Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 10 - Sanitation › Section 902 KAR 10:160 - Domestic septage disposal site operation

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				211.220,
				211.360,
				211.970,
				211.972,
				211.974,
				211.976,
				211.981,
				211.995
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) authorizes the
				secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the
				responsibilities vested in the cabinet.
				KRS
				211.980 authorizes the secretary to
				promulgate administrative regulations relating to vehicle tank and equipment
				requirements; conduct of business; approval of disposal or treatment sites and
				methods; domestic septage treatment, land application, and surface disposal
				sites; inspection and administrative enforcement procedures, including
				suspension or revocation of licensing; injunctive action; and any other matters
				deemed necessary to protect public health and the environment. This
				administrative regulation establishes the requirements for issuing a permit to
				operate a domestic septage storage or disposal site, the procedures for
				operating a domestic septage storage or disposal site, and the inspection
				process of treatment or disposal sites.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Cabinet" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 211.970(2).
(2) "Certified inspector" means a specific
			 individual who has met the requirements for certification contained in
			 KRS
			 211.360.
(3) "Deep incorporation" means land
			 application by subsurface injection, trench disposal, or a
			 furrow-placement-cover operation.
(4) "Domestic septage" means liquid or solid
			 material removed from a septic tank, holding tank, portable toilet, Type III
			 marine sanitation device, or similar treatment works that receives only
			 domestic sewage. Domestic septage shall not include:
(a) Liquid or solid material removed from a
			 septic tank that contains commercial wastewater or industrial wastewater
			 processes;
(b) Similar treatment
			 works that receives commercial or industrial wastewater processes; or
(c) Grease removed from a grease trap at a
			 restaurant or similar grease producing business.
(5) "Grease" is defined by
			 KRS
			 211.970(3).
(6) "Land application" means:
(a) The spraying or spreading, while the
			 vehicle is in motion, of domestic septage mixed with grease at a ratio of three
			 (3) parts domestic septage to one (1) part grease onto the land
			 surface;
(b) The injection of
			 domestic septage below the land surface; or
(c) The incorporation of domestic septage
			 into the soil.
(7)
			 "Operator" means a person owning, operating, or controlling a septic tank
			 domestic septage servicing business or a person operating or owning a domestic
			 septage disposal, treatment, or recycling site, including their employees or
			 agents.
(8) "pH" means the
			 logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
(9) "Reclamation" means the approved
			 reclaiming of strip mine and construction sites for the disposal of domestic
			 septage.
(10) "Shallow
			 incorporation" means land application by surface spreading followed by plowing,
			 disking, or harrowing.
(11)
			 "Surface disposal site" means an area of land that is used for domestic septage
			 disposal.