New York Environmental Conservation Law Section 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.

Last modified: February 3, 2019