Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-699 - TREATMENT PLANT CLASSIFICATION AND STAFFING › Section 62-699.200 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words,
				  phrases, or terms shall have the following meaning.
(1) "APPROVED COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT" means
				Broward, Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Polk, Sarasota, or Volusia
				County Health Department pursuant to Section
				 403.862(1)(c),
				F.S.
(2) "AUtomatic Control SYSTEM"
				means an on-site computerized system with sensors and programs that can adjust
				and control domestic wastewater or water treatment plant equipment and
				processes over the normal range of expected operating conditions without
				operator assistance.
(3) "BIOSOLIDS
				TREATMENT FACILITY" means a facility that treats biosolids from other
				facilities for the purpose of meeting the requirements of Chapter 62-640,
				F.A.C., before use or land application. Biosolids treatment facilities can also
				treat domestic septage and combinations of biosolids, domestic septage, food
				establishment sludges, wastes removed from portable toilets, and wastes removed
				from holding tanks associated with boats, marinas, and onsite sewage treatment
				and disposal systems, before use or land application.
(4) "CONSECUTIVE SYSTEM" means a public water
				system that receives some or all of its finished water from one or more
				wholesale systems. Delivery may be through a direct connection or through the
				distribution system of one or more consecutive systems.
(5) "DELEGATED LOCAL PROGRAM" means Broward
				County (collection systems only), Miami-Dade County, Hillsborough County, Palm
				Beach County, or Sarasota County pursuant to Section
				 403.182, F.S.
(6) "Department" means the Department of
				Environmental Protection, any of the approved county health departments, or any
				of the delegated local programs.
(7) "ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM" means a
				comprehensive automatic control system plus electronic surveillance system
				along with capability for manual adjustment and control of domestic wastewater
				or water treatment plant equipment and processes via a computerized system at a
				central or off-site location that is staffed by a Class C or higher treatment
				plant operator 24 hours per day and seven days per week.
(8) "Electronic Surveillance SYSTEM" means a
				system that monitors operation of a domestic wastewater or water treatment
				plant and transmits the results of such monitoring by electronic means to a
				central or off-site location. The use of a telephone for communication between
				the lead/chief operator and plant personnel is not considered electronic
				surveillance.
(9) "Lead OR Chief
				Operator" means the licensed operator who is in responsible charge of a
				domestic wastewater or water treatment plant or water distribution system and
				whose responsibilities include supervising all other persons who are employed
				to operate the plant or distribution system, performing on-site plant or
				distribution system operation, performing electronic control system operation,
				and making decisions that relate to the daily operational activities of the
				plant or distribution system and that directly impact the quality or quantity
				of effluent, reclaimed water, or drinking water.
(10) "ONSITE, " when referring to operating,
				staffing, visiting, or checking a domestic wastewater or water treatment plant,
				means at the location of the plant; and when referring to operating or staffing
				a water distribution system, means at the location of the distribution system
				pipe, pumps, or tanks where operation or maintenance activities that may affect
				water quality or quantity are taking place.
(11) "OPERATOR" means any person who is in
				on-site charge of the actual operation, supervision, and maintenance of a
				domestic wastewater or water treatment plant or water distribution system and
				includes the person in onsite charge of a shift or period of operation during
				any part of the day. Operator also means any person operating an electronic
				control system. Such persons shall be licensed in accordance with Chapter
				62-602, F.A.C.
(12) "Permittee"
				means the person or entity to which a permit for a domestic wastewater facility
				is issued by the Department.
(13)
				"Visit" means an on-site examination of a domestic wastewater or water
				treatment plant to ensure that equipment is functioning properly, to ensure
				that chemical supplies are sufficient, and to record the quantity or quality of
				wastewater or drinking water being treated and other relevant
				information.
(14) "WATER MAIN"
				means the following:
(a) All piping,
				regardless of size, conveying finished water, as defined in Rule
				 62-550.200, F.A.C., from a water
				treatment plant to either a fire hydrant lead or a water service line;
				and,
(b) All fire hydrant leads
				that are under the control of a regulated public water
				system.