Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 118 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT › Division 01 - Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission › Rule 118.01.21-003 - Rule 3, "Licensing of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators"

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Rule No. 3
Licensing of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
CHAPTER ONE
: GENERAL
			 PROVISIONS
Rule 3.101
Authority
Arkansas Code Annotated (A.C.A.) §
											8-5-205
				authorizes the Pollution Control and Ecology Commission to adopt implementing
				rules necessary to effectuate the powers and duties of the Wastewater Licensing
				Committee.
Rule 3.102
Scope of Rules
The purpose of this Rule is to establish requirements for the
				training, classification, qualifications, and licensing of operators of
				wastewater treatment plants and for other purposes.
Rule 3.103
Definitions
All terms included in this section shall have the same meaning
				as established by A.C.A. §5-201 unless more specifically defined.
Approved Training -
Training reviewed and approved
				by the Committee that meets the requirements for wastewater training under this
				Rule.
Commission-
The Arkansas Pollution Control and
				Ecology Commission.
Committee, Licensing -
The committee, appointed by
				the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, was created and
				established to advise and assist the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology
				Commission and the Division in the administration of the wastewater operators
				licensing program.
Division
- The Division of Environmental Quality,
				or its successor.
Direct Training -
Training hours in subjects
				directly applicable to the field of wastewater treatment processes, collection,
				pumping, or management.
Domestic Wastewater -
means the spent wastewater
				originating from all aspects of human sanitary water usage.
Executive Secretary
- The Division of
				Environmental Quality employee appointed by the DEQ Director to administer the
				wastewater licensing program on behalf of the Committee and the
				Division.
Indirect Training-
Training in applicable subject
				matter, such as personal operator safety, water treatment and distribution,
				plumbing inspection, or cross-connection control certification courses.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility-
means a
				privately owned wastewater treatment plant for treating liquid wastes resulting
				from any process of industry, manufacture, trade or business or the development
				of any natural resources. A facility shall be classified as "industrial" if no
				significant part of the wastewater is classified as municipal or domestic
				wastewater.
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility-
means a
				treatment facility generally includes the treatment of domestic, commercial,
				and industrial wastes.
Operator
- Any person who is in responsible charge
				of the operation of a wastewater treatment plant, in whole or in part, and who,
				during the performance of their regular duties, exercises individual judgment
				which directly or indirectly may affect the proper operation of such plant.
				"Operator" shall not be deemed to include an official solely exercising general
				administrative supervision.
Wastewater Treatment Plant -
means any plant,
				disposalfield, lagoon, pumping station or other works:
(A) That use chemical or biological processes
			 for:
(1) Treating, stabilizing, or disposing
			 of sewage, industrial wastewaters or other wastewaters; or
(2) The reduction and handling of sludge
			 removed from such wastewater, and
(B) From which:
(1) A discharge to the waters of the state
			 occurs, or
(2) Municipal wastewater
			 is land-applied.