Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 1 - SUBTITLES 01-07 › Subtitle 06 - WATERWORKS AND WASTE SYSTEMS OPERATORS › Chapter 26.06.01 - General Regulations › Section 26.06.01.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Board" means the State Board of
				  Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators.
(2) "Categorical industrial users" means
				  industrial users subject to pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the
				  Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with § 307 of the Clean Water Act
				  that regulates process wastewater.
(3) Certificate.
(a) "Certificate" means a certificate of
				  certification as an operator or superintendent, issued by the Board.
(b) "Certificate" includes:
(i) An operator certificate, as limited by
				  Regulation .06C of this chapter;
(ii) A superintendent certificate, as limited
				  by Regulation .06F of this chapter;
(iii) A temporary certificate, as limited by
				  Regulation .06B of this chapter;
(iv) A grandparented certificate, as limited
				  by Regulation .06D of this chapter; and
(v) A certification renewal card.
(4) "Certified
				  operator" means an operator who has a current operator certificate issued by
				  the Board.
(5) "Certified
				  superintendent" means a superintendent who has a current superintendent
				  certificate issued by the Board.
(6) "Department" means the Department of the
				  Environment.
(7) "Direction" means
				  supervision provided by:
(a) A certified
				  operator located on-site;
(b) A set
				  of site-specific standard operating procedures approved by the Maryland
				  Department of the Environment with a certified operator available on call;
				  or
(c) Direct on-site
				  control.
(8) "Industrial
				  wastewater works" means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or
				  discharge any waste substance that results from:
(a) A manufacturing process;
(b) A business process; or
(c) The development of natural
				  resources.
(9) Operator.
(a) "Operator" means an individual who
				  participates in the operation of:
(i) A
				  waterworks, including the control of the flow, processing, or distribution of
				  water;
(ii) A wastewater works,
				  including the collection, control of flow, processing, or discharge of
				  wastewater and effluent; or
(iii)
				  An industrial wastewater works, including collection, control of flow,
				  processing, or discharge of industrial wastewater and effluent.
(b) "Operator" does not include a
				  superintendent.
(10)
				  "Operator-in-training" means an individual who has not satisfied the
				  experience, education, and examination requirements that are necessary to
				  receive Operator certification from the Board, and holds a temporary
				  certificate from the Board.
(11)
				  Package Activated Sludge Plant.
(a) "Package
				  activated sludge plant" means a wastewater treatment plant that is determined
				  by the Department to have the following characteristics:
(i) Employs an activated sludge
				  process;
(ii) Its major components
				  are prefabricated at the factory and transported to the site; and
(iii) It is designed with an emphasis on
				  automated operation to minimize on-site supervision required.
(b) Package activated sludge
				  plants shall be designated by the Department on a case-by-case basis.
(12) "Pretreatment plant" means an
				  industrial wastewater works discharging to a wastewater works.
(13) "Responsible charge" means
				  responsibility for the operation and supervision of all or any part of a
				  waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works.
(14) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the
				  Environment.
(15) "Significant
				  industrial users" means:
(a) All categorical
				  industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
(b) Noncategorical industrial users with
				  25,000 gallons per day or more discharge of process wastewater to the publicly
				  owned wastewater treatment plant;
(c) Noncategorical industrial users which
				  make up 5 percent or more of the dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of
				  the publicly owned wastewater treatment plant; or
(d) Any industrial user with a reasonable
				  potential to adversely affect the operation of a publicly owned wastewater
				  treatment plant or violating any pretreatment standard or
				  requirement.
(16)
				  "Superintendent" means an individual who is designated by any employing or
				  appointing person, county, municipality, sanitary district, or this State as
				  the individual in responsible charge of a waterworks, wastewater works, or
				  industrial wastewater works.
(17)
				  "Training, Review, and Evaluation Committee" means the committee that is
				  established by the Board to receive, review, and evaluate each application for
				  training approval.
(18) "Wastewater
				  collection system" means that portion of a wastewater works that collects,
				  stores, or pumps any liquid or waterborne waste.
(19) "Wastewater treatment plant" means that
				  portion of a wastewater works that receives, treats, and discharges any liquid
				  or waterborne waste.
(20)
				  Wastewater Works.
(a) "Wastewater works"
				  means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or discharge any liquid
				  or waterborne waste.
(b)
				  "Wastewater works" does not include:
(i) A
				  facility that is used only by a private residence;
(ii) A facility that uses a septic tank or
				  subsoil absorption; or
(iii) An
				  industrial wastewater works.
(21) "Water distribution system" means that
				  portion of the waterworks that receives, stores, pumps, and distributes water
				  for human consumption.
(22) "Water
				  treatment plant" means that portion of the waterworks that collects and treats
				  water for human consumption.
(23)
				  "Waterworks" means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or
				  distribute water for human consumption. "Waterworks" does not include a
				  facility that is used only by a private residence.
(24) "Works" means a specific waterworks,
				  wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works.