New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 143 - Schoharie County › Villages › Section 143.4 - Village of richmondville

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 the Cobleskill Creek, the upper and lower
					 reservoirs, and all watercourses tributary thereto or which may ultimately
					 discharge into said reservoirs, or which may be developed in the future to
					 serve as sources of the water supply of the Village of Richmondville.
(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) Linear distance shall mean the shortest
					 horizontal distance from the nearest point of the structure or object to the
					 high-water mark of a reservoir or the edge, margin and steep bank forming the
					 ordinary high-water line of a watercourse.
(9) Manure shall mean animal feces and
					 urine.
(10)
					 Nonagricultural-associated animal waste shall mean manure obtained from
					 nonagricultural industries.
(11)
					 Pesticide shall mean any substance used to destroy or inhibit pests such as
					 rodents and insects.
(12) Pollutant
					 shall mean dredge, spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage,
					 sewage sludge, chemical waste, biological materials, radioactive materials,
					 heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial and
					 municipal waste and agricultural- and nonagricultural-associated animal
					 waste.
(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) Refuse shall
					 mean all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage,
					 manure, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue, street cleanings, dead animals,
					 offal and solid commercial and industrial wastes.
(16) 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.
(17) Reservoir shall
					 mean any natural or artificial lake or pond which is tributary to or serves as
					 a source of the public water supply of the Village of Richmondville.
(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
					 water supply of the Village of Richmondville.
(23) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
					 area contributing water to the water supply of the Village of
					 Richmondville.
(24) Water supply
					 shall mean the public water supply of the Village of Richmondville.