New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 155 - Westchester County › Districts › Section 155.56 - Pocantico water district no. 1, town of mount pleasant

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
					 certain reservoirs located within the boundaries of the Pocantico Water
					 District No. 1, Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, which comprise part
					 of the source of the public water supply of the said Pocantico Water District
					 No. 1, and are situated as follows:
All those certain reservoirs designated as Ferguson's
						Lake, Lake No. 1, Lake No. 2 and Lake No. 3 shown on that certain map entitled
						"Map Showing Pocantico Water District No. 1 Situate in the Town of Mount
						Pleasant, Westchester County, New York" prepared by Chas. H. Sells, Inc.
						certified as complete on September 21, 1972 and revised on February 23, 1973,
						March 2, 1973, April 11, 1973 and May 2, 1973 filed in the Office of the Clerk
						of Westchester County (Division of Land Records) on March 29, 1976 as Map No.
						18772, the center of said Ferguson's Lake being approximately north 85° 00' 00"
						east 1290 feet as measured from the westerly boundary line of Bedford Road from
						its intersection with the southerly boundary line of Raafenberg Road; the
						center of said Lake No. 1 being approximately south 77° 00' 00" east 2550 feet
						as measured from the westerly boundary line of Bedford Road from its
						intersection with the southerly boundary line of Raafenberg Road, the center of
						said Lake No. 2 being approximately south 63° 30' 00" east 2130 feet as
						measured from the westerly boundary line of Bedford Road from its intersection
						with the southerly boundary line of Raafenberg Road; the center of said Lake
						No. 3 being approximately south 64° 0' 00" east 1660 feet as measured from the
						westerly boundary line of Bedford Road from its intersection with the southerly
						boundary line of Raafenberg Road.
(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 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 the reservoirs.
(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 cleaning, 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) Reservoirs
					 shall mean the reservoirs described in paragraph (a) of this section.
(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 land fill, 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 Pocantico Water District No. 1, Town of Mount Pleasant.