Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title IV - Wastewater Treatment and Disposal › Chapter 68 - Commercial Septic Tank Cleaners › Rule 567-68.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
				  the meanings indicated:
"Cleaning"
means removal of waste from
				  private sewage disposal systems and other actions incidental to that
				  removal.
"Commercial septic tank cleaner"
means a
				  person or firm engaged in the business of cleaning and disposing of waste from
				  private sewage disposal systems, including a person or firm that owns and rents
				  or leases portable toilets.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				  natural resources.
"Food commodity"
means any commodity that is
				  derived from an agricultural animal or crop, both as defined in Iowa Code
				  section
				  717A1., which is
				  intended for human consumption in its raw or processed state.
1. A food commodity in its raw state for
				processing includes, but is not limited to, milk, eggs, vegetables, fruits,
				nuts, syrup, and honey.
2. A food
				commodity in its processed state includes, but is not limited to, dairy
				products, pastries, pies, and meat or poultry products.
"Holding tank for waste"
means any
				  receptacle for the retention or storage of waste pending removal for further
				  treatment or disposal.
"On-farm processing operation"
means any
				  place located on a farm where the form or condition of a food commodity
				  originating from that farm or another farm is changed or packaged for human
				  consumption, including but not limited to a dairy, creamery, winery,
				  distillery, cannery, bakery, or meat or poultry processor. "On-farm processing
				  operation" does not include food commodities processed by a person exclusively
				  for use by the person and members of the person's household and the person's
				  nonpaying guests and employees.
"Private sewage disposal system"
means a
				  system which provides for the treatment or disposal of domestic sewage from
				  four or fewer dwelling units or the equivalent of fewer than 16 individuals on
				  a continuing basis, including domestic waste, whether residential or
				  nonresidential, but not including industrial waste of any flow rate except as
				  provided for in
				  567-6811.
				  (455B). "Private sewage disposal system" includes, but is not limited to,
				  septic tanks as defined in 567-subrule 69.1(2); holding tanks for waste; and
				  impervious vault toilets, portable toilets, and chemical toilets as described
				  in 567-69.15(455B).
"Septage"
means the liquid and solid
				  material pumped from a septic tank, cesspool, or similar domestic sewage
				  treatment system, or from a holding tank, when the system is cleaned or
				  maintained.
"Tank"
means any container which is placed
				  on a vehicle to transport waste removed from a private waste facility.
"Toilet unit"
means a portable or fixed tank
				  or vessel holding untreated human waste without secondary wastewater treatment
				  which is emptied for disposal. "Toilet unit" does not include a portable or
				  fixed tank or vessel holding untreated human waste that is part of a
				  recreational vehicle or marine vessel.
"Vehicle"
means a device used to transport a
				  tank, including a trailer.
"Waste"
means human or animal excreta,
				  water, scum, sludge, septage, and grease solids from private sewage
				  disposal.