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How to Get a Permit to Operate
Public bathing beaches, commercial or public, must be permitted. All
facilities are required to apply for a permit at least 30 days before the
opening of any bathing beach.
Click here
for the "Permit to Operate" form
New or Renovated Bathing Beaches (Construction)
All prospective owners or operators of a
purposed bathing beach, or all owners or operators wishing to renovate or
modify their beach, buildings, and appurtenances must complete a Notice of
Intent and send the notice to Clinton County Health Department.
The Department will notify you whether or not plans are needed. If plans are
needed, the Clinton County Health Department will require you to contact a
New York State licensed engineer or architect to design your plans.
You will be sent a DOH-2436 form entitled Engineering Report for Bathing
Beaches which your engineer or architect must complete and return to this
Department will the required fee, engineer’s report, and engineer or
architect plans. Our engineer will review your plans for this Department’s
approval or will notify you for the need of additional information.
Click
here for the "Notice of Intent" form
Click
here for the "Engineering Report for Bathing Beaches" (DOH-2436)
Operator Responsibility
The
operator of a bathing beach is responsible for:
• Sample collection and analysis of bathing
water waters and assuring safe water quality;
• Controlling the decorum and activities at the bathing site;
• Supplying adequate supervisory personnel;
• Reporting injuries, deaths and communicable disease; and
• Maintaining physical facilities.
Bathing Beach Safety Plans
All bathing facilities must update
their bathing beach safety plan at least once every two years or when there
is a change affecting the bathing beach safety plan.
The safety plans covers many items such as chain of command structure, who
is responsible for what items at the beach, the procedures to contact
emergency medical assistance or the police, outlines lifeguard supervision,
how your lifeguard(s) interacts with the bathers and other lifeguards,
describes the facility’s missing person search procedure, what signage is
up, patron decorum, opening and closing procedures, etc.
This safety plan is your facility’s most important tool concerning insurance
of bather safety and beach operation. It is expected that your safety plan
is accurate and is what really happens at your bathing beach.
Click here for the "Required Safety Equipment" chart
Daily Operation Reports
The bathing beach operator must maintain
daily records on DOH-2287 entitled Daily Report on Beach Operation For month
of ____________ 20_____. This form must be completed
appropriately.
Click here
for the DOH-2287 form
Medical Reporting Requirements
All bathing beach operators are required to make a full report to the
Clinton County Health Department for any injury or illness incident
occurring at a bathing beach within 24 hours of the incident and be recorded
in the facility’s injury/illness logbook. The following incidents must be
report to us:
• Deaths;
• Incident requiring resuscitation;
• Referral to a hospital or other facility for medical attention;
• Bather illness associated with bathing water quality
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Public Health Hazards
Your bathing beach must be operated so there are no public health hazards.
The following are items are public health hazards which the Clinton County
Health Department must order to be immediately corrected or to immediately
institute action as provided in the law and Subpart 6-2:
• Failure to provide adequate supervision
at the beach as prescribed in section 6-2.17;
• Overhead electrical wires within 20 feet horizontally of the bathing
beach;
• Failure to provide all lifesaving equipment at the beach;
• Use of unapproved or contaminated water supply sources for potable water
use;
• Failure to meet water quality standards contained in section 6-2.15;
• The existence of sewage and waste-water discharges in the bathing area;
• Failure to properly delineate swimming area boundaries;
• Failure to provide signs indicating swimming is prohibited when the
bathing beach is closed or unsupervised; and
• Any other condition determined to be a public health hazard by the
permit-issuing official.
Supervision Personnel
Clinton County Health Department requires all municipal beaches to have
Supervision Level IIb (Beach/Pool certified lifeguard) as described in
section 6-2.17 of Subpart 6-2. Temporary residences may use Supervision
Level IIb, III (Responsible person 18 years or older), and IV (Temporary
Residence Grandparenting Provision) as described in section 6-2.17 of
Subpart 6-2.
Click here for Required Signage for Beaches with Supervision Level IIb
Click here for Requirements for Beaches Permitted to use Supervision
Level IV (Temporary Residences with Grandparenting)
Click here for Warning Sign for Beaches Permitted to use Supervision
Level IV
Click here for Brochure or Statement Provided to Patrons before using
Beaches permitted to use Supervision Level IV
Bathing Beach Water Quality
Monitoring Requirements
All bathing beaches must meet the following water quality monitoring
requirements in section 6-2.15:
• Bacteriological;
• The water shall be free of chemical substances capable of creating toxic
reactions, skin or membrane irritations to the general public;
• The water is free of deposits, growths, oils, greases, or
other substances in the water capable of
creating a health or safety hazard;
• Algae and aquatic vegetation shall be controlled so no hazard to bathers
will result. Any chemical used to control vegetation and algae shall not be
capable of creating toxic reactions, skin or membrane irritations when the
beach is in operation. Any chemical being used must be approved and
permitted by NYSDEC before being used.
Contact Us
To receive more information about public
beach requirements, call or
visit us at:
Clinton County Health Department
Environmental Unit
135 Margaret Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Tel: (518) 565-4870
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