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Timestamp: 2017-10-18 09:16:05
Document Index: 282510553

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 170', '§ 170', '§ 170', '§ 170', '§ 170', '§ 170', '§ 170', '§ 170']

Village of Old Brookville, NY Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections to Separate Storm Sewer Systems
§ 170-5 Discharge and connection prohibitions.
§ 170-6 Failing individual sewage treatment systems prohibited.
§ 170-7 Activities contaminating stormwater prohibited.
§ 170-8 Prevention, control, and reduction of stormwater pollutants using best management practices.
§ 170-11 Access and monitoring of discharges.
§ 170-14 Injunctive relief.
§ 170-15 Violations deemed a public nuisance.
§ 170-16 Remedies not exclusive.
Chapter 170: Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections to Separate Storm Sewer Systems
Code administration and enforcement — See Ch. 104.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 156.
Freshwater wetlands — See Ch. 160.
Chapter 170 : Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections to Separate Storm Sewer Systems
The intent of this chapter is to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the Incorporated Village of Old Brookville 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 MS4s.
For purposes of this chapter, certain terms and words are hereby defined. Words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; the word "shall" is mandatory.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have meanings set forth below:
Includes schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to stormwater, receiving waters, or stormwater conveyance systems. BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
Includes any material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Includes any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the MS4, including but not limited to:
Includes any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the MS4, except as exempted in this chapter.
Owned or operated by the Incorporated Village of Old Brookville;
The New York Code, Rules and Regulations
Includes any discharge to the MS4 that is not composed entirely of stormwater.
Includes dredged spoil, filter backwash, solid waste, incinerator residue, treated or untreated sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand and industrial, municipal, agricultural waste and ballast discharged into water; which may cause or might reasonably be expected to cause pollution of the waters of the state in contravention of pertinent standards promulgated by the federal government, the state, the Village, or any other municipality, a department thereof, having legal jurisdiction to impose such standards.
Includes any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land, whether improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
303(d) listed waters. A condition in the Village's MS4 permit that applies when 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. A condition in the Village'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 Village was required to modify its stormwater management program to ensure that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the TMDL is achieved.
A condition in the Village'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 such condition, the Village 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 Village 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.
The permit issued to developers of construction activities to regulate disturbance of one or more acres of land.
The permit issued to municipalities to regulate discharges from municipal separate storm sewers for compliance with EPA established water quality standards and/or to specify stormwater control standards.
Includes rainwater, surface runoff, snowmelt and drainage.
The total maximum daily load. (See definition of "total maximum daily load.")
Prohibition of illegal discharges. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the MS4 any materials other than stormwater. The commencement, conduct or continuance of any illegal discharge to the MS4 is prohibited except as described as follows:
The following discharges are exempt from discharge prohibitions established by this chapter, unless the DEC or the Village has determined them to be substantial contributors of pollutants: 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 firefighting activities, and any other water source not containing pollutants. Such exempt discharges shall be made in accordance with an appropriate plan for reducing pollutants.
The prohibition shall not apply to any discharge permitted under an SPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the DEC, provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order and other applicable laws and regulations, and provided that written DEC approval has been granted for any discharge to the MS4.
A person is considered to be in violation of this chapter if the person connects a line conveying sewage to the Village's MS4 or allows such a connection to continue.
Cause or contribute to a violation of the Village's MS4 SPDES permit; and/or
Upon notification to a person that such person is engaged in activities that cause or contribute to violations of the Village's MS4 SPDES permit authorization, such person shall immediately commence and continue thereafter will all due diligence to take all reasonable actions to correct such activities such that such person no longer causes or contributes to violations of the Village's MS4 SPDES permit authorization.
Where the SMO has identified illicit discharges or activities contaminating stormwater, the Village 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 or an activity contaminating stormwater, 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.
Inspect the septic tank annually to determine scum and sludge accumulation. Septic tanks must be pumped out whenever the bottom of the outlet baffle or sanitary tee or the top of the sludge is within 10 inches of the bottom of the outlet baffle or sanitary tee.
Avoid the use of septic tank activities.
Suspension due to the detection of illicit discharge. Any person discharging to the Village's MS4 in violation of this chapter may have its 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 the SMO 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 subsection without the prior approval of the SMO.
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 chapter, 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 chapter or any order issued hereunder, then the SMO may seek issuance of a search warrant from the Village Court, or, at its option, any other court of competent jurisdiction.
If abatement of a violation and/or restoration of affected property are required, the notice shall set forth a deadline within which such remediation or restoration must be completed. Said notice shall further advise that, should the violator fail to remediate or restore within the established deadline, the Village may perform the remediation or restoration and the cost thereof shall become a lien upon the land until paid, and if not paid, at the option of the Mayor, may be added to the current tax bill for the subject premises and collected in the same manner and with the annual Village real estate taxes.
Penalties. In addition to or as an alternative to any penalty provided herein or by law, any person who violates the provisions of this chapter 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. For the purposes of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally, violations of this chapter shall be considered 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.