Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-103 - CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES › Section 14-103.003 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
As used in this rule chapter, the term:
(1) "Addendum" means an approved revision to
				a written Quality Control Program. Addenda are in the form of an updated
				"record of changes" page, and the appropriate replacement page(s) modifying
				existing sections of the Quality Control Program submitted under cover letter
				for review and approval by the Department.
(2) "Affiliate" means the same as defined in
				Section 337.165, F.S.
(3) "Aggregate" means a granular construction
				material such as sand, limerock, limestone, gravel, shell, slag, and crushed
				stone; manufactured materials such as expanded shales, slates, and clays; and
				recycled materials such as crushed concrete, used as a component of mortars,
				concrete, or bituminous mixtures, or used alone as a base or sub-base courses,
				as a stabilizing material for base or subgrade, or as a loose assemblage for
				drainage, foundation, shore protection, bank protection, water barrier, filter
				material, bedding purposes, or for other construction materials and uses not
				yet developed, but which may have potential usage by the Department.
(4) "Aggregate Independent Assurance Program
				(IAP)" means an unbiased and independent evaluation of all the sampling and
				testing procedures used in the Quality Control Program and the Department's
				Quality Assurance Program. The Aggregate IAP, dated 2/9/2005, is incorporated
				herein by reference. The Department will administer the IAP using personnel
				that do not otherwise have direct responsibility for the specific functions
				under review.
(5) "Certify" means
				that the producer affixes the statement "CERTIFIED FOR FDOT" or "CERT. FOR
				FDOT" to a shipping ticket to attest that this specific aggregate shipment was
				produced and shipped under a Department approved Quality Control Program and
				for which Quality Control tests indicate that the specific aggregate meets
				Department specifications and Department quality and uniformity requirements
				set out in Section 2.2 of the Construction Aggregates Manual.
(6) "Construction Aggregates Manual" means
				the Department's manual entitled Construction Aggregates Manual, December 1,
				2004, prepared by the Department's Aggregate Control Unit, which prescribes
				standardized methods of outlining the limits and frequencies for Quality
				Control sampling and testing of construction aggregates and material quality
				criteria for Department approval levels, which is incorporated in this rule
				chapter by reference.
(7) "Contract
				Crime" means the same as defined in Section
				337.165, F.S.
(8) "Convicted" or "Conviction" means the
				same as defined in Section
				337.165, F.S.
(9) "Department" means the Department of
				Transportation.
(10) "Direct
				Shipment" means a specified quantity of material shipped and certified in its
				entirety from an approved Type I, Type II or Type IV source to a single point
				of use, or a location or conveyance controlled by and identified by the end
				user in its Department approved Quality Control Program.
(11) "
Instructions for Coding of
				Aggregate Test Data for Computerization
" means the Department's manual
				providing directions for completing standardized forms for the recording of
				aggregate test data and listing of the Department's aggregate codes, entitled
				Instructions for Coding of Aggregate Test Data for Computerization, dated
				07/1994, which is incorporated in this rule chapter by reference.
(12) "Lot" means an isolated quantity of a
				specified aggregate produced from a single source from a single
				process.
(13) "Lot-size" means a
				quantity of a specified material produced in a specified time period.
(a) The number of test results to be analyzed
				for compliance shall be the number of samples established by the Construction
				Aggregates Manual, but not to include results more than one calendar year
				old.
(b) The time period for which
				frequencies will be assigned shall be as specified in the Construction
				Aggregates Manual.
(c) For purposes
				of material control, a lot shall consist of all materials of a specified grade
				or type that are produced over the time period specified in paragraph (b),
				above, from a single process at a mine, or received at a redistribution
				terminal, and are represented by test results obtained in accordance with
				assigned sampling frequencies. Lots that are to be evaluated and disposed of
				separately must be kept physically separated and distinct from other lots and
				material.