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 105.8 - Village of Silver Creek

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Application. The rules and regulations set forth in this section, duly made and
				  adopted in accordance with the provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the Public
				  Health Law, shall apply to the Hopper Road Reservoir and the Smith Mills
				  Reservoir and all watercourses tributary thereto or which may ultimately
				  discharge into said Hopper Road and Smith Mills Reservoirs or which may be
				  developed in the future to serve as sources of the water supply to the Village
				  of Silver Creek.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Agricultural-associated animal waste
				  shall mean manure obtained from agricultural industries.
(2) Agricultural-associated animal waste area
				  shall mean land used for the deposition of agricultural-associated animal waste
				  on the surface of the ground for fertilization purposes.
(3) Agricultural-associated animal waste
				  storage area shall mean land used for the temporary or permanent deposition of
				  agricultural-associated animal waste where said deposition is not directly for
				  the purposes of fertilization.
(4)
				  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).
(5) Herbicide shall
				  mean any substance used to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(6) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
				  urine.
(7) 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.
(8) 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.
(9) Manure shall mean animal feces and
				  urine.
(10)
				  Nonagricultural-associated animal waste shall mean manure obtained from
				  nonagricultural industries.
(11)
				  Pesticide shall mean any substance used to destroy or inhibit pests such as
				  rodents and insects.
(12) 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, industrial and
				  municipal waste and agricultural- and nonagricultural-associated animal
				  waste.
(13) 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.
(14) Radioactive
				  material shall mean any material in any form that emits radiation
				  spontaneously.
(15) 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.
(16) 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
				  agricultural-associated animal wastes resulting from the operation of such farm
				  are deposited.
(17) Reservoir shall
				  mean any natural or artificial lake or pond which is tributary to or serves as
				  a source of the Village of Silver Creek water supply.
(18) 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.
(19) Sewage disposal system shall mean any
				  system used for disposing of sewage.
(20) Toxic substance shall mean any toxic
				  substance as so defined by subdivision 2 of section 4801  of the Public Health Law.
(21) 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.
(22) Water supply shall mean the public water
				  supply of the Village of Silver Creek.
(23) Watercourse shall mean every spring,
				  stream, marsh or channel of water of any kind which flow or may flow into the
				  Village of Silver Creek's water supply.
(24) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
				  area contributing water to the Village of Silver Creek's water
				  supply.