KRS 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 constituen ts

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 precl ude 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, orga nization, 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 atm ospheric 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 transpor t sewage sludge

removed from a sewage pretreatment unit, grease trap, or holding tank.