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 105.7 - Village of Sinclairville

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 the wells which comprise the source of the public
				  water supply of the Village of Sinclairville. Said wells are located on land
				  owned by the Village of Sinclairville and are situated approximately 280 feet
				  south of Sinclair Drive and 215 feet west of Bloomer Street.
(b) Definitions.
(1) 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).
(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 when 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 the structure or object to the
				  extension of the centerline of the wells.
(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.
(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) 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.
(12) Sewage disposal
				  system shall mean any system used for disposing of sewage.
(13) 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.
(14) Treatment works shall mean any treatment
				  plant, sewer, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, septic system,
				  construction 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.
(15) Water supply shall mean the public water
				  supply of the Village of Sinclairville.
(16) Wells shall mean wells now used as a
				  source of this water supply, or any additional wells which may be constructed
				  at this point as a source for this water supply.