W. Va. Code R. § 47-57A-2

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 47-57A-2 - Definitions

2.1. "Act" means the West Virginia Groundwater Protection Act, W.Va. Code '22-12-1 et seq.

2.2. "Class of sources" means a group of sources which engage in similar types of activities and release, or have the potential to release, similar types of pollutants to the groundwater.

2.3. "Constituent" means any chemical, or biological substance found in groundwater due to either natural or man-made conditions.

2.4. "Director" means the director of the Division of Environmental Protection of the Bureau of Environment.

2.5. "Groundwater" means the water occurring in the zone of saturation beneath the seasonal high water table, or any perched water zones.

2.6. "Groundwater Protection Standard" or "GWPS" means the concentration of a specified constituent, statistically calculated, which is achievable with a 95% (percent) confidence level.

2.7. "Groundwater Quality Standards" means the standards of purity and quality for groundwater of the state promulgated by the Environmental Quality Board pursuant to section 4 of the Act.

2.8. "ppb" - means parts per billion or [PHI]g/l.

2.9. "Preventative Action Limit" or "PAL" means a numeric value expressing the concentration of a substance in groundwater that, if exceeded, causes action to be taken to assure that standards of purity and quality of groundwater are not violated.

2.10. "Receptor" means a surface water body, a public or private drinking water supply and any off-site migration onto adjacent properties of groundwater for which the variance is granted.

2.11. "Source" means any facility or activity which has caused a release or is reasonably likely to cause a release.

2.12. "Variance" means a legislative rule modifying groundwater quality standards or preventative action limits, or both, for a source or class of sources, for one or more specific constituents.

2.13. "Variance applicable areas" means a geographic area for which the variance is allowed and is further delineated by geographic coordinates listed in section 3.0 of this rule.

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