Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-354i-1 - Definitions
For the purpose of sections 22a-354i-1 to 22a-354i-10, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Affected water
company" means "affected water company" as defined in section
22a-354h of the
Connecticut General Statutes;
(2)
"Applicant" means, as appropriate in context, a person who applies for an
exemption under section
22a-354i-6
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or a permit under section
22a-354i-8 of
the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(3) "Application" means, as appropriate in
context, an application for an exemption under section
22a-354i-6
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or an application for a
permit under section
22a-354i-8 of
the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(4) "Aquifer protection area" means "aquifer
protection area" as defined in section
22a-354h of the
Connecticut General Statutes and any extension of such area approved by the
Commissioner pursuant to section
22a-354i-4
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(5) "Area of contribution" means "area of
contribution" as defined in section
22a-354h of the
Connecticut General Statutes and as mapped in accordance with section
22a-354b-1
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(6) "Bulk storage facility" means property
where oil or petroleum liquids are received by tank vessel, pipeline, railroad
car or tank vehicle for the purpose of storage for wholesale
distribution;
(7) "Certified
Hazardous Materials Manager" means a hazardous materials manager certified by
the Institute of Hazardous Materials Managers and who is qualified by reason of
relevant specialized training and relevant specialized experience to conduct
audits of regulated activities to ensure compliance with applicable law and
identify appropriate pollution prevention practices for such
activities;
(8) "Commissioner"
means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, or his or her
agent;
(9) "Domestic sewage" means
"domestic sewage" as defined in section
22a-430-3(a)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(10) "Facility" means property where a
regulated activity is conducted by any person, including without limitation any
buildings located on the property that are owned or leased by that person; and
includes contiguous land owned, leased, or for which there is an option to
purchase by that person;
(11)
"Floor drain" means any opening in a floor or surface which opening or surface
receives materials spilled or deposited thereon;
(12) "Hazardous material" means (A) any
hazardous substance as defined in
40 CFR
302.4 and listed therein at Table 302.4,
excluding mixtures with a total concentration of less than 1% hazardous
substances based on volume, (B) any hazardous waste as defined in section
22a-449(c)
-101 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, (C) any pesticide as
defined in section
22a-47 of the
Connecticut General Statutes, or (D) any oil or petroleum as defined in section
22a-448
of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(13) "Hazardous waste" means "hazardous
waste" as defined in section
22a-449(c)
-101 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(14) "Industrial laundry" means a facility
for washing clothes, cloth or other fabric used in industrial
operations;
(15) "Infiltration
device" means any discharge device installed below or above the ground surface
which device is designed to discharge liquid to the ground;
(16) "Inland wetland map" means a map
pursuant to section
22a-42a
of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(17) "ISO 14001 environmental management
system certification" means a current ISO 14001 environmental management system
certification issued by an ISO 14001 environmental management system registrar
that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute and Registrar
Accreditation Board;
(18) "Level A
mapping boundary" means the lines as shown on Level A maps approved or prepared
by the Commissioner pursuant to sections
22a-354c,
22a-354d
or
22a-354z
of the Connecticut General Statutes encompassing the area of contribution and
recharge areas;
(19) "Lubricating
oil" means oil that contains less than 1% chlorinated solvents and is used for
the sole purpose of lubricating, cutting, grinding, machining, stamping or
quenching metals;
(20) "Municipal
aquifer protection agency" means the board or commission authorized by the
municipality under section
22a-354o
of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(21) "Municipality" means "municipality" as
defined in section
22a-354h of the
Connecticut General Statutes;
(22)
"Owner" means the owner or lessee of the facility in question;
(23) "De-icing chemical" means sodium
chloride, calcium chloride, or calcium magnesium acetate;
(24) "Person" means any individual, firm,
partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation, limited
liability company, municipality, agency, political or administrative
subdivision of the state, federal agencies as permitted by law, or other legal
entity of any kind;
(25)
"Pollution" means "pollution" as defined in section
22a-423
of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(26) "Pollution prevention" means the use of
processes and materials so as to reduce or minimize the amount of hazardous
materials used or the quantity and concentration of pollutants in waste
generated;
(27) "Professional
engineer" means a professional engineer licensed in accordance with chapter 391
of the Connecticut General Statutes, and who is qualified by reason of relevant
specialized training and relevant specialized experience to conduct audits of
regulated activities to ensure compliance with applicable law and identify
appropriate pollution prevention practices for such activities;
(28) "Publicly owned treatment works" means
"publicly owned treatment works" as defined in section
22a-430-3
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(29) "Public service company" means "public
service company" as defined in section
16-1 of
the Connecticut General Statutes;
(30) "Public supply well" means "public
supply well" as defined in section
19-13-B51b
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(31) "Recharge area" means "recharge area" as
defined in section
22a-354h of the
Connecticut General Statutes and as mapped in accordance with section
22a-354b-1
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(32) "Registered regulated activity" means a
regulated activity which has been registered in accordance with section
22a-354i-7
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and is conducted at the
facility identified in such registration;
(33) "Registrant" means a person, who or
which, has submitted a registration for a regulated activity in accordance with
section
22a-354i-7
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(34) "Regulated activity" means any of the
