New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Article 1 - MISCELLANEOUS RULES › Part 650 - Qualifications Of Operators Of Wasterwater Treatment Plants › Section 650.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As used in this Part the following words and terms shall
						have the indicated meanings:
(a)
					 Activated sludge process means a biological wastewater treatment process in
					 which a mixture of wastewater and activated sludge is agitated and aerated. The
					 activated sludge is subsequently separated from the treated wastewater (mixed
					 liquor) by sedimentation and wasted or returned to the process as
					 needed.
(b) Assistant/shift
					 operator means an individual who is employed or appointed by any county, city,
					 village, town, district, or by any state department, agency or authority, or by
					 any sewer company, corporation, person or group of persons, or by any industry
					 or institution, and who is designated by the appointing officials as a person
					 who, under the direction of the chief operator, is in responsible supervision
					 of the complete and actual operation of a wastewater treatment plant during a
					 shift or in the absence of the chief operator.
(c) Chief operator means an individual who is
					 employed or appointed by any county, city, village, town, district, or by any
					 State department, agency or authority, or by any sewer company, corporation,
					 person or group of persons, or by any industry or institution, and who is
					 designated by the appointing officials as the person in responsible supervision
					 of the complete and actual operation of any wastewater treatment plant. It is
					 not intended to include city managers, superintendents of public works or
					 municipal or other officials unless their duties include the actual operation
					 of a wastewater treatment plant.
(d) Contact hour means one hour of acceptable
					 instruction or training in a course or seminar relevant to the field of
					 wastewater treatment.
(e)
					 Department means the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or
					 its designated representatives.
(f)
					 Other treatment processes means all biological, physical, and chemical
					 treatment processes other than the activated sludge process. It is intended to
					 include but is not limited to treatment processes such as trickling filters,
					 rotating biological contactors, sand filters, biofilters, oxidation ponds,
					 stabilization ponds, activated carbon or any other devices or processes
					 performing similar functions.
(g)
					 Responsible supervision means the accountability for and performance of active,
					 daily on-site operation of the wastewater treatment plant.
(h) Septic tank means an underground vessel
					 for treating wastewater by combination of settling and anaerobic
					 digestion.
(i) Wastewater treatment
					 plant means any plant or facility owned or maintained by any county, city,
					 village, town, district, or by any State department, agency or authority, or by
					 any sewer company, corporation, person or group of persons, or by any industry
					 or institution, which subjects wastewater to a process for removing or altering
					 the objectionable constituents of wastewater for the purpose of meeting the
					 requirements of its State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (SPDES)
					 and making it less offensive or dangerous.