Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 150 - Water Resources › Subchapter 10 - Wastewater And Storm Water › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations for Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators › Section 250-RICR-150-10-5.4 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Assistant superintendent" means the
				  individual who is an Operator who is assigned the full-time direct
				  responsibility for the management, operation and maintenance of an entire
				  Wastewater Treatment Facility in the absence of the Superintendent and who
				  shall have a Certificate equal to the grade or classification of the Wastewater
				  Treatment Facility. This person is the next person in line of authority in the
				  absence of the Superintendent and, therefore, there can be only one (1)
				  Assistant Superintendent for each facility.
B. "Board" means the Board of Certification
				  of Operators of Wastewater Treatment Facilities established by R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
										42-17.4-1 to ensure the proper
				  management, operation and maintenance of Wastewater Treatment Facilities by
				  certifying an individual to be qualified to be an Operator.
C. "Certificate" or "License" means an
				  authorizing document issued by the Board to an individual to operate one (1) or
				  more specified grades of Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
D. "Direct responsible charge" means the
				  authority exercised by a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Operations
				  Supervisor or Shift Supervisor.
E.
				  "Full time" or "Full-time" means the assigned duties at a single wastewater
				  treatment facility of at least thirty-five (35) hours/week or more unless
				  otherwise determined by the Board.
F. "In good standing" means the status of any
				  employee of a Wastewater Treatment Facility who has exhibited continued
				  reasonable care, judgment and the application of his/her knowledge and ability.
				  Any certified employee of a Wastewater Treatment Facility will not be
				  considered to be In Good Standing if he/she has been found, after such an
				  individual has been granted a hearing, to have performed his/her duties in a
				  negligent manner or that he/she has practiced fraud or deception.
G. "Laboratory technician" means any
				  Full-Time employee of and at a Wastewater Treatment Facility who is not an
				  Operator but whose Full-Time employment is directly involved with the
				  day-to-day process control of the facility due to their duties either
				  collecting samples and/or performing, analyzing, and ensuring quality control
				  for the testing of chemical, physical and biological parameters.
H. "Licensee" means any individual who has
				  rightfully obtained an Operator's Certificate from the Rhode Island Board of
				  Certification of Operators of Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
I. "Maintenance technician" means any
				  Full-Time employee at a Wastewater Treatment Facility who is not an Operator
				  but whose employment has been determined by the Board to be directly involved
				  in the day-to-day maintenance of major process equipment.
J. "Operations supervisor" means an
				  individual who is an Operator who works under the Superintendent, or Assistant
				  Superintendent and is in Full-Time Direct Responsible Charge. This person must
				  be responsible for one (1) or more Shift Supervisors.
K. "Operator" means an individual who is so
				  employed and assigned the Full-Time responsibility on one (1) or more
				  mechanical treatment units, processes, or other process functions at a
				  Wastewater Treatment Facility.
L.
				  "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture,
				  public or private corporation, trust estate, commission, board, public or
				  private institution, utility, cooperative, municipality or any other political
				  subdivision of this state, any interstate body, or any other legal
				  entity.
M. "Shift supervisor" means
				  an individual who is an Operator who works Full Time under the Superintendent,
				  Assistant Superintendent, or Operations Supervisor who is assigned Full-Time
				  direct responsibility of a shift operation of a specific process or collection
				  of processes, such as sludge dewatering, etc. This person must be in Full-Time
				  responsible charge for one (1) or more Operators.
N. "Superintendent" means the individual who
				  is an Operator who is assigned the Full-Time direct responsibility for the
				  management, operation and maintenance of an entire Wastewater Treatment
				  Facility during all work shifts at the facility and who shall hold a
				  Certificate equal to the grade or classification of the Wastewater Treatment
				  Facility. It does not apply to any official who does not work at the Wastewater
				  Treatment Facility as an Operator.
O. "Wastewater" means used water delivered to
				  a Wastewater Treatment Facility. From the standpoint of source, it may be a
				  combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial
				  buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any groundwater,
				  surface water, and/or storm water that may be present.
P. "Wastewater treatment facility" means an
				  arrangement of devices and structures, excluding septic tanks, constructed and
				  installed for the purpose of treatment of Wastewater from domestic, commercial
				  or industrial sources or combinations thereof, and which discharge its treated
				  effluent into any surface water. Privately owned Wastewater Treatment
				  Facilities that treat predominantly industrial wastes, or Wastewater Treatment
				  Facilities that have sub-surface disposal, shall be excluded from the
				  provisions of these Regulations.