New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 123 - Livingston County › Villages › Section 123.6 - Village of Dansville (Well Supply)

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 wells
					 which comprise the source of the public water supply of the Village of
					 Dansville. Said wells are located on land owned by the Village of Dansville and
					 are situated approximately 264 feet north of the hamlet of Perkinsville, New
					 York on Steuben County Road 91, in the Town of Wayland, New York, bounded by
					 Perkinsville Rod and Gun Club to the east, County Road 91 to the west, Wayland
					 to the north and south.
(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 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, goon, 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 Dansville.
(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.