Chapter 111
ARTICLE I
§ 111-1. Title.
§ 111-2. Purpose.
§ 111-3. Definitions
and word usage.
§ 111-4. Use
limitations and charges.
§ 111-5. Materials
and substances excluded from public sewers.
§ 111-6. Toxic
substances prohibited or accepted conditionally.
§ 111-7. Disposition
of industrial wastes.
§ 111-8. Terms
and conditions for the issuance of permits or licenses.
§ 111-9. Powers
and authority of inspectors.
§ 111-10. Malicious damage.
§ 111-11. Use of public sewer required.
§ 111-12. Single-family or two-family residence
permit.
§ 111-13. Business and Technology District permit.
§ 111-14. Commercial Low Traffic District permit.
§ 111-15. Issuance and use of sewer permits.
§ 111-16. Administrative procedures.
§ 111-17. Penalties for offenses; enforcement.
Appendix A: Sewer Unit Exchange
ARTICLE II
Sewer Rents
§ 111-18. Title.
§ 111-19. Purpose.
§ 111-20. Applicability.
§ 111-21. Rents for property owners connected with
§ 111-22. Rents for property owners not connected with
§ 111-23. Sewer Rent Fund.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
noted where applicable.]
ARTICLE I
Public Sewer
Systems
[Adopted
9-15-1981 as L.L. No. 4-1981]
§ 111-1. Title.
This Article shall be known as the "
§ 111-2. Purpose.
The purposes of this Article are specifically
stated as follows:
A. To permit the
discharge into the sanitary sewers of the
B. To prohibit
excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow of sewage and wastes into the
C. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes of a flammable nature or which create in any way a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewage maintenance and operation personnel.
D. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in the trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other structures and appurtenances to the Village of Lansing sewer system and public sewers tributary thereto.
E. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at the water pollution control plants as they now exist or may be constructed, modified or improved in the future.
F. To prohibit and/or regulate by permit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require treatment at the plants and greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes of normal sewage and to surcharge users for permitted contributions requiring treatment beyond normal sewage.
G. To require the treatment, before introduction into the Village of Lansing sewer system, of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength and/or durability of the structures appurtenant to the system, by direct or indirect chemical action, or interfere with the normal treatment processes.
H. To provide the authority and procedure for the Village of Lansing to promulgate rules, to investigate and prepare findings of facts, to issue permits, to hold hearings, to make decisions, orders and opinions and to give notice and make public all rules and decisions affecting substantial rights of persons or property.
I. To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.
§ 111-3. Definitions
and word usage.
A. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in these rules and regulations shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand") --
The laboratory determination of the total quantity of oxygen utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter or in satisfying the oxygen demand of
other materials present during incubation for a given time and at a specified
temperature. It is commonly reported as milligrams per liter of oxygen used in
a period of five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C.).[1]
Chlorine demand -- The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining at the end of a fifteen-minute contact period at room temperature. It is expressed in milligrams per liter.[2]
COD
(denoting "chemical oxygen demand") -- The oxygen equivalent of that
portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a
strong chemical oxidant. The determination is made by the dichromate reduction
by oxidizable organic matter measured as the oxygen equivalent proportion of
the dichromate consumed, expressed as milligrams per liter.
Contested case -- A proceeding, including but not restricted to rate making,
surcharging and issuance of permits, in which the legal rights, duties or
privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by the
Control manhole -- An accessible manhole at the connection between an industrial
building sewer and the public sewer. It shall be constructed to provide for
sampling, measuring and observation of industrial flows.
Cooling water -- The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no
polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of
ten (10) milligrams per liter, toxic substances as limited elsewhere herein,
prohibited materials as listed under § 111-5B or cause thermal pollution of the
receiving waters.
Department of Health -- The Tompkins County Department of Health.[3]
Garbage -- Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food, the handling, storage and sale of produce, and from the
packaging and canning of food.
Grease or fats -- Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample of a
waste by hexane or other designated solvent.
Industrial wastes -- Any liquid, gaseous or solid substance or a combination thereof
resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or
from the development or recovery of any natural resources.
