New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 136 - Otsego County › Villages › Section 136.3 - Village of cooperstown

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Application. The rules and regulations set forth in this section, duly made and
					 adopted in accordance with the provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the Public
					 Health Law, shall apply to Otsego Lake and all watercourses tributary thereto
					 or which may be developed in the future to serve as sources of the water supply
					 of the Village of Cooperstown in the Towns of Otsego, Middlefield and
					 Springfield. The aforesaid described watershed shall exclude any areas not
					 within Otsego County and, in addition, shall also exclude Allen Lake and its
					 tributary watercourses.
(b)
					 Definitions.
(1) Agricultural-associated
					 animal waste shall mean manure obtained from agricultural industries.
(2) Agricultural-associated animal waste area
					 shall mean land used for the deposition of agricultural-associated animal waste
					 on the surface of the ground for fertilization purposes.
(3) Agricultural-associated animal waste
					 storage area shall mean land used for the temporary or permanent deposition of
					 agricultural-associated animal waste where said deposition is not directly for
					 the purpose of fertilization.
(4)
					 Chloride salt shall mean the solid compounds or solutions of potassium chloride
					 (commonly used as fertilizer), calcium chloride (commonly used for winter road
					 maintenance) or sodium chloride (commonly used for water softener
					 regeneration).
(5) Herbicide shall
					 mean any substance used to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(6) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
					 urine.
(7) Junkyard shall mean an
					 area where two or more unregistered old or secondhand motor vehicles are being
					 accumulated for purposes of disposal, resale of used parts, or reclaiming
					 certain materials such as metal, glass, fabric and/or the like.
(8) Lake shall mean Otsego Lake.
(9) Linear distance shall mean the shortest
					 horizontal distance from the nearest point of a structure or object to the
					 optimum high-water mark of Otsego Lake, defined as 1,194 feet, 11 inches above
					 sea level; or to the edge, margin or steep bank forming the ordinary high-water
					 line of a watercourse.
(10) Manure
					 shall mean animal feces and urine.
(11) Nonagricultural-associated animal waste
					 shall mean manure obtained from nonagricultural industries.
(12) Pesticide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and insects.
(13) Radiation shall mean ionizing radiation,
					 that is, any alpha particle, beta particle, gamma ray, X-ray, neutron,
					 high-speed proton and any other atomic particle producing ionization, but shall
					 not mean any sound or radio wave or visible, infrared or ultraviolet
					 light.
(14) Radioactive material
					 shall mean any material in any form that emits radiation
					 spontaneously.
(15) Receptacle
					 shall mean a septic tank, privy, pit, cesspool, leaching cesspool, filter bed,
					 or other container used for the storage or processing of sewage or waste
					 matter.
(16) Refuse shall mean all
					 putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage, manure,
					 rubbish, ashes, glass and metal containers, incinerator residue, street
					 cleanings, dead animals, offal and solid commercial and industrial
					 wastes.
(17) Refuse disposal area
					 shall mean land used for the depositing of refuse, except that it shall not
					 include the land used for the depositing of refuse from a single family, a
					 member of which is the owner, occupant or lessee of said land, or any part of a
					 farm on which only agricultural-associated animal wastes resulting from the
					 operation of such farm are deposited.
(18) Sewage shall mean any liquid or solid
					 waste matter from a domestic, commercial, private or industrial establishment,
					 which is normally carried off in sewers or waste pipes.
(19) Sewage disposal system shall mean any
					 system used for disposing of sewage, and includes treatment works.
(20) Toxic substance shall mean any toxic
					 substance as so defined by subdivision 2 of section 4801  of the Public Health Law.
(21) Treatment works shall mean any treatment
					 plant, sewer, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, septic system,
					 constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch, incinerator,
					 area devoted to sanitary landfills, or other works not specifically mentioned
					 in this paragraph, installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing,
					 stabilizing or disposing of sewage.
(22) Watercourse shall mean every spring,
					 stream, marsh or channel of water of any kind which flows or may flow into the
					 Village of Cooperstown water supply.
(23) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
					 area contributing water to the Village of Cooperstown water supply located
					 within the County of Otsego and the Towns of Otsego, Middlefield and
					 Springfield, but excluding Allen Lake and its tributary watercourses.
(24) Water supply shall mean the public water
					 supply of the Village of Cooperstown.