section 305 - Building
Permit Allowed Only When Approved Wastewater Disposal Available
No property owner, builder, or developer shall be issued a building permit
for a new dwelling or structure requiring sanitary facilities unless a
suitable and approved method of wastewater disposal, conforming to this Law,
is available. All housing construction or building development which takes
place after this Law is enacted shall provide for an approved system of
sanitary sewers.
Section 306 - Private
Wastewater Disposal Unlawful
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain
any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank, or other facility intended or
used for disposal of wastewater within the Sewer District.
Section 307 - Connection
to Public Sewer Required
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the
Town of Hague, Sewer District and any extension thereof, is hereby required,
at the owner's expense to install suitable sanitary facilities therein, and
to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer, in
accordance with the provisions of this law, within ninety (90) days after
official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one
hundred (100) feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.
Section 308 - Limitation
on Use of Public Sewers
The use of the Town of Hague public sewers shall be strictly limited and
restricted, except as provided in Section 307, to receive and accept the
discharge of sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes generated
on or discharged from real property within the bounds of the Service Area of
the POTW.
Section 309 - Wastewater
from Outside the POTW Service Area - Inter-municipal Agreements
The Town of Hague Board, on the recommendation of the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator, shall have
the authority to enter into agreements to accept sewage and other wastes,
including industrial wastes, generated by or discharged from persons outside
the service area of the POTW.
If the person is a municipality, that municipality shall have enacted a Sewer
Use Law as restrictive on the discharge of sewage and other wastes as the
restrictions contained in this Law.
If the person is not a municipality the acceptance shall be made only with
the expressed written consent of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator (the issuance of a permit) setting
forth the terms and conditions of such a acceptance.
Section 310 - Moratorium
At the recommendation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, who determines that:
one or more segments of the POTW is exceeding its hydraulic capacity at any time
any specific
purpose of this Law is being violated
The Town of Hague Board shall have the authority to limit or deny new
connections to the POTW until the conditions leading to the moratorium are
corrected. Such correction may be by:
construction of new facilities
enlarging existing facilities
correction of inflow and infiltration
cleaning and repairing of existing facilities
Section 311 - Basis of
Sewer Use Requirement
All requirements, directives, and orders calling for mandatory use of the
sewers, within the Service Area of the POTW, for the proper discharge of
sewage and other wastes, including industrial wastes, shall be established
and given by the Town of Hague Board, NYSDEC, USEPA, and/or other such State
or Federal agencies, which have enforcement powers.
Article 4
New Sewers or Sewer Extensions
Section 401 - Proper Design
Section 402A - New Sewers Subject to Approval, Fees, Inspection, Testing, and
Reporting
Section 402B - Plans, Specification, and Pipe Test Results Required
Section 403A - Sewer Pipe
Section 403B - Safety and Load Factors
Section 403C - Sewer Pipe installation
Section 403D - Cleanout Installation
Section 404 - Manholes and Manhole Installation
Section 405A - Infiltration/Exfiltration Testing
Section 405B - Test Section
Section 405C - Test Period
Section 405D - Pipe Lamping
Section 405E - Deflection Testing
Section 405F - Air Testing Alternative
Section 405G - Vacuum Testing Alternative
Section 406A - Force Mains
Section 406B - Force Main Testing
Section 407 - Final Acceptance and Warranty/Surety
Section 408 - Liability Insurance Coverage During Construction Period
Section 401 - Proper
Design
New sanitary sewers and all extensions to sanitary sewers owned and operated
by the Town of Hague shall be designed, by a professional licensed to
practice sewer design in the State, in accordance with the Recommended
Standards for Sewage Works, as adopted by the Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi
River Board of State Sanitary Engineers ("Ten State Standards"),
and in strict conformance with all requirements of the NYSDEC. Plans and
specifications shall be submitted to, and written approval shall be obtained
from the Zoning Enforcement Officer, the NYSDOH, and the NYSDEC, before
initiating any construction. The design shall anticipate and allow for flows
from all possible future extensions or developments within the immediate drainage
area.
If, however, there is inadequate capacity in any sewer which would convey the
wastewater or if there is insufficient capacity in the POTW treatment plant
to treat the wastewater properly, the application shall be denied. Sewer line
and POTW treatment plant current use shall be defined as the present use and
the unutilized use which has been committed, by resolution, to other users by
the Town of Hague Board.
Section 402 A - New
Sewers Subject to Approval, Fees, Inspection, Testing, and Reporting
When a property owner, builder, or developer proposes to construct sanitary
sewers or extensions to sanitary sewers in an area proposed for subdivision,
the plans, specifications, and method of installation shall be subject to the
approval of the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator, and the NYSDOH, in accordance with Section 501. Said property owner, builder, or
developer shall pay for the entire installation, including a proportionate
share of the treatment plant, intercepting or trunk sewers, pumping stations,
force mains, and all other Town of Hague expenses incidental thereto. Each
street lateral shall be installed and inspected pursuant to Article 6, and
inspection fees shall be paid by the applicant prior to initiating
construction. Design and installation of sewers shall be as specified in
Section 503, and in conformance with Paragraphs 3 through 6 of ASTM
Specification C-12. The installation of the sewer shall be subject to
periodic inspection by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, without prior notice.
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall
determine whether the work is proceeding in accordance with the approved
plans and specifications, and whether the completed work will conform with
the approved plans and specifications. The sewer, as constructed, must pass
the infiltration test (or the exfiltration test, with prior approval),
required in Section 505, before any building lateral is connected thereto.
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall be notified 30 days in advance
of the start of any construction actions so that such inspection frequencies
and procedures as may be necessary or required, may be established. No new
sanitary sewers will be accepted by the Town of Hague Board until such
construction inspections have been made so as to assure the Town of Hague Board of compliance with this Law and any amendments or additions thereto. The Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator has the authority to require such excavation as necessary to
inspect any installed facilities if the facilities were covered or otherwise
backfilled before they were inspected so as to permit inspection of the
construction. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall report all
findings of inspections and tests to the Town of Hague Board.
Section 402 B - Plans,
Specification, and Pipe Test Results Required
Plans, specifications, and methods of installation shall conform to the
requirements of this Article. Components and materials of wastewater
facilities not covered in this Law, such as pumping stations, lift stations,
or force mains shall be designed in accordance with Section 501, and shall be
clearly shown and detailed on the plans and specifications submitted for
approval. Force main details are covered in Section 506. When requested, the
applicant shall submit, to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator and to the NYSDOH, all
design calculations and other pertinent
data to supplement review of the plans and specifications. Results of
manufacturer's tests on each lot of pipe delivered to the job site shall also
be furnished, upon request.
Section 403 A - Sewer
Pipe
1) Sewer pipe material shall be:
Section 403 B - Safety and Load Factors
Selection of pipe class shall be predicated on the following criteria:
Safety factor - 1.5
Load factor - 1.7
Weight of soil - 120 lbs/cu. ft.
Wheel loading - 16,000 lbs.
Utilizing the foregoing information, design shall be made as outlined in Chapter
IX of the Water Pollution Control Federation Manual of Practice No. 9, latest
edition, "Design and Construction of Sanitary and Storm Sewers",
and the pipe shall have sufficient structural strength to support all loads
to be placed on the pipe, with a safety factor as specified above.
PVC, and HDPE pipe shall not be encased in concrete due to their different
coefficients of linear thermal expansion.
Section 403 C - Sewer Pipe Installation
(1) Local utilities shall be contacted to verify construction plans and to
make arrangements to disconnect all utility services, where required to
undertake the construction work. The utility services shall later be
reconnected. The work shall be scheduled so that there is minimum
inconvenience to local residents. Residents shall be provided proper and
timely notice regarding disconnection of utilities.
(2) The construction right-of-way shall be cleared only to the extent needed
for construction. Clearing consists of removal of trees which interfere with
construction, removal of underbrush, logs, and stumps, and other organic
matter, removal of refuse, garbage, and trash, removal of ice and snow, and
removal of telephone and power poles, and posts. Any tree which will not
hinder construction shall not be removed, and shall be protected from damage
by any construction equipment. Debris shall not be burned, but hauled for
disposal in an approved manner.
(3) The public shall be protected from personal and property damage as a
result of the construction work.
(4) Traffic shall be maintained at all times in accordance with applicable
highway permits. Where no highway permits are required, at least 1/2 of a
street shall be kept open for traffic flow.
5) Erosion control shall be performed throughout the project to minimize the
erosion of soils onto lands or into waters adjacent to or affected by the
work. Erosion control can be effected by limiting the amount of clearing and
grubbing prior to trenching, proper scheduling of the pipe installation work,
minimizing time of open trench, prompt grading and seeding, and filtration of
drainage.
(6) The trench shall be excavated only wide enough for proper installation of
the sewer pipe, manhole, and appurtenances. Allowances may be made for
sheeting, de-watering, and other similar actions to complete the work. Roads,
sidewalks, and curbs shall be cut, by sawing or by other methods as approved
by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, before trench excavation is
initiated.
(7) Under ordinary conditions, excavation shall be by open cut from the
ground surface. However, tunneling or boring under structures other than
buildings may be permitted. Such structures include crosswalks, curbs,
gutters, pavements, trees, driveways, and railroad tracks.
(8) Open trenches shall be protected at all hours of the day with barricades,
as required.
(9) Trenches shall not be open for more than 30 feet in advance of pipe
installation nor left unfilled for more than 30 feet in the rear of the
installed pipe, when the work is in progress, without permission of the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. When work is not in progress, including
over night, weekends, and holidays, the trench shall be backfilled to ground
surface.
(10) The trench shall be excavated approximately six (6) inches deeper than the
final pipe grade. When unsuitable soils are encountered, these shall be
excavated to a maximum depth of 2-1/2 feet below the final pipe invert grade
and replaced with select materials.
(11) Ledge rock, boulders, and large stones shall be removed from the trench
sides and bottom. The trench shall be over-excavated at least 12 inches for
five (5) feet, at the transition from rock bottom to earth bottom, centered
on the transition.
(12) Maintenance of grade, elevation, and alignment shall be done by some suitable
method or combination of methods.
(13) No structure shall be undercut unless specifically approved by the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
(14) Proper devices shall be provided, and maintained operational at all
times, to remove all water from the trench as it enters. At no time shall the
sewer line be used for removal of water from the trench.
(15) To protect workers and to prevent caving, shoring and sheeting shall be
used, as needed. Caving shall not be used to backfill the trench. Sheeting
shall not be removed but cut off no lower than one foot above the pipe crown
nor no higher than one foot below final grade, and left in the trench, during
backfill operations.
(16) The pipe barrel shall be supported, along its entire length, on a minimum
of six (6)inches of crusher run max. 1/2-inch stone free of organic material.
This foundation shall be firmly tamped in the excavation.
(17) Bell holes shall be hand excavated, as appropriate.
(18) Pipe shall be laid from low elevation to high elevation. The pipe bell
shall be up gradient; the pipe spigot shall be down gradient.
(19) Joint preparation and assembly shall be in accordance with the
manufacturer's written instructions.
(20) The grade and alignment shall be checked and made correct. The pipe
shall be in straight alignment. Any negotiation of curves shall be at
manholes, except when site conditions require alternative pipe laying
procedures. These alternative procedures, including bending the pipe barrel,
deflecting the joint, and using special fittings, shall require prior written
approval of the plans and also written confirmation approval of need by the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator after examination of the site conditions.
(21) When a smaller sewer joins a larger one the invert of the larger sewer
shall be lowered sufficiently to maintain the same hydraulic gradient. An
approximate method which may be used for securing this result is to place the
0.8 depth of both sewers at the same elevation.
(22) Crushed stone shall be placed over the laid pipe to a depth of at least
six (6) inches. The embedment of thermoplastic pipe shall be in accordance
with ASTM D2321 using class 1A or 1B backfill materials. Care shall be
exercised so that stone is packed under the pipe haunches. Care shall be
exercised so that the pipe is not moved during placement of the crushed
stone.
(23) The migration of fines from surrounding backfill or native soils shall
be restricted by gradation of embedment materials or by use of suitable
filter fabric.
(24) The remaining portion of the trench above the pipe embedment shall be
backfilled in one-foot lifts which shall be firmly compacted. Compaction
near/under roadways, driveways, sidewalks, and other structures shall be to
95 % of the maximum moisture-density relationship, as determined by ASTM
Specification D 698, Method D. Ice, snow, or frozen material shall not be
used for backfill.
Section 403 D - Cleanout Installation
(1) Cleanouts for low pressure sewers shall be placed at intervals of
approximately 400 to 500 feet, at major changes of direction, where one
collection main joins another main and at the upstream end of each main
branch.
(2) The design of the cleanouts shall be as approved by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator.
Section 404 - Manholes and Manhole
Installation
(1) Design of all manholes shall be submitted to the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator and shall receive approval prior to placement.
(2) Manholes shall be placed where there is a change in slope or alignment,
and at intervals not exceeding 400 linear feet except as authorized by the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
(3) Manhole bases shall be constructed or placed on a minimum of six (6)
inches of crusher run max. 1/2-inch stone free of organic materials.
