Brookfield Water Pollution Control Authority
Adopted Amendments to Sewer Use Rules and Regulations:
Public Hearing October 28, 2020
… if construction on any building subject to such 2% Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge was commenced prior to and completed within two years of the expiration of the applicable district’s benefit assessment installment payment plan as evidenced by the issuance within such one year period of a certificate of occupancy by the Town of Brookfield Building Official, the Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge shall be calculated in the same manner and at the same rate as was applicable to the determination of benefit assessments for the district in which the property is located, provided further however, that such alternate method of calculating the Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge results in a lower Connection Charge.
Brookfield Water Pollution Control Authority
Adopted Amendments to Sewer Use Rules and Regulations:
Public Hearing June 24, 2020
#1 Regulations
The Authority amended the Sewer Use Rules and Regulations by adopting the following Sewer Use Regulations Section 6.0, subparagraph (b) dealing with any materials capable of causing an obstruction to the flow in the sewers:
Any solid, fibrous or viscous substance which is capable of causing an obstruction to the flow in the sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewerage system, including, but not limited to wet wipes, baby wipes, adult wipes, cosmetic wipes, paper towels, disposable diapers, cloth diapers, feminine hygiene products, cotton swabs, Q-tips, bandages, sanitary towels, incontinence pads, underwear, panty hose, plastic bags, disposable gloves, dog waste bags (and including all such items whether designated “disposable”, “flushable” or otherwise), grease, garbage with particles greater than one-half inch (1/2″) in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch, manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes;
#2 Regulations
The Authority amended the Sewer Use Rules and Regulations by adopting the following Section 7.3.1 dealing with the CCRCC:
The 2% Connection Charge will be applicable to the Federal Road Sewer Area effective as of the October 1, 2020 Grand List, the Three Condominium Sewer Area effective as of the October 1, 2029 Grand List , the Old New Milford Road / Delmar Drive Sewer Area effective as of the October 1, 2032 Grand List, the High Meadow Sewer District effective as of the October 1, 2033 Grand List and the Rollingwood Sewer District effective as of the October 1, 2026 Grand List.
#3 Regulations
The Authority amended the Sewer Use Rules and Regulations by adopting the following Section 7.3.2 dealing with the CCRCC:
Any property owner who shall be required to pay a Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge (“Connection Charge”) in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) may, at the option of such property owner, elect to pay the capital cost recovery connection charge together with interest on the unpaid principal amount at the rate of 4.0% per annum, in accordance with the following installment plan. The first installment shall be in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) and shall be payable at the time that the Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge is assessed. The balance of the Connection Charge shall be paid in seven (7) equal annual installments of principal, together with accrued interest, commencing on December 1 next following issuance of the assessment of the Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge.
Any property owner who shall be required to pay a Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge (“Connection Charge”) in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) may, at the option of such property owner, elect to pay the capital cost recovery connection charge together with interest on the unpaid principal amount at the rate of 4.0% per annum, in accordance with the following installment plan. The first installment shall be in the amount of Twenty-Five Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) and shall be payable at the time that the Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge is assessed. The balance of the Connection Charge shall be paid in nine (9) equal annual installments of principal, together with accrued interest, commencing on December 1 next following issuance of the assessment of the Capital Cost Recovery Connection Charge.
Public Hearing February 26, 2020
#1 Regulations
The Authority amended the Sewer Use Rules and Regulations by adopting the following Section 7.5.1 dealing with inspection fees for pump station and FOG equipment:
7.5.1 Inspection Fees – Pump Stations and FOG Interceptors and Management Equipment: The Authority shall establish an annual inspection fee to defer the Authority’s program costs associated with building sewer pump station inspections and with external FOG interceptor and internal FOG management equipment inspections. Such fees shall be paid by the sewer user whether or not an inspection of the user’s pump station or FOG interceptor or management equipment actually occurs. Such inspection fee shall be determined following public hearing as required by Section 7-255 of the General Statutes and shall be based on the anticipated costs to the Authority of determining owner compliance with the provisions of Section 3.2.1 and Section A-1.3.1 of these regulations as to pump stations and with the provisions of Section 3.3 and Sections A-1.4 and A-1.5 of these regulations as to FOG interceptors and FOG management equipment. Such inspection fee shall be levied on a semi-annual basis as an addition to the property owner’s sewer use charge.
#2 Inspection Fee – PS/FOG
The Authority established an annual inspection fee of $80.00 per year ($40.00 semiannually) to be known as the Inspection Fee – PS/FOG. Such inspection fee shall be levied with respect to each pump station and each FOG interceptor or FOG management equipment constituting a part of the owner’s building sewer installation and shall serve to recover the costs associated with the Authority’s pump station and FOG inspection programs. Such fee shall become effective with the June 1, 2020 billing. Staff is directed to file and to publish notice of such fee, and the date that it shall be due, as required by Section 7-255 of the General Statutes not later than May 1, 2020.