Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 482 - Clean Water Fund › Section 22a-482-1 - Introduction and priority management system

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
as used in Sections 22a-482-1 to
			 22a-482-4
			 inclusive,
(1) "Act" means the Federal Clean
			 Water Act (
			 33 U.S.C.
			 1251 et seq., as amended).
(2) "Ad valorem tax" means a tax based upon
			 the assessed value of real property.
(3) "Applicant" means a municipality as
			 defined in section
			 22a-475
			 of the General Statutes.
(4)
			 "Architectural or engineering services" means consultation, investigations,
			 reporting and design services offered within the scope of the practice of
			 architecture or professional engineering as defined by the laws of the State of
			 Connecticut.
(5) "Building" means
			 the erection, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement or extension of
			 pollution abatement facilities.
(6)
			 "Cash flow projection" means a schedule of expenditures to municipal prime
			 contracts throughout the life of the project.
(7) "Clean Water Fund" means the fund created
			 under sections
			 22a-475
			 to
			 22a-483
			 inclusive of the General Statutes.
(8) "Collector sewer" means the common
			 lateral sewers, within a publicly owned sewer system, which are primarily
			 installed to receive wastewaters directly from facilities which convey
			 wastewaters from individual systems, or from private property, and which
			 include service "Y" connections designed for connection with those facilities
			 including:
(A) crossover sewers connecting
			 more than one property on one side of a major street, road, or highway to a
			 lateral sewer on the other side when they are more cost-effective than parallel
			 sewers; and
(B) pumping units and
			 pressurized lines serving individual structures or groups of structures when
			 such units are more cost-effective and are owned and maintained by the
			 municipality.
This definition excludes other facilities which convey
				wastewater from individual structures or from private property to the public
				lateral sewer or its equivalent and also excludes facilities associated with
				alternatives to conventional pollution abatement facilities in small
				communities.
(9)
			 "Combined sewer" means a sewer that is designed as a sanitary sewer and a storm
			 sewer.
(10) "Compatible industrial
			 wastewater" means wastewater that is produced by an industrial user, has a
			 pollutant strength and other characteristics similar to those of domestic
			 wastewater, and can be efficiently and effectively transported and treated with
			 domestic wastewater.
(11) "Complete
			 waste treatment system" means a system that consists of all the pollution
			 abatement facilities necessary to meet the requirements of Title III of the
			 Act, involving the transport of wastewater from individual homes or buildings
			 to a plant or facility where treatment of the wastewater is accomplished; the
			 treatment of the wastewater to remove pollutants; and the ultimate disposal,
			 including recycling or reuse, of the treated wastewater and residues which
			 result from the treatment process.
(12) "Construction" means the erection,
			 building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement or extension of
			 pollution abatement facilities; or, the inspection and supervision of any of
			 the foregoing items.
(13) "Cost
			 Analysis" means the review and evaluation of each element of subagreement cost
			 to determine reasonableness, allocability and allowability.
(14) "Design" means studies, surveys, plans,
			 working drawings, specifications, procedures and field testing of innovative
			 and alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques (excluding
			 operation and maintenance) requisite for the construction of pollution
			 abatement facilities.
(15)
			 "Excessive infiltration/inflow" means the quantity of infiltration/inflow which
			 can be economically eliminated from a sewer system as determined in a
			 cost-effectiveness analysis that compares the costs for correcting the
			 infiltration/inflow conditions to the total costs for transportation and
			 treatment of the infiltration/inflow.
(16) "Grantee" means a municipality as
			 defined in section
			 22a-475
			 of the General Statutes.
(17)
			 "Individual systems" means privately owned alternative pollution abatement
			 facilities (including dual waterless/gray water systems) serving one or more
			 principal residences or small commercial establishments. Normally these are
			 onsite systems with localized treatment and disposal of wastewater, but may
			 include systems serving a cluster of principal residences or small commercial
			 establishments.
(18) "Infiltration"
			 means water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system (including sewer
			 service connections and foundation drains) from the ground through such means
			 as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does
			 not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
(19) "Inflow" means water other than
			 wastewater that enters a sewer system (including sewer service connections)
			 from sources such as, but not limited to: roof leaders, cellar drains, yard
			 drains, area drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers,
			 connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling
			 towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow
			 does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
(20) "Initiation of operation" means the date
			 specified by the municipality on which use of the project begins for the
			 purpose that it was planned, designed and built.
(21) "Interceptor sewer" means a sewer which
			 is designed for one or more of the following purposes:
(A) to intercept wastewater from collector
			 sewers and convey such wastes directly to a treatment facility or another
			 interceptor;
(B) to replace an
			 existing pollution abatement facility and transport the waste to an adjoining
			 collector sewer or interceptor sewer for conveyance to a treatment
			 plant;
(C) to transport wastewater
			 from one or more municipal collector sewers to another municipality or to a
			 regional plant for treatment; or
(D) to intercept an existing discharge of raw
			 or inadequately treated wastewater for transport directly to another
			 interceptor or to a pollution abatement facility.
