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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 00:58:47+00:00

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§ 173-1 Purpose and intent.
§ 173-4 Responsibility for administration.
§ 173-6 Failing individual sewage treatment systems prohibited.
§ 173-7 Activities contaminating stormwater prohibited.
§ 173-8 Use of best management practices to prevent, control, and reduce stormwater pollutants.
§ 173-9 Suspension of access to MS4; illicit discharges in emergency situations.
§ 173-10 Industrial or construction activity discharges.
§ 173-11 Access and monitoring of discharges.
§ 173-12 Notification of spills.
§ 173-13 Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
§ 173-14 Appeal of notice of violation.
§ 173-15 Corrective measures after appeal.
§ 173-18 Violations deemed to be public nuisances.
§ 173-19 Remedies not exclusive.
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 173, Stormwater Discharge Management, adopted 4-21-2004 by L.L. No. 6-2004.
A person principally responsible to perform the work of constructing, renovating, or demolishing a building, road, or other structure, including associated site work, clearing, and land disturbance activities.
Any direct or indirect non-stormwater discharge to the MS4, except as exempted in § 173-6 of this article.
A facility serving one or more parcels of land or residential households, or a private, commercial or institutional facility, that treats sewage or other liquid wastes for discharge into the groundwaters of New York State, except where a permit for such a facility is required under the applicable provisions of Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law or where such facility is regulated by the New York State Department of Health.
For the purpose of performing an inspection of an individual sewage treatment system, a qualified individual includes licensed engineers and architects, employees of state and county health units, watershed inspectors, and persons who have completed training from the National Association of Wastewater Transporters (NAWT), the New York Onsite Wastewater Training Network (OTN), or equivalent.
A person who is knowledgeable in the principles and practices of erosion and sediment control, such as a New York State licensed professional engineer, or a New York State licensed landscape architect, or a certified professional in erosion and sediment control (CPESC), or other New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) endorsed individual(s). It also means someone working under the direct supervision of the licensed professional engineer or licensed landscape architect, provided that person has training in the principles and practices of erosion and sediment control. Training in the principles and practices of erosion and sediment control means that an individual performing a site inspection has received four hours of training, endorsed by the NYSDEC, or a Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), or CPESC, Inc., or other NYSDEC endorsed entity in proper erosion and sediment control principles.
A person who is a New York State licensed professional engineer, or a New York State licensed landscape architect, or a certified professional in erosion and sediment control (CPESC) certified by CPESC, Inc.
DISCHARGE COMPLIANCE WITH WATER QUALITY STANDARDS—The condition that applies where a municipality has been notified that the discharge of stormwater authorized under its MS4 permit may have caused or has the reasonable potential to cause or contribute to the violation of an applicable water quality standard. Under this condition, the municipality must take all necessary actions to ensure future discharges do not cause or contribute to a violation of water quality standards.
303(d) LISTED WATERS—The condition in the municipality's MS4 permit that applies where the MS4 discharges to a 303(d) listed water. Under this condition, the stormwater management program must ensure no increase of the listed pollutant of concern to the 303(d) listed water.
TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) STRATEGY—The condition in the municipality's MS4 permit where a TMDL including requirements for control of stormwater discharges has been approved by EPA for a waterbody or watershed into which the MS4 discharges. If the discharge from the MS4 did not meet the TMDL stormwater allocations prior to September 10, 2003, the municipality was required to modify its stormwater management program to ensure that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the TMDL is achieved.
The condition in the municipality's MS4 permit that applies if a TMDL is approved in the future by EPA for any waterbody or watershed into which an MS4 discharges. Under this condition, the municipality must review the applicable TMDL to see if it includes requirements for control of stormwater discharges. If an MS4 is not meeting the TMDL stormwater allocations, the municipality must, within six months of the TMDL's approval, modify its stormwater management program to ensure that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the TMDL is achieved.
An employee, the municipal engineer or other public official(s) designated by the Town of Poughkeepsie to enforce this article. The SMO may also be designated by the municipality to accept and review stormwater pollution prevention plans, forward the plans to the applicable municipal board and inspect stormwater management practices.
A person who is certified as having received four hours of training in the principles and practices of erosion and sediment control endorsed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, or the Soil and Water Conservation District, or CPESC, Inc., and who holds a valid stormwater training certificate.
The Town Engineer shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this article as, and be, the Stormwater Management Officer (SMO). Such powers granted or duties imposed upon the authorized enforcement official may be delegated in writing by the SMO as may be authorized by the municipality.
