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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 21:03:20+00:00

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§ 128-4 Responsibility for administration.
§ 128-5 Discharge prohibitions; exceptions.
§ 128-6 Failing sewage treatment systems prohibited.
§ 128-7 Activities contaminating stormwater prohibited.
§ 128-8 Prevention, control, and reduction of stormwater pollutants.
§ 128-9 Suspension of access to MS4.
§ 128-10 Industrial or construction activity discharges.
§ 128-11 Access to facilities and monitoring of discharges.
§ 128-12 Notification of spills.
§ 128-13 Enforcement; penalties of offenses.
§ 128-14 Corrective measures after notice of violation.
§ 128-17 Violations deemed a public nuisance.
§ 128-18 Remedies not exclusive.
Stormwater management and erosion and sediment control — See Ch. 127.
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 127, Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the MS4, except as exempted in § 128-5A(2) 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 the State of New York, except where a permit for such a facility is required under the applicable provisions of Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law.
Discharge compliance with water quality standards: the condition that applies if the Town is 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 Town 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 Town'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 Town's MS4 permit where a TMDL including requirements for control of stormwater discharges has been approved by EPA for a water body 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 Town 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 Town's MS4 permit that applies if a TMDL is approved in the future by EPA for any water body or watershed into which an MS4 discharges: Under this condition, the Town 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 Town 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 Town Engineer or other public official designated by the Town Board to enforce this article.
Water that is not stormwater; is contaminated with pollutants; and is or will be discarded.
This article shall apply to all water entering the MS4 generated on any developed and/or undeveloped lands.
The Stormwater Management Officer (SMO) shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this article. 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 Town Board.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the MS4 any materials other than stormwater, except as provided in § 128-5A(2) of this article. The commencement, conduct or continuance of any discharge to the MS4 not authorized or exempted by this article is prohibited.
Water line flushing or other potable water sources, landscape irrigation or lawn watering, existing diverted stream flows, rising groundwater, uncontaminated groundwater infiltration to storm drains, uncontaminated pumped groundwater, foundation or footing drains, crawl space or basement sump pumps, air-conditioning condensate, irrigation water, springs, water from individual residential car washing, natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, dechlorinated swimming pool discharges, residential street wash water, water from fire-fighting activities, and any other water source not containing pollutants. Such exempt discharges shall be made in accordance with an appropriate plan for reducing pollutants.
A discharge permitted under an SPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the Department, provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order and other applicable laws and regulations.
A person is considered to be in violation of this article if the person connects a line conveying sewage to the Town's MS4 or allows such a connection to continue.
Structural failure of any component of the individual sewage treatment system that could lead to any of the other failure conditions referred to in this section.
Activities that cause or contribute to a violation of the Town's MS4 SPDES permit.
Activities that cause or contribute to the Town being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 128-2 of this article.
Such activities include a failing individual sewage treatment system, improper management of pet waste or any other activity that causes or contributes to violations of the Town's MS4 SPDES permit authorization.
Upon notification to a person that he or she is engaged in activities contaminating stormwater, that person shall take all reasonable actions to correct such activities such that he or she no longer causes or contributes to violations of the Town's MS4 SPDES permit authorization or the special conditions as defined in § 128-2 of this article.
Where the SMO has identified an illicit discharge, as defined in § 128-2 of this article, or activities contaminating stormwater, as defined in § 128-7 of this article, the SMO may require implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to control such illicit discharge and/or activities.
Any person responsible for a property or premises, which is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge or an activity contaminating stormwater may be required to implement, at such person's expense, additional structural and nonstructural BMPs to reduce or eliminate the source of pollution to the MS4.
A written certificate of compliance shall be submitted by the design professional to the SMO at the completion of construction of the repair or replacement system.
Any person discharging to the Town MS4 in violation of this article may have his or her MS4 access terminated if such termination would abate or reduce an illicit discharge. Prior to access termination, the SMO shall notify the violator, in writing, of the proposed termination of its MS4 access and the reasons for such termination. 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.
Any person subject to an industrial or construction activity SPDES stormwater discharge permit shall comply with all provisions of that permit. Proof of compliance with that permit may be required in a form acceptable to the SMO prior to the allowing of discharges to the MS4.
The SMO shall have the right to set up on any facility subject to this article such devices as are necessary in the opinion of the SMO to conduct monitoring and/or sampling of the facility's stormwater discharge.
The SMO has the right to require the facilities subject to this article to install monitoring equipment as is reasonably necessary to determine compliance with this article. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the discharger at its own expense. All devices used to measure stormwater flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.
A person who is the operator of a facility subject to this article shall not unreasonably delay or deny reasonable access to the facility by the SMO for the purpose of conducting any activity authorized or required by this article.
If the SMO has been refused access to any part of the premises from which stormwater is discharged, and the SMO is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this article, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program designed to verify compliance with this article or any order issued hereunder, then the SMO may seek issuance of a search warrant from any court of competent jurisdiction.
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, such 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, such person shall immediately notify emergency response agencies of the occurrence via emergency dispatch services. In the event of a release of nonhazardous materials, such person shall notify the SMO in person or by telephone or facsimile no later than the next business day. Notifications in person or by telephone shall be confirmed by written notice addressed and mailed to the SMO within three business days of the telephone 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.
When the SMO finds that a person has violated a prohibition or failed to meet a requirement of this article, the SMO may order compliance by written notice of violation to the responsible person.
If abatement of a violation and/or restoration of affected property is required, the notice shall set forth a deadline within which such remediation or restoration must be completed. Such notice shall further advise that, should the violator fail to remediate or restore within the established deadline, the work will be done by a designated governmental agency or a contractor and the expense of that work shall be charged to the violator.
In addition to or as an alternative to any penalty provided in this § 128-13 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.
The SMO may issue appearance tickets for violations of this article.
If the violation has not been corrected pursuant to the requirements set forth in the notice of violation, the SMO shall request the owner's permission or seek a warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction for access to the subject private property to take any and all measures reasonably necessary to abate the violation and/or restore the property. The costs of implementing and maintaining such measures shall be recoverable, upon appropriate proceedings, from the violator.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this article. If a person has violated or continues to violate the provisions of this article, the Town may bring an action for injunctive relief in State Supreme Court restraining the person from activities which would create further violations or compelling the person to perform abatement or remediation of the violation.
In addition to the enforcement processes and penalties provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this article is a threat to public health, safety, and welfare, and is declared and deemed a public nuisance, and may be summarily abated or restored at the violator's expense, and/or a civil action to abate, enjoin, or otherwise compel the cessation of such nuisance may be taken.

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