New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 151 - Ulster County › Towns › Section 151.4 - Highland water district, town of lloyd, ulster county

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 four
					 Illinois Mountain Reservoirs numbers 1-4 and all watercourses tributary thereto
					 or which may ultimately discharge into any of the said four Illinois Mountain
					 Reservoirs or which may be developed in the future to serve as sources of the
					 water supply to the Highland Water District in the Town of Lloyd.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Agricultural associated animal waste
					 shall mean manure obtained from agricultural industries.
(2) 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).
(3) Herbicide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(4) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
					 urine.
(5) Junkyard shall mean an
					 area where two or more unregistered, old or second-hand 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.
(6) 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 to the edge, margin or steep bank forming the
					 ordinary high-water line of a watercourse.
(7) Manure shall mean animal feces and
					 urine.
(8) Nonagricultural
					 associated animal waste shall mean manure obtained from nonagricultural
					 industries.
(9) Pesticide shall
					 mean any substance used to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and
					 insects.
(10) 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, and industrial,
					 municipal, agricultural and nonagricultural associated animal wastes.
(11) 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.
(12) Radioactive material
					 shall mean any material in any form that emits radiation
					 spontaneously.
(13) Refuse shall
					 mean all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes including garbage, manure,
					 rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue, street cleaning, dead animals, offal and
					 solid commercial and industrial wastes.
(14) Refuse disposal area shall mean land
					 used for the depositing of refuse except that it shall not include the land
					 used for 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.
(15) 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 Highland Water District, Town of
					 Lloyd.
(16) 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.
(17) Sewage disposal system shall mean any
					 system used for disposing of sewage.
(18) Toxic substance shall mean any toxic
					 substance as so defined by subdivision two of section 4801  of the Public Health Law.
(19) 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.
(20) Water district means the Highland Water
					 District, Town of Lloyd.
(21) Water
					 supply shall mean the public water supply of the water district.
(22) Watercourse shall mean every spring,
					 stream, marsh, or channel or water of any kind which flows into the water
					 supply of the water district.
(23)
					 Watershed shall mean the entire drainage area contributing water to the water
					 supply of the water district.