(22) "Municipality" is as defined in section
			 22a-475
			 of the General Statutes.
(23)
			 "Nonexcessive infiltration" means the quantity of wastewater flow which cannot
			 be economically and effectively eliminated from a sewer system as determined in
			 a cost-effectiveness analysis.
(24)
			 "Nonexcessive inflow" means the rainfall induced peak inflow rate which does
			 not result in chronic operational problems related to hydraulic overloading of
			 the pollution abatement facility during storm events. These problems may
			 include surcharging, backups, bypasses, and overflows.
(25) "Operation and maintenance" means
			 activities required to assure the dependable and economical functioning of
			 pollution abatement facilities.
(A)
			 Maintenance: preservation of functional integrity and efficiency of equipment
			 and structures. This includes preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance
			 and replacement of equipment as needed during the useful life of the
			 facility.
(B) Operation: control of
			 the unit processes and equipment which make up the pollution abatement
			 facility. This includes financial and personnel management, records, laboratory
			 control, process control, safety and emergency operation planning.
(26) "Pollution abatement
			 facility" is as defined in section
			 22a-475
			 of the General Statutes and is synonymous with the terms project, treatment
			 works, treatment system, and treatment facility.
(27) "Pollution abatement facility phase or
			 segment" means any portion of a complete pollution abatement facility described
			 in an approved engineering report which can be identified as a contract or
			 discrete sub-item or subcontract. Completion of the building of a pollution
			 abatement facility phase or segment may, but need not in and of itself, result
			 in an operable pollution abatement facility.
(28) "Planning" means all necessary
			 engineering reports and studies to determine the feasibility of pollution
			 abatement facilities including pertinent engineering, architectural, legal,
			 fiscal and economic investigations prior to design.
(29) "Project performance standards" means
			 the performance and operational requirements applicable to a project including
			 the enforceable requirements of the Act and the specifications which the
			 project is planned and designed to meet.
(30) "Price analysis" means the process of
			 evaluating a prospective price without regard to the contractor's separate cost
			 elements and proposed profit. Price analysis determines the reasonableness of
			 the proposed subagreement price based on adequate price competition, previous
			 experience with similar work, established catalog or market price, law, or
			 regulation.
(31) "Principal
			 residence" means the habitation of a family or household for at least 51
			 percent of the year. Second homes, vacation or recreation residences are not
			 included in this definition.
(32)
			 "Profit" means the net proceeds obtained by deducting all allowable costs
			 (direct and indirect) from the price.
(33) "Project schedule" means a timetable
			 specifying the dates of key project events including public notices of proposed
			 procurement actions, subagreement awards, issuance of a notice to proceed with
			 the building and key milestones in the building, initiation of operation and
			 completion of the project.
(34)
			 "Replacement" means expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment,
			 accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
			 pollution abatement facility to maintain the capacity and performance for which
			 such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance"
			 includes replacement.
(35)
			 "Sanitary sewer" means a conduit intended to carry liquid and water carried
			 wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and
			 institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters
			 that are not admitted intentionally.
(36) "Services" means a contractor's labor,
			 time or efforts which do not involve the delivery of a specific end item, other
			 than documents which may result from the contractor's labor, time or efforts
			 (e.g., reports, design drawings, specifications). This term does not include
			 employment agreements or collective bargaining agreements.
(37) "Small commercial establishments" means
			 private commercial establishments such as restaurants, hotels, stores, filling
			 stations, or recreational facilities; or private, non-profit entities such as:
			 churches, schools, hospitals, or charitable organizations having dry weather
			 wastewater flows of less than 25,000 gallons per day.
(38) "Small community" means any municipality
			 with a population of 5,000 or less or highly dispersed sections of large
			 municipalities, as determined by the Commissioner.
(39) "Storm sewer" means a sewer designed to
			 carry only storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters and
			 drainage.
(40) "Subagreement" means
			 a written agreement between a grant recipient and another party (other than
			 another public agency) and any lower tier agreement for services, supplies,
			 equipment, or construction necessary to complete the project. Subagreements
			 include contracts and subcontracts for personal and professional services,
			 agreements with consultants and purchase orders.
(41) "Useful life" means the period during
			 which a pollution abatement facility will be operated.
(42) "User charge" means a charge levied on
			 users of a pollution abatement facility, or that portion of the ad valorem
			 taxes paid by a user, for the user's proportionate share of the cost of
			 operation and maintenance (including replacement) of such facility.
(43) "Value engineering" (VE) means a
			 specialized cost control technique which uses a systematic and creative
			 approach to identify and to focus on unnecessarily high costs in a project in
			 order to arrive at cost savings without sacrificing the reliability or
			 efficiency of the project.