Prohibition of discharges to Town roads.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, non-contract cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water onto any street, highway, or road of the Town of Poughkeepsie, when in the opinion of the Superintendent of Highways or the Deputy Superintendent of Highways said property owner is notified that such discharge is a threat to the health, safety or welfare of the residents of the Town of Poughkeepsie and fails to take corrective action within 10 days of the written notification.
Said water may be discharged into a stormwater drainage system maintained by the Town of Poughkeepsie upon application to the Superintendent of Highways and the construction of such discharge system in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Superintendent of Highways and construction approved by the Superintendent of Highways.
Structural failure of any component of the individual sewage treatment system that could lead to any of the other failure conditions as noted in this section. Structural failure shall be determined by an inspection of the facility performed according to § 173-8B(2).
Cause or contribute to the municipality being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 173-2 (Definitions) of this article.
Such activities include failing individual sewage treatment systems as defined in § 173-6, improper management of pet waste or any other activity that causes or contributes to violations of the municipality's MS4 SPDES permit authorization.
Best management practices. Where the SMO has identified illicit discharges as defined in § 173-2 or activities contaminating stormwater as defined in § 173-7, the municipality may require implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to control those illicit discharges and activities.
Any person responsible for a property or premises, which is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge as defined in § 173-2 or an activity contaminating stormwater as defined in § 173-7, may be required to implement, at said person's expense, additional structural and nonstructural BMPs to reduce or eliminate the source of pollutant(s) to the MS4.
A qualified individual shall inspect the system at time of transfer or sale of real property upon which the system is located.
The qualified individual shall utilize the inspection form and protocol developed by the New York Onsite Wastewater Treatment Network (Schedule A), or equivalent.
Editor's Note: Schedule A is on file in the Town Clerk's office.
A copy of the certified inspection report shall be furnished to the municipality.
The SMO may, without prior notice, suspend MS4 discharge access to a person when such suspension is necessary to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present imminent and substantial danger to the environment, to the health or welfare of persons, or to the MS4. The SMO shall notify the person of such suspension within a reasonable time thereafter, in writing, of the reasons for the suspension. If the violator fails to comply with a suspension order issued in an emergency, the SMO may take such steps as deemed necessary to prevent or minimize damage to the MS4 or to minimize danger to persons.
Suspension due to the detection of illicit discharge. Any person discharging to the municipality's MS4 in violation of this article may have his/her MS4 access terminated if such termination would abate or reduce an illicit discharge. The SMO will notify a violator in writing of the proposed termination of its MS4 access and the reasons therefor. The violator may petition the SMO for a reconsideration and hearing. Access may be granted by the SMO if he/she finds that the illicit discharge has ceased and the discharger has taken steps to prevent its recurrence. Access may be denied if the SMO determines in writing that the illicit discharge has not ceased or is likely to recur. A person commits an offense if the person reinstates MS4 access to premises terminated pursuant to this section, without the prior approval of the SMO.
Notwithstanding other requirements of law, as soon as any person responsible for a facility or operation, or responsible for emergency response for a facility or operation, has information of any known or suspected release of materials which are resulting or may result in illegal discharges or pollutants discharging into the MS4, said person shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release. In the event of such a release of hazardous materials said person shall immediately notify emergency response agencies of the occurrence via emergency dispatch services. In the event of a release of nonhazardous materials, said person shall notify the municipality in person or by phone or facsimile no later than the next business day. Notifications in person or by phone shall be confirmed by written notice addressed and mailed to the municipality within three business days of the phone notice. If the discharge of prohibited materials emanates from a commercial or industrial establishment, the owner or operator of such establishment shall also retain an on-site written record of the discharge and the actions taken to prevent its recurrence. Such records shall be retained for at least three years.
Penalties. In addition to or as an alternative to any penalty provided herein or by law, any person who violates the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $350 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or both, for conviction of a first offense; for conviction of a second offense, both of which were committed within a period of five years, punishable by a fine not less than $350 nor more than $700 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or both; and upon conviction for a third or subsequent offense, all of which were committed within a period of five years, punishable by a fine not less than $700 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or both. However, for the purposes of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally, violations of this article shall be deemed misdemeanors, and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors shall apply to such violations. Each week's continued violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.
Any person receiving a notice of violation may appeal the determination of the SMO to the Town Board within 15 days of its issuance, which shall hear the appeal within 30 days after the filing of the appeal, and within five days of making its decision, file its decision in the office of the municipal clerk and mail a copy of its decision by certified mail to the discharger.
The violator acted quickly to remedy the violation.

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