| (97) Treat or treatment--The preparation of sewage
sludge, biosolids, domestic septage, or water treatment residuals
for final use or disposal. This includes, but is not limited to, thickening,
stabilization, initial alkali addition for pathogen or vector control,
and dewatering. This term does not include storage of sewage sludge,
biosolids, domestic septage, or water treatment residuals, or subsequent
alkali addition for pathogen or vector control.
(98) Treatment works--Either a federally owned, publicly
owned, or privately-owned device or system used to treat (including
recycle and reclaim) either domestic sewage or a combination of domestic
sewage and industrial waste of a liquid nature, located at an authorized
wastewater treatment plant.
(99) Turf crop--Grass and the surface layer of earth
held together by its roots that is grown and harvested as sod, sprigs,
or plugs, primarily for the establishment of lawns.
(100) Unstabilized solids--Organic materials in sewage
sludge or biosolids that have not been treated in either an aerobic
or anaerobic treatment process.
(101) Unstable area--Land subject to natural or human
induced forces that may damage the structural components of an active
disposal unit or land application unit. This includes, but is not
limited to, land that the soils are subject to mass movement.
(102) Vector attraction--The characteristic of sewage
sludge, biosolids, and domestic septage that attracts rodents, flies,
mosquitoes, or other organisms capable of transporting infectious
agents.
(103) Volatile solids--The amount of the total solids
in a material that is lost when the material is combusted at 550 degrees
Celsius in the presence of excess oxygen.
(104) Waste pile--Any noncontainerized accumulation
of solid, nonflowing waste that is used for treatment or storage.
(105) Water treatment residuals--Material generated
during the treatment of either surface water or groundwater for potable
use, which is not an industrial solid waste as defined in §335.1
of this title (relating to Definitions).
(106) Wetlands--Those areas that are inundated or saturated
by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration to support,
and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands
generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §312.8 adopted to be effective October 13, 1995, 20 TexReg 7840; amended to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 6300; amended to be effective October 2, 2003, 28 TexReg 8346; amended to be effective October 20, 2005, 30 TexReg 6743; amended to be effective October 2, 2014, 39 TexReg 7756; amended to be effective April 23, 2020, 45 TexReg 2542 |