(4) Manhole bases shall be constructed of 4,000 psi (28 day) concrete 8
inches thick, or shall be precast bases properly bedded in the excavation.
Field constructed bases shall be monolithic, properly reinforced, and extend
at least 6 inches beyond the outside walls of lower manhole sections. Precast
manhole bases shall extend at least 6 inches beyond the outside walls of
lower manhole sections.
(5) Manholes shall be constructed using precast minimum 4 foot diameter
concrete manhole barrel sections, and an eccentric top section, conforming to
ASTM Specification C-478, with the following exceptions on wall thickness:
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Manhole Diameter (Feet) |
Wall Thickness (Inches) |
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4 |
5 |
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5 |
6 |
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6 |
7 |
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6 1/2 |
7 1/2 |
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7 |
8 |
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8 |
9 |
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All sections shall be cast solid, without lifting holes.
Flat top slabs shall be a minimum of 8 inches thick and shall be capable of
supporting a H-20 loading.
(6) All joints between sections shall be sealed with an "O" ring
rubber gasket, meeting the same specifications as concrete pipe joint
gaskets, or butyl joint sealant completely filling the joint.
(7) All joints shall be sealed against infiltration. All metal parts shall be
thickly coated with bitumastic or elastomeric compound to prevent corrosion.
(8) Steps or ladder rungs shall be installed at 12-inch spacing on the inside
manhole walls. Steps shall be copolymer polypropylene encased ˝-inch
diameter grade 60 reinforcing steel, with a non-skid tread and lugged ends.
(9) No holes shall be cut into the manhole sections closer than 6 inches from
joint surfaces.
10) Manholes which extend above grade shall not have an eccentric top
section. The top plate shall be large enough to accommodate the cover lifting
device and the cover.
(11) The elevation of the top section shall be such that the cover frame top
elevation is 0.5 foot above the 100-year flood elevation (in a field), 0.5
foot above a lawn elevation, or at finished road or sidewalk grade.
(12) When located in a traveled area (road or sidewalk), the manhole frame
and cover shall be heavy-duty cast iron. When located in a lawn or in a
field, the manhole frame and cover may be light duty cast iron. The cover
shall be 30 inches, minimum, in diameter. The maximum weight of the cover
shall be 150 lbs. The mating surfaces shall be machined, and painted with tar
pitch varnish. The cover shall not rock in the frame. Infiltration between
the cover and frame shall be prevented by proper design and painting. Covers
shall have "Town of Hague Sanitary Sewer" cast into them. Covers
shall have lifting holes suitable for any lifting/jacking device. The lifting
holes shall be designed so that infiltration is prevented.
(13) A drop of at least 0.1 foot shall be provided between incoming and
outgoing sewers on all junction manholes and on manholes with bends greater
than 45 degrees.
(14) Inverts and shelves/benches shall be placed after testing the manholes
and sewers.
(15) Benches shall be level and slope to the flow channel at about 1 inch per
foot.
(16) The minimum depth of the flow channel shall be the nominal diameter of
the smaller pipe. The channel shall have a steel trowel finish. The flow
channel shall have a smooth curvature from inlet to outlet.
(17) Manhole frames, installed at grade, shall be set in a full bed of mortar
with no less than 6-inches of precast concrete grade rings underneath to
allow for later elevation adjustment. The total number of grade rings shall
not exceed 12 inches in height, however, in no event shall more than 3 grade
rings be used.
(18) Manholes which extend above grade, shall have the frames cast into the
manhole top plate. The top plate shall be securely anchored to the manhole
barrel, by a minimum of six 1/2-inch corrosion resistant anchor bolts, to
prevent overturning when the cover is removed. The anchor bolts shall be
electrically isolated from the manhole frame and cover.
(19) Internal drop pipes and fittings shall be PVC plastic sewer pipe in
compliance with ASTM D2241. Corrosion resistant stainless steel anchors and
brackets shall be used to attach the drop pipe to the inside surface of the
manhole barrel.
Section 405 A - Infiltration/Exfiltration Testing
All sanitary sewers or extensions to sanitary sewers, including manholes,
shall satisfy requirements of a final infiltration test before they will be
approved and wastewater flow permitted by the Town of Hague. The infiltration
rate shall not exceed 25 gallons per 24 hours per mile per nominal diameter
in inches. An exfiltration test may be substituted for the infiltration test;
the same rate shall not be exceeded. The exfiltration test shall be performed
by the applicant, under the supervision of the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator, who shall have the responsibility for making proper and accurate
measurements required. The exfiltration test consists of filling the pipe
with water to provide a head of at least 5 feet above the top of the pipe or
5 feet above groundwater, whichever is higher, at the highest point under
test, and then measuring the loss of water, from the pipe section under test,
by the amount of water which must be added to maintain the original level.
However, under no circumstances shall the head at the downstream manhole
exceed ten (10) feet or fill to within six (6) inches of the top of the
downstream manhole. Should this condition prevail, the testing methods in Sections
504 F and/or 504 G shall be utilized. In this test, the test section must
remain filled with water for at least 24 hours prior to taking any
measurements. Exfiltration shall be measured by the drop of water level in a
standpipe with a closed bottom end, or in one of the sewer manholes serving
the test section. When a standpipe and plug arrangement is used in the upper
manhole in the test section, there shall be some positive method for
releasing entrapped air prior to taking any measurements.
Section 405 B - Test
Section
The test section shall be as ordered or as approved, but in no event longer than 1,000 feet. In the case of sewers laid on steep grades, the test length may be limited by the maximum allowable internal pressure on the pipe and joints at the lower end of the test section. For purposes of determining the leakage rate of the test section, manholes shall be considered as sections of 48-inch diameter pipe, 5 feet long. The maximum allowable leakage rate for such a section is 1.1 gallons per 24 hours. If leakage exceeds the allowable rate, then necessary repairs or replacements shall be made, and the section retested.
Section 405 C - Test
Period
The test period, during which the test measurements are taken, shall not be less than two (2) hours.
Section 405 D - Pipe
Lamping
Prior to testing, the section shall be lamped. Any length of pipe out of
straight alignment shall be realigned.
Section 405 E -
Deflection Testing
Also prior to testing, all plastic pipe, in the test section, shall be tested
for deflection. Deflection testing shall involve the pulling of a rigid ball
or mandrel, whose diameter is 95 percent of the pipe inside diameter, through
the pipe. Any length of pipe with a deflection greater than 5 percent shall
be replaced. The test section shall be flushed just prior to deflection
testing. The test shall not be performed with a mechanical pulling device.
Section 405 F - Low
Pressure Air Testing Alternative
In lieu of hydrostatic testing (exfiltration or infiltration), low pressure
air testing may be employed. Low-pressure air tests shall conform to ASTM
Specification C 828. All sections to be tested shall be cleaned and flushed,
and shall have been backfilled, prior to testing. Air shall be added until
the internal pressure of the test section is raised to approximately 4.0
PSIG. The air pressure test shall be based on the time, measured in seconds,
for the air pressure to drop from 3.5 PSIG to 2.5 PSIG.
Acceptance is based on limits tabulated in the "Specification Time Required
for a 1.0 PSIG Pressure Drop" in the Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association
"Recommended Practice For Low-Pressure Air Testing of Installed Sewer
Pipe".
Before pressure is applied to the line all connections shall be firmly
plugged. Before the test period starts, the air shall be given sufficient
time to cool to ambient temperature in the test section.
If the test section is below groundwater, the test pressure shall be
increased by an amount sufficient to compensate for groundwater hydrostatic
pressure, however, the test pressure shall not exceed 10 PSI, or a lower
pressure as required by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
The pressure test gauge shall have been recently calibrated, and a copy of
the calibration results shall be made available to the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator prior to
testing.
Section 405 G - Vacuum Testing Alternative
In lieu of hydrostatic testing (exfiltration or infiltration), vacuum testing
may be employed for testing of sewer lines and manholes. Sewer lines and
manholes shall be tested separately. All sewer lines to be tested shall be
cleaned and flushed, and shall have been backfilled, prior to testing. The
vacuum test shall be based on the time, measured in seconds, for the vacuum
to decrease from 10 inches of mercury to 9 inches of mercury for manholes,
and from 7 inches of mercury to 6 inches of mercury for sewers.
Acceptance of manholes is based on the following:
|
Manhole Depth |
Manhole Diameter |
Time to Drop 1 inch Hg (10"to9") |
|
10 ft or less |
4 ft |
120 seconds |
|
10 ft to 15 ft |
4 ft |
150 seconds |
|
15 ft to 25 ft |
4 ft |
180 seconds |
For 5 ft diameter manholes, add 30 seconds to the times above.
For 6 ft diameter manholes, add 60 seconds to the times above.
If the test on the manhole fails (the time is less than that tabulated
above), necessary repairs shall be made and the vacuum test repeated, until
the manhole passes the test.
Acceptance of sewers (7" Hg to 6" Hg) is based on the time
tabulated in the "Specification Time Required for a 0.5 PSIG Pressure
Drop" in the Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association "Recommended Practice
For Low-Pressure Air Testing of Installed Sewer Pipe".
The vacuum test gauge shall have been recently calibrated, and a copy of the
calibration results shall be made available to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator
prior to testing.
Section 406A - Force Mains
Force mains serving sewage lifting devices, such as grinder pumps and pump
stations, shall be designed in accordance with Section 501. Additional design
requirements are:
(1) Force main pipe material shall be:
(a) Ductile
Iron Pipe
Pipe shall conform to ANSI A21.51. The minimum wall thickness shall be Class
52 (ANSI A21.50). The pipe shall be clearly marked with either "D"
or "DUCTILE". Fittings shall conform to ANSI A21.10.
Pipe and fittings shall be furnished with push-on joints conforming to ANSI
A21.11.
Pipe and fittings shall be cement mortar lined and have an internal and
external bituminous seal coating.
(b) Polyvinyl
Chloride (PVC) Plastic Pipe
Pipe shall conform to ASTM D2241. Materials used in the manufacture of PVC
pipe shall meet ASTM c1784. The minimum wall thickness shall be SDR-21.
Fittings shall conform to ASTM D2241. Joints and gaskets shall conform to
ASTM D2241, D1869, and F477.
(c) High Density Polyethylene Pipe – (HDPE) SDR 11 wall thickness.
Pipe shall conform to the current requirements of PE 3408 and meet the requirements of ASTM Specification F714, with a co-extruded integral layered shell colored green to identify the pipe as a sewer line.
Joints shall be butt fusion welded.
HDPE pipe shall be used only for low-pressure sewers and laterals.
(d) Other
pipe materials
Other pipe materials require prior written approval of the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator before being installed.
(2) Trenching, bedding, and backfilling shall be in accordance with Section
503 C.
(3) Joint preparation and assembly shall be in accordance with the
manufacturer's written instructions.
(4) Anchorages, concrete blocking, and/or mechanical restraint shall be
provided when there is a change of direction of 7-1/2 degrees or greater.
(5) Drain valves shall be placed at low points.
(6) Automatic air relief valves shall be placed at high points and at 400 ft
intervals, on level force main runs.
(7) Air relief and drain valves shall be suitably protected from freezing.
(8) When the daily average design detention time, in the force main, exceeds
20 minutes, the manhole and sewer line receiving the force main discharge or
the sewage shall be treated so that corrosion of the manhole and the exiting
line are prevented. The corrosion is caused by sulfuric acid biochemically
produced from hydrogen sulfide anaerobically produced in the force main.
(9) The force main shall terminate, in the receiving manhole, at a PVC
plastic sewer pipe "T". The vertical arms of the "T"
shall be twice the diameter of the force main. The upper arm shall be at
least 4 feet long; the lower arm shall terminate in a PVC plastic sewer pipe
90-degree elbow in a flow channel directed to the manhole exit pipe. The
"T" and its arms shall be securely fastened to the inside surface
of the manhole wall using corrosion resistant anchors.
Section 406B - Force Main Testing
All force mains shall be subjected to hydrostatic pressure of 150 percent of
the normal operating pressure. The duration of the test, at pressure, shall
be at least 2 hours. Before conducting the test, the pipe shall be filled
with water and all air shall be expelled. During the test, water shall be
added, as needed, to maintain the test pressure. The amount of water added
shall be recorded so as to calculate leakage. Leakage shall not exceed 25
gallons per day per mile per inch nominal pipe diameter. During the test, the
owner and the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator shall walk the route of the force main and examine
the exposed pipe and the
ground covering any backfilled pipe to discover leaks. Leakage in excess of
that specified above shall be corrected with new material at the owner's
expense and the test repeated. Any observed leaks shall be repaired at the
owner's expense. Each test section length shall be as approved by the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, but in no event longer than one
thousand (1,000) feet.
