N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-0826: Notification of discharges affecting groundwaters

§ 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 located within a three mile radius of the violating facility

shall be notified by the department of such violation if the department

determines that the violation could have a significant impact on the

water resources of the area. The department's notices pursuant to this

section shall be made within fourteen days of the official notice of

noncompliance of the SPDES permit to the violating facility.

For the purposes of this section "public water purveyor" shall mean

any person, partnership, public or private corporation, municipality, or

public authority which sells water derived from a sole source aquifer to

at least five service connections or at least twenty-five individuals.