Alabama Administrative Code › Title 628 - ALABAMA ONSITE WASTEWATER BOARD › Chapter 628-X-1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 628-X-1-.01 - Definition Of Terms

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Act.
The term "Act" as used in these rules shall mean Title 34,
			 Chapter 21A of the
Code of Ala. 1975
.
(2)
ADPH.
The term "ADPH" as
			 used in these rules shall mean The Alabama Department of Public
			 Health.
(3)
Advanced Level
			 I.
"Advanced Level I" in these terms shall mean any individual licensed
			 by the AOWB who are involved in the installation of all work under the basic
			 installer and for the installation, servicing, repairing or maintenance of
			 small flow systems as defined by the current State Board of Health Onsite
			 Sewage and Disposal Rules 420-3-1 and/or mound systems, simplex pumps with time
			 dosing requirements, on-demand duplex pumps including single family systems
			 with secondary treatment.
(4)
Advanced Level II.
The term "Advanced Level II" as used in these
			 rules shall mean any individual who is licensed by the AOWB for the
			 installation of all work under the Basic and Advanced Level I license and for
			 the installation, servicing, replacing lids, repairing, or maintaining all
			 systems including, large flow systems as defined by the current State Board of
			 Health Onsite Sewage and Disposal Rules 420-3-1, multiple pump systems with
			 timed dosing requirements, and other advanced technology systems, to include
			 decentralized systems.
(5)
Alabama Administrative Procedures Act.
The term "Alabama
			 Administrative Procedures Act" refers to the act codified at Title 41, Chapter
			 22 of the
Code of Ala. 1975
.
(6)
AOWB.
The term "AOWB" as
			 used in these rules shall mean Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board.
(7)
Basic Installer.
The term
			 "Basic Installer" as used in these rules shall mean any individual who is
			 licensed by the AOWB for the installation, servicing, replacing lids,
			 repairing, or maintenance of small flow conventional onsite wastewater systems
			 and shallow placement onsite wastewater systems. The definition of a small flow
			 conventional OSS system is defined in the current State Board of Health Onsite
			 Sewage and Disposal Rules 420-3-1.
(8)
Board.
The term "Board" as
			 used in these rules shall mean the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board. The Board
			 is a 9-member Board of which three members shall be appointed by the Governor,
			 three members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and three members
			 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
			 Alabama Legislature. The referenced statute describes the organization, general
			 course, method of operation and method of public information. The public may
			 make submission and request to the Board in writing at the following mailing
			 address:
State of Alabama
Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board
P.O. Box 303552
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
(9)
Bond.
The term "Bond" as
			 used in these rules shall mean that performance bond described in the
			 Act.
(10)
Building
			 Sewer.
The term "Building Sewer as used in these rules shall mean the
			 part of a structure's drainage system which extends from the end of the
			 building drain, and which receives the discharge of a building drain and
			 conveys it to a public or private sewer system.
(11)
Code of Ala.
			 1975
,
§
								34-21A-1,
			 provides for definitions of the following terms: Alternative Onsite Wastewater
			 System, Board, Conventional Onsite Wastewater System, Good Standing with Local
			 Health Authorities or Officials, Individual, Installation, License, Licensee,
			 Licensing Procedure, Local Health Authority of Officials, Manufacturer, Onsite
			 Wastewater System, Responsible Charge, Servicing.
(12)
Continuing Education.
The
			 term "Continuing Education" as used in these rules shall mean the required
			 hours of continuing education required by the Act for licensed
			 individuals.
(13)
Electrical.
The term "electrical" as used in these rules shall
			 mean any single-family residential dwelling connected to an onsite wastewater
			 system. The electrical wires coming from the home, to power the onsite
			 wastewater system, to the disconnect box on the outside of the home shall be
			 classified as electrical and are governed by the rules of the Alabama
			 Electrical Contractors Board.
(14)
Inactive License.
The term "Inactive license" refers to any
			 licensed individual who elects to obtain inactive status as a licensee. To
			 obtain inactive status as an inactive licensee, the licensee shall obtain an
			 inactive application from the office of the Executive Director and submit
			 completed application to the Board. Inactive licensees shall be required to pay
			 an annual licensing fee in an amount that does not exceed one-half of the
			 annual licensing fee for licensees. Inactive licensees shall not be eligible to
			 perform installation, service, pump, manufacture, or repair work, or to solicit
			 or bid to perform installation, service, pump, manufacture, or repair work. An
			 inactive licensee may be allowed by the Board to reactivate said license as a
			 licensee at any time by contacting the office of the Executive Director and
			 submitting that he or she has obtained the proper bond amount pursuant to
			 Alabama law and the Rules and Regulations of the Board. The inactive licensee
			 shall also submit payment to the Board of the difference in fees between
			 his/her license and inactive license status.
(15)
License.
The term "License"
			 as used in these rules shall mean a license issued to or renewed by a licensed
			 individual by the Board as pursuant to the Act.
(16)
Manufacturer.
"Manufacturer" as used in these terms shall mean any individual licensed by the
			 AOWB who are involved in the manufacture of onsite wastewater septic tanks,
			 including tanks poured in place, lids and receptacles.
(17)
Manufacturer Level II.
As
			 used in these terms shall mean any individual or individual in responsible
			 charge of a company licensed by the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board who are
			 involved in the distribution of onsite wastewater septic tanks, or any
			 apparatus designed to hold commercial or residential wastewater as defined by
			 the Alabama Department of Public Health.
(18)
Plumbing.
The term
			 "plumbing" as used in these rules shall mean any single-family residential
			 dwelling connected to an onsite wastewater system, the sewer lines coming out
			 of the dwelling at a distance of 3-5 feet shall be classified as plumbing and
			 are governed by the rules of the Alabama Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining
			 Board. Pumps that are associated with septic tanks, and sewage tanks traps
			 shall not be installed, repaired or replaced by plumbers.
(19)
Portable Toilet.
"Portable
			 Toilet" as used in these rules shall mean any individual licensed by the AOWB
			 who are involved in the installation, transporting, pumping, servicing,
			 repairing, maintaining, and cleaning portable toilets.
(20)
Pumper.
The term "Pumper"
			 as used in these rules shall mean any individual who is licensed by the AOWB
			 for pumping, servicing, replacing lids, replacing risers, tees or filters of a
			 septic tank, sewage tanks, grease traps and portable toilets. Not to include
			 pumps associated with septic tanks, sewage tanks and grease traps.
Author:
Melissa Hines
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-21A-1,
et seq.