Normal sewage:
(1) Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, which when analyzed show by weight the following characteristics:
(a) BOD two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds per million gallons [three hundred (300) milligrams per liter] or less;
(b) Chlorine demand two hundred eight (208) pounds per million gallons [twenty-five (25) milligrams per liter] or less;
(c) COD five thousand (5,000) pounds per million gallons [six hundred (600) milligrams per liter] or less;
(d) Suspended solids two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds per million gallons [three hundred (300) milligrams per liter] or less;
(e) Phosphate as phosphorus two hundred fifty (250) pounds per million gallons [thirty (30) milligrams per liter] or less.
(2) The values
for these characteristics are subject to revision by the
Other wastes -- Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, eggshells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes.
P (phosphate) -- The concentration of phosphate as phosphorus expressed in milligrams per liter.
Party -- Each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party.
Petroleum hydrocarbons -- That portion of the total extractable grease or fats as defined in this section which is not retained on an activated alumina absorption column after elutriating with hexane.
Permit --
A license issued to allow the use of a
Person -- Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, institution or group.
pH -- The negative logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity of the pH scale running from zero point zero (0.0) to fourteen point zero (14.0). A pH value of seven point zero (7.0), the midpoint of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above seven point zero (7.0) represent alkaline conditions and those below seven point zero (7.0) represent acid conditions.
Properly shredded garbage -- The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensation of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle having a dimension greater than one-fourth (1/4) inch in any dimension.
Public sewer
-- The sewers, manholes, intercepting sewers, sewage pumping, treatment and
disposal works and any other plant, works or equipment and accessories within
any municipality that discharges its sewage and liquid into a
Receiving waters -- A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated sewage is discharged.
Rule --
Each statement of general applicability that implements, interprets or
prescribes law or policy or describes the organization, procedure or practice
requirements of the
Sanitary sewage -- Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels but not commercial kitchens therein), office buildings, factories, institutions and filter backwash from swimming pools.
Sanitary sewer -- A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwaters, surface waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Scavenger wastes -- The matter collected from privies, septic tanks, cesspools and chemical toilets, camper and marine holding tanks, sludge from biological treatment of industrial wastes and other domestic waste collection devices.
Sewage -- A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently present. The admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial wastes or other wastes also shall be considered sewage within the meaning of this definition.
Sewage treatment plant (water pollution control plant) -- Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage and industrial wastes; the handling of sludge resulting from such treatment; and the discharge of treated effluent into a designated body of water.
Sewer -- A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Sewerage surcharge -- The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment plant for handling any sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage.
Sewerage system -- All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting sewage to the sewage treatment plant.
Slug -- Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in volume of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than five (5) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
Storm sewer
(storm drain) -- A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters
and unpolluted waters.
Suspended solids -- The laboratory determination of the dry weight expressed in milligrams per liter of solids that either float on the surface, are in suspension in sewage or are settleable and can be removed from sewage by filtration under approved conditions of analysis.
Toxic substances -- Any substance whether gaseous, liquid or solid which, when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, will be detrimental to the sewer system, interfere with any biological sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to human beings or animals or inhibit aquatic life or create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant.
Village sewer
-- Any sewer owned by the
Village sewer
system -- The trunk sewers, collection sewers, force mains, pumping
stations, sewage treatment plants and other appurtenant structures either owned
or leased by the
B. The term "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
§ 111-4. Use limitations and charges.
A. The use of Village and public sewers tributary thereto shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in Subsection B hereof, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes generated on, or discharged from, real property lying within the bounds of any Village of Lansing sewer district as established and altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined and/or consolidated by action of the Lansing Village Board.
B. The discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes generated on or discharged from real property lying outside the bounds of any Village of Lansing sewer district into a Village of Lansing sewer and public sewers tributary thereto shall be made only with express consent and a contract awarded by the Village of Lansing and upon the issuance of a permit setting forth the terms and conditions for such discharge.
