§ 17-0801. Purpose. To create a state pollutant discharge elimination system (SPDES) to insure that the State of New York shall possess adequate authority to issue permits regulating the discharge of pollutants from new or existing outlets or point sources into the waters of the state, upon condition that such discharges will conform to and […]
§ 17-0803. SPDES permits; application. Except as provided by subdivision five of section 17-0701 of this article, it shall be unlawful to discharge pollutants to the waters of the state from any outlet or point source without a SPDES permit issued pursuant hereto or in a manner other than as prescribed by such permit. The […]
§ 17-0804. Rules and regulations. The rules and regulations adopted by the department to implement this title and the provisions of article 70 of this chapter and rules and regulations thereunder shall govern permit applications, renewals, modifications, suspensions and revocations under this title.
§ 17-0805. Notice and public participation; access to information. 1. a. Public notice of a complete application for a SPDES permit, including: (i) all renewals of SPDES permits issued in lieu of NPDES permits; (ii) other permit renewals, except renewals of permits for projects defined as minor in article 70 of this chapter; and (iii) […]
§ 17-0807. Prohibited discharges. The following discharges into the waters of the state are hereby prohibited. 1. the discharge of any radiological, chemical or biological warfare agent or high-level radioactive waste, as such terms are defined by the Act or pursuant thereto. 2. any discharge which would substantially impair anchorage and navigation, as determined by […]
§ 17-0808. Municipal and industrial stormwater discharges. 1. Prior to October first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, no permit shall be required for discharges composed entirely of stormwater, except as provided in subdivision two of this section. 2. Subdivision one of this section shall not apply with respect to the following stormwater discharges: a. A discharge with […]
§ 17-0809. Effluent limitations. 1. SPDES permits issued pursuant hereto shall contain applicable effluent limitations as required by the Act and as may be promulgated by the department. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any point source the construction of which is commenced after the date of enactment of the Act and which […]
§ 17-0810. Stormwater management design manual modification. On or before one year following the effective date of this section, the department shall modify the New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual to include the following provisions: 1. Require signage prohibiting swimming and wading, warning of possible contamination or pollution of the stormwater retention pond, and […]
§ 17-0811. Application of effluent standards and limitations; water quality standards; other requirements. SPDES permits issued pursuant hereto shall include provisions requiring compliance with the following, where applicable; 1. effluent limitation. 2. standards of performance for new sources. 3. toxic and pretreatment effluent standards. 4. ocean discharge criteria adopted by the federal government. 5. any […]
§ 17-0813. Compliance schedules. SPDES permits issued pursuant hereto may contain compliance schedules. Such compliance schedules shall require that the permittee within the shortest reasonable time consistent with the requirements of the Act conform to and meet; 1. applicable effluent limitations. 2. any further limitations necessary to insure compliance with water quality standards adopted pursuant […]
§ 17-0815. SPDES permits; additional terms and conditions. SPDES permits shall include the following provisions, terms, requirements and conditions; 1. that all discharges authorized by the permit shall be consistent with the provisions, terms, requirements and conditions of such permit. 2. that facility expansions, production increases or process modifications by the permittee which result in […]
§ 17-0815-a. Discharge point signs. 1. Any person possessing a SPDES permit which allows the discharge of waste water into the surface waters of the state shall post a sign as provided for in subdivision two of this section at all discharge points to surface waters, except for those sites where the discharge is composed […]
§ 17-0816. Coordination with AEM program. To the extent practical and consistent with the purposes of this title and title seven of this article, SPDES permits for farm operations participating in the agricultural environmental management (AEM) program as set forth in article eleven-A of the agriculture and markets law shall incorporate as part of the […]
§ 17-0817. SPDES permits; duration and reissuance. 1. SPDES permits issued in lieu of national pollutant discharge elimination system permits shall be valid for a fixed term not to exceed five years. All other SPDES permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for a term not to exceed ten years. 2. All SPDES […]
§ 17-0819. Applications, reports, notices; provisions to insure verity. All applications, reports, notices or notifications required or authorized to be made or filed by this title or by rules or regulations promulgated pursuant hereto or by the provisions or conditions of any permit issued pursuant to this title or title three of this article by […]
§ 17-0821. Fees. The department is hereby authorized to establish a schedule of reasonable fees, such schedule taking into consideration the volume of the discharge and treatment costs, for application for issuance of SPDES permits to compensate the department for its expenses hereunder, giving due recognition to the amount of federal assistance available; provided, however, […]
§ 17-0823. Power plant siting. In the case of a major steam electric generating facility, as defined in section one hundred forty of the public service law, for the construction or operation of which a certificate is required under the former article eight of the public service law, or a major electric generating facility as […]
§ 17-0825. Discharges of industrial waste to publicly owned treatment works. Persons discharging industrial waste to a publicly owned treatment works shall comply with toxic effluent standards and pretreatment standards and to monitoring, reporting, recording, sampling and entry requirements provided by the Act or adopted pursuant thereto.
§ 17-0826. Notification of discharges affecting groundwaters. Whenever a provision of this title is violated by a facility operating under or pursuant to a SPDES permit and located within an area designated pursuant to any federal or state statute as a sole source aquifer, all public water purveyors with a service area or portion thereof […]
§ 17-0826-a. Mandatory sewage release reporting and notification by publicly owned treatment works and operators of publicly owned sewer systems. 1. Publicly owned treatment works or the operator of a publicly owned sewer system shall immediately, but in no case later than two hours after discovery, report discharges of untreated or partially treated sewage, including […]