Section 407 - Final
Acceptance and Warranty/Surety
All sanitary sewers and extensions to sanitary sewers constructed at the
applicant's expense, after final approval and acceptance by the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator, and concurrence by the Town of Hague Board, shall become the
property of the Town of Hague, and shall thereafter be operated and
maintained by the Town of Hague. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by the
Town of Hague until four (4) copies of as-built drawings have been so filed
with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator and the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator has approved the submitted drawings. Said sewers, after their acceptance by the Town of Hague, shall be guaranteed against defects in materials or workmanship for one (1) year,
by the applicant. The guarantee shall be in such form and contain such
provision as deemed necessary by the Town of Hague Board, secured by a surety
bond or such other security as the Town of Hague Board may approve.
Section 408 - Liability Insurance Coverage During Construction
Period
(1) All contractors engaged in connecting house laterals with sanitary sewers,
who perform any work within the Right of Way of any highway, shall file a
bond in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) with the Town of
Hague Clerk to indemnify the Town of Hague against loss, cost, damage or
expense sustained or recovered on account of any negligence, omission or act
of the applicant for such a permit, or any of his, or their agents arising or
resulting directly or indirectly by reason of such permit or consent, or of
any act, construction or excavation done, made or permitted under authority
of such permit or consent. All bonds shall contain a clause that permits
given by the Town of Hague (Board) may be revoked at any time for just cause.
2) Before commencing work, the above contractor shall file insurance
certificates with the Town of Hague Clerk for the following:
(a) Worker’s
Compensation and Employer's Liability Insurance as required by the laws of
the State covering the contractor;
(b) Personal Injury Liability having limits of not less than $500,000 each
occurrence and $500,000 aggregate (completed operations/products, personal
injury);
(c) Property Damage Liability having limits of not less than $500,000 for all
damages arising during the life of the contract; and shall include, but not
be limited to, the following designated hazards:
i - Premises and Operations;
ii - Independent Contractors;
iii - Completed operations and products;
iv - Property Damage; and
v - Explosions, collapse and underground;
(d) Comprehensive
automobile liability (including non-owned and hired automobiles) having
limits of not less than:
i - Bodily injury - each person, $300,000
each occurrence, $500,000
ii - Property damage - each occurrence, $500,000
(e) Business Excess Liability Insurance in the amount of $2,000,000.
(f) All insurance policies must provide for five (5) business days notice to
the Town of Hague before cancellation and must cover all liabilities of the
Town of Hague and be in a form approved by the Town of Hague Board and be in
a satisfactory form approved by the Board.
(g) The minimum insurance limits stated above shall be subject to periodic
review by the Town of Hague Board and adjustments made, by resolution, as
appropriate.
(3) Where it is necessary to enter upon or excavate any highway or cut any
pavement, sidewalk or curbing, permission must be obtained from the
Superintendent of Highways if a Town of Hague Highway is involved, from the
County Department of Public Works if a County Highway is involved, and/or the
New York State Department of Transportation if a State Highway is involved.
(4) The minimum insurance limits above shall be as established by the Town of
Hague Board and shall be subject to periodic review and adjustment, as
appropriate, by the Town of Hague Board.
Article 5
Building Laterals, Street Laterals Connections, and Fees
Section
501A - Permit Required for Sewer Connections
Section 501B - Inflow/Infiltration Prohibited
Section 502 - Sewer Lateral Permits
Section 503A - New Building Laterals
Section 503B - Laterals Serving Several Buildings
Section 503C - Laterals Serving Complexes
Section 503D - Dry Sewers
Section 504 - Using Existing Building Laterals
Section 505 - Lateral Pipe Materials
Section 506A - Street Lateral to Public Sewer Connection
Section 506B - Future Connection Locations; As-Built Drawings
Section 506C - Special Manhole Requirements
Section 507 - Laterals At and Near Buildings
Section 508 - Sewage Lifting
Section 509 - Lateral Pipe Installation
Section 510A - Watertight Joints
Section 510B - Cast Iron Pipe Poured Joints
Section 510C - Cast Iron Push Joints
Section 510D - PVC Push Joints
Section
510E – HDPE Fusion Joints
Section 511A - Building Lateral/Street Lateral Connection
Section 511B - Cleanout Repair/Replacement
Section 511C - Street Lateral Replacement; Ownership
Section 512 - Testing
Section 513A - Connection Inspection
Section 513B - Trench Inspections
Section 514 - Public Safety Provisions Required; Restoration of Disturbed
Areas
Section 515 - Interior Clean-Out
Section 516 - Costs Borne by Owner
Section 501 A - Permit
Required for Sewer Connections
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening
into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without
first obtaining a written permit from the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
Section 501 B -
Inflow/Infiltration Prohibited
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm cooling water
or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer. Swimming pool drains
shall not be connected to any sanitary sewer.
Section 502 - Sewer
Lateral Permits
There shall be two classes of sewer lateral permits:
(1) For residential, commercial, and institutional service,
(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
In either case, a permit application shall be submitted to the Zoning
Enforcement Officer. The permit application shall be supplemented by any
plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent, in the
judgment of the Wastewater treatment Plant Operator. A fee, for residential,
commercial, institutional and industrial users, as established by the Town of
Hague Board, shall accompany the application.
Connections to existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator.
Section 602B – Expiration of Permits
Any permit issued pursuant to this Law shall expire within 60 days from the date of issuance thereof, unless within such 60-day period such permit and plans shall have been filed and duly recorded by the Applicant in the Town Clerk’s Office.
Unless otherwise provided for in the permit, all permits shall expire within 2 years of the date of issuance. Once a permit expires and the wastewater disposal system work is not completed, a new permit application is required.
Section 503 A - New
Building Laterals
A separate and independent building lateral shall be provided for every
building requiring sanitary facilities. When, however, there is a building
behind a front building, the second building may use the front building's
building lateral, if there is no other way to provide sanitary service to the
back building.
New street laterals and/or building laterals shall not go under building
basements. In like fashion, a building shall not be constructed over an
existing lateral; the lateral shall be relocated after the Wastewater Treatment
plant Operator has approved plans showing the relocation. If relocation is
not physically possible
then the lateral shall be:
(1) exposed and totally encapsulated in not less than three inches of
concrete, or
(2) exposed and walled and the building rooms above positively ventilated
outdoors.
All existing manholes in or under the basement shall be sealed airtight in a
manner acceptable to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. No new manholes shall
be constructed on the portion of the lateral under the building.
Section 503 B -Laterals
Serving Several Buildings
When building laterals are to serve multiple dwelling structures, the
building lateral shall be sized in accordance with the metered water use and
with sound professional engineering judgment.
Section 503 C - Laterals
Serving Complexes
Where a lateral sewer is to serve a complex of industrial, commercial,
institutional, or dwelling structures, special design of the building lateral
system shall be required. Such lateral sewer shall be connected to the public
sewer through a manhole. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall determine if and
where this connection to the public sewer is required. If required, a new
manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to Section 503 D and
1007 and the lateral connection made and tested as directed by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator. Plans and specifications shall be prepared and
submitted for approval pursuant to this Law.
Section 503 D - Dry
Sewers
Dry Sewers shall be designed and installed in accordance to this Law.
Section 5604 - Using
Existing Building Laterals
Existing building laterals may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination by the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator, to meet all requirements of this local Law.
Section 505 - Lateral Pipe Materials
Building and street lateral pipe
materials shall be one of the following:
1) Tar-coated, service grade, cast iron soil pipe conforming to ASTM
Specification A-74, "Cast Iron Pipe and Fittings". All dimensions,
weight and markings of the pipe shall conform to the requirements of ANSI,
Designation A112.5.1, except spigot ends shall be "plain end", if
gasket joints are used.
(2) Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and fittings conforming to ASTM
Specification D-3034-73, "SDR-35 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Sewer Pipe and
Fittings". All pipe shall be suitable for gravity sewer service.
Provisions shall be made for contraction and expansion at each joint with a
rubber ring. The bell shall consist of an integral wall section stiffened
with two PVC retainer rings which securely lock the solid cross-section ring
into position. Minimum "Pipe Stiffness" (F/Y) at five percent (5%)
deflection shall be 46 PSI when tested in accordance with ASTM Specification
D-2412.
(3)Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pressure sewer pipe and fittings conforming to ASTM specification D2241, with rubber-gasketed integral bell push-on joints in conformance with ASTM Specification D3139. Minimum pressure class shall be SDR 21. All pipe shall be suitable for pressure sewer service.
(4)
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Sewer Pipe and Fittings conforming to ASTM
Specification F714. All pipe shall be suitable for pressure sewer service.
Joints shall be butt fusion welded in accordance with the manufacturers’
requirements or reinforced compression type with an internal stainless steel
stiffener. Minimum wall thickness shall be SDR 7. HDPE Sewer Pipe shall be
used only for low-pressure sewer laterals.
Any part of the building or street gravity sewer lateral that is located
within five (5) feet of a water main or water service shall be constructed of
cast iron soil pipe or pressure-rated PVC pipe. Cast iron soil pipe may be
required by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator where the building or street lateral is likely to be
damaged by tree roots. If installed on fill or unstable ground, the building
or street lateral shall be of cast iron soil pipe, although other pipe
material may be permitted if such pipe is uniformly supported on a poured
concrete cradle approved by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. The
distance between consecutive joints, as measured along the centerline of the
installed pipe, shall not be less than ten (10) feet, except under abnormal circumstances,
in which case this dimension may be diminished, if approved by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator. The size and slope of building and street laterals
shall be subject to approval by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, but
in no event shall the internal pipe diameter be less than 4 inches, nor shall
the pipe slope for gravity
sewer laterals be less than 1/4 inch per foot.
The street lateral for low-pressure sewers shall include a full port curb
stop with flow-through diameter equal to that of the lateral. A curb box
shall be installed. A redundant, full port check valve designed specifically
for low-pressure sewer service shall be provided before the curb stop for all
low-pressure sewer laterals.
Section 506 A - Street
Lateral to Public Sewer Connection
At the point of connection of a gravity sewer street lateral to a main sewer,
a standard wye fitting and sufficient one-eighth (45 degree) bend fittings
shall be used. The wye fittings shall be installed so that flow in the
"arm" shall transition smoothly into the flow in the public sewer.
No lateral connection shall be made to the public sewer which permits the
flow into the public sewer from the lateral to enter at right angles.
The inside diameter of the fittings shall be same diameter as the street
lateral inside diameter.
At the point of connection of a low-pressure sewer lateral to a main sewer, a stainless steel tapping saddle designed specifically for use with the material and pressure class of the low-pressure sewer main shall be installed for all connections to existing sewers. A sidewall-fusion tee fitting, or an in-line fusion welded HDPE tee shall be used for all low-pressure sewer laterals where new sewer mains are constructed.
Section 506 B - Future
Connection Locations; As-Built Drawings
The gravity sewer street lateral, including the wye and eighth bend fittings,
shall be connected to the main sewer at the time of constructing the main
sewer, for each proposed lot for either immediate or future development.
Laterals installed for future development shall be fitted a standard plug
approved for use by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. All sewer connections
shall be via an in-line sanitary wye fitting or properly installed corrosion
resistant saddle on the main sewer pipe. No portion of the lateral pipe shall
protrude into the main sewer pipe. The location of all lateral connections
shall be field marked with a 2 inch by 6-inch corrosion and rot resistant
board. The marker board shall extend from the depth of the lateral to a
minimum of two (2) feet above grade. The location of all lateral connections
shall be indicated on a drawing with a minimum of three (3) tie lines
indicated. Four (4) copies of this drawing, showing the as-built location of
these connections, shall be furnished to the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator. A refundable deposit shall be placed with Town of Hague to assure
receipt of these as-builts. The deposit shall be placed when application is
made; the amount of the deposit shall be $100 per sheet of plans showing
locations of lateral connections. No sanitary sewer shall be accepted by Town
of Hague until four (4) copies of this record drawing have been so filed with
the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator and the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator has approved the submitted drawings.
Section 506 C - Special
Manhole Requirements
When any street lateral is to serve a school, hospital, or similar
institution, or public housing, or is to serve a complex of industrial or
commercial buildings, or which, in the opinion of the Zoning Enforcement
Officer, will receive wastewater or industrial wastes of such volume or
character that frequent maintenance of said building or street lateral is
anticipated, then such street lateral shall be connected to the public sewer
through a manhole. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall determine if and
where this type of connection to the public sewer is required. Connections to
existing manholes shall be made as directed by the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator. If required, a new manhole shall be installed in the public sewer pursuant to Sections 504 and 1007, and
the lateral connection made thereto as directed by the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator.
Section 507 - Laterals At
and Near Buildings
Building laterals laid parallel to
a bearing wall shall not be installed closer than three (3)feet to such wall.
The building lateral shall enter the basement through the basement wall no
less than twelve (12) inches above the basement floor. In no event shall any
building lateral be placed below the basement floor, except with the
expressed written approval of the Zoning Enforcement Officer.