C. All requirements, directives and orders calling for the mandatory use of the Village of Lansing sewers or public sewers tributary thereto for the proper discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes shall be established by the Village Board of Trustees in accordance with these rules, regulations and law, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Tompkins County Department of Health, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or other State or federal agencies having jurisdiction.[4]
D. The Village Board of Trustees, after examination and inquiry into the past and projected future annual sewer operating costs, and all matters related thereto, shall on an annual basis determine and set the formula for computing the sewer rent and use charges to be imposed upon users of the Village sewer system.[5] and [6]
§ 111-5. Materials and
substances excluded from public sewers.
A. Exclusion of unpolluted waters. No person shall discharge or provide a connection for discharging or draining into any Village of Lansing sewer system or public sewer tributary any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water, nor drain any catch basin, lake, swamp, pond or swimming pool, except with the permission of the Village Engineer evidenced by a properly issued permit.
B. Prohibited materials, substances and wastes. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or allow to run, leak or escape into any public sewer, pipe, channel, sewer appurtenance or waterway connecting with any public sewer or into any private sewer connected with a public sewer any of the following described materials, substances or wastes, except such small quantities as may be present in normal household wastes.
(1) Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil, alcohols or other flammable or explosive liquid, solids or gases.
(2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases. See § 111-6.
(3) Any water or wastes having a pH lower than five point five (5.5) or having a pH higher than ten point zero (10.0) or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or the sewer system or personnel employed in its operation.
(4) Construction materials, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure, coffee grounds, fur, wax, cement, hops, spent grain, whole blood, filter media or any solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewer system.
(5) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create a public nuisance or to create any hazards in the receiving waters of a sewage treatment plant effluent.
C. Possible exclusion
of certain materials and substances. No person shall discharge or cause to be
discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes
found to harm the sewer system structures, the sewage treatment process or the
equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream or would endanger
life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. The criteria used in
forming these rules of the
(1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit (105° F.).
(2) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) milligrams per liter, or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees and one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit (32° and 105° F.).
(3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded or triturated. The installation and operation of garbage grinders equipped with a motor greater than three-fourth (3/4) horsepower shall be by permit issued by the Village Engineer.
(4) Any water or wastes containing strong acid metal pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
(5) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances. See § 111-6.
(6) Any water or wastes containing phenols or other taste-producing or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which shall be established by the Village Engineer as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage to meet the requirements of the State, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Village Engineer in compliance with applicable State or federal regulations. See § 111-7B.
(8) Materials which contain or cause:
(a) 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.
(b) Excessive discoloration at the treatment plant or in the receiving waters, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(c) Unusual biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant additional load on the sewage treatment works, except as provided for under § 111-16.
(d) Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs as defined herein.
(9) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction in concentration by the sewage treatment plant processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
D. Action by the
E. Emergency action by the Village Engineer. In the event of any discharge which, in the belief of the Village Engineer, will cause serious, imminent harm, injury or adverse effect on the sewer system structures or equipment, or to any persons or to the biota of the receiving waters, the Village Engineer shall take any temporary action necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare without a prior hearing. Review of any emergency action by a hearing will be accomplished without delay to determine what, if any, permanent restriction is necessary. The Village Engineer, acting upon the belief that an emergency exists, shall be indemnified against any personal liability that may arise in the performance of his duties to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the Village of Lansing in accordance with Chapter 11, Defense and Indemnification, of this Code.[7]
§ 111-6. Toxic substances prohibited or accepted conditionally.
A. Toxic substances and pathogenic bacteria. Waters bearing toxic substances above the standard set for normal sewage or pathogenic bacteria shall not be discharged into the Village sewer system or public sewers tributary thereto and their discharge is prohibited unless the rules of the Village of Lansing determine that such concentration will not adversely affect any of the biochemical, chemical or other sewage treatment process or sewage system. The following is a partial list of toxic substances and pathogenic bacteria:
(1) Antibiotics.
(2) Elemental bromine, iodine, chlorine, fluorine.
(3) Creosols or creosotes.
(4) Phenol and phenolic compounds that convert to phenol in the sewage system.
(5) Sulfonamides, toxic dyes (organic or mineral).
(6) Beryllium and beryllium compounds.
(7) All strong oxidizing agents such as chromates, dichromates, permanganates, peroxides, etc.
(8) Any strong reducing agents causing hazardous conditions in the sewage system.
