New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 118 - Greene County › Section 118.4 - Town of Prattsville, Greene County

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
				  Huntersfield Creek and all watercourses tributary thereto or which may
				  ultimately discharge into said Huntersfield Creek or which may be developed in
				  the future to serve as sources of the water supply of the Town of Prattsville,
				  Greene County.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Agricultural associated animal waste
				  shall mean manure obtained from agricultural industries.
(2) 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).
(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 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 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.
(7) Manure shall mean animal feces or
				  urine.
(8) Nonagricultural
				  associated animal waste 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, sewage, garbage, sewage
				  sludge, chemical waste, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat,
				  wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial and
				  municipal wastes, and agricultural and nonagricultural associated animal wastes
				  discharged into water.
(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 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.
(15) Reservoir shall mean any natural or
				  artificial lake or pond which is tributary to or serves as a source of the Town
				  of Prattsville's water supply.
(16)
				  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.
(17) Sewage disposal
				  system shall mean any system used for disposing of sewage.
(18) Toxic substance shall mean any toxic
				  substance as so defined by subdivision 2 of section 4801  of the Public Health Law.
(19) 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.
(20) Water supply shall mean the public water
				  supply of the Town of Prattsville.
(21) Watercourse shall mean every spring,
				  stream, marsh, or channel of water of any kind which flows or may flow into the
				  Town of Prattsville's water supply.
(22) Watershed shall mean the entire drainage
				  area contributing to the Town of Prattsville's water supply.