06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 555, § 3

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 096-555-3 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings.

A. Transported wastes. "Transported wastes" or "wastes", for purposes of this rule only, means any liquid non-hazardous waste delivered to a wastewater treatment facility by a truck or other similar conveyance that has different chemical constituents or a greater strength than the influent described on the facility's application for a waste discharge license. Such wastes may include but are not limited toseptage, industrial wastes or other wastes to which chemicals in quantities potentially harmful to the treatment facility or receiving water have been added.

B.Wastewater treatment facility. "Wastewater treatment facility" means the facility or group of units provided for the treatment of sewage and/or wastewater and for the reduction and handling of sewage removed from such wastes. For the purposes of this rule, collector sewers, interceptor sewers, and pumping stations serving the wastewater facility are considered part of the facility.

C. Waste receiving facilities. "Waste receiving facilities" mean the point(s) at which the transfer of transported wastes from conveyance vehicles to wastewater treatment facilities takes place.

D.Department. "Department" means the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

E.Side stream treatment or storage. "Side stream treatment or storage" means structures to which transported wastes are added that avoid their direct addition to the influent flow at a wastewater treatment facility. These processes include, but are not limited to, transported waste storage tanks, chemical conditioning, solids dewatering systems or sludge storage tanks. Transported wastes placed in these locations may subsequently be added to the influent flow at controlled rates.

F.Design capacity. "Design capacity" means the capability of a wastewater treatment facility to receive and properly treat established sustained average quantities of flow and specific pollutants. Such capacity must be determined by a Professional Engineer and approved by the Department.

G.Septage. "Septage" means any waste, refuse, effluent, sludge or other material from septic tanks, cesspools, vault privies or similar sources that concentrate wastes.

06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 555, § 3