Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 52 - REVIEW OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS › Section 340-052-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in these rules unless otherwise required by
				context:
(1) "Common Sewer" is a
			 collecting sewer, and a part of the sewerage system which either initially or
			 ultimately will serve two or more tax lots, parcels, or ownerships which may or
			 may not be owned or controlled by a municipality either initially or
			 ultimately. Exception: It does not include for purposes of these rules common
			 sewers within a Unit Ownership (Condominium) Development described in ORS
			 100.005 to 100.990.
(2)
			 "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.
(3) "Disposal System" means a system for
			 disposing of wastes, either by surface or underground methods, and includes
			 municipal sewerage systems, domestic sewerage systems except on-site sewage
			 disposal systems authorized to be constructed by a construction-installation
			 permit issued pursuant to OAR Chapter 340, Division 71, industrial and
			 agricultural waste systems, treatment works, disposal wells and other systems.
			 (ORS 468B.005(1))
(4) "Industrial
			 Waste" means any liquid, gaseous, radioactive, or solid waste substance or a
			 combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing,
			 trade or business, or from the development or recovery of any natural
			 resources. (ORS 468B.005(2))
(5)
			 "Municipality" means any county, city, special service district or other
			 governmental entity having authority to dispose of or treat or collect sewage,
			 industrial wastes or other wastes, or any combination of two or more of the
			 foregoing acting jointly. (ORS 454.010(3))
(6) "Permit" means a National Pollutant
			 Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit or a Water Pollution Control
			 Facilities (WPCF) permit as defined in OAR
			 340-045-0010.
(7) "Person" means the United States and any
			 agencies thereof, any individual, public or private corporation, political
			 subdivision, governmental agency, municipality, copartnership, association,
			 firm, trust, estate, or any other legal entity whatever.
(8) "Pretreatment System" means a system for
			 giving partial treatment to industrial wastes prior to being discharged to a
			 domestic sewerage system for further treatment and ultimate disposal.
(9) "Sewage" means the water-carried human or
			 animal waste from residences, buildings, industrial establishments, or other
			 places together with such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be
			 present. The admixture with sewage of wastes or industrial wastes shall also be
			 considered "sewage". (ORS 468B.005(4)).
(10) "Sewerage System" means pipelines or
			 conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other structures, devices,
			 appurtenances and facilities used for collecting or conducting wastes to an
			 ultimate point for treatment or disposal. (ORS 468B.005(5)). Generally limited
			 to "common sewers".
(11) "Treatment
			 Works" means any plant or other works used for the purpose of treating,
			 stabilizing or holding wastes, including pretreatment systems.
(12) "Wastes" means sewage, industrial
			 wastes, and all other liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substances
			 which will or may cause pollution or tend to cause pollution of any waters of
			 the state. (ORS 468B.005(7))
Stat. Auth.: ORS 454.626, ORS 454.780 & ORS
				  468.020
Stats. Implemented: ORS 468.005 & ORS
				  468B.005