New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 105 - Chautauqua County › Section 105.20 - Town of Ripley

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Application. The rules and regulations herein set forth, duly made and enacted
				  in accordance with the provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the Public Health
				  Law shall apply to Belson Creek and all watercourses tributary thereto or which
				  may ultimately discharge into said Belson Creek or which may be developed in
				  the future to serve as sources of the water supply to the Town of
				  Ripley.
(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 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.
(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, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, chemical waste,
				  biological materials, radioactive 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 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 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 Town of Ripley 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
				  plants, 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 Town of Ripley.
(17)
				  Watercourse shall mean every spring, stream, marsh, or channel of water of any
				  kind which flow or may flow into the Town of Ripley water supply.
(18) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
				  area contributing water to the Town of Ripley water supply.
(19) Oil or gas well shall mean any well
				  drilled in contemplation of producing oil or gas in any quantity.
(20) Deep well injection or disposal well
				  shall mean any well intended to be used as a place of storage or receptacle for
				  drilling fluids, brine solutions, or any other waste or toxin in any
				  form.