West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 47 - Water Resources, Division Of Water And Waste Management › Title 47 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES › Series 47-09 - Underground Injection Control Fee Schedule (97 tech cleanup) › Section 47-9-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. "Activity"
				means an activity for which a permit is required pursuant to the provisions of
				W. Va. Code '22-11-8.
2.2. "Chief" means the Chief of the Office of
				Water Resources of the Division of Environmental Protection of the West
				Virginia Bureau of Environ-ment.
2.3. "Class 1 well" is an underground
				injection well as described in the Underground Injection Control rule .
				47CSR13, subdivision 4.1.a and b.
2.4. "Class 2 well" is an underground
				injection well as described in the Underground Injection Control rule '46CSR13
				subdivisions 4.2.a through c.
2.5.
				"Class 3 well" is an underground injection well as described in the Underground
				Injection Control rule 47CSR13 subdivisions 4.3.a through e.
2.6. "Class 4 well" is an underground
				injection well as described in the Underground Injection Control rule 47CSR13
				paragraph 4.4.a.
2.7. "Class 5
				well" is an underground injection well as described in the Underground
				Injection Control rule . 47CSR13 subdivisions 4.5.a through r.
2.8. "Facility" means any "injection well or
				group of wells" that is subject to rule under the UIC program.
2.9. "Fluid" means any material or substance
				which flows or moves whether in a semisolid, liquid, sludge, gas or any other
				form or state.
2.10. "Hazardous
				Waste" means a waste or combination of wastes, which because of its quan-tity,
				concentration or physical, chemical or infec-tious characteristics, may (A)
				cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase
				in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or (B) pose a
				substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
				improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
				managed.
2.11. "Major modification"
				means a modifica-tion of an issued permit made in accordance with the
				provisions of the Underground Injection Control rule . '47CSR13, subsection
				13.18.
2.12. "Minor modification"
				means a modifica-tion of an issued permit made in accordance with the
				provisions of the Underground Injection Control rule . '47CSR13, subsection
				13.20.
2.13. "Permit" means an
				authorization, license or equivalent control document issued by the state to
				implement the requirements of the UIC Program. "Permit" includes an area permit
				and a UIC Emer-gency Permit. "Permit" does not include UIC authorization by
				rule or any permit which has not yet been the subject of final agency action,
				such as a "draft permit."
2.14.
				"Person", "persons", or "applicant" means any industrial user, public or
				private corporation, institution, association, firm or company organized or
				existing under the laws of this or any other state or country; state of West
				Virginia; governmental agency, including federal facilities; political
				subdivi-sion; county commission; municipal corporation; industry, sanitary
				district; public service district; drainage district; soil conservation
				district; water-shed improvement district; partnership; trust; estate; person
				or individual; group of persons or individuals acting individually or as a
				group; or any legal entity whatsoever.
2.15. "UIC" means the Underground Injec-tion
				Control program under Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC '300f
				including an approved state program.
2.16. "Underground Injections" means the
				subsurface emplacement of fluids through a well, drainfield, cesspool or pit,
				or any means thereof.
2.17. "Well"
				for the purpose of the State UIC Program, means a bored, drilled or driven
				shaft, or a dug hole whose depth is greater than the largest surface dimension
				and includes those types of Class 5 wells as defined in subsection 4.5 of the
				Under-ground Injection Control rule, . '47CSR13.