New York Laws
Title 17 - Discharge of Sewage Into Waters
17-1709 - Discharge of Sewage and Other Offensive Matter Into Lake George and Skaneateles Lake Prohibited.

(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.

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