New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14C - SLUDGE QUALITY ASSURANCE › Subchapter 1 - SLUDGE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:14C-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Unless otherwise specified below, all words and terms shall be as
				  defined in "The New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System," N.J.A.C.
				  7:14A.
"Biochemical oxygen demand" or "BOD" means the quantity of
				  dissolved oxygen in milligrams per liter (mg/l) either in an effluent or in a
				  waterbody, required during stabilization of decomposable organic matter by
				  aerobic biochemical action as determined by approved analytical procedures set
				  forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
"Chemical oxygen demand" or "COD" means a measure of the
				  oxygen required to oxidize all compounds in water, both organic and inorganic
				  (in milligrams per liter, mg/l) in a waste sample under specific conditions of
				  an oxidizing agent, temperature and time as determined by approved analytical
				  procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
"Domestic pollutant" means a pollutant which results from the
				  discharge of household, commercial or other wastes from bathrooms, toilet
				  facilities, home laundries and kitchens which are predominantly the result of
				  natural human waste elimination associated with bodily function and food
				  preparation.
"Domestic septage" means either liquid or solid material
				  removed from a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, Type III marine
				  sanitation device, or similar treatment works that receives only domestic
				  sewage. Domestic septage does not include liquid or solid material removed from
				  a septic tank, cesspool, or similar treatment works that receives process
				  wastewater and does not include grease removed from a grease trap.
"Domestic sewage" means waste and wastewater from humans or
				  household operations that is discharged to or otherwise enters a treatment
				  works.
"Domestic treatment works" or "DTW" means all publicly owned
				  treatment works as well as any other treatment works processing primarily
				  domestic sewage and pollutants together with any ground water, surface water,
				  stormwater or process wastewater that may be present.
"Domestic wastewater" means the liquid waste or liquid borne
				  wastes discharged into a domestic treatment works.
"Domestic wastewater sludge" means the solid residue and
				  associated liquids resulting from the physical, chemical or biological
				  treatment of domestic wastewaters by a domestic treatment works.
"Industrial treatment works" means a treatment works which
				  treats primarily process wastewater and/or industrial pollutants as determined
				  by the percentage of process wastewater, or mass loading of BOD, COD or
				  suspended solids in the wastewater flow. Industrial treatment works shall also
				  include any treatment works, whether publicly or privately owned, which treats
				  primarily wastewater or leachate from a municipal solid waste facility or a
				  potable water treatment plant. This definition shall include SIU pretreatment
				  works.
"Industrial wastewater treatment system" means any structure
				  or structures by means of which industrial liquid waste or sludges are
				  subjected to any treatment process.
"Land-based sludge management criteria" means those standards
				  established by the Department in the Statewide Sludge Management Plan adopted
				  pursuant to the Solid Waste Management Act,
				  13:1E-1 et seq., or established
				  pursuant to the Clean Water Act or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (
				  33 U.S.C.
				  §§
										1251 et seq.) including all
				  subsequent supplements and amendments, or any regulations adopted pursuant
				  thereto.
"MGD" means million gallons per day.
"Permitted flow" means a treatment work's maximum allowable
				  flow (usually in million gallons per day, or other appropriate unit of flow
				  such as gallons per day) as stated in the facility's NJPDES Permit or TWA,
				  whichever is more stringent.
"Process wastewater" means any water which, during
				  manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the
				  production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product,
				  byproduct, or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
				  to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact cooling water. This
				  definition includes the terms commercial wastewater and industrial wastewater
				  as used in 40 CFR Part 503.
"Process wastewater sludge" means the solid residue and
				  associated liquid resulting from the physical, chemical and/or biological
				  treatment of process wastewaters by an industrial treatment works.
"Publicly owned treatment works" or "POTW" means any device
				  or system used in the storage and treatment (including recycling and
				  reclamation) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which
				  is owned by a State or municipality. This definition includes sewers, pipes, or
				  other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
				  Treatment works associated with potable water treatment and solid waste
				  facilities shall be considered industrial treatment works for purposes of this
				  chapter.
"Public water treatment system" means any structure or
				  structures delivering water into a public water distribution system as
				  identified by a specific ID number pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act
				  regulations, N.J.A.C. 7:10, and which subjects water, prior to use for potable
				  purposes, to the addition or subtraction of a substance or substances in order
				  to enhance the safeness, palatability, public health, purity, or aesthetic
				  qualities; or reduce the corrosive or hazardous properties of the water
				  used.
"Septage" means the liquid and solid material pumped from a
				  septic tank, cesspool, or similar domestic sewage treatment system, or a
				  holding tank when the system is cleaned or maintained.
"SIU pretreatment works" means any treatment works serving
				  exclusively a SIU facility and treating the facility's process wastewater, or a
				  combination of its process and domestic wastewater, prior to the discharge
				  thereof into a domestic treatment works.
"Sludge" means the solid residue and associated liquid
				  resulting from physical, chemical, or biological treatment of domestic or
				  industrial wastewaters.
"Sludge-only facility" means any treatment works whose sludge
				  use or disposal practice is required to obtain a permit under
				  40 CFR
				  122.1(b)(3) or N.J.A.C.
				  7:14A-20.
"Sludge production" means the quantity of sludge removed for
				  use or disposal.
"Sludge use or disposal practice" means the collection,
				  storage, treatment, transportation, processing, monitoring, use, or disposal of
				  sludge.
"Suspended solids" means the total nonfilterable residue as
				  determined by analytical procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
"Treatment works" means any treatment works as defined by
				  7:14A-1.2 and
				  58:10A-3.
"Treatment works treating domestic sewage" means a domestic
				  treatment works or any other sewage sludge or wastewater treatment devices or
				  systems, regardless of ownership (including Federal facilities) used in the
				  storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal or domestic sewage,
				  including land dedicated for the disposal of sewage sludge. This definition
				  does not include septic tanks or similar devices. The Regional Administrator of
				  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the Commissioner of the Department
				  may designate any person subject to the standards for sewage sludge use or
				  disposal in 40 CFR Part 503 or N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20 as a "treatment works treating
				  domestic sewage" through issuance of a permit where it is found that there is a
				  potential for adverse effects on public health and the environment from sludge
				  quality or sludge handling, or sludge use or disposal practices, or where there
				  is a finding that such designation is necessary to ensure that such person is
				  in compliance with 40 CFR Part 503 or N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20.
"Ultimate sludge management alternative" means the final
				  management of sludge at a facility or operation such that no additional permit
				  or approval actions are required for further processing or movement.