The building lateral 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. Changes of direction of 90 degrees or greater shall
be made with a cleanout which extends to grade, terminating in a terminal box
set in concrete. In building laterals, said cleanouts shall be provided such
that the maximum distance between cleanouts is 75 feet. The ends of all
building or street laterals, which are not connected to the interior plumbing
of the building, for any reason, shall be sealed against infiltration by a
suitable stopper, plug, or by other approved means.
Section 508 - Sewage
Lifting
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity
flow to the public sewer, wastewater carried by such drain shall be lifted by
mechanical means and discharged to the building lateral, on approval of the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator.
Section
509 - Lateral Pipe Installation
All excavations required for the installation of a building or street lateral
shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator. Pipe laying and backfilling, regardless of pipe
material used, shall be performed in general accordance with paragraphs 3
through 6 of ASTM Specification
C-12, except that trench width, measured at the top of the installed pipe,
shall not exceed the outside pipe diameter plus 14 inches and, except that no
backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. The depth of
cover over the pipe shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost, but
no in any case shall such depth be less than four and one-half (4 1/2) feet.
Where it is physically impossible to provide cover of four and one half (4
1/2) feet, the depth may be reduced to a minimum of two (2) feet and the pipe
shall be insulated, as approved by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
Section 510 A -
Watertight Joints
All joints and connections shall be made watertight.
Section 510 B - Reserved
for Future Use
Section 510 C - Cast Iron
Push Joints
Pre-molded gaskets may be used for hub and plain end cast iron pipe joints
and joints with fittings, if approved by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. The
gasket shall be a neoprene compression-type unit which provides a positive
seal in the assembled joint. The gasket shall be pre-molded, one-piece unit,
designed for joining the cast iron hub
and plain end soil pipe and fittings. The assembled joint shall be sealed by
compression of the gasket between the exterior surface of the spigot and the
interior surface of the hub. The joint shall be assembled following the
manufacturer's recommendations using acceptable lubricant and special
pipe-coupling tools designed for that purpose. The plain spigot end shall be
forced into the hub end of the pipe for the full depth of the hub itself.
Lubricant shall be a bland, flax-base, non-toxic material, and shall not
chemically attack the gasket material.
Section 510 D - PVC Push
Joints
Joints for PVC sewer pipe shall follow the manufacturer's recommendations,
using properly designed couplings and rubber gaskets pursuant to the
published information relating thereto, and conforming to the applicable ASTM
specification identified in Section 605.
Section 511 A - Building
Lateral/Street Lateral Connection
(1) The connection of the building lateral to an existing street lateral
shall be made at the property line. Except as provided under Section 502, if
a street lateral has not previously been provided, the street lateral will be
constructed from the existing public sewer to the property line, by a
licensed plumber, at the owner's expense. The street lateral shall be
installed with a properly sealed and covered clean-out to grade located at
the property line. The clean-out shall terminate at grade with a cast iron
threaded ferrule and a 4 inch male threaded bronze plag with a 1-1/2 inch
square raised nut.
(2) The cost of constructing the street lateral from the existing public
sewer to the property line shall be at the property owner's expense; all
subsequent costs and expense incidental to the installation and connection of
the building lateral shall also be borne by the owner.
(3) The property owner shall indemnify the Town of Hague from any loss or
damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of
the building lateral.
4) It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain, repair,
or replace the building lateral, as needed.
(5) The method of connection of the building lateral to the street lateral
will be dependent upon the type of sewer pipe material, and, in all cases,
shall be approved by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. After
installation of the street lateral has been approved by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator, the new street lateral shall become the property of
the Town of Hague. Any subsequent repairs to the new street laterals shall be
made by the Town of Hague at the Town of Hague's expense.
Section 511 B - Cleanout
Repair/Replacement
If, in the judgment of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, it is determined that
a building lateral, without a property line clean-out, needs repair or
replacement, the Town of Hague may install a clean-out at the property line,
at the property owner's expense, such that the street lateral can be
maintained independently of the building lateral.
Section
511 C - Street Lateral Replacement; Ownership
Any existing street lateral which, upon examination by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator, is determined to be in need of replacement will be
replaced with a new street lateral with a property line clean-out. The
replacement street lateral shall be constructed by a licensed plumber. The
cost of constructing the replacement street lateral and clean-out shall be at
the property owner's expense. Once the replacement street lateral and
clean-out have been constructed and approved by the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator, the new street lateral shall become the property of the Town
of Hague. Any repairs to new street laterals shall be made by the Town of Hague at the Town of Hague's expense.
Section
512 - Testing
The street lateral, building lateral, or the combined lateral shall be tested
for infiltration/exfiltration by:
(a) any full pipe method described in Section 505, or
(b) by a suitable joint method, with the prior written approval of the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
Section
513 A - Connection Inspection
The applicant for the building lateral permit shall notify the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator when the building lateral is ready for inspection
and connection is to be made to the street lateral. The connection shall be
made under the supervision of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
The applicant for the street lateral permit shall notify the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator when the street lateral is ready for inspection and
connection is to be made to the main sewer. The connection shall be made
under the supervision of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
Section
513 B - Trench Inspections
When trenches are excavated for the laying of building lateral pipes or for
laying of street lateral pipes, such trenches shall be inspected by the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. Before the trenches are backfilled, the
person performing such work shall notify the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator when the laying of the building lateral is completed, and no
backfilling of trenches shall begin until approval is obtained from the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Officer.
Section
514 - Public Safety Provisions Required; Restoration of Disturbed Areas
All excavations for
constructing building laterals shall be adequately protected 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 in a manner satisfactory to the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator. When installation requires disturbance of paved public roads
and shoulders, restoration shall
involve backfilling to road grade. Shortly thereafter the Town of Hague
Highway Department shall complete road and shoulder restoration to the Town
of Hague Standards. The cost for such final road and shoulder restoration by
the DPW shall be included with the fees paid with the application for the
permit required in Section 602.
Section 515 - Interior
Clean-Out
An interior clean-out fitting shall be provided for each building lateral at
a readily accessible location, preferably just inside the basement wall. The
fitting shall contain a 45-degree branch with removable plug or test tee, and
so positioned that sewer cleaning and inspection equipment can be inserted
therein to clean or inspect the building lateral.
The cleanout diameter shall be no less than the building lateral diameter.
Section 516 - Costs Borne by Owner
All costs associated with the provisions of this Article shall be borne by the
property owner unless specifically stated or agreed to be a cost borne by the
Town of Hague. The property owner shall indemnify the Town of Hague from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the
installation of the building and street laterals, and connections and
appurtenances.
Article 6
Inflow
Section
601 - New Inflow Sources Prohibited
Section 602 - Existing Inflow Sources Disconnected
Section 603 - Existing Inflow Sources Disconnected When Property Sold
Section 604 - No Re-connection of Inflow Source Allowed
Section 605 - Charges for Inflow
Section 601 - New Inflow
Sources Prohibited
No connections shall be made to a sanitary or to a combined sewer which
connections are intended to discharge inflow. Such prohibited connections
include, but are not limited to, footing drains, roof leaders, roof drains,
cellar drains, sump pumps, catch basins, uncontaminated cooling water
discharges, or other sources of inflow.
Section 602 - Existing
Inflow Sources Disconnected
For properties where separate storm sewers are available within 100 feet of
the property line or where, in the judgment of the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator, sufficient natural drainage is available, connections which
contribute inflow to the sanitary sewers must be disconnected in a fashion
approved by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, prior to the sale of the
property.
Section
603 - Existing Inflow Sources Disconnected When Property Sold
Upon notice from the Tax Assessor, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator
shall inspect any newly sold property for the purpose of determining if storm
sewers or natural drainage is available, and, if so, if all connections which
contribute inflow have been disconnected.
Section
604 - No Re-connection of Inflow Source Allowed
It shall be a willful violation of this Law for any person to reconnect any inflow source which has been disconnected pursuant to this Article.
Section
605 - Charges for Inflow
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator is enabled to take whatever action is
necessary to determine the amount of inflow including the requirement for
installation of a control manhole. The property from which the inflow
originated shall be billed for inflow according to Article 12, however, the
Town of Hague Board may cause a surcharge at a rate not to exceed five (5)
times that for normal sewage volume charge.
ARTICLE 7
Trucked Or Hauled Waste
Section
701 - Licenses and Application
Section 702 - Concurrent Requirements
Section 703 - Dumping Location and Timing
Section 704 - Notification of Dumping
Section 701 - Licenses
and Application
The discharge of trucked or hauled wastes into the Town of Hague sewer system
and public sewers tributary thereto will be permitted only with the written
approval (license) of the Town Board and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
Applicants for such license shall apply on a form provided by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator. These forms may require information such as vehicle
specifications, vehicle
license number, vehicle color, NYSDEC permits issued under 6 NYCRR Part 364,
approximate annual septage volume expected, service area, and any other
information that the Superintendent may require, to determine whether the
trucked or hauled wastes could adversely impact the POTW. The application
shall be accompanied by a fee prescribed by the Town Board not to exceed
$100.
The licensee of trucked or hauled wastes will also be charged a fee for each
dumping, in accordance with Article 12. The dumping fee shall be paid prior
to dumping.
Section 702 - Concurrent
Requirements
The applicant for a license to truck or haul wastes shall be the owner of the
vehicle or vehicles to be used for such discharge. Any false or misleading statement, in any
license application, shall be grounds for invalidating the license. All
licenses, issued by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, for this
purpose, shall be for one (1) year. The licensee shall also be duly permitted
by the NYSDEC under 6 NYCRR Part 364 ("364 permit"). If, for any
reason, the 364 permit is revoked, the 364 permit lapses or becomes invalid,
then the license issued under this Article shall become invalid immediately.
All acts performed in connection with the license shall be subject to the
inspection and regulations, as established by the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator, the terms and conditions of the license and all local and general
laws, ordinances, and regulations which are now or may come into effect, and
such license may be suspended or revoked, at any time, by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator for willful, continued, or persistent violation
thereof.
Section
703 - Dumping Location and Timing
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may require discharging at only
certain locations within the POTW, and only at certain times, and on only
certain days of the week, or seasons of the year as shall be stated on said
license or as may be relocated by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator,
after appropriate notice. The time and conditions for permissible discharge
shall be as set forth on the license, or as may be revised by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator, after appropriate notice.
Section
704 - Notification of Dumping
Each discharge of trucked or hauled wastes shall be made only with the
approval of the Superintendent. The Superintendent may require inspection,
sampling, and analysis of each load prior to the discharge of a load. Any
extra costs associated with such inspection, sampling, and analysis shall be
paid by the licensee.
Article 8
Discharge Restrictions
Section
801 - Pretreatment Standards
Section 802 - General Prohibitions
Section 803 - Concentration Based Limitations
Section 804 - Mass Discharge Based Limitations
Section 805 - Modification of Limitations
Section 806 - Access to User's Records
Section 807 - Dilution
Section 808 - Grease, Oil, and Sand Interceptors
Section 809 - Solid Waste Grinders
Section 810 - Rejection of Wastewater
Section 801 -
Pretreatment Standards
All users of the Town of Hague POTW will comply with all standards and requirements
of the Act and standards and requirements promulgated pursuant to the Act,
including but not limited to 40 CFR Parts 406 - 471.
Section 802 - General
Prohibitions
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, in any manner or
fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will
interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW. These general
prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW whether or not the user is
subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or any other
National, State, or Local Pretreatment Standards or Requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not contribute
the following substances to the POTW:
(1)
Any solids, liquids, or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity,
are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other
substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious, in any way, to
the POTW, or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall both of two
successive readings on a flame type explosion hazard meter, at the point of
discharge into the system (or at any other point in the system) be more than
25 % nor any single reading be more than 40 % of the lower explosive limit
(LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit,
prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene,
naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides, and
sulfides, and any other substance which the Town of Hague, the State, or the
EPA has determined to be a fire hazard, or hazard to the POTW.
2) Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a
sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater treatment
facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, such substances
include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage with particles greater than
one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure,
bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes,
cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw,
shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, wood,
plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing
fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.
(3) Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than 10.0, unless the
POTW was specifically designed to manage such wastewater, or wastewater
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment, and/or POTW personnel.
(4) Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either
singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat), to injure or
interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to
humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the POTW,
or to exceed the limitation set forth in a Categorical Pretreatment Standard.
A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant
identified pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.
(5) Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids, or gases which either singly
or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public
nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the
sewers for their maintenance or repair.
6) Oils and grease - Any commercial, institutional, or industrial wastes
containing fats, waxes, grease, or oils which become visible solids when the
wastes are cooled to 10 degrees centigrade (50 degrees Fahrenheit); any
petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil
origin, in excess of 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or
pass through.
7) Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass through.
(8) Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not removed in the
treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes, and vegetable
tanning solutions.
(9) Any solid, liquid, vapor, or gas having a temperature higher than 65
degrees C (150 degrees F); however, such materials shall not cause the POTW
treatment plant influent temperature to be greater than 40 degrees C (104
degrees F). The Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator reserves the right, in certain instances, to
prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes whose maximum temperatures are
lower than 65 degrees C.
