New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 126 - Montgomery County › Cities › Section 126.1 - City of Amsterdam

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Public Health Law, § 1100
(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 Glen Wild watershed and Brookside reservoir
						and all watercourses tributary thereto or which may ultimately discharge into
						said Glen Wild watershed and Brookside reservoir or which may be developed in
						the future to serve as sources of the water supply to the city of
						Amsterdam.
(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 ratiation
					 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 city of Amsterdam 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 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.
(16)
Water supply
shall mean
					 the public water supply of the city of Amsterdam.
(17)
Watercourse
shall mean
					 every spring, stream, marsh or channel of water of any kind which flows or may
					 flow into the city of Amsterdam water supply.
(18)
Watershed
shall mean
					 the entire drainage area contributing water to the city of Amsterdam water
					 supply.