Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 305 - CONSOLIDATED PERMITS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 305.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The definitions contained in Texas Water Code, §§
										26.001,
					 27.002,
					 28.001, and
					 32.002, and Texas Health
					 and Safety Code, §§
										361.003,
					 401.003, and
					 401.004, apply
					 to this chapter. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have
					 the following meanings.
(1)
				  Application--A formal written request for commission action relative to a
				  permit or a post-closure order, either on commission forms or other approved
				  writing, together with all materials and documents submitted to complete the
				  application.
(2) Bypass--The
				  intentional diversion of a waste stream from any portion of a treatment
				  facility.
(3) Class I sludge
				  management facility--Any publicly owned treatment works identified under 40
				  Code of Federal Regulations §403.10(a), as being required to have an
				  approved pretreatment program and any other treatment works treating domestic
				  sewage classified as a Class I sludge management facility by the regional
				  administrator in conjunction with the executive director because of the
				  potential for its sludge use or disposal practices to adversely affect public
				  health and the environment.
(4)
				  Component--Any constituent part of a unit or any group of constituent parts of
				  a unit which are assembled to perform a specific function (e.g., a pump seal,
				  pump, kiln liner, kiln thermocouple).
(5) Continuous discharge--A discharge which
				  occurs without interruption throughout the operating hours of the facility,
				  except for infrequent shutdowns for maintenance, process changes, or other
				  similar activities.
(6) Corrective
				  action management unit (CAMU)--An area within a facility that is designated by
				  the commission under 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 264, Subpart S, for
				  the purpose of implementing corrective action requirements under §
										335.167
				  of this title (relating to Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units)
				  and Texas Water Code, §
										7.031 (relating to
				  Corrective Action Relating to Hazardous Waste). A CAMU shall only be used for
				  the management of remediation wastes while implementing such corrective action
				  requirements at the facility.
(7)
				  Daily average concentration--The arithmetic average of all effluent samples,
				  composite, or grab as required by this permit, within a period of one calendar
				  month, consisting of at least four separate representative measurements.
(A) Domestic wastewater treatment plants.
				  When four samples are not available in a calendar month, the arithmetic average
				  (weighted by flow) of all values in the previous four consecutive month period
				  consisting of at least four measurements shall be utilized as the daily average
				  concentration.
(B) All other
				  wastewater treatment plants. When four samples are not available in a calendar
				  month, the arithmetic average (weighted by flow) of all values taken during the
				  month shall be utilized as the daily average concentration.