(10) Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs, except
by Industrial Wastewater Permit.
(11) Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes except as approved by
the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, and in compliance with applicable
State and Federal regulations.
(12) Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or which creates a
public nuisance, either by itself or in combination, in any way, with other
wastes.
(13) Any wastewater with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140 degrees
Fahrenheit or 60 degrees Centigrade using the test methods specified in 40
CFR Part 261.21.
(14) Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or
fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and
safety problems.
Section 803 - Concentration Based Limitations
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, into the POTW, wastewater
containing any of the following substances in concentrations exceeding those
specified below on either a daily or an instantaneous basis, except by permit
or as provided for in Section 904. Concentration limits are applicable to
wastewater effluents at the point just prior to discharge into the POTW
("end of pipe" concentrations).
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Substance |
Allowable
Average Daily |
Allowable
Maximum Instantaneous |
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Aluminum |
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(1)
Except for chromium (hex), all concentrations listed for metallic substances
shall be as "total metal", which shall be defined as the value
measured in a sample acidified to a pH value of 2 or less, without prior
filtration.
(2) As determined on a composite sample taken from the User's daily discharge
over a typical operational and/or production day.
(3) As determined on a grab sample taken from the User's discharge at any
time during the daily operational and/or production period.
(4) Other substances which may be limited are:
alkanes, alkenes and alkynes
aliphatic and aromatic alcohols and acids
aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones
aliphatic and aromatic esters
aliphatic and aromatic halogenated compounds
aliphatic and aromatic nitro, cyano and amino compounds
antibiotics
benzene derivatives
chemical compounds which, upon acidification, alkalinization, oxidation or
reduction, in the discharge or after admixture with wastewater and its
components in the POTW, produce toxic, flammable, or explosive compounds
pesticides, including algicides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides,
rodenticides
phthalates
polyaromatic and polynuclear hydrocarbons
total toxic organics, TTO, as defined in 40 CFR 433.11
toxic organic compounds regulated by Federal Pretreatment Standards
unsaturated aliphatics, including those with an aldehyde, ketone or nitrile
functional group
viable pathogenic organisms from industrial processes or hospital procedures
Section 804 - Mass
Discharge Based Limitations
At no time shall the influent to the POTW contain quantities in excess of
those specified below:
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Substance |
Average Daily |
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Aluminum |
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The
Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator shall determine the total allowable influent load of
each substance from significant industrial users. In determining the total
load of each substance that significant industrial users shall be allowed to
discharge, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall consider:
(1) the quantities of each substance that are uncontrollable because they
occur naturally in wastewater,
(2) the quantities of each substance that are anthropogenic but are
nonetheless uncontrollable,
(3) historical discharge trends,
(4) past pollution control efforts of each significant industrial user as
compared to other significant industrial dischargers of the same substance,
(5) potential for growth in the POTW service area, (6) potential for more
restrictive regulatory requirements to be placed on the POTW discharge or
sludge disposal or sludge reuse method, and
(7) treatability of the substance. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator
shall apply a minimum 15 % safety factor to be protective of the POTW.
To assure that the total loads so calculated, for each substance, are not
violated, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall issue permits to
significant industrial users limiting discharge loads.
Permits issued in accordance with this section may allow for discharges in
excess of limitations set forth under section 903.
Section
805 - Modification of Limitations
Limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge contained in this Law
may be supplemented with more stringent limitations when, in the opinion of
the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator:
(1) The limitations in this Law are not sufficient to
protect the POTW,
(2) The limitations in this Law are not sufficient to enable the POTW
treatment plant to comply with applicable water quality standards or the
effluent limitations specified in the POTW's SPDES permit,
3) The POTW sludge will be rendered unacceptable for disposal or reuse as the
Town of Hague desires, as a result of discharge of wastewaters at the above
prescribed concentration limitations,
4) Municipal employees or the public will be endangered, or
(5) Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution will be caused.
The limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge shall be
recalculated not less frequently than once every five (5) years. The results
of these calculations shall be reported to the Town of Hague Board. This Law
shall then be amended appropriately. Any issued industrial wastewater
discharge permits, which have limitations, based directly on any limitations,
which were changed, shall be revised and amended, as appropriate.
Section
806 - Access to User's Records
The Watewater Treatment Plant Operator shall have the authority to copy any
record related to wastewater discharges to the POTW.
Section
807 - Dilution
Except where expressly authorized to do so by an applicable Pretreatment
Standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process water or, in any
other way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute
for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a Pretreatment Standard.
Dilution flow shall be considered to be inflow.
Section
808 - Grease, Oil, and Sand Interceptors
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided, when, in the opinion of
the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, they are necessary for the proper
handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease, flammable
substances, sand, or other harmful substances; except that such interceptors
shall not be required for private living quarters or living units. All
interceptors shall be of type and capacity approved by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator and shall be so located to be easily accessible for
cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned, and
repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner, at his expense.
Grease interceptors shall be required for all establishments preparing or serving food. Grease and oil interceptors shall be required for all automotive service and repair establishments.
Section
809 - Solid Waste Grinders
Solid waste grinders at or serving commercial establishments, institutions or
industries shall not discharge into the Town of Hague POTW.
Residential solid waste grinders shall be subject to a surcharge in accordance with the Sewer Rate Schedule.
Section
810 - Rejection of Wastewater
The Town of Hague Board may reject a User's wastewater, on recommendation of
the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, when it is has been determined that
the wastewater contains substances or possesses characteristics which have a
deleterious effect on the POTW and its processes, or on the receiving water,
or which constitute a public nuisance or hazard. See Section 916.
Article 9
Discharge Permits And Pretreatment Requirements
Section 901 - Wastewater Discharge Reports
Section 902 - Notification to Industrial Users
Section 903 A - Wastewater Discharges
Section 903 B - Wastewater Discharge Permits Required For Significant
Industrial Users
Section 903 C - Other Industrial Users
Section 903 D - Discharge Permits to Storm Sewers Not Authorized
Section 904 A - Application for Wastewater Discharge Permits
Section 904 B - Permit Modifications
Section 904 C - Permit Conditions
Section 904 D - Permit Duration
Section 904 E - Permit Reissuance
Section 904 F - Permit Transfer
Section 904 G - Permit Revocation
Section 904 H - Public Notification
Section 905 - Reporting Requirements for Permittee
Section 906 - Flow Equalization
Section 907 - Monitoring Stations (Control Manholes)
Section 908 - Proper Design and Maintenance of Facilities and Monitoring
Stations
Section 909 - Vandalism, Tampering with Measuring Devices
Section 910 - Sampling and Analysis
Section 911 - Accidental Discharges; SPCC Plan
Section 912 - Posting Notices
Section 913 - Sample Splitting
Section 914 - Public Access to Information Maintained by the Town
Section 915 A - Access to Property and Records
Section 915 B - Access to Easements
Section 915 C - Liability of Property Owner
Section 916 - Special Agreements
Section
901 - Wastewater Discharge Reports
As a means of determining compliance with this Law, with applicable SPDES
permit conditions, and with applicable State and Federal law, each industrial
user shall be required to notify the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator of
any new or existing discharges to the POTW by submitting a completed
Industrial Chemical Survey (ICS) form and a completed Industrial Wastewater
Survey (IWS) form to the Zoning Enforcement Officer. The Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator may require any user discharging wastewater into the POTW to
file wastewater discharge reports and to supplement such reports as the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator deems necessary. All information shall be
furnished by the user in complete cooperation with the Zoning Enforcement
Officer.
Section
902 - Notification to Industrial Users
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall, from time to time, notify each
industrial user of applicable Pretreatment Standards, and of other applicable
requirements under Section 204(B) and Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, and
Subtitles C and D of RCRA.
Section
903 A - Wastewater Discharges
No Significant Industrial User shall discharge wastewater to the POTW without
having a valid Wastewater Discharge Permit, issued by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator. Significant Industrial Users shall comply fully
with the terms and conditions of their permits in addition to the provisions
of this Law. Violation of a permit term or condition is deemed a violation of
this Law.
Section
903 B - Wastewater Discharge Permits Required For Significant Industrial
Users
All Significant Industrial Users proposing to connect to or to discharge to
the POTW shall obtain a Wastewater Discharge Permit before connecting to or
discharging to the POTW. Existing significant industrial users shall make
application for a Wastewater Discharge Permit within 30 days after the
effective date of this Law, and shall obtain such a permit within 90 days
after making application.
Section
903 C - Other Industrial Users
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may issue Wastewater Discharge
Permits to other industrial users of the POTW.
Section
903 D - Discharge Permits to Storm Sewers Not Authorized
The Town of Hague does not have the authority to issue permits for the
discharge of any wastewater to a storm sewer. This authority rests with the
NYSDEC.
Section
904 A - Application for Wastewater Discharge Permits
Industrial users required to obtain a Wastewater Discharge Permit shall
complete and file with the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator an application
in the form prescribed by the Town of Hague, the application shall be
accompanied by a fee, as set forth in Section 1203. 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 mentioned in Article 10 of this Law and which are limited in the
appropriate Categorical Standard, as determined by a reliable analytical
laboratory approved by the NYSDOH. Sampling and analysis shall be performed
in accordance with Standard Methods.
(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, facilities, and plant processes 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, and hours of operation, and proposed or
actual hours of operation of the pretreatment system.
(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 in (a) above shall exceed 9 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
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator 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 9 months elapse between
such progress reports to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
(13) Any other information as may deemed by the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator will evaluate the data furnished by
the industrial user and may require additional information. After evaluation
and acceptance of the data furnished, the Town of Hague may issue a
Wastewater Discharge Permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
Section
904 B - Permit Modifications
Wastewater Discharge Permits may be modified by the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator, 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 Section
903 of this law,
(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, and
(7) Changes in the nature and character of the sewage in the POTW as a result
of other permitted discharges.
Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time
schedule for compliance as set forth in Section 1004 A (12)(a).
Section
904 C - Permit Conditions
Wastewater Discharge Permits shall be expressly subject to all the provisions
of this Law, and all other applicable regulations, user charges and fees
established by the Town of Hague. Permits may contain the following:
(1) Limits on the average and maximum rate and time of discharge, or
requirements for flow regulation and equalization.
(2) Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and
characteristics, including concentration or mass discharge limits.
(3) The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the management
of the wastewater discharged to the POTW.
(4) Requirements for installation and maintenance (in safe condition) of
inspection and sampling facilities.
(5) Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling
locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, and standards for tests, and
reporting schedules.
(6) Compliance schedules
(7) Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports.
(8) Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to
wastewater discharge, as specified by the Town of Hague, and affording the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator access thereto.
(9) Requirements for notification of the Town of Hague 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.
(10) Requirements for the notification of the Town of Hague of any change in
the manufacturing and/or pretreatment process used by the permittee.
(11) Requirements for notification of excessive, accidental, or slug
discharges.
(12) Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the Town of Hague to ensure
compliance with this Law, and State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations.
Section
904 D - Permit Duration
Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five (5)
years. A permit may be issued for a period less than five (5) years.
Section
904 E - 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 Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator, during the term of the permit, as limitations or requirements, as
identified in Section 904 B, 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 as established
in Section 904 A (12)(a).
Section
904 F - 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.
Section
904 G - Permit Revocation
Wastewater Discharge Permits may be revoked for the following reasons:
falsifying self-monitoring reports, tampering with monitoring equipment,
refusing to allow the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator timely access to
the industrial premises, failure to meet effluent limitations, failure to pay
fines, failure to pay user charges, and failure to meet compliance
schedules. Permit revocation process if necessary shall be initiated by the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. Zoning Enforcement Officer will issue
revocation.
Section 904 H - Public
Notification
The Town of Hague will publish in the Town of Hague official daily
newspaper(s), informal notice of intent to issue a Wastewater Discharge
Permit, at least 14 days prior to issuance.
Section 905 - Reporting Requirements for Permittee
The reports or documents
required to be submitted or maintained under this section shall be subject
to:
(a) The provisions of 18 USC Section 901
relating to fraud and false statements;
(b) The provisions of Sections 309(c)(4) of the Act, as amended, governing
false statements, representation or certification; and
(c) The provisions of Section (c)(6) of the Act, as amended, regarding
corporate officers.
1) 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 Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator, the information required by paragraphs (8) and (9) of Section
904 A.
(2) 90-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
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator 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.
(3) Periodic Compliance Reports
a) 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 Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator, during the months of June and December, unless required more
frequently in the Pretreatment Standard or by the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator, 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 Section 1004 A.
At the discretion of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, and in
consideration of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays,
budget cycles, etc., the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may agree to
alter the months during which the above reports are to be submitted, however,
no fewer than two reports shall be submitted per year.