(9) Chemical compounds producing toxic, flammable or explosive gases, either upon acidification, alkalinization, oxidation or reduction.
(10) Wastes from industrial processes or hospital procedures containing viable pathogenic organisms.
B.
Permissible concentrations of toxic substances[8].
The concentration in sewage of any of the following toxic substances shall not
exceed the concentration limits specified below when discharged into the sewer.
The
Parameter
|
Effluent Concentration Limits
(mg/1) |
|
|
|
|
30-Day
Average |
24-Hour
Average
|
|
|
Cadmium |
0.2 |
0.4 |
|
|
Hex Chromium |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Total Chromium |
2.0 |
4.0 |
|
|
Copper |
0.4 |
0.8 |
|
|
Lead |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Mercury |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Nickel |
1.6 |
3.2 |
|
|
Zinc |
0.6 |
1.2 |
|
|
Arsenic |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Available chlorine |
50.0 |
50.0 |
|
|
Cyanide-free |
0.2 |
0.4 |
|
|
Cyanide-complex |
0.8 |
1.6 |
|
|
Selenium |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Sulfide |
3.0 |
6.0 |
|
|
Barium |
2.0 |
4.0 |
|
|
Manganese |
2.0 |
4.0 |
|
|
Gold |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Silver |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
|
Fluorides- |
|
|
|
|
To fresh water |
2.0 |
4.0 36.0 |
|
|
To saline water |
18.0 |
||
|
Phenol |
.002 |
||
|
Aluminum |
0.5 |
|
|
|
Iron |
0.1 |
|
|
C. Special concentration limits. When findings of the Village of Lansing Board of Trustees show that the volume of a single toxic industrial waste discharge or the combined toxic industrial waste discharge of a group of industries within a single contributory area is so large as to raise a question of the ultimate concentration of toxic substances entering a treatment plant; or in cases where it is known that the toxic substances in the concentrations involved will be effectively removed by the treatment works without causing deleterious effects of any kind to the treatment process, or the receiving waters, the Village of Lansing may rule that separate or special concentration limits shall be used by the contributors in that area.[9]
D. Emergency action by the Village Engineer.
(1) For any discharge which, in the belief of the Village Engineer, will cause serious, imminent harm, injury or adverse effect on the sewer system structures or equipment or to any persons or to the biota of the receiving waters, the Village Engineer shall take any temporary action necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare without a prior hearing or order of the Village Board.
(2) Review of any
emergency action by a hearing will be accomplished without delay to determine
what, if any, permanent restriction is necessary. The Village Engineer, acting
upon the belief that an emergency exists, shall be indemnified against any
personal liability that may arise in the performance of duties to protect the
public health, safety or welfare of the
§ 111-7. Disposition of industrial wastes.
A. Industrial wastes
requiring a permit. The following are industries whose wastes shall require
pretreatment and/or approval before discharge into public sewer: bleaching and
dyeing, bottling, brewing, cotton textile manufacture or processing, dairies,
dairy products, distilling, fat rendering, film processing, food processing,
galvanizing, glue manufacturing, laundromats, lens grinding operations,
manufacture of syrups, jams or jellies, meat packing, metal pickling or plating,
munition manufacturing, oil refining, optical goods manufacturing, photographic
processing, public laundering, pulp and papermaking, rubber productions, salt
works, slaughterhouses, soap making, sugar refining, tanning, wool scouring or
washing or any industry producing wastes with strong acid or alkaline reactions
or which will form deposits in or cause damage to the sewers or to
appurtenances of sewage treatment works. The process or processes employed in
the pretreatment of such wastes shall in each case conform to the rules and
directives of the
B. Radioactive wastes.
Any institution or industry discharging radioactive material or fission
products must be registered with the
C. When permit shall be required. Whenever any industrial waste is produced in such quantities as will, in the opinion of the Village of Lansing, injure the public sewers into which they may be discharged or adversely affect the treatment of sewage, or which does not yield readily to treatment by processes employed in the sewage treatment works, such discharge will not be permitted into the public sewers without a permit.
§ 111-8. Terms and conditions for the issuance of permits or licenses.
