§ 1. General requirements

1.1. The New Shoreham Board of Sewer Commissioners adopt the following priority among the existing enactments which affect sewer in the Town of New Shoreham.

• Public Acts establishing and amending the Sewer District: P.A. Chapter 146 (1972 as amended).

• Current Management Agreement between the Town of New Shoreham Director of Public Works, the New Shoreham Board of Sewer Commissioners and New Shoreham Board of Water Commissioners.

• Regulations adopted by the Sewer Commissioners subsequent to the adoption by the Rhode Island General Assembly of P.A. Chapter 146 (1972).

• Remaining provisions of enactments by the Town of New Shoreham, which are not inconsistent or superseded by the above legal enactments and documents.

1.2. Plans, specifications and design calculations for proposed sanitary sewage system(s), except for sanitary service connections, shall be submitted to the Sewer Superintendent for review. Design calculations shall conform to the Department of Environmental Management requirements.

1.3. Plans, specifications and calculations for sanitary sewage system extensions shall be prepared and stamped by an Engineer currently registered in the State of Rhode Island.

1.4. An Order of Approval shall be obtained from the Department of Environmental Management, when applicable.

1.5. Sewer Extensions.

• Sewer extensions will be allowed only if the receiving interceptors and pumping stations are capable of adequately processing the added hydraulic load. Documentation assessing the existing interceptor(s) and pumping station(s) shall be submitted to the Board of Sewer Commissioners. The documentation shall be stamped by a professional engineer registered in the State of Rhode Island.

• The proposed sewer extension must be consistent with the most recent Wastewater Management Facilities Plan adopted by the New Shoreham Board of Sewer Commissioners and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.