Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 91 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › GENERAL › Section 91.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The definitions in section 1 of The Clean Streams Law
						  (35
						  P. S. §
													691.1) apply to this article. In
						  addition, the following words and terms, when used in this article, have the
						  following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
AEU-Animal equivalent unit
-One
						  thousand pounds live weight of livestock or poultry animals, regardless of the
						  actual number of individual animals comprising the unit, as defined in
						  3
						  Pa.C.S. §
													503 (relating to
						  definitions).
Act
-The Clean Streams Law
						  (35
						  P. S. §§
													691.1-691.801).
Agricultural operations
-The management
						  and use of farming resources for the production of crops, livestock or poultry
						  as defined in
						  3
						  Pa.C.S. §
													503.
Agricultural process wastewater
-Wastewater from agricultural operations, including from spillage or overflow
						  from livestock or poultry watering systems; washing, cleaning or flushing pens,
						  milkhouses, barns, manure pits; direct contact swimming, washing or spray
						  cooling of livestock or poultry; egg washing; or dust control.
Application
-The Department's form for
						  requesting approval to construct and operate a wastewater collection,
						  conveyance or treatment facility under a new water quality management permit,
						  or the modification, revision or transfer of an existing water quality
						  management permit.
CAFO-Concentrated animal feeding
						  operation
-An agricultural operation that meets the criteria
						  established by the Department in §
												92a.2 (relating to
						  definitions).
CAO-Concentrated animal operation
-An
						  agricultural operation that meets the criteria established by the State
						  Conservation Commission in regulations under 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5 (relating to
						  nutrient management and odor management) in Chapter 83, Subchapter D (relating
						  to nutrient management).
Facility
-A structure built to collect,
						  convey or treat wastewater which requires coverage under a water quality
						  management permit.
Federal Act
-The Federal Water
						  Pollution Control Act (33
						  U.S.C.A. §§
													1251-1387).
General water quality management
						  permit
or
general permit
-A water quality management
						  permit that is issued for a clearly described category of wastewater treatment
						  facilities, which are substantially similar in nature.
Major facility
-The term as defined in
						  § 92a.2.
Manure
-
(i) Animal excrement, including poultry
						litter, which is produced at an agricultural operation.
(ii) The term includes materials such as
						bedding and raw materials which are commingled with that excrement.
Manure Management Manual
-The guidance
						  manual published by the Department that is entitled "Manure Management Manual
						  for Environmental Protection," including its supplements and amendments. The
						  manual describes approved manure management practices for all agricultural
						  operations as required by §
												91.36 (relating to pollution
						  control and prevention at agricultural operations).
Manure storage capacity
-The total
						  volume in gallons of a manure storage facility, less any required freeboard,
						  sufficient and available to contain all of the following:
(i) Accumulated manure and agricultural
						process wastewater during the storage period.
(ii) Normal precipitation less evaporation on
						the surface of the facility.
(iii)
						Normal runoff during the storage period.
(iv) The design storm precipitation and
						runoff (25 year or 100 year, as appropriate under § 91.36(a)).
(v) Solids remaining after liquids have been
						removed.
Manure storage facility
-A permanent
						  structure or pond, a portion of a structure or pond, or a group of structures
						  or ponds at one agricultural operation, utilized for the purpose of containing
						  manure or agricultural process wastewater. This includes concrete, metal or
						  other fabricated tanks and underbuilding structures, as well as earthen and
						  synthetically-lined manure storage ponds.
Minor facility
-The term as defined in
						  § 92a.2.
NOI-Notice of Intent
-A complete form
						  submitted as a request for general water quality management permit
						  coverage.
Operator
-A person or other legal
						  entity responsible for the operation or maintenance of a facility or activity
						  subject to this chapter.
Owner
-The person or other legal
						  entity holding legal title to a facility or activity subject to this
						  chapter.
Pennsylvania Technical Guide
						  (Guide)
-
(i) The Pennsylvania
						Soil and Water Conservation Technical Guide, including supplements and
						amendments, which is the primary technical guide published by the Pennsylvania
						office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States
						Department of Agriculture.
(ii) The
						Guide contains technical information, including design criteria, about
						conservation of soil, water, air, plant and animal resources specific to this
						Commonwealth.
(iii) The Guide is
						also referred to as the Field Office Technical Guide in Federal regulations and
						other documents.
Pollutant
-A contaminant or other
						  alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of surface water
						  which causes or has the potential to cause pollution as defined in section 1 of
						  the act (35 P. S. §
													691.1).
Pollution prevention
-Source reduction
						  and other practices (for example-direct reuse or in-process recycling) that
						  reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants through increased efficiency in
						  the use of raw materials, energy, water or other resources, or protection of
						  natural resources by conservation.
Pollution prevention measures
-Practices that reduce the use of hazardous materials, energy, water or other
						  resources and that protect natural resources and human health through
						  conservation, more efficient use, or effective pollutant release minimization
						  prior to reuse, recycling, treatment or disposal.
Schedule of compliance
-A schedule of
						  remedial measures including an enforceable sequence of actions or operations
						  leading to compliance with effluent limitations, other limitations,
						  prohibitions or standards.
Single residence sewage treatment
						  plant
-A system of piping, tanks or other facilities serving a single
						  family residence located on a single family residential lot which collects,
						  disposes and treats solely direct or indirect sewage discharges from the
						  residences into waters of this Commonwealth.
Small flow treatment facility
-The term
						  as defined in § 92a.2.
Stormwater
-Runoff from precipitation,
						  snow melt runoff and surface runoff and drainage.
Vegetated buffer
-A permanent strip of
						  dense perennial vegetation established parallel to the contours of and
						  perpendicular to the dominant slope of the field for purposes that include
						  slowing water runoff, enhancing water infiltration, and minimizing the risk of
						  any potential pollutants from leaving the field and reaching surface
						  waters.
Wastewater impoundment
-A depression,
						  excavation or facility situated in or upon the ground, whether natural or
						  artificial and whether lined or unlined, used to store wastewater including
						  sewage, animal waste or industrial waste.
Water quality management permit
-A
						  permit or equivalent document (Part II Permit) issued by the Department to
						  authorize one of the following:
(i)
						The construction, erection and location of a wastewater collection, conveyance
						or treatment facility.
(ii) A
						discharge of wastewater to groundwaters of this Commonwealth.
The provisions of this §
														91.1 amended under sections
							 5(b)(1), 6 and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§
															691.5(b)(1),
							 691.6 and
							 691.402); and section 1920-A
							 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
															510-20).