N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 550.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 550.4 - Notice requirements for raw sewage bypasses and treatment reductions

(a) Prior to any planned discharge of raw sewage material or partially treated sewage material from a public or private sewage treatment facility directly into the waters of the Interstate Environmental District, the discharger shall prepare a notice designed to inform the Interstate Environmental Commission of the location, character and amount of the planned discharge. The notice shall be in the form and contain the information specified by the Interstate Environmental Commission, as more specifically denoted in subdivision (c) of this section. The notice required herein does not apply to wet weather discharges from combined sewer overflows or storm sewer overflows.

(b) Written notice shall be provided to the Interstate Environmental Commission by the discharger as soon as the discharger has actual knowledge of the planned action or event but in no event less than 10 days prior to the planned action or event. Oral notice is not required under this regulation, however, if the discharger chooses to provide oral notice initially, then written notice must be provided within 24 hours of the oral notification.

(c) The contents of the notice to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall include at least the following:

(1) date of the planned action and date of the prospective application for the discharge permit, if required, and the end of any public comment period if required by the discharger's home state;

(2) name, address and telephone number of the relevant regional and central offices of the State environmental department at which interested persons may obtain further information, when and if so filed;

(3) name and address of the prospective discharger;

(4) brief description of each prospective discharger's activities or operations which would result in the prospective discharge(s) (e.g., public or private wastewater treatment plant, sewage system);

(5) name of the waterway to which each discharge is to be made and a short description of the quality, character, location and entity responsible for each discharge described in the application, a sketch or detailed description of the location of the discharge will serve to satisfy this requirement; and

(6) a qualitative description of the discharge, which shall include at least the following:

(i) the estimated rate, duration and frequency of the proposed discharge and, if the discharge is continuous, the average daily flow in gallons per day;

(ii) any and all pollutants to be discharged as authorized by a discharge permit, if required, and the anticipated average daily discharge or concentration of pollutants; and

(iii) the degree of treatment, disinfection and floatables collection that the flow will receive prior to the discharge.

(d) Any powers herein granted to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to, and in no case a limitation upon, any other powers legally vested in the Interstate Environmental Commission, its member states and the Federal government.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 550.4