N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-1709: Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Lake George and Skaneateles lake prohibited

§ 17-1709. Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Lake

George and Skaneateles lake prohibited.

1. No person or corporation shall cause or permit the fall, flow or

discharge into Lake George or Skaneateles lake or any of their

tributaries, of any sewage matter, or other foul, noxious or

deleterious, solid or liquid matter or effluent from any sewage disposal

plant, or any matter that may be declared such by the board of health of

any municipality adjacent to such lakes where any such fall, flow or

discharge shall occur.

2. The board of health of any such municipality shall examine into any

alleged offense against this section within its jurisdiction and cause

the same to be abated, by injunction or otherwise, if found to exist.

3. The discharge of sewage or treated sewage effluent into the

drainage basin of Lake George is hereby prohibited except as follows:

(a) Subsurface sewage disposal facilities with a design capacity of

one thousand gallons per day or less are permitted to discharge within

the basin provided said facilities are designed, constructed, operated

and maintained in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations and

permits issued pursuant thereto.

(b) Subsurface sewage disposal facilities with a design capacity of

greater than one thousand gallons per day are permitted to discharge

within the basin provided that such facilities:

(i) discharge treated sewage effluent to land or groundwater;

(ii) are designed to meet best technology available;

(iii) are in compliance with a valid state pollutant discharge

elimination system (SPDES) permit;

(iv) are designed to meet existing needs only; and

(v) are designed, operated and maintained in accordance with

applicable laws and regulations.

(c) The commissioner shall prepare a technical manual describing the

best technologies available for sewage disposal facilities within the

Lake George basin, which shall include, but not be limited to,

specifications for the design, construction, maintenance and monitoring

of such facilities and performance standards for nutrient removal. The

commissioner shall complete the manual within eighteen months of the

effective date of this subdivision and shall notice completion of the

manual in the state register and the environmental notice bulletin.