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211.970 Definitions for KRS 211.972 to 211.982.
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.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 392, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 342, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1972 (1st
Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1973.
Legislative Research Commission Note. Due to the transfer of functions by KRS
224.022, subsections (1) to (3) have been included in this section by the Reviser
of Statutes. Subsections (4) to (7) were formerly compiled in KRS 224.005.
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