New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 133 - Orange County › Towns › Section 133.21 - Town of crawford

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Application. The rules and regulations set forth in this section, duty made and
					 enacted in accordance with the provisions of sections 110-1107 of the Public
					 Health Law, shall apply to the wells which comprise the source of the public
					 water supply of the Town of Crawford. Said wells are located on land owned by
					 the Town of Crawford on a parcel bearing Orange County Tax Map Identification
					 No. 8-2-62, being on the southeast side of New York State Route 302 in the Town
					 of Crawford and, on a parcel bearing Orange County Tax Map Identification No.
					 8-2-63.221, being on the south side of New York State Route 52, in the Town of
					 Crawford.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Agricultural-associated animal waste
					 shall mean manure obtained from agricultural industries.
(2) 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).
(3) Herbicide shall mean any substance used
					 to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(4) Human excreta shall mean human feces and
					 urine.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(7) Manure shall mean animal feces and
					 urine.
(8) Nonagricultural
					 associated animal wastes shall mean manure obtained from nonagricultural
					 industries.
(9) Pesticide shall
					 mean any substance used to destroy or inhibit pests such as rodents and
					 insects.
(10) Pollutant shall mean
					 dredge, spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, garbage, sewage sludge,
					 chemical waste, biological materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment,
					 rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural and
					 nonagricultural-associated animal waste.
(11) 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.
(12) Radioactive material
					 shall mean any material in any form that emits radiation
					 spontaneously.
(13) 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.
(14) Refuse disposal area shall mean land
					 used for the depositing of refuse except that it shall not include the land
					 used for the depositing or 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.
(15) 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.
(16) Sewage disposal system
					 shall mean any system used for disposing of sewage.
(17) Toxic substance shall mean any toxic
					 substance as so defined by subdivision 2 of section 4801  of the Public Health Law.
(18) 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.
(19) Water supply shall mean the public water
					 supply of the Town of Crawford.
(20) Wells shall mean wells now used as a
					 source of water supply for the Town of Crawford or any additional wells which
					 may be constructed at these points as a source for this water supply.