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Town of Philipstown, NY Storm Sewers
Ch 147B Art I Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections
§ 147B-1 Purpose.
§ 147B-2 Definitions.
§ 147B-3 Applicability.
§ 147B-4 Responsibility for administration.
§ 147B-5 Severability.
§ 147B-6 Discharge and connection prohibitions; exceptions.
§ 147B-7 Prohibition against failing individual sewage treatment systems.
§ 147B-8 Prohibition against activities contaminating stormwater.
§ 147B-9 Prevention, control and reduction of stormwater pollutants by use of best management practices.
§ 147B-10 Suspension of access to MS4.
§ 147B-11 Industrial or construction activity discharges.
§ 147B-12 Access to facilities; monitoring of discharges.
§ 147B-13 Notification of spills.
§ 147B-14 Enforcement; penalties for offenses.
§ 147B-15 Appeal of notice of violation.
§ 147B-16 Corrective measures after appeal.
§ 147B-17 Injunctive relief.
§ 147B-18 Alternative remedies.
§ 147B-19 Violations deemed public nuisance.
§ 147B-20 Remedies not exclusive.
Chapter 147B Storm Sewers
Stormwater management — See Ch. 147A.
[Adopted 12-12-2007 by L.L. No. 10-2007]
The purpose of this article is to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Philipstown 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 article 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. The objectives of this article are:
Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the MS4, except as exempted in § 147B-6 of this article.
Owned or operated by the Town of Philipstown;
Discharge compliance with water quality standards. The condition that applies where a municipality has been notified that the discharge of stormwater authorized under their 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.
An employee, the municipal engineer or other public official(s) designated by the Town of Philipstown 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.
Cause or contribute to the municipality being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 147B-2 of this article.
Such activities include failing individual sewage treatment systems as defined in § 147B-7, 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 § 147B-2 or activities contaminating stormwater as defined in § 147B-8, 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 § 147B-2 or an activity contaminating stormwater as defined in § 147B-8 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.
Individual sewage treatment systems; response to special conditions requiring no increase of pollutants or requiring reduction of pollutants. Where individual sewage treatment systems are contributing to the municipality's being subject to the special conditions as defined in § 147B-2, the owner or operator of such individual sewage treatment systems shall be required to:
Any person subject to an industrial or construction activity SPDES stormwater discharge permit shall comply with all provisions of such permit. Proof of compliance with said permit will be required in a form acceptable to the municipality prior to the allowing of discharges to the MS4.
Payment of a of a fine; and