New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter III - Public Water Supplies › Subchapter A - Municipalities, Districts, Companies, Institutions › Part 137 - Putnam County › Section 137.1 - Village of brewster

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 wells which comprise the source of the public
				  water supply of the Village of Brewster. Said wells are located in the Town of
				  Southeast on land owned by the Village of Brewster and are more particularly
				  situated easterly of IR 84, approximately 900 feet northerly of the
				  intersection of US Route 6 and NYS Route 22.
(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 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, garbage, sewage
				  sludge, chemical waste, biological materials, heat, wrecked or discarded
				  equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial and 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 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) 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 the purpose of treating, neutralizing,
				  stabilizing or disposing of sewage.
(19) Water supply shall mean the public water
				  supply of the Village of Brewster.
(20) Wells shall mean any well now used as a
				  source of water supply for the Village of Brewster or any additional wells
				  which may be constructed or developed in the future as a source of such water
				  supply.