(b) The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may impose mass limitations on
Users, which are using dilution to meet applicable Pretreatment Standards or
Requirements, or, in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations are
appropriate. In such cases, the report required by Section 905 (3) (a) shall
indicate the mass of pollutants regulated by Pretreatment Standards in the
effluent of the User. These reports shall contain the results of discharge
sampling and analysis, including the flow, and the nature and concentration,
or production and mass, where requested by the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator, of pollutants contained therein, which are limited by the
applicable Pretreatment Standard. All analyses shall be performed in
accordance with Standard Methods, by a laboratory certified by NYSDOH to
perform the analyses.
(4) Violation Report
If sampling, performed by the user, indicates a violation of this Law and/or
the User's discharge permit, the User shall notify the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator 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 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator within 30 days
after becoming aware of the violation. The User is not required to re-sample
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.
(5) Other reports
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may impose reporting requirements
equivalent to the requirements imposed by Section 1005(3) for users not
subject to pretreatment standards.
Section
906 - Flow Equalization
No person shall cause the discharge of slugs to the POTW. Each person discharging,
into the POTW, greater than 100,000 gallons per day or greater than five
percent (5%) of the average daily flow in the POTW, whichever is lesser,
shall install and maintain, on his property and at his expense, a suitable
storage and flow control facility to insure equalization of flow over a
twenty-four (24) hour period. The facility shall have a capacity for at least
fifty percent (50%) of the daily discharge volume and shall be equipped with
alarms and a rate of discharge controller, the regulation of which shall be
directed by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. A wastewater discharge
permit may be issued solely for flow equalization.
Section
907 - Monitoring Stations (Control Manholes)
(a) All Significant Industrial Users, and other Industrial Users whose
industrial waste discharge has caused or may cause Interference or
Pass-Through shall install and maintain a suitable monitoring station, on
their premises at their expense, to facilitate the observation, sampling, and
measurement of their industrial wastewater discharge.
(b) If there is more than one street lateral serving an Industrial User, the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Officer may require the installation of a control
manhole on each lateral.
(c) The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may require that such monitoring
station(s) include equipment for the continuous measurement and recording of
wastewater flow rate and for the sampling of the wastewater. Such station(s)
shall be accessibly and safely located, and the Industrial User shall allow
immediate access, without prior notice, to the station by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator, or his designated representative.
Section
908 - Proper Design and Maintenance of Facilities and Monitoring Stations
Preliminary treatment, and flow equalization facilities, or monitoring
stations, if provided for any wastewater, shall be constructed and maintained
continuously clean, safe, and continuously operational by the owner at his
expense. Where an Industrial User has such treatment, equalization, or
monitoring facilities at the time this Law is enacted, the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator may approve or disapprove the adequacy of such
facilities. Where the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator disapproves of such
facilities and construction of new or upgraded facilities for treatment,
equalization, or monitoring are required, plans and specifications for such
facilities shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer and
submitted to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. Construction of new or
upgraded facilities shall not commence until written approval of the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator has been obtained.
Section
909 - Vandalism, Tampering with Measuring Devices
No unauthorized person shall negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover,
deface, tamper with, prevent access, or render inaccurate, or cause or permit
the negligent breaking, damaging, destroying, uncovering, defacing, tampering
with, preventing access, or rendering inaccurate to:
i - any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the Town of
Hague POTW, or
ii - any measuring, sampling, and/or testing device or mechanism installed
pursuant to any requirement under this Law except as approved by the Zoning
Enforcement Officer.
Section
910 - Sampling and Analysis
Sampling shall be performed so that a representative portion of the
wastewater is obtained for analysis.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and
wastes required in any section of this Law 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 Section 907, 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).
Section
911 - Accidental Discharges; SPCC Plan
Each user shall provide for protection from accidental or slug discharges of
prohibited materials or discharges of materials in volume or concentration
exceeding limitations of this Law or of an Industrial Wastewater Discharge
Permit. Users shall immediately notify the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator of the discharge of wastes in violation of this Law or any Permit.
Such discharges may result from:
(1) Breakdown of pretreatment equipment
(2) Accidents caused by mechanical failure, or negligence
(3) Other causes.
Where possible, such immediate notification shall allow the Superintendent to
initiate appropriate countermeasure action at the POTW. The user shall
prepare a detailed written statement following any accidental or slug
discharge, which describes the causes of the discharge and the measures being
taken to prevent future occurrences, within five (5) days of the occurrence,
and the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall receive a copy of such report
no later than the fifth calendar day following the occurrence. Analytical
results and their interpretation may be appended to the report at a date not
exceeding 45 calendar days after the occurrence.
When required by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, detailed plans and
procedures to prevent accidental or slug discharges shall be submitted to the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, for approval. These plans and procedures
shall be called a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan.
The plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(a) Description of discharge practices, including non-routine batch
discharges;
(b) Description of stored chemicals;
(c) Procedures for immediately notifying the POTW of any accidental or slug
discharge. Such notification must also be given for any discharge which would
violate any provision of the permit and any National Prohibitive Discharge
Standard;
(d) Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slug
discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and
maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and
unloading operations, control of plant site run-off, worker training,
building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing
toxic organic pollutants (including solvents), and/or measures and equipment
for emergency response.
Section
912 - Posting Notices
In order that the Industrial User's employees be informed of the Town of Hague requirements, a notice shall be permanently posted on appropriate bulletin boards within the user's facility advising employees of the Town of Hague requirements and whom to call in case of an accidental discharge in violation of this Law.
Section
913 - Sample Splitting
When so requested in advance by an industrial user, and when taking a sample
of industrial wastewater, the Town of Hague representative(s) shall gather
sufficient volume of sample so that the sample can be split into two nearly
equal volumes, each of size adequate for the anticipated analytical protocols
including any Quality Control (QC) procedures. One of the portions shall be
given to the representative of the industrial user whose wastewater was
sampled, and the other portion shall be retained by the Town of Hague for its own analysis.
Section
914 - Public Access to Information Maintained by the Town
When requested, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall make available,
to the public, for inspection and/or copying, information and data on
industrial users obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications,
permit and monitoring programs, and inspections, unless the Industrial User
specifically requests, and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, that such information, if made public,
would divulge processes or methods of production entitled to protection as
trade secrets of the user. Wastewater constituents and characteristics, and
reports of accidental discharges shall not be recognized as confidential.
Confidential information shall not be made available for inspection and/or
copying by the public but shall be disclosed, upon written request, to
governmental agencies, for uses related to this Law, or the SPDES Permit,
providing that the governmental agency making the request agrees to hold the
information confidential, in accordance with State or Federal Laws, Rules and Regulations.
The Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator shall provide written notice to the industrial user
of any disclosure of confidential information to another governmental agency.
Section
915 A - Access to Property and Records
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator and other authorized representatives
of the Town of Hague, representatives
of EPA, NYSDEC, and NYSDOH, bearing proper credentials and identification,
shall be permitted to enter upon all non-residential properties at all times
for the purpose of inspection, observation, sampling, flow measurement, and
testing to ascertain a user's compliance with applicable provisions of Federal
and State law governing use of the Town of Hague POTW, and with the
provisions of this Law. Inspections of residential properties shall be
performed in proper observance of the resident's civil rights. Such
representative(s) shall have the right to set up, on the User's property or
property rented/leased by the User, such devices as are necessary to conduct
sampling or flow measurement. Guard dogs shall be under proper control of the
User while the representatives are on the User's property or property
rented/leased by the User. Such representative(s) shall, additionally have
access to and may copy any records the User is required to maintain under
this Law. Where a User has security measures in force which would require
proper identification and clearance before entry into the premises, the user
shall make necessary arrangements so that upon presentation of suitable
identification, inspecting personnel will be permitted to enter, without
delay, for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities.
Section 915 B - Access to
Easements
The Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator, bearing proper
credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all private
premises through which the Town of Hague holds an easement for the purpose of
inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of
any portion of the Town of Hague public sewer system lying within the
easement. All entry and subsequent work on the easement shall be done in
accordance with the terms of the easement pertaining to the private premises
involved.
Section 915 C - Liability
of Property Owner
During the performance, on private premises, of inspections, sampling, or
other similar operations referred to in Sections 1014 A and 1014 B, the
inspectors shall observe all applicable safety rules established by the owner
or occupant of the premises. The owner and/or occupant shall be held harmless
for personal injury or death of the inspector and the loss of or damage to
the inspector's supplies and/or equipment; and the inspector shall indemnify
the owner and/or occupant against loss or damage to property of the owner or
occupant by the inspector and against liability claims asserted against the
owner or occupant for personal injury or death of the inspector or for loss
of or damage to the inspector's supplies or equipment arising from inspection
and sampling operations, except as such may be caused by negligence or
failure of the owner or occupant to maintain safe conditions.
Section 916 - Special
Agreements
Nothing in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special
agreement or arrangement between the Town of Hague and any User of the POTW
whereby wastewater of unusual strength or character is accepted into the POTW
and specially treated, subject to any payments or user charges, as may be
applicable. In entering into such a special agreement, the Town of Hague
Board shall consider whether the wastewater will:
(1) pass-through or cause interference
(2) endanger the public municipal employees
(3) cause violation of the SPDES Permit
(4) interfere with any Purpose stated in Section 102
(5) prevent the equitable compensation to the Town of Hague for wastewater
conveyance and treatment, and sludge management and disposal
No discharge which violates the Federal Pretreatment Standards will be
allowed under the terms of such special agreements.
No agreement shall be entered into without the user having been issued and
presently having a permit to discharge wastes into the POTW for treatment and
disposal. Additionally the user shall be in compliance with all conditions in
the permit and shall not be in arrears in any charges due to the Town of Hague before the agreement is entered into. The Town of Hague Board may condition the
agreement.
Article 10
Enforcement And Penalties
Section 1001 - Enforcement Response Plan
Administrative Remedies
Section 1002 - Notification of Violation Section 1103 - Consent Orders
Section 1004 - Administrative or Compliance Orders
Section 1005 - Administrative Fines
Section 1006 - Cease and Desist Orders
Section 1007 - Termination of Permit
Section 1008 - Show Cause Hearing
Section 1009 - Failure of User to Petition the Town
Section 1010 - Notice
Section 1011 - Right to Choose Multiple Remedies
Judicial Remedies
Section 1012 - Civil Actions for Penalties
Section 1013 - Court Orders
Section 1014 - Criminal Penalties
Section 1015 - Injunctive Relief
Section 1016 - Summary Abatement
Miscellaneous
Section 1017 - Delinquent Payments
Section 1018 - Performance Bonds
Section 1019 - Liability Insurance
Section 1020 - Public Notification
Section 1021 - Contractor Listings
Section 1001 -
Enforcement Response Plan
The Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator shall prepare an Enforcement Response Plan. The
Enforcement Response Plan, in a step-by-step fashion, shall outline the
procedures to be followed to identify, document, and respond to violations by
Users of the POTW. All violations by Users of the POTW shall be met with some
type of enforcement response. The response shall be comprehensive and
effective.
The Enforcement Response Plan shall:
(1) describe how the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator will investigate
instances of non-compliance
(2) describe the types of escalated enforcement actions that the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator will take in response to all anticipated types of
User violations and the time periods within which to initiate and follow-up
these actions
(3) adequately reflect the
Town of Hague Board's responsibility to enforce all applicable standards and
requirements.
The Enforcement Response Plan shall contain:
(1) criteria for scheduling periodic inspection and/or sampling visits to
POTW Users
(2) forms and guidelines for documenting compliance data in a manner which
will enable the information to be used as evidence
(3) systems to track due dates, compliance schedule milestones, and pending
enforcement actions
(4) criteria, responsible personnel, and procedures to select and initiate an
enforcement action.
The range of appropriate enforcement actions shall be based on the nature and
severity of the violation and other relevant factors, such as:
- magnitude of the violation
- duration of the violation
- effect of the violation on the receiving water
- effect of the violation on the POTW
- effect of the violation on the health and safety of the POTW employees
- compliance history of the User
- good faith of the User
- and shall promote consistent and timely use of enforcement remedies.
The Town of Hague Board shall approve the Enforcement Response Plan. The
Enforcement Response Plan shall be reviewed at least every five years.
Administrative Remedies
Section 1002 - Notification of Violation
Whenever the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator finds that any User has
violated or is violating this Law, or any Wastewater Discharge Permit, order,
prohibition, limitation, or requirement permitted by this Law, the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator may serve upon such person a written notice stating
the nature of the violation. Within ten (10) calendar days of the date the
Zoning Enforcement Officer mails the notice, an explanation of the violation
and a plan for the satisfactory correction and prevention thereof shall be
submitted to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, by the User. The
correction and prevention plan shall include specific actions. Submission of
this plan in no way relieves the User of liability for any violations caused
by the User before or after receipt of the Notice of Violation.
Section
1003 - Consent Orders
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator is hereby empowered to enter into
Consent Orders, assurances of voluntary compliance, or other similar
documents establishing an agreement with the User responsible for the
noncompliance. Such orders shall include specific action to be taken by the
User to correct the noncompliance within a time period also specified by the
order. Consent Orders shall have the same force and effect as an
administrative order.
