Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 197 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATORS › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS, APPLICABILITY › Section 197-1-001 - Act

Current through June 17, 2024
In addition to the definitions in §
									81-15,129, the
	 following definitions will apply.
001.01 Catastrophic Condition is considered a
  medical condition such as cancer, heart condition, organ transplant, and any
  other major medical condition that limits an operator's ability to
  work.
001.02 "Classification
  System" or "System" means the procedure used to classify wastewater treatment
  facilities including the point rating worksheets and classification tables in
  Appendix A and B.
001.03
  "Collection System" means the part of the wastewater treatment facility that
  includes the structures, equipment, and processes required to collect and
  transport wastewater from its point of origin to a wastewater treatment
  facility.
001.04 "Compatible
  Industrial Facility" means a wastewater treatment facility treating or
  pretreating wastewater produced by an industry whose wastewater is treated
  similar to domestic wastewater.
001.05 "Continuing Education Unit (CEU)" is a
  standard unit of measurement meaning ten contact hours of participation in, and
  successful completion of an organized continuing education experience under
  responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction which is
  approved by the director or some nationally recognized association.
001.06 "Contract Operation" means operation
  of a wastewater treatment facility by an individual operator who is not an
  employee of the owner of the wastewater treatment facility, or by a private
  firm employing certified operators, authorized to operate a facility through a
  contract with the owner of the wastewater treatment facility.
001.07 "Direct Responsible Charge (DRC)"
  means the person(s) designated by the owner to be the certified operator(s)
  responsible for making decisions regarding the daily operational activities of
  a wastewater treatment facility and decisions that will impact compliance with
  the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
001.08 "Domestic Wastewater" means human body
  waste and household type wastes including bath and toilet wastes, laundry
  wastes, kitchen wastes, and other similar wastes from households.
001.09 "Exempt Facility" means a wastewater
  treatment facility that is not required to be operated by a certified
  operator.
001.10 "Initiation of
  Operation" means the date on which a new or upgraded wastewater treatment
  facility is put into operation or is capable of being placed in operation for
  the purpose for which it was planned, designed, and built.
001.11 "National Pollutant Discharge
  Elimination System (NPDES)" means the national system for the issuance,
  reissuance, modification, suspension, revocation, monitoring, and enforcing of
  permits pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
  33 USC,
  1342, as amended, and includes any State
  program which has been approved by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental
  Protection Agency, in whole or in part, pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution
  Control Act,
  33 USC
  1251, et seq., as amended.
001.12 "Non-compatible Industrial Facility"
  means an wastewater treatment facility treating or pre-treating wastewater
  produced by an industry whose wastewater is not treated similar to domestic
  wastewater.
001.13 "Non-discharging
  Lagoon" Systems means the shallow earthen basins, used for the treatment of
  wastewater by natural processes involving the use of both algae and bacteria,
  which do not discharge to waters of the state.
001.14 "Operating Experience" means the
  length of time of service while functioning as a wastewater treatment facility
  operator.
001.15 "Population
  Equivalent Served" means the number of persons that would be required to
  contribute an equivalent quantity of waste. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and
  Suspended Solids (SS) population equivalents are 0.17 lbs. BOD per person per
  day and 0.20 lbs. SS per person per day, respectively.
001.16 "Wastewater" means the combination of
  the liquid or water- carried wastes removed from residences, institutions, and
  commercial and industrial establishments, together with such ground water,
  surface water, and storm water as may be present.