§ 17-0105. Definitions applicable to portions of this article.\n When used in titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and titles 14 and 19 of this\narticle:\n 1. "Person" or "persons" means any individual, public or private\ncorporation, political subdivision, government agency, municipality,\nindustry, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any other\nlegal entity whatsoever.\n 2. "Waters" or "waters of the state" shall be construed to include\nlakes, bays, sounds, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells,\nrivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the\nAtlantic ocean within the territorial limits of the state of New York\nand all other bodies of surface or underground water, natural or\nartificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public or private (except\nthose private waters which do not combine or effect a junction with\nnatural surface or underground waters), which are wholly or partially\nwithin or bordering the state or within its jurisdiction.\n 3. "Marine district" shall include the waters of the Atlantic ocean\nwithin three nautical miles from the coast line and all other tidal\nwaters within the state, except the Hudson river northerly of the south\nend of Manhattan Island.\n 4. "Sewage" means the water-carried human or animal wastes from\nresidences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places,\ntogether with such ground water infiltration and surface water as may be\npresent. The admixture with sewage as above defined of industrial wastes\nor other wastes as hereafter defined, shall also be considered "sewage"\nwithin the meaning of this article.\n 5. "Industrial waste" means any liquid, gaseous, solid or waste\nsubstance or a combination thereof resulting from any process of\nindustry, manufacturing, trade, or business or from the development or\nrecovery of any natural resources, which may cause or might reasonably\nbe expected to cause pollution of the waters of the state in\ncontravention of the standards adopted as provided herein.\n 6. "Other wastes" means garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust,\nshavings, bark, sand, lime, cinders, ashes, offal, oil, tar, dyestuffs,\nacids, chemicals, ballast and all other discarded matter not sewage or\nindustrial waste which may cause or might reasonably be expected to\ncause pollution of the waters of the state in contravention of the\nstandards adopted as provided herein.\n 7. "Standard" or "Standards" means such measure of purity or quality\nfor any waters in relation to their reasonable and necessary use as may\nbe established by the department pursuant to section 17-0301.\n 8. "Sewer system" or "sewerage system" means pipe lines or conduits,\npumping stations, and force mains, and all other constructions, devices,\nand appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conducting sewage,\nindustrial waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal.\n 9. "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, pumping\nstation, constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch,\nincinerator, area devoted to sanitary land fills, or other works not\nspecifically mentioned herein, installed for the purpose of treating,\nneutralizing, stabilizing or disposing of sewage, industrial waste or\nother wastes.\n 10. "Disposal system" means a system for disposing of sewage,\nindustrial waste or other wastes, and including sewer systems and\ntreatment works.\n 11. "Outlet" means the terminus of a sewer system, or the point of\nemergence of any water-borne sewage, industrial waste or other wastes or\nthe effluent therefrom, into the waters of the state.\n 12. "Shellfish" includes oysters, scallops, claims, mussels and other\naquatic mollusks, and lobsters, shrimp, crawfish, crabs and other\naquatic crustaceans.\n 13. "State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System" or "SPDES" means\nthe system established pursuant hereto for issuance of permits\nauthorizing discharges to the waters of the state.\n 14. "National Pollutant Di
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