New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 153 - Washington County › Villages › Section 153.3 - Village of argyle

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Application. The rules and regulations set forth in this section duly made and
					 enacted in accordance with the provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the Public
					 Health Law shall apply to Summit Lake and all watercourses tributary thereto or
					 which may ultimately discharge into said Summit Lake or which may be developed
					 in the future to serve as sources of the water supply to the Village of Argyle,
					 Washington County, New York.
(b)
					 Definitions.
(1) Chloride salt shall mean the
					 solid compounds or the 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).
(2) Herbicide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(3) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
					 urine.
(4) Junkyard shall mean an
					 area where two or more unregistered, old or second-hand motor vehicles are
					 being accumulated for purposes of disposal, resale or used parts or reclaiming
					 certain materials such as metal, glass, fabric and/or the like.
(5) Linear distance shall mean the shortest
					 horizontal distance from the nearest point of a structure or object to the high
					 water mark of a reservoir or to the edge, margin or steep bank forming the
					 ordinary high water line of a watercourse.
(6) Pesticide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and insects.
(7) Pollutant shall mean dredge, spoil, solid
					 waste, incinerator residue, garbage, sewage sludge, chemical waste, biological
					 materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and
					 industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
(8) Radioactive material shall mean any
					 material in any form that emits radiation spontaneously. 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.
(9) 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.
(10) Refuse disposal area shall mean land
					 used for the depositing of refuse except that is 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 animal wastes resulting from the operation of such farm are
					 deposited.
(11) Reservoir shall
					 mean any natural or artificial lake or pond, which is tributary to or serves as
					 a source of the Village of Argyle public water supply.
(12) 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.
(13) Sewage disposal system shall mean any
					 system used for disposing of sewage.
(14) Toxic chemical shall mean any compound
					 or substance, including, but not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil or
					 diesel oil, which is or may be harmful or poisonous to humans.
(15) 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 landfill, or other works not specifically mentioned in
					 this paragraph, installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing,
					 stabilizing or disposing of sewage.
(16) Water supply shall mean the public water
					 supply of the Village of Argyle, Washington County, New York.
(17) Watercourse shall mean every spring,
					 stream, marsh or channel of water of any kind which flows or may flow into the
					 Village of Argyle public water supply.
(18) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
					 area contributing water to the Village of Argyle public water supply.