Section
1004 - Administrative or Compliance Orders
When the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator finds that a User has violated
or continues to violate this Law or a permit or administrative order issued
there under, he may issue an administrative order to the User responsible for
the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, sewer
service shall be discontinued, severed and abated unless the violation is
corrected and that there is no reoccurrence of the violation. Administrative
orders may also contain such other requirements as might be reasonably
necessary and appropriate to address the noncompliance, including the
installation of pretreatment technology, additional self-monitoring, and
management practices.
The User may, within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of such order,
petition the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator to modify or suspend the
order. Such petition shall be in written form and shall be transmitted to the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator by registered mail. The Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator shall then:
(1) Reject any frivolous petitions,
(2) Modify or suspend the order, or
(3) Order the petitioner to show cause in accordance with Section 1109 and
may as part of the show cause notice request the User to supply additional
information.
Section 1005 -
Administrative Fines
Notwithstanding any other section of this Law, any User who is found to have
violated any provision of this Law, or a wastewater discharge permit or
administrative order issued hereunder, shall be fined in an amount not to
exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per violation. Each day on which
noncompliance shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct
violation.
The User may, within fifteen (15) calendar days of notification of the Zoning
Enforcement Officer's notice of such fine, petition the Town to modify or suspend the
order. Such petition shall be in written form and shall be transmitted to the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator by registered mail. The Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator shall then:
(1) Reject any frivolous petitions,
(2) Modify or suspend the fine, or
(3) Order the petitioner to show cause in accordance with Section 1109 and
may as part of the show cause notice request the User to supply additional
information.
Section 1006 - Cease and
Desist Orders
When the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator finds that a User has violated
or continues to violate this Law or any permit or administrative order issued
hereunder, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may issue an
administrative order to cease and desist all such violations and direct those
persons in noncompliance to:
(1) Comply forthwith
(2) Take such appropriate remedial or preventive action as may be needed to
properly address a continuing or threatened violation, including halting
operations or terminating the discharge.
The User may, within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator mails notification of such order, petition the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator to modify or suspend the order. Such
petition shall be in written form and shall be transmitted to the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator by registered mail. The Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator shall then:
(1) Reject any frivolous petitions,
(2) Modify or suspend the order,
(3) Order the petitioner to show cause in accordance with Section 1009 and
may as part of the show cause notice
request the User to supply additional information.
Section 1007 -
Termination of Permit
Any User who violates the following conditions of this Law or a wastewater
discharge permit or administrative order, or any applicable or State and
Federal law, is subject to permit termination: (1) Violation of permit
conditions or conditions of an administrative order, (2) Failure to
accurately report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of its
discharge, (3) Failure to report significant changes in operations or
wastewater constituents and characteristics, (4) Refusal of reasonable access
to the User's premises for the purpose of inspection, monitoring, or
sampling, or (5) Failure to pay administrative fines, fees or user charges.
Non-compliant industrial Users will be notified, by registered mail, of the
proposed termination
of their wastewater permit. The User may, within fifteen (15) calendar days
of the date the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator mails such notification,
petition the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator to permit continued use of
the POTW by the user. Such petition shall be in written form and shall be
transmitted to the Zoning Enforcement Officer by registered mail. The Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator shall then: (1) Reject any frivolous petitions, (2)
Order the petitioner to show cause in accordance with Section 1108 and may as
part of the show cause notice request the User to supply additional
information.
Section
1008 - Show Cause Hearing
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may order any User appealing
administrative remedies for violations of this Law to show cause, before the
Town of Hague Board, why an enforcement action, initiated by the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator, should not be taken. A notice shall be served on
the User specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the Town of
Hague Board regarding the violation, the reasons why the action is to be
taken, the proposed enforcement action, and directing the User to show cause
before the Town of Hague Board why the proposed enforcement action should not
be taken. The notice of the hearing shall be served at least ten (10)
calendar days before the hearing in accordance with Section 1010 of this
Article. Service shall be made on any principal or executive officer of a
User's establishment or to any partner in a User's establishment. The notice
of the hearing shall be served at least ten (10) calendar days before the
hearing, in accordance with Section 1010. The Town of Hague Board may itself
conduct the hearing, or may designate any of its members or any officer or
employee of the Town of Hague to conduct the hearing: (1) Issue, in the name
of the Town of Hague Board, notices of hearings requesting the attendance and
testimony of witnesses, and the production of evidence relevant to any matter
involved in such hearings, (2) Take the evidence, (3) Take sworn testimony, (4)
Transmit a report of the evidence and hearing, including transcripts and other
evidence, together with recommendations to the Town of Hague Board for action
thereon. After the Town of Hague Board has reviewed the evidence and testimony, it may
order the user to comply with the Wastewater Treatment Plant operator’s order
or fine, modify the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator’s order or fine, or
vacate the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator’s order or fine.
Section
1009 - Failure of User to Petition the Town
In the event the Zoning Enforcement Officer issues any administrative order,
terminates the User's permit, or makes any fine as set forth in this article,
and the User fails, within the designated period of time set forth, to
petition the Zoning Enforcement Officer, as provided in appropriate sections
of this article, the User shall be deemed in default and its rights to
contest the administrative order or fine shall be deemed waived.
Section 1010 - Notice
The notices, orders, petitions, or other notification which the User or Zoning Enforcement Officer shall desire or be required to give pursuant to any sections of this Law shall be in writing and shall be served personally or sent by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and the notice, order, petition, or other communication shall be deemed given upon its mailing as provided herein. Any notice, administrative order, or communication mailed to the User pursuant to the sections of this Law shall be mailed to the User where the User's effluent is discharged into transmission lines to the Town of Hague's POTW. Any notice, petition, or other communication mailed to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall be addressed and mailed to the Town Hall of the Town of Hague.
Section 1011 - Right to Choose Multiple Remedies
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall have the right, within the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator’s sole discretion, to utilize any one or more appropriate administrative remedies set forth in this Article. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may utilize more than one administrative remedy established pursuant to this Article, and the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may hold one show cause hearing combining more than one enforcement action.
Judicial Remedies
Section 1012 - Civil Actions For Penalties
Any person who violates any of the provisions of or who
fails to perform any duty imposed by this Law, or any administrative order or
determination of the Zoning Enforcement Officer promulgated under this Law,
or the terms of any permit issued hereunder, shall be liable to the Town of
Hague for a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) for each
such violation, to be assessed after a hearing (unless the User waives the
right to a hearing) held in conformance with the procedures set forth in this
Article. Each violation shall be separate and distinct violation, and in the
case of continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed
a separate and distinct violation. Such penalty may be recovered in an action
brought by the Town of Hague attorney, or his designated attorney, at the
request of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator in the name of the Town of
Hague, in any court of competent jurisdiction giving preference to courts
local to the Town of Hague. In addition to the above described penalty, the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may recover all damages incurred by the
Town of Hague from any persons or Users who violate any provisions of this
Law, or who fail to perform any duties imposed by this Law or any administrative
order or determination of the Zoning Enforcement Officer promulgated under
this Law, or the terms of any permit issued hereunder. In addition to the
above described damages, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may recover
all reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Town of Hague in enforcing the
provisions of this Article, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred in
any action to recover penalties and damages, and the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator may also recover court costs, and other expenses associated
with the enforcement activities, including sampling and monitoring expenses.
In determining the amount of civil penalty, the court shall take into account
all relative circumstances, including, but not limited to the extent of harm
caused by the violation, the magnitude and duration, any economic benefit
gained through the User's violation, corrective actions by the User, the
compliance history of the User, and any other relative factors as justice may
require.
Such civil penalty may be released or compromised by the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operator before the matter has been referred to the Town of Hague
attorney, and where such matter has been referred to the Town of Hague
attorney, any such penalty may be released or compromised and any action
commenced to recover the same may be settled and discontinued by the Town of
Hague attorney, with the consent of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator.
Section
1013 - Court Orders
In addition to the power to assess penalties as set forth in this Article,
the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall have the power, following the
hearing held in conformance with the procedures set forth in this Article, to
seek an order:
(1) Suspending, revoking, or modifying the violator's Wastewater Discharge
Permit, or
(2) Enjoining the violator from continuing the violation.
Any such court order shall be sought in an action brought by the Town of Hague attorney, at the request of the Zoning Enforcement Officer, in the name of the Town
of Hague, in any court of competent jurisdiction giving precedence to courts
local to the Town of Hague.
The Town of Hague attorney, at the request of the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator shall petition the Court to impose, assess, and recover such sums
imposed according to this Article. In determining amount of liability, the
Court shall take into account all relevant circumstances, including, but not
limited to, the extent of harm caused by the violation, the magnitude and
duration, any economic benefit gained through the User's violation,
corrective actions by the User, the compliance history of the User, and any
other factor as justice requires.
Section
1014 - Criminal Penalties
Any person who willfully violates any provision of this Law or any final
determination or administrative order of the Wastewater Treatmetn Plant
Operator made in accordance with this Article shall be guilty of a Class A
Misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500) nor more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000), or imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year or both. Each offense
shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in the case of a continuing
offense, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct
offense.
Any User who knowingly makes any false statements, representations, or
certifications in any application, record, report, plan or other document
filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this Law, or wastewater
permit, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any
monitoring device or method required under this Law shall be guilty of a
Class A Misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation per day or
imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or both.
No prosecution, under this Section, shall be instituted until after final
disposition of a show cause hearing, if any, was instituted.
Section
1015 - Additional Injunctive Relief
Whenever a User has violated or continues to violate the provisions of this
Law or permit or order issued hereunder, the Zoning Enforcement Officer,
through counsel may petition the Court, in the name of the Town of Hague, for
the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction or both (as may be
appropriate) which restrains the violation of, or compels the compliance with
any order or determination there under by the Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator.
Section
1016 - Summary Abatement
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this Law, whenever the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator finds, after investigation, that any User
is causing, engaging in, or maintaining a condition or activity which, in the
judgment of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, presents an imminent
danger to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to the environment, or is
likely to result in severe damage to the POTW or the environment, and it
therefore appears to be prejudicial to the public interest to allow the
condition or activity to go unabated until notice and an opportunity for a
hearing can be provided, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may, without
prior hearing, order such User by notice, in writing wherever practicable or
in such other form as practices are intended to be proscribed, to
discontinue, abate, or alleviate such condition or activity, and thereupon
such person shall immediately discontinue, abate, or alleviate such condition
or activity; or where the giving of notice is impracticable, or in the event
of a User's failure to comply voluntarily with an emergency order, the
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may take all appropriate action to abate
the violating condition. As promptly as possible thereafter, not to exceed
fifteen (15) calendar days, the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator shall
provide the User an opportunity to be heard, in accordance with the
provisions of this Article.
If the User is not within the geographic boundaries of the Town of Hague the right of summary abatement to discontinue, abate, or alleviate conditions or
activities shall be those prescribed in the inter-municipal agreement.
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, acting upon the belief that an
emergency exists, shall be indemnified against any personal liability that
may arise in the performance of his duties to protect the public health,
safety, or welfare, or to preserve the POTW or the environment.
Miscellaneous
Section
1017 - Delinquent Payments
All unpaid sewer rent will be sent to Warren County Treasurer and added to
the Town & County tax bill.
Section
1018 - Performance Bonds
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may decline to reissue a permit to
any User which has failed to comply with the provisions of this Law or any
order or previous permit issued hereunder unless such User first files with
it a satisfactory bond, payable to the POTW, in a sum not to exceed a value
determined by the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator to be necessary to
achieve consistent compliance.
Section 1019 - Liability
Insurance
The
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator may decline to reissue a permit to any
User which has failed to comply with the provisions of this Law or any order
or previous permit issued hereunder, unless the User first submits proof that
it has obtained financial assurances sufficient to restore or repair POTW
damage caused by its discharge.
Section
1020 - Public Notification
The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Shall provide public notification, in
the daily newspaper with
the largest circulation in the Town of Hague, of Users which were in
significant non-compliance of local or Federal pretreatment standards or
requirements since the last such notice. The frequency of such notices shall
be at least once per year.
Section 1021 - Contractor
Listings
(1) Users which have not achieved consistent compliance with applicable
pretreatment standards and requirements are not eligible to receive a
contractual award for the sale of goods or services to the Town of Hague.
(2) Existing contracts for the sale of goods or services to the Town of Hague held by a User found to be in significant violation with pretreatment standards may
be terminated at the discretion of the Town of Hague Board.
Article 11
Charges
Section
1101 - Normal Sewage Service Charges
Section 1102 - Surcharge for Abnormal Sewage
Section 1103 - Total Sewer Service Charge
Section 1104 - Segmenting the POTW
Section 1105 - Billing Period
Section 1106 - Charges for Trucked and Hauled Wastes
Section 1107 - Capital Recovery
Section 1108 - Collection of Charges
Section 1109 - Fiscal Year for System
Section 1110 - Impact Fees
Section 1111 - Use of Revenues
Section 1112 - Records and Accounts
Section 1101 - Normal
Sewage Service Charges
All persons discharging or depositing wastes into the public sewers shall pay
a sewer service charge as per user unit schedule.
