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Timestamp: 2017-10-18 20:26:27
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 10']

Town of Pleasant Valley, NY Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections
§ 60-1 Purpose and intent.
§ 60-4 Responsibility for administration.
§ 60-5 Discharge prohibitions.
§ 60-6 Prohibition against failing individual sewage treatment systems.
§ 60-7 Prohibition against activities contaminating stormwater.
§ 60-8 Requirement to prevent, control, and reduce stormwater pollutants by use of best management practices.
§ 60-9 Suspension of access to MS4.
§ 60-10 Industrial or construction activity discharges.
§ 60-11 Applicability; access to facilities; monitoring of discharges.
§ 60-12 Notification of spills.
§ 60-13 Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
§ 60-14 Appeal of notice of violation.
§ 60-15 Corrective measures after appeal.
§ 60-16 Injunctive relief.
§ 60-17 Alternative remedies.
§ 60-18 Violations deemed a public nuisance.
§ 60-19 Remedies not exclusive.
§ 60-19.1 Defense and indemnification of Town.
§ 60-20 Legislative authority; conflict with other provisions.
Chapter 60: Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Pleasant Valley 2-21-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Stormwater management and erosion and sediment control — See Ch. 74.
Chapter 60 : Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections
Purpose and intent. This chapter shall be entitled "Illicit Discharges." The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Pleasant Valley through the regulation of nonstormwater discharges to the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) to the maximum extent practicable as required by federal and state law. This chapter establishes methods for controlling the introduction of pollutants into the MS4 in order to comply with requirements of the SPDES General Permit for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems.
To regulate the contribution of pollutants to the MS4 since such systems arc not designed to accept, process or discharge nonstormwater wastes;
A New York State-licensed professional engineer or licensed architect.
Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the MS4, except as exempted in § 60-6 of this chapter.
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.
Owned or operated by the Town of Pleasant Valley;
The condition in the municipality'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 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 Pleasant Valley to enforce this chapter. 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.
Contamination of off site groundwater.
Cause or contribute to the municipality being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 60-2, Definitions, of this chapter.
Such activities include failing individual sewage treatment systems as defined in § 60-6, 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 § 60-2 or activities contaminating stormwater as defined in § 60-7 the municipality may require implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to control those illicit discharges and activities:
Any person responsible for a property or premise, which is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge as defined in § 60-2 or an activity contaminating stormwater as defined in § 60-7, may be required to implement, at said person's expense, additional structural and non-structural BMPs to reduce or eliminate the source of pollutant(s) to the MS4.
Individual sewage treatment systems; response to special conditions requiring no increase of pollutants or requiring a reduction of pollutants. Where individual sewage treatment systems are contributing to the municipality's being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 60-2 of this chapter, the owner or operator of such individual sewage treatment systems shall be required to:
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 non-hazardous materials, said person shall notify the municipality 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 municipality 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.
Any person receiving a notice of violation may appeal the determination of the SMO to the Town Board of the Town of Pleasant Valley within 30 days of service of the notice of violation, 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 person held accountable for the violating these provisions.
Violator acted quickly to remedy violation;
If the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and/or the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall serve a notice of violation upon the Town, bring an administrative complaint against the Town and/or commence a civil suit against the Town due to an illicit discharge(s) to the municipal separate stormwater sewer systems (MS4) or any third party brings a civil suit against the Town for any such violation, and such notice of violation, administrative complaint, or civil suit as a result of, and due to, a consequence of or the outcome of the actions of a person who has violated the provisions of this chapter, then said person shall defend and indemnify the Town for any and all fines, damages or penalties imposed by the DEC, the EPA or any court of competent jurisdiction.
This chapter is enacted under the authority of the Municipal Home Rule Law § 10(1), subparagraphs (i) and (ii)(a)(12). To the extent that it is inconsistent with any other law, other than a general law, it is the intent of the Pleasant Valley Town Board that such law be superseded by this chapter.