HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 12 of 1998 Sewer Use Reqs & Pollutant LimitationsTOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO.12_OF THE YEAR 1998
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING LOCAL LAWS NO.1 OF THE YEAR 1984 RELATING TO
SEWER USE REQUIREMENTS AND NO.18 OF THE YEAR 1992 RELATING
TO LOCAL POLLUTANT LIMITATIONS TO ESTABLISH REVISED
POLLUTANT LIMITATIONS
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1.Local Law No. 18 for the year 1992,entiUed "A LOCAL LAW AMENDING
LOCAL LAW NO.1 OF THE YEAR 1984 REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
AND DRAINS,PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL,THE INSTALLATION AND
CONNECTION OF BUILDING SEWERS,AND THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND
WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEMS,THE TREATMENT AND
PRETREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES,AND PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION
OF SUCH FACILITIES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAW TO ESTABLISH
REVISED POLLUTANT LIMITATIONS",amending Local Law No. 1 of the year 1984, is
hereby amended as follows:
1.Section 1 entitled "Purpose and Applicability",paragraph A, is amended to read as
follows:
"A.The purposes of this law are to set forth specific discharge limitations (hereafter
referred to as local limits) to prevent Pass Through and Interference, to protect the safety
and health workers at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (POTW),and to
improve opportunities to recycle and reclaim municipal and industrid wastewaters and
sludges."
2.Section 2 entitled "Definitions"is amended to read as follows:
"2.Definitions.
The definitions set forth in Local Law No. 17 of the year 1992, Section 3, as they may
be revised from time to time, shall apply to the words in this chapter."
3.Section 3 entitled "Specific Pollutant Limitations"is amended to read as follows:
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POLLUTANT
Arsenic
Barium
Cadmium
Chromium,total
Chromium,hexavalent
Copper
Cyanide
Iron
Lead ^
Manganese
Mercury
Nickel
Silver
Zinc
POLLUTANT
Oil &Grease
(petroleum based)"
MAXIMUM
CONCENTRATION
30-DAY AVERAGE
(mg/L
80
2.5
8
1
2
0.2
180
8
1.5
6
20
DISCHARGE LIMIT
INSTANTANEOUS
(ppm)
50
MAXIMUM
CONCENTRATION
24-HOURAVERAGE
(mg/L
0.6
240
7.5
24
3
6
0.6
540
20
24
4.5
10
18
35
4. Section 4, entitled "Applicabilityof Other Requirements and Prohibitions" is amended
by adding at the end thereofthe phrase "as it may be revised from to time."
Section 2. In the event that any portion of this local law is declared invalid by a court
of competent jurisdiction,the validity of the remaining portions shall not be affected by such
declaration of invalidity.
Section 3. This local law shall become effective ten (10) days after its enactment,or, if
later,upon the filing of a copy of same with the office of the Secretary of Stateof the State of
New York.