New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 143 - Schoharie County › Villages › Section 143.3 - Village of Middleburgh

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Public Health Law, § 1100
(a)
Application.
The rules and regulations hereinafter given, duly made
						and enacted in accordance with the provisions of sections 1100-1107 of the
						Public Health Law shall apply to Little Schoharie Creek and its tributaries
						which now serve or which may be developed in the future to serve as sources of
						the public water supply of the Village of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New
						York and to all watercourses tributary thereto or ultimately discharging into
						said supply. The existing intake diversion dam on Little Schoharie Creek is
						located approximately 2.75 miles upstream from the confluence of Little
						Schoharie Creek and Schoharie Creek.
(b)
Definitions.
(1)
Herbicide
shall mean any
					 substance used to destroy or inhibit plant growth.
(2)
Human excreta
shall mean
					 human feces and urine.
(3)
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, etc.
(4)
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 precipitous bank forming the ordinary high water mark of a
					 watercourse.
(5)
Pesticide
shall mean any substance used to destroy pests such
					 as rodents and insects.
(6)
Radioactive material
shall mean any material in any form that
					 emits radiation spontaneously.
(7)
Refuse
shall mean all putrescible and nonputrescible solid
					 wastes including garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue, street
					 cleanings, dead animals, offal and solid commercial and industrial
					 wastes.
(8)
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.
(9)
Reservoir
shall mean any natural or artificial lake or pond
					 which is tributary to or serves as a source of the Village of Middleburgh
					 public water supply.
(10)
Sewage
shall mean the waste from a flush toilet, bath, sink,
					 lavatory, dishwashing or laundry machine, or the water-carried waste from any
					 other fixture or equipment or machine.
(11)
Sewage disposal system
shall mean a system for disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes
					 and including sewers and treatment works.
(12)
Toxic chemical
shall
					 mean any compound or substance which is or may be poisonous to
					 humans.
(13)
Treatment
					 works
shall mean any plant, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station,
					 constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch, incinerator,
					 area devoted to sanitary land fills, or other works not specifically mentioned
					 herein, installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing, stabilizing or
					 disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes.
(14)
Watercourse
shall mean
					 every spring, stream, marsh, or channel of any kind, the waters of which flow
					 or may flow into the Village of Middleburgh public water supply.
(15)
Watershed
shall mean
					 the entire drainage area contributing water to the Village of Middleburgh
					 public water supply.
(16)
Water supply
shall mean the public water supply of the Village
					 of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York.