Section 1102 - Surcharge
for Abnormal Sewage
All persons discharging or depositing wastes with concentrations in excess of
the pollutant concentrations in normal sewage shall pay a surcharge.
Section 1103 - Total
Sewer Service Charge
The total sewer service charge, (which shall be called the "User
Charge"), is comprised of two parts, as follows:
UC(t) = UC(n) + UC(an)
Where:
UC(t) = total User Charge for POTW operation and maintenance
UC(n)
= User Charge associated with normal sewage
UC(an) = User Charge associated with abnormal sewage
UC(n) = OM X (OQ/100) X (QIA/QA)
UC(an) = OM {[OB/100 X (BIA-Bn)/BA] +
[OS/100 X (SIA-Sn)/SA] +
[OP/100 X (PIA-Pn)/PA] +
[ONH/100 X (NHIA-NHn)/NHA] +
[OTK/100 X (TKIA-TKn)/TKA]}
Where:
OM = total annual POTW operation and maintenance costs
OQ = percentage of OM attributable to flow (Q)
OB = percentage of OM attributable to BOD5
OS = percentage of OM attributable to suspended solids
OP = percentage of OM attributable to total phosphorus
ONH = percentage of OM attributable to ammonia
OTK = percentage of OM attributable to total Kjeldahl nitrogen
QIA = average daily flow rate (MGD) from discharger
BIA = average daily BOD5 loading (LB/DAY) from discharger
SIA = average daily suspended solids loading (LB/DAY) from discharger
PIA = average daily total phosphorus loading (LB/DAY) from discharger
NHIA = average daily ammonia loading (LB N/DAY) from discharger TKIA =
average daily total Kjeldahl nitrogen loading (LB N/DAY) from discharger
QA = average daily flow rate (MGD) at the POTW treatment plant
BA = average daily BOD5 loading (LB/DAY) at the POTW treatment plant
SA = average daily suspended solids loading (LB/DAY) at the POTW treatment
plant
PA = average daily total phosphorus loading (LB/DAY) at the POTW treatment
plant
NHA = average daily total ammonia loading (LB N/DAY) at the POTW treatment
plant
TKA = average daily total Kjeldahl nitrogen loading (LB N/DAY) at the POTW
treatment plant
Bn = BOD5 loading (LB/DAY) in discharge if it were normal sewage
Sn=suspended solids loading (LB/DAY) in discharge if it were normal sewage
Pn = total phosphorus loading (LB/DAY) in discharge if it were normal sewage
NHn = ammonia loading (LB N/DAY) in discharge if it were normal sewage
TKn = total Kjeldahl nitrogen loading (LB N/DAY) in discharge if it were
normal sewage
Note:
if any difference terms in the equation above is negative, then that portion
of the equation shall not be used, that is, the difference shall be set to
zero when it is negative.
Note: all averages are arithmetic averages determined from available data
during the billing period.
Section 1104 - Segmenting
the POTW
The service area of the POTW may be segmented to assist in a fair distribution of user charges, especially if there is a pump station serving a segment.
Section 1105 - Billing
Period
The Billing Period shall be yearly.
Section 1106 - Charges
for Trucked and Hauled Wastes
The charge for treatment and disposal of trucked or hauled waste which has
been introduced into the POTW shall be as established by the Town of Hague Board . The manner of determining the volume dumped shall be at the discretion of
the Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator.
Section 1107 - Capital
Recovery
The Town of Hague may institute an equitable procedure for recovering the
costs of any capital improvements of those parts of the POTW which collect,
pump, treat, and dispose of industrial wastewaters from those persons
discharging such wastewaters into the POTW.
Section 1108 - Collection
of Charges
Provisions of Article 11 of this Law relating to the collection of penalties
shall apply to the collection of Sewer Service Charges and Abnormal Sewage
Service Surcharges, unless where otherwise provided by application of the
Sewer Rent Law by Town of Hague.
Section 1109 - Fiscal
Year for System
The POTW shall be operated on the basis of a fiscal year commencing on the
first day of January and ending on the thirty-first day of December.
Section 1110 - Impact
Fees
The
Town of Hague (Board) shall have the authority to impose impact fees on new
development, which development may:
(1) - cause enlargement of the service area of the POTW
(2) - cause increased hydraulic and/or treatment demands on the POTW
Section 1111 - Use of
Revenues
Revenues derived from user charges and associated penalties, and impact fees,
shall be credited to a special fund. Monies in this fund shall be used
exclusively for the following functions:
(a) For the payment of the operation and maintenance, including repair and
replacement costs of the Town of Hague POTW,
(b) For the discovery and correction of inflow and infiltration,
(c) For the payment of interest on and the amortization of or payment of
indebtedness which has been or shall be incurred for the construction or
extension of the Town of Hague POTW,
d) For the extension, enlargement, replacement of, and/or additions to the
Town of Hague POTW, including any necessary appurtenances.
Section 1112 - Records
and Accounts
The Town of Hague shall maintain and keep proper books of records and
accounts for the POTW, separate from all other records and accounts, in which
shall be made full and correct entries of all transactions relating to the
POTW. The Town of Hague will cause an annual audit of such books of record
and account for the preceding fiscal year to be made by a recognized
independent certified public accountant, and will supply such audit report to
authorized officials, and the public, on request.
In conjunction with the audit, there shall be an annual review of the sewer
charge system to determine if it is adequate to meet expenditures for all
programs for the coming year.
Classification of old and new industrial users should also be reviewed
annually.
The Town of Hague shall maintain and carry insurance on all physical
properties of the POTW, of the kinds and in the amounts normally carried by
public utility companies and municipalities engaged in the operation of
sewage disposal systems. All moneys received for losses under any such
insurance policies shall be applied solely to the replacement and restoration
of the property damaged or destroyed.
Article 12
Public Disclosure Of POTW Operations
Section 1201- POTW Operations Open to the Public
Section 1202- Procedural Requirements Available
> Section 1203- Validity Through Public Inspection
Section 1201- POTW Operations Open to the Public
It shall be the policy of the Town of Hague (Board) to conduct all business with full disclosure to the public.
Section 1202- Procedural
Requirements Available
The nature and requirements of all formal procedures for applying for a
permit and for requesting a permit under this Law and for requesting a
hearing shall be formulated by the Town of Hague and be made available to any
resident of the Town of Hague upon request.
Section 1203- Validity
Through Public Inspection
The Town of Hague shall formulate procedures to make available to the public
for inspection such orders, statements of policy, and interpretations used by
the Town of Hague in administration of this Law. No rule, regulation, or
civil order shall be valid until it has been available for public inspection.
Article 13
Conflicts, Severability, Effective Date And Applicability
Section
1301- Conflicts
Section 1302- Severability
Section 1303- Effective Date
Section 1304- Applicability
Section 1301- Conflicts
The provisions of any Town of Hague law in conflict with any provision of
this Law are hereby repealed.
Section 1302-
Severability
Each provision of this Law is severable from the others, so that if any
provision is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such
illegal or invalid provision shall be severed from this Law which shall
nonetheless remain in full force and effect.
Section 1303- Effective
Date
This law shall take effect 30 days after it’s filing in the office of the
Secretary of State.
Section 1304-
Applicability
Articles 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 14 shall apply in all incorporated areas
of the Town of Hague. Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 shall apply only in
incorporated areas of the Town of Hague which are also within the service
area of the POTW.
Appendix
Parameters of Concern
Class
A - Halogenated Hydrocarbons
Class B - Halogenated Organics (Other than Hydrocarbons)
Class C - Pesticides (Includes Herbicides, Algaecides, Biocides, Slimicides
and Mildewcides)
Class D - Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Class E - Tars
Class F - Substituted Aromatics (Other than Hydrocarbons and Non-Halogenated)
Class G - Miscellaneous
Class M - Metals and their Compounds
Class A - Halogenated
Hydrocarbons
A01. Methyl Chloride
A02. Methylene Chloride
A03. Chloroform
A04.
Carbon Tetrachloride
A05. Freon/Genatron
A06. Other Halomethanes
A07. 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
A08. Other Haloethanes
A09. Vinyl Fluoride
A10. Vinyl Chloride
A11. Dichloroethylene
A12. Trichloroethylene
A13. Tetrachloroethylene
A14. Chlorinated Propane
A15. Chlorinated Propene
A16. Hexachlorobutadiene
A17. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
A18. Chlorinated Benzene
A19. Chlorinated Toluene
A20. Fluorinated Toluene
A21. Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB)
A22. Chlorinated Naphthalene
A23. Dechlorane (C10Cl12)
A24. Hexachlorocyclohexane (BHC)
A99. Halogenated Hydrocarbons Not Specified Above
Class B - Halogenated
Organics (Other than Hydrocarbons)
B01. Phosgene
B02. Methyl Chloromethyl Ether
B03. Bis-Chloromethyl Ether
B04. Other Chloroalkyl Ethers
B05. Benzoyl Chloride
B06. Chlorothymol
B07. Chlorinated Phenol
B08. Chlorinated Cresols or Xylenols
B09. Chlorendic Acid
B10. Chloroaryl Ethers
B11. Dichlorophene or Hexachlorophene
B12. Chlorinated Aniline (Including Methylene Bis)(2-Chloroaniline)
B13. Dichlorobenzidine
B14. Chlorinated Diphenyl Oxide
B15. Chlorinated Toluidine
B16. Kepone (C10Cl100)
B17. Dichlorovinyl Sulfonyl Pyridine
B18. Chloropicrin
B19. Trichloromethyl Thio-Phthalimide
B20. Trichloro-Propylsulfonyl Pyridine
B21. Tetrachloro-Methysulfonyl Pyridine
B22. Tetrachloro-Isopthalonitrile
B99. Halogenated Organics Not Specified Above
Class C - Pesticides
(Includes Herbicides, Algaecides, Biocides, Slimicides and Mildewcides)
C01. Aldrin/Dieldrin
C02. Chlordane and Metabolites
C03. DDT and Metabolites
C04. Endosulfan/Thiodan and Metabolites
C05. Endrin and Metabolites
C06. Heptachlor and Metabolites
C07. Malathion
C08. Methoxychlor
C09. Parathion
C10. Toxaphene
C11. Sevin
C12. Kelthane
C13. Diazinon
C14. Dithane
C15. Carbaryl
C16. Silvex
C17. Dithiocarbamates
C18. Maneb
C19. Dioxathion
C20. Tandex/Karbutilate
C21. Carbofurans
C22. Pentac
C23. Folpet
C24. Dichlone
C25. Rotenone
C26. Lindane/Isotox
C27. Simazine
C28. Methoprene
C99. Pesticides Not Specified Above
Class D - Aromatic
Hydrocarbons
D01. Benzene
D02. Toluene
D03. Xylene
D04. Biphenyl
D05. Naphthalene
D06. Ethylbenzene
D07. Styrene
D08. Acenaphthene
D09. Fluoranthene
D99. Aromatic Hydrocarbons Not Specified Above
Class E - Tars
E01. Coal Tar
E02. Petroleum Tar
E99. Tars Not Specified Above
Class F - Substituted
Aromatics (Other than Hydrocarbons and Non-Haglogenated)
F01. Phenol, Cresol or Xylenol
F02. Catechol, Resorcinol, or Hydroquinone
F03. Nitrophenols
F04. Nitrobenzenes
F05. Nitrotoluenes
F06. Aniline
F07. Toluidines
F08. Nitroanilines
F09. Nitroanisole
F10. Toluene Diisocyanate
F11. Dimethylaminoazobenzene
F12. Benzoic Acid (and Benzoate Salts)
F13. Phthalic, Isophthalic or Terephthalic Acid
F14. Phthalic Anhydride
F15. Phthalate Esters
F16. Phenoxyacetic Acid
F17. Phenylphenols
F18. Nitrobiphenyls
F19. Aminobiphenyls (Including Benzidine)
F20. Diphenylhydrazine
F21. Naphthylamines
F22. Carbazole
F23. Acetylaminofluorene
F24. Dyes and Organic Pigments
F25. Pyridine
F99. Substituted Aromatics Not Specified Above
Class G - Miscellaneous
G01. Asbestos
G02. Acrolein
G03. Acrylonitrile
G04. Isophorone
G05. Nitrosamines
G06. Ethyleneimine
G07. Propiolactone
G08. Nitrosodimethylamine
G09. Dimethylhydrazine
G10. Maleic Anhydride
G11. Methyl Isocyanate
G12. Epoxides
G13. Nitrofurans
G14. Cyanide
Class M - Metals and
Their Compounds
M01. Antimony
M02. Arsenic
M03. Beryllium
M04. Cadmium
M05. Chromium
M06. Copper
M07. Lead
M08. Mercury
M09. Nickel
M10. Selenium
M11. Silver
M12. Thallium
M13. Zinc
M99. Metals Not Specified Above