NY Pub Auth L § 1176 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8 - Buffalo Sewer Authority 1176 - Definitions.

§  1176.  Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context,1. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by  section   eleven hundred seventy-seven of this title;2. The term "city" shall mean the city of Buffalo;3.  The term "bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes, interim certificates   and other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this title;4. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority;5. The term "comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the city;6. The term "treasurer" shall mean the treasurer of the city;7. The term "charter" shall mean the charter of the  city  enacted  by   the  electors of the city at a special election held on the twenty-ninth   day of August, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, as amended;8. The term "project" shall mean a system of trunk,  intercepting  and   connecting,  lateral  and outlet sewers, storm water drains, pumping and   ventilating stations, disposal or treatment plants or works,  and  other   appliances  and  structures, which in the judgment of the authority will   provide an effectual and advantageous means for  relieving  the  Niagara   river,  Buffalo  river  and  Lake  Erie from pollution by the sewage and   waste of the city and relieving the city from  inadequate  sanitary  and   storm  water  drainage and for the sanitary disposal or treatment of the   sewage thereof, or  such  sections  or  parts  of  such  system  as  the   authority  may  from  time  to  time  deem  it  proper  or convenient to   construct, consistent with the plan or purpose of this title;9. The term "existing sewer system" shall mean all sewers,  including,   without  limitation,  trunk, intercepting, connecting, lateral and other   sewers, storm water drains,  pumping  stations,  disposal  or  treatment   plants  or  works,  structures, appliances, equipment and other adjuncts   thereto, comprising the entire system of sewerage owned by the  city  at   the  time of the filing with the common council of the city and with the   secretary of the state of New York of a certificate of completion of the   project as provided in  section  eleven  hundred  seventy-nine  of  this   title;10.  The  term  "facilities"  shall  include the project and, from and   after the filing with the common council of the city and  the  secretary   of  state  of  the state of New York of the certificate of completion of   the project, as provided in section eleven hundred seventy-nine of  this   title, the existing sewer system.11. The term "attorney general" shall mean the attorney general of the   state of New York.12.  The  term "general manager" shall mean the general manager of the   Buffalo sewer authority.13. The term "hazardous substance" shall mean any substance which:a. is identified or listed as a hazardous  waste  or  acute  hazardous   waste  in  regulation  promulgated  pursuant  to  section 27-0903 of the   environmental conservation law and all amendments thereto, regardless of   whether at the time of release the substance was actually a waste; orb. appears on the list of substances hazardous or acutely hazardous to   public health, safety  or  the  environment  in  regulation  promulgated   pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of section 37-0103   of the environmental conservation law and all amendments thereto.14.  The  term  "person"  shall mean any individual, public or private   corporation, political subdivision,  government  agency,  department  or   bureau of the state or federal government, municipality, co-partnership,   association,  firm,  trust,  estate or any other legal entity whatsoever   (including directors, officers or agents  thereof),  or  combination  of   persons.  The  masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular   shall include the plural where indicated by the context. 15. The term "pollutant" shall  mean  any  liquid,  solid  or  gaseous   substance,  or  combination  thereof,  which  may  cause  an  impairment   (reduction) of water quality to a degree that has an adverse  effect  on   any  beneficial use of the water, including but not limited to hazardous   substances.16.  The term "effluent source" shall mean a source of introduction of   any waste into the facilities or  any  sewer  system  connected  to  the   facilities.17. The term "discharge" shall mean any introduction of waste into the   facilities from any effluent source.18.  The term "sewer system" shall mean pipelines or conduits, pumping   stations, and force mains and  all  other  constructions,  devices,  and   appliances  appurtenant  thereto,  wherever located, used for conducting   sewage, industrial waste or other waste into or through  the  facilities   of the authority to a point of ultimate disposal.19. The term "domestic sewage" shall mean a combination of wastes from   the  non-commercial  preparation,  cooking,  and handling of food; human   bodily  wastes  and  similar  matter  from  sanitary   conveniences   in   dwellings,  commercial buildings, industrial buildings and institutions;   or   any   other   wastes   from   non-commercial,   non-industrial   or   non-institutional activities.20. The term "domestic user" shall mean any user not covered under the   definition of "industrial user".21.  The  term  "industrial  user"  shall mean a person who discharges   industrial waste.22. The term "industrial waste"  shall  mean  any  liquid,  solid,  or   gaseous substance, or combination thereof, resulting from any process of   industrial,   commercial,   governmental   and  institutional  concerns,   manufacturing, business, trade, or research, including the  development,   recovery, or processing of natural resources, or from sources other than   those  described  as domestic sewage. Groundwater and surface runoff may   be considered to be industrial waste  if  contaminated  with  industrial   process chemical constituents.23.  The  term  "sewage"  shall  mean  any  combination of wastes from   residences,   business   buildings,    institutions    and    industrial   establishment, together with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may   be present.24.  The  term  "waste"  shall  mean  any  liquid,  solid  or  gaseous   substance, or combination thereof, that may be introduced into  a  sewer   system.25.  The  term "user" shall mean any person who directly or indirectly   contributes, causes or permits the contribution of waste into the  sewer   system and into or through the authority's facilities.