Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Infrastructure Sewers topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Legislature chairman outlines update to county sewer use law after EPA audit
Summary
Pierre Shagnat presented Intro Local Law 2‑25, an update to Chautauqua County’s sewer use regulations that modernizes a 1979 law last revised in 1994. The update was prompted by an EPA review of the industrial sewer district’s discharge to the City of Dunkirk treatment plant.
Pierre Shagnat, chairman of the Chautauqua County Legislature, briefed the Public Facilities Committee on Intro Local Law 2‑25 — a proposed update to the county’s sewer use regulations — during the committee’s May 19 meeting.
The short version: Shagnat said the law’s purpose is to provide for “efficient, economic, environmentally safe, and legal operation of the publicly owned treatment works established, existing and used by sewer districts of the county of Chautauqua.” He told the committee that the document is a 64‑page draft intended to replace an ordinance originally adopted in 1979 and last updated in 1994.
Shagnat said the update effort was prompted by an EPA audit of the industrial sewer district that discharges to the City of Dunkirk’s sewage treatment plant. EPA reviewers advised the county that the existing sewer use ordinance references outdated standards and language; county staff and representatives from all county sewer districts, the City of Dunkirk and the Village of Fredonia participated in several years of revisions to bring the law up to date.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about the scope of the update. Shagnat characterized the proposal as an update using many of the same foundational provisions as the prior law but modernizing citations, standards and administrative references. At the committee level the presentation was informational; Shagnat said the finished document is ready for adoption steps that will follow the legislative process.
Ending: No committee vote was recorded on Intro Local Law 2‑25 at the meeting; staff presented the draft for committee review and signaled next steps toward formal legislative consideration.
