Section 211.970 - Definitions for KRS 211.972 to 211.982As used in KRS 211.972 to 211.982, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Approved" means that which has been considered acceptable to the cabinet;(2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and includes its authorized agents;(3) "Grease" means fats or oils of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, separately or in colloidal or dissolved states in combination with soaps, detergents, or food particles;(4) "Grease trap" means a component designed to separate grease and its constituents from the wastewater stream, provide for storage of separated grease, and discharge the remaining wastewater for treatment;(5) "Holding tank" means a tank which provides limited pretreatment and storage for off-site disposal where site limitations preclude immediate installation of a subsurface soil absorption system, or connection to a municipal sewer. It also includes portable toilets and similar temporary-use units which contain holding tanks;(6) "Person" means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, or governmental unit;(7) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;(8) "Sewage" means domestic blackwater and greywater wastes, but does not include waste from industrial or commercial processes;(9) "Sewage pretreatment unit" means a watertight sewage treatment structure designed and constructed to receive raw sewage, separate solids from liquids, digest organic matter through a period of retention, and allow clarified effluent to discharge to a subsurface soil absorption system. Pretreatment units fall into three (3) basic categories:(a) Septic tanks, which rely predominantly on anaerobic bacterial action for treatment;(b) Aerobic units, which introduce atmospheric air into the sewage to promote treatment by aerobic bacteria; and(c) Combination units, which provide treatment through both anaerobic and aerobic bacterial action and mechanical filtering, ozonation, or ultraviolet irradiation;(10) "Sewage sludge" means the solid or semisolid residues which are retained within a sewage pretreatment unit or grease trap, as a result of mechanical, hydraulic, biologic, or chemical actions. It also includes raw sewage accepted and stored within a holding tank;(11) "Site" means a facility or parcel of land under the ownership of any person which is intended for use as the ultimate disposal or treatment location for sewage sludge; and(12) "Tank" means any container placed on a vehicle to carry in transport sewage sludge removed from a sewage pretreatment unit, grease trap, or holding tank.Effective:6/20/2005
Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 392, effective6/20/2005. -- Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 342, effective 7/15/1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 3, effective 7/14/1992. -- Created 1972 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1, effective 1/1/1973.