357 Ind. Admin. Code 1-10-1

Current through December 4, 2024
Section 357 IAC 1-10-1 - Definitions

Authority: IC 15-16-5-44; IC 15-16-5-64

Affected: IC 15-16-5

Sec. 1.

The following definitions apply throughout this rule:

(1) "Community public water supply system" or "CPWSS" means a public water supply system as referenced in 327 IAC 8-4.1-1(5) that serves at least fifteen (15) service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25) year-round residents.
(2) "Discharge" means a release of a pesticide from a storage container into secondary containment.
(3) "Impervious surface" means a surface composed of a watertight material that effectively prevents discharged pesticide from impacting the soil or ground water, and from reaching a drinking water well or dry well, storm or sanitary sewer, or septic system.
(4) "Isolation area" means an area as referenced in 327 IAC 8-3.4-9, which is established around a CPWSS production well, to protect ground water from direct contamination by pesticides.
(5) "Public water supply system" or "PWSS" means a public water supply as established by 326 IAC 8-4.1-1(20) for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption if such a system has at least fifteen (15) service connections or regularly serves an average of at least twenty-five (25) individuals daily at least sixty (60) days out of the year.
(6) "Secondary containment" means any structure, such as a dike, used to contain pesticide discharge from storage containers and prevent run-off or leaching.
(7) "State chemist" means the Indiana state chemist or his appointed agent.
(8) "Time of travel" or "TOT", as referenced in 327 IAC 8-4.1-1(25), means the calculated length of time that a particle of water takes to reach a CPWSS production well from a certain point.
(9) "Time of travel threshold" means a minimum five (5) year TOT for modeled wellhead protection areas or three thousand (3,000) feet for fixed radius wellhead protection areas as delineated in 327 IAC 8-4.1-1(26).
(10) "Wellhead protection area" or "WHPA" as referenced in 327 IAC 8-4.1-1(27) means the surface and subsurface area that contributes water to a CPWSS production well or well field and through which contaminants are likely to move and reach the well within the TOT threshold.

357 IAC 1-10-1

Indiana Pesticide Review Board; 357 IAC 1-10-1; filed Apr 23, 2003, 3:45 p.m.: 26 IR 2859; readopted filed Jul 20, 2009, 7:01 a.m.: 20090819-IR-357090369RFA
Readopted filed 11/17/2015, 1:01 p.m.: 20151216-IR-357150335RFA
Readopted filed 12/1/2017, 9:25 a.m.: 20171227-IR-357170359RFA