SUFFOLK COUNTY SEWER AGENCY
RESOLUTION NO. 14 -2011
AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION OF
DOCUMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CREATION OF
SUFFOLK COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT NO. 16 – YAPHANK-MUNICIPAL

WHEREAS, the Yaphank-Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) was constructed to
provide sewer service for the wastewater generated by the Suffolk County Office complex in
Yaphank, and

WHEREAS, a non-municipal owned parcel cannot connect to a County owned STP that is not
located in an established Suffolk County sewer district, and

WHEREAS, there is a proposal to sell a parcel of County owned property in the vicinity of the
Yaphank-Municipal STP, and

WHEREAS, the creation of a County sewer district which is serviced by the Yaphank-Municipal STP will allow the purchaser of the proposed parcel access to the Yaphank-Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), and

WHEREAS, the creation of a County sewer district would be environmentally beneficial to the
local community and financially beneficial to all of Suffolk County and prevent the proliferation of multiple future small treatment facilities in the area, and

WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency regulations require that any sewer district
formed in Suffolk County after December 27, 1977, must be self-supporting, and the cost for
operation and maintenance of the proposed SD 16 - Yaphank-Municipal District, will be borne
by the connectees of the proposed district,

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS

1st RESOLVED, that the Suffolk County Charter (Article VIII - §C8-1-B) establishes the
Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works as the Administrative Head of
all of the Suffolk County Sewer Districts, and

2nd RESOLVED, that the Administrative Head of the District is hereby authorized to proceed
with the preparation of a report for the creation of the proposed SD 16 - Yaphank-Municipal
District, and

3rd RESOLVED, that the creation of a sewer district authorized herein is subject to the approval of the Suffolk County Legislature and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and it is further

4th RESOLVED, that the Administrative Head of the District is hereby further authorized to, in
conjunction with the Department of Health Services and the Department of Law, to prepare and
submit the application to the Office of the NYS Comptroller for the creation of the Suffolk County Sewer District No. 16 - Yaphank-Municipal.
(Suffolk County Sewer Agency Meeting September 19, 2011)

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