211.970 Definitions for KRS 211.972 to 211.982.
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As 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.