New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 7 - WASTEWATER AND WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES › Part 11 - LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FEES › Section 20.7.11.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Unless otherwise
				defined in this part, the words and phrases used in this part have the same
				meanings as in
				20.7.3.7
				NMAC, Liquid Waste Disposal.
B. As
				used in this part:
(1)
"advanced
				treatment"
means any process of wastewater treatment that removes a
				greater amount of contaminants than is accomplished through primary treatment.
				Advanced treatment may include physical or chemical processes;
(2)
"advanced treatment system"
means a method or technology implemented to achieve advanced
				treatment;
(3)
"alternative
				disposal"
means any approved, on-site liquid waste disposal method used
				in lieu of, including modifications to, a conventional disposal
				method;
(4)
"alternative
				disposal system"
means a method or technology implemented to achieve
				alternative disposal;
(5)
"alternative system"
means any on-site liquid waste system
				utilizing a method of liquid waste treatment and disposal used in lieu of a
				conventional system, including modifications that are recognized and allowed by
				Liquid Waste Disposal and Treatment, 20.7.3 NMAC (9/1/13 as amended through
				9/15/14).
(6)
"commercial
				unit"
means a structure that is not a residential unit but which has
				sewage producing fixtures such as sinks, baths, showers, toilets, urinals,
				dish- and clothes-washers, or floor drains for receiving liquid waste including
				but not limited to uses included in Subsection Q of
				20.7.3.201
				NMAC, Table 201.1;
(7)
"conventional system"
means an on-site liquid waste system
				consisting of a septic tank or a subsurface soil absorption system with gravity
				distribution of the effluent constructed in accordance with the standards set
				forth in 20.7.3 NMAC including privies, holding tanks and vaults;
(8)
"gpd"
means
				gallons-per-day;
(9)
"hazard
				to public health"
means the indicated presence in water or soil of
				biological, chemical, or other contaminants under such conditions that could
				adversely impact human health, including without limitation, surfacing liquid
				waste, damage to a domestic water supply source, presence of a cesspool or an
				open tank, or exposure of liquid waste or septage in a manner that allows
				possible transmission of disease;
(10)
"large system"
means any
				liquid waste treatment or disposal system that receives, or is designed to
				receive, more than 2,000 gpd but not more than 5,000 gpd;
(11)
"notice of non-approval"
means notification that inspection of a permitted liquid waste system is not in
				compliance with 20.7.3 NMAC;
(12)
"on-site liquid waste system"
means a liquid waste system, or part
				thereof, serving a dwelling, establishment, or group, and using a liquid waste
				treatment unit designed to receive liquid waste followed by either a soil
				treatment or other type of disposal system; on-site liquid waste systems
				include enclosed systems and privies but do not include systems or facilities
				designed to receive or treat mine or mill tailings or wastes;
(13)
"septic tank"
means liquid
				waste treatment units designed to provide primary treatment and anaerobic
				treatment prior to disposal;
(14)
"small system"
means any liquid waste treatment and disposal
				system that receives, or is designed to receive, no more than 2,000
				gpd.