Local Law No. 4 of the year 2026 A Local Law amending certain sections of Chapter 257 of the Webster Town Code, entitled “Sewers” is hereby amended by the Town Board of the Town of Webster to read as follows and shall be effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
§ 257-73 Prohibited discharge standards. A.
General prohibitions. No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, in any manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will cause passthrough or interference or contaminate the ground and/or groundwater by leaking out of the sewer. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW whether or not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements. Pollutants or wastewater prohibited by this section shall not be processed or stored in such a manner that they could be discharged to the POTW.
B.
Specific prohibitions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW:
(1)
Any solids, liquids, or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious, in any way, to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW or inhibit biological activity resulting in interference [At no time shall two successive readings on a flame-type explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system, or at any other point in the system, be more than 25%, nor any single reading be more than 40%, of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter], and pollutants, including but not limited to waste streams with a closed-cup flash point of less than 140° F. (60° C.) using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers, prohibited materials include but are not limited to gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, keytones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, perchloroethylene, bromates, carbides, hydrides, and sulfides, and any other substance which the Town of Webster, the County of Monroe, the state, or the EPA has determined to be a fire hazard or a hazard to the POTW.
(2)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.5 or greater than 10.0, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or POTW personnel. Prohibited materials include but are not limited to acids,
sulfides, concentrated chloride, fluoride compounds, and substances which react with water to form acid or basic products. (3)
Solid or viscous pollutants in amounts which will cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities. Such substances include but are not limited to grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissue, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, fetus, products of abortion, surgical specimens, feathers, ashes, creosols, creosotes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass-grinding or glass-polishing wastes.
(4)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat), to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the POTW, or to exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.
(5)
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids, or gases which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public nuisance, or a hazard to life, or to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
(6)
Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW or appearances in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
(7)
Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin, in amounts greater than 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.
(8)
Fats, oils and grease: any commercial, institutional, or industrial wastes containing fats, waxes, grease, or oils, or which become visible solids when the wastes cool to the temperature prevailing in the wastewater in the collection system or at the POTW treatment plant, during the winter season; also any commercial, institutional, or industrial wastes containing more than 100 mg/l of emulsified oil or grease of animal or vegetable origin; also any substances which will cause the sewage to become substantially more viscous, at any seasonal sewage temperature in the POTW.
(9)
Any substance, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, COD, etc.) or chlorine, bromine, iodine, or fluorine released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, will cause interference with or pass through the POTW, or will cause a significant additional load on the sewage treatment works.
(10)
Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes, and vegetable tanning solutions.
(11)
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes constituting slugs, as defined herein, except by industrial wastewater permit.
(12)
Any institution or industry discharging radioactive material or fission products must be registered with the Town of Webster Sewer Department as well as with other regulatory agencies as the law requires. The registration shall include all copies of state and federal permits governing the waste discharge. The active elements and the local concentrations permitted to be discharged into the public sewers shall be in conformance with State Sanitary Code Chapter I, Part 16, Sections 16.7 and 16.8, of the Public Health Law, 6 NYCRR Part 380: Rules and Regulations for the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Radioactive Materials, and at all times shall be within the limits set by this and other county, state, or federal agencies.
(13)
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or which creates a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination, in any way, with other wastes.
(14)
Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or any other product of the POTW, such as residues, sludges, or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance be discharged to the POTW which would cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with the sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act or any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or local criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used.
(15)
Any water or wastes containing strong-acid metal-pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not unless neutralized in accordance with the user’s wastewater discharge permit.
(16)
Materials which contain or cause unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as but not limited to Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues; or of dissolved solids, such as but not limited to sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
(17)
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction in concentration by the sewage treatment plant process employed, or amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent will violate the most current SPDES permit or the receiving water quality standards.
(18)
Stormwater, surface water, groundwater, artesian well water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming pool drainage, condensate, deionized water, noncontact cooling
water, and unpolluted wastewater, unless specifically authorized by the Chief Plant Operator/Superintendent of Sewers. (19)
Sludges, screenings, or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes;
(20)
Medical wastes, including pharmaceuticals, except as specifically authorized by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers in a wastewater discharge permit;
(21)
Detergents, surface-active agents, or other substances which may cause excessive foaming in the POTW;
(22)
Trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers in accordance with Article VIII of this chapter;
(23)
Mercury and mercury compounds.
(24)
All strong oxidizing agents, such as chromates, dichromates, permanganates, or peroxides.
(25)
Beryllium and beryllium compounds.
(26)
Phenol and phenolic compounds that convert to phenol in the sewerage system.
(27)
Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW resulting in interference, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the POTW exceeds 40° C. (104° F.) unless the approval authority, upon request of the POTW, approves alternate temperature limits.
Notification of violation.
Whenever the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers finds that any user has violated or is violating this chapter, or any wastewater discharge permit, order, prohibition, limitation, or requirement permitted by this chapter, the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers may serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of the violation. Within 10 15 calendar days of the date the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers mails the notice, an explanation of the violation and a plan for the satisfactory correction and prevention thereof shall be submitted to the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers, by the user. The correction and prevention plan shall include specific actions. Submission of this plan in no way relieves the user of liability for any violations caused by the user before or after receipt of the Notice of Violation. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers to take action, including emergency actions or any other enforcement action, without first issuing a notice of violation.