2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 130A - Public Health.
§ 130A-334. Definitions.

§ 130A‑334.  Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply throughout this Article:

(1)        "Construction" means any work at the site of placement done for the purpose of preparing a residence, place of business or place of public assembly for initial occupancy, or subsequent additions or modifications which increase sewage flow.

(1a)      "Department" means the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

(2)        Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 462, s. 18.

(2a)      "Industrial process wastewater" means any water‑carried waste resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade, or business.

(3)        "Location" means the initial placement for occupancy of a residence, place of business or place of public assembly.

(3a)      "Maintenance" means normal or routine maintenance including replacement of broken pipes, cleaning, or adjustment to an existing wastewater system.

(4),       (5) Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 462, s. 18.

(6)        "Place of business" means a store, warehouse, manufacturing establishment, place of amusement or recreation, service station, office building or any other place where people work.

(7)        "Place of public assembly" means a fairground, auditorium, stadium, church, campground, theater or any other place where people assemble.

(7a)      "Plat" means a property survey prepared by a registered land surveyor, drawn to a scale of one inch equals no more than 60 feet, that includes: the specific location of the proposed facility and appurtenances, the site for the proposed wastewater system, and the location of water supplies and surface waters. "Plat" also means, for subdivision lots approved by the local planning authority and recorded with the county register of deeds, a copy of the recorded subdivision plat that is accompanied by a site plan that is drawn to scale.

(7b)      "Pretreatment" means any biological, chemical, or physical process or system for improving wastewater quality and reducing wastewater constituents prior to final treatment and disposal in a subsurface wastewater system and includes, but is not limited to aeration, clarification, digestion, disinfection, filtration, separation, and settling.

(8)        "Public or community wastewater system" means a single system of wastewater collection, treatment and disposal owned and operated by a sanitary district, a metropolitan sewage district, a water and sewer authority, a county or municipality or a public utility.

(9)        "Relocation" means the displacement of a residence or place of business from one site to another.

(9a)      "Repair" means the extension, alteration, replacement, or relocation of existing components of a wastewater system.

(10)      "Residence" means a private home, dwelling unit in a multiple family structure, hotel, motel, summer camp, labor work camp, manufactured home, institution or any other place where people reside.

(10a)    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.

(11)      Repealed by Session Laws 1992, c. 944, s. 3.

(12)      "Septic tank system" means a subsurface wastewater system consisting of a settling tank and a subsurface disposal field.

(13)      "Sewage" means the liquid and solid human body waste and liquid waste generated by water‑using fixtures and appliances, including those associated with foodhandling. The term does not include industrial process wastewater or sewage that is combined with industrial process wastewater.

(13a)    "Site plan" means a drawing not necessarily drawn to scale that shows the existing and proposed property lines with dimensions, the location of the facility and appurtenances, the site for the proposed wastewater system, and the location of water supplies and surface waters.

(14)      "Wastewater" means any sewage or industrial process wastewater discharged, transmitted, or collected from a residence, place of business, place of public assembly, or other places into a wastewater system.

(15)      "Wastewater system" means a system of wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal in single or multiple components, including a privy, septic tank system, public or community wastewater system, wastewater reuse or recycle system, mechanical or biological wastewater treatment system, any other similar system, and any chemical toilet used only for human waste. (1973, c. 452, s. 4; 1981, c. 949, s. 3; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; 1985, c. 462, s. 18; c. 487, s. 9; 1987, c. 435; 1991, c. 256, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 944, s. 3; c. 1028, s. 4; 1995, c. 285, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 585, s. 1; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 27.31(a), (b); 1997‑443, s. 11A.82.)