Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 60 - Standards of Service by Sewer Utilities › Section 20 CSR 4240-60.010 - General Provision

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the general provisions
				  of and defines the terms used in Chapter 60, Standards of Service by Sewer
				  Utilities.
(1) The chapter
				applies to all sewer service by sewer corporations, as defined in section
				386.020, RSMo (1986)
				and is to become effective March 2, 1973. All previous rules or standards
				conflicting with those contained in Chapter 60 are annulled and superseded. The
				rules apply to any sewer corporation which is now or may become engaged in the
				business of furnishing sewer service to any customer within the state of
				Missouri.
(2) The adoption of the
				rules in Chapter 60 shall in no way preclude the Public Service Commission from
				altering, amending or revoking them in whole or in part or from requiring any
				other or additional service equipment, facility or standard, either upon
				complaint, upon its own motion or upon the application of any
				utility.
(3) The following
				definitions shall apply to this chapter:
(A)
				Commission-The Public Service Commission of Missouri;
(B) Customer-Any person, individual,
				partnership, association, corporation or governmental agency being provided
				with sewage disposal service by a utility;
(C) Outfall sewer line-Sewers, either force
				or gravity, carrying effluent from treatment facility to point of
				discharge;
(D) Collecting
				sewers-Sewers, including force lines, gravity sewers, interceptors, laterals,
				trunk sewers, manholes, lampholes and necessary appurtenances, including
				service wyes;
(E) Service sewers to
				customers-Any sewer pipe extending from the customer's residence or other
				structure to the utility's collecting sewer, but excluding service
				wyes;
(F) Lift station-That portion
				of the sewerage system which is used to lift the sewage to a higher
				elevation;
(G) Premises-A tract of
				land or real estate, including buildings and other appurtenances thereon,
				belonging to the customer;
(H)
				Sewage-Sewage shall mean ground garbage, human and animal excretions and all
				other liquid waste normally disposed of by a residential, commercial or
				industrial establishment, through the sanitary sewer system;
(I) Sewer system-Includes all pipes, pumps,
				canals, lagoons, plants, structures and appliances and all other real estate,
				fixtures and personal property, owned, operated, controlled or managed in
				connection with or to facilitate the collection, carriage, treatment and
				disposal of sewage for municipal, domestic or other beneficial or necessary
				purpose;
(J) Sewer utility-Includes
				every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association,
				partnership or person, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any
				court, owning, operating, controlling or managing any sewer system, plant or
				property, for the collection, carriage, treatment or disposal of sewage
				anywhere within the state for gain; provided, that the provisions of this order
				shall not apply to sewer systems with fewer than twenty-five (25)
				outlets;
(K) Outlet-A service sewer
				connection to the collecting sewer;
(L) Treatment facility-A facility to treat
				sewage; and
(M) Sewer
				service-Removal and treatment of sewage.