The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Chief operator--An individual who has overall responsibility
for the operation of a public water system.
(2) Honorary license--License converted from a perpetual
license that has been discontinued by the commission. This honorary
license does not award the licensee the authority to perform process
control duties in production or distribution of drinking water for
public water systems.
(3) Military operator-in-training--An individual who
is an active duty member of the military of the United States and
has successfully completed the Bioenvironmental Engineering Apprentice
(BEA) or equivalent military training, as determined by the executive
director, and collects microbiological samples and determines disinfection
residuals for military facilities' water distribution systems. This
individual may not perform any other process control duties in the
water distribution or treatment facilities of a military installation.
(4) Operator-in-charge--An individual who has overall
responsibility for the operation of a public water system in the absence
of the chief operator.
(5) Operator-in-training--An unlicensed individual
entering the field of public water system operation for the first
time who has less than one year of experience and is in training to
perform process control duties in production or distribution of public
drinking water.
(6) Public water system operations company--A person
or other nongovernmental entity that provides operations services
to one or more public water systems on a contractual basis.
(7) Public water system operator--Licensed operator
who performs process control duties in production or distribution
of drinking water.
(8) Work experience--The actual performance of job
tasks in a public water supply system that are considered essential
for the treatment or distribution of drinking water.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §30.387 adopted to be effective December 17, 2001, 26 TexReg 10330; amended to be effective September 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 6523; amended to be effective December 27, 2012, 37 TexReg 9944 |
