The definitions contained in Texas Water Code, §§26.001,
27.002, 28.001, and 32.002, and Texas Health and Safety Code, §§361.003,
401.003, and 401.004, apply to this chapter. The following words and
terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings.
(1) Application--A formal written request for commission
action relative to a permit or a post-closure order, either on commission
forms or other approved writing, together with all materials and documents
submitted to complete the application.
(2) Bypass--The intentional diversion of a waste stream
from any portion of a treatment facility.
(3) Class I sludge management facility--Any publicly
owned treatment works identified under 40 Code of Federal Regulations §403.10(a),
as being required to have an approved pretreatment program and any
other treatment works treating domestic sewage classified as a Class
I sludge management facility by the regional administrator in conjunction
with the executive director because of the potential for its sludge
use or disposal practices to adversely affect public health and the
environment.
(4) Component--Any constituent part of a unit or any
group of constituent parts of a unit which are assembled to perform
a specific function (e.g., a pump seal, pump, kiln liner, kiln thermocouple).
(5) Continuous discharge--A discharge which occurs
without interruption throughout the operating hours of the facility,
except for infrequent shutdowns for maintenance, process changes,
or other similar activities.
(6) Corrective action management unit (CAMU)--An area
within a facility that is designated by the commission under 40 Code
of Federal Regulations Part 264, Subpart S, for the purpose of implementing
corrective action requirements under §335.167 of this title (relating
to Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units) and Texas Water
Code, §7.031 (relating to Corrective Action Relating to Hazardous
Waste). A CAMU shall only be used for the management of remediation
wastes while implementing such corrective action requirements at the
facility.
(7) Daily average concentration--The arithmetic average
of all effluent samples, composite, or grab as required by this permit,
within a period of one calendar month, consisting of at least four
separate representative measurements.
(A) Domestic wastewater treatment plants. When four
samples are not available in a calendar month, the arithmetic average
(weighted by flow) of all values in the previous four consecutive
month period consisting of at least four measurements shall be utilized
as the daily average concentration.
(B) All other wastewater treatment plants. When four
samples are not available in a calendar month, the arithmetic average
(weighted by flow) of all values taken during the month shall be utilized
as the daily average concentration.
(8) Daily average flow--The arithmetic average of all
determinations of the daily discharge within a period of one calendar
month. The daily average flow determination shall consist of determinations
made on at least four separate days. If instantaneous measurements
are used to determine the daily discharge, the determination shall
be the average of all instantaneous measurements taken during a 24-hour
period or during the period of daily discharge if less than 24 hours.
Daily average flow determination for intermittent discharges shall
consist of a minimum of three flow determinations on days of discharge.
(9) Direct discharge--The discharge of a pollutant.
(10) Discharge monitoring report--The United States
Environmental Protection Agency uniform national form, including any
subsequent additions, revisions, or modifications for the reporting
of self-monitoring results by permittees.
(11) Disposal--The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping,
spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid, liquid, or hazardous waste
into or on any land, or into or adjacent to any water in the state
so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment
or be emitted into the air or discharged into or adjacent to any waters,
including groundwaters.
(12) Disposal facility--A facility or part of a facility
at which solid waste is intentionally placed into or on any land or
water, and at which waste will remain after closure. The term disposal
facility does not include a corrective action management unit into
which remediation wastes are placed.
(13) Effluent limitation--Any restriction imposed on
quantities, discharge rates, and concentrations of pollutants which
are discharged from point sources into waters in the state.
(14) Facility--Includes:
(A) all contiguous land and fixtures, structures, or
appurtenances used for storing, processing, treating, or disposing
of waste, or for injection activities. A facility may consist of several
storage, processing, treatment, disposal, or injection operational
units; and
(B) for the purpose of implementing corrective action
under §335.167 of this title (relating to Corrective Action for
Solid Waste Management Units), all contiguous property under the control
of the owner and operator seeking a permit for the storage, processing,
and/or disposal of hazardous waste. This definition also applies to
facilities implementing corrective action under Texas Water Code, §7.031
(relating to Corrective Action Relating to Hazardous Waste).
(15) Facility mailing list--The mailing list for a
facility maintained by the commission in accordance with 40 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) §124.10(c)(1)(ix) and §39.407
of this title (relating to Mailing Lists). For Class I injection well
underground injection control permits, the mailing list also includes
the agencies described in 40 CFR §124.10(c)(1)(viii).
(16) Functionally equivalent component--A component
which performs the same function or measurement and which meets or
exceeds the performance specifications of another component.
(17) Indirect discharger--A non-domestic discharger
introducing pollutants to a publicly owned treatment works.
(18) Injection well permit--A permit issued in accordance
with Texas Water Code, Chapter 27.
(19) Land disposal facility--Includes landfills, waste
piles, surface impoundments, land farms, and injection wells.
(20) Licensed professional geoscientist--A geoscientist
who maintains a current license through the Texas Board of Professional
Geoscientists in accordance with its requirements for professional
practice.
(21) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System--The
national program for issuing, amending, terminating, monitoring, and
enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements,
under federal Clean Water Act, §§307, 402, 318, and 405.
The term includes an approved program.
(22) New discharger--
(A) Any building, structure, facility, or installation:
(i) from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants;
(ii) that did not commence the discharge of pollutants
at a particular site prior to August 13, 1979;
(iii) which is not a new source; and
(iv) which has never received a finally effective National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for discharges at that
site.
(B) This definition includes an indirect discharger
which commences discharging into water of the United States after
August 13, 1979. It also includes any existing mobile point source
(other than an offshore or coastal oil and gas exploratory drilling
rig or a coastal oil and gas developmental drilling rig) such as a
seafood processing rig, seafood processing vessel, or aggregate plant,
that begins discharging at a site for which it does not have a permit.
(23) New source--Any building structure, facility,
or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants,
the construction of which commenced:
(A) after promulgation of standards of performance
under federal Clean Water Act, §306; or
(B) after proposal of standards of performance in accordance
with federal Clean Water Act, §306, which are applicable to such
source, but only if the standards are promulgated in accordance with
federal Clean Water Act, §306 within 120 days of their proposal.
(24) Operator--The person responsible for the overall
operation of a facility.
(25) Outfall--The point or location where waterborne
waste is discharged from a sewer system, treatment facility, or disposal
system into or adjacent to water in this state.
(26) Owner--The person who owns a facility or part
of a facility.
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