A. Power to inspect.
All users of the
B. Permits when required. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge directly or indirectly into public sewers or into any private sewer, sewage combined with industrial wastes, or industrial wastes or other wastes, the characteristics of which in combination do not conform to the concentration limits prescribed for normal sewage under § 111-3 herein, or to discharge any toxic substances or any other objectionable material or substances as specified under §§ 111-3, 111-5, 111-6 and 111-7 herein, except upon such terms and conditions as set forth in the permit issued under the established rules of the Village of Lansing.
C. Applications for permits[12].
All applicants for a permit to discharge sewage combined with industrial wastes
or other wastes into public sewers shall fill outand file with the Village Code
Enforcement Officer or Clerk, who will review the item for completeness and
forward it to the Superintendent of Public Works, who will make his
recommendations and then forward the application to the Village of Lansing
Board of Trustees or appropriate branch within his organization for action, an
application provided by the Village of Lansing as a prerequisite for issuance
of a permit. All information required by the
(1) The plot of the property showing accurately all sewers, drains and house connections.
(2) Plans and specifications covering any proposed changes to be performed under the permit.
(3) A complete schedule of all process waters and industrial wastes produced or expected to be produced at said property or premises, including a description of the character of each waste, the daily volume and maximum rates of discharge and representative analyses.
(4) The name and address of the person or firm who will be responsible for the performance of the work to be covered by the permit.
D. Terms and conditions.
(1) The
(a) A limitation upon the volume of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, the rate of flow permitted and/or the time of discharge from the premises.
(b) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of facilities or equipment for intermittent or continuous flow and/or quality measurements of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes discharged from the premises into a public sewer.
(c) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of detention tanks or other facilities or equipment for reducing the maximum rates of discharge of sewage to such a percentage of the twenty-four-hour rate as shall be required.
(d) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of such preliminary treatment facilities as shall be required.
(e) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of a suitable control sampling manhole or manholes in any sewer discharging to a public sewer and carrying such sewage.
(f) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of grease, oil and sand interceptors, separators or traps that are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing such substances in excessive quantities or any flammable waste or other harmful ingredients.
(g) The submission to and approval by the Village Engineer of the plans for any of the facilities or equipment required to be installed and maintained by the permittee. Such other terms and conditions as may be necessary to protect the sewerage system and water pollution control facilities and to carry out the intent and provisions of these regulations.
(i) Such terms and conditions may also provide that subsequent to the commencement of operation of any preliminary treatment facilities, periodic reports shall be made by the permittee to the Village Engineer setting forth adequate data upon which the acceptability of the sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes after treatment may be determined. The period of these reports will be determined by the Village Engineer.
(j) Where preliminary or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any water or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the permittee (or owner) at his expense.
(2) A violation of the permit shall be cause for revocation or suspension of the permit after a hearing and determination by the Village of Lansing or if the violation is found to be within the emergency powers of the Village Engineer under § 111-5E or § 111-6D, the revocation is immediate upon receipt of notice; however, a hearing shall be held without delay.
E. Sampling and testing wastes. Whenever sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes are believed to have characteristics other than prescribed for sanitary sewage as defined in § 111-3 herein, or are believed to contain toxic substances or other material or substances excluded from public sewers pursuant to this Article, are discharged into public sewers from any premises, the Village Engineer shall have the power to take samples and make tests necessary to determine the nature and concentration of such wastes and shall have the right to reassess his determination by taking samples and tests at any time or by periodic rechecks without notice to the person discharging such wastes:
(1) Samples shall be taken and flow measurements made at the control manhole or manholes which are specifically identified with the user unit.
(2) In the event that a control manhole or manholes have not been required, the samples shall be taken at a suitable and accessible point or points to be selected by the Village Engineer and specifically identified with the user unit.
(3) An aliquot portion of the sample(s) taken will be made available to the person whose premises are being tested if he so requests.
F.
Control manholes. When required by rules of the
G. Measurement and analyses of wastes. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Article shall be determined in accordance with latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water published by the American Public Health Association or any other method certified as accurate by the Village Engineer and shall be determined upon samples from said control manhole or other approved access points. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewerage system and water pollution c