following activities, which are located or conducted, wholly or partially, in
an aquifer protection area, except as provided for in sections
22a-354i-5(c)
and
22a-354i-6
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(A) underground storage or transmission of
oil or petroleum, to the extent such activity is not pre-empted by federal law,
or hazardous material, except for (i) an underground storage tank that contains
number two (2) fuel oil and is located more than five hundred (500) feet from a
public supply well subject to regulation under section
22a-354c
or section
22a-354z
of the Connecticut General Statutes, or (ii) underground electrical facilities
such as transformers, breakers, or cables containing oil for cooling or
insulation purposes which are owned and operated by a public service
company,
(B) oil or petroleum
dispensing for the purpose of retail, wholesale or fleet use,
(C) on-site storage of hazardous materials
for the purpose of wholesale sale,
(D) repair or maintenance of vehicles or
internal combustion engines of vehicles, involving the use, storage or disposal
of hazardous materials, including solvents, lubricants, paints, brake fluids,
transmission fluids or the generation of hazardous wastes,
(E) salvage operations of metal or vehicle
parts,
(F) wastewater discharges to
ground water other than domestic sewage and stormwater, except for discharges
from the following that have received a permit issued by the Commissioner
pursuant to section
22a-430
of the Connecticut General Statutes: (i) a pump and treat system for ground
water remediation, (ii) a potable water treatment system, (iii) heat pump
system, (iv) non-contact cooling water system, or (v) swimming pools,
(G) car or truck washing, unless all waste
waters from such activity are lawfully disposed of through a connection to a
publicly owned treatment works,
(H)
production or refining of chemicals, including without limitation hazardous
materials or asphalt,
(I) clothes
or cloth cleaning service which involves the use, storage or disposal of
hazardous materials including without limitation dry-cleaning
solvents,
(J) industrial laundry
service which involves the cleaning of clothes or cloth contaminated by
hazardous material, unless all waste waters from such activity are lawfully
disposed of through a connection to a publicly owned treatment works,
(K) generation of electrical power by means
of fossil fuels, except for (i) generation of electrical power by an emergency
engine as defined by section
22a-174-22 e(a) of the
Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or (ii) generation of electrical
power by means of natural gas or propane,
(L) production of electronic boards,
electrical components, or other electrical equipment involving the use, storage
or disposal of any hazardous material or involving metal plating, degreasing of
parts or equipment, or etching operations,
(M) embalming or crematory services which
involve the use, storage or disposal of hazardous material, unless all waste
waters from such activity are lawfully disposed of through a connection to a
publicly owned treatment works,
(N)
furniture stripping operations which involve the use, storage or disposal of
hazardous materials,
(O) furniture
finishing operations which involve the use, storage or disposal of hazardous
materials, unless all waste waters from such activity are lawfully disposed of
through a connection to a publicly owned treatment works,
(P) storage, treatment or disposal of
hazardous waste subject to a permit under sections
22a-449(c)
-100 to 22a-449(c)-110, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State
Agencies,
(Q) biological or
chemical testing, analysis or research which involves the use, storage or
disposal of hazardous material, unless all waste waters from such activity are
lawfully disposed of through a connection to a publicly owned treatment works,
and provided that on-site testing of a public supply well by a public water
utility is not a regulated activity,
(R) pest control services which involve
storage, mixing or loading of pesticides or other hazardous
materials,
(S) photographic
finishing which involves the use, storage or disposal of hazardous materials,
unless all waste water from such activity are lawfully disposed of through a
connection to a publicly owned treatment works,
(T) production or fabrication of metal
products which involves the use, storage or disposal of hazardous materials
including (i) metal cleaning or degreasing with industrial solvents, (ii) metal
plating, or (iii) metal etching,
(U) printing, plate making, lithography,
photoengraving, or gravure, which involves the use, storage or disposal of
hazardous materials,
(V)
accumulation or storage of waste oil, anti-freeze or spent lead-acid batteries
which are subject to a general permit issued under sections
22a-208(i)
and
22a-454(e)(1)
of the Connecticut General Statutes,
(W) production of rubber, resin cements,
elastomers or plastic, which involves the use, storage or disposal of hazardous
materials,
(X) storage of de-icing
chemicals, unless such storage takes place within a weather-tight water-proof
structure for the purpose of retail sale or for the purpose of deicing parking
areas or access roads to parking areas,
(Y) accumulation, storage, handling,
recycling, disposal, reduction, processing, burning, transfer or composting of
solid waste which is subject to a permit issued by the Commissioner pursuant to
sections
22a-207b,
22a-208a,
and
22a-208c
of the Connecticut General Statutes, except for a potable water treatment
sludge disposal area,
(Z) dying,
coating or printing of textiles, or tanning or finishing of leather, which
activity involves the use, storage or disposal of hazardous
materials,
(AA) production of wood
veneer, plywood, reconstituted wood or pressure-treated wood, which involves
the use, storage or disposal of hazardous material, and
(BB) pulp production processes that involve
bleaching;
(35)
"Release" means "release" as defined in section
22a-133k-1 of the
Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(36) "State aquifer protection regulations"
means sections 22a-354i-1 to
22a-354i-10,
inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(37) "Storage" means the holding or
possession of any hazardous material;
(38) "Storage tank" means a stationary device
which is designed to store hazardous materials, and is constructed of
non-earthen materials including without limitation concrete, steel, fiberglass
or plastic;
(39) "Topographic
feature" means an object, whether natural or man-made, located on the earth
surface and of sufficient size that it appears on a 1:24,000 scale topographic
quadrangle map drawn by the United States Geological Survey;
(40) "Underground" when referring to a
storage tank or storage tank component means that ten percent or more of the
volumetric capacity of such tank or component is below the surface of the
ground and that portion which is below the surface of the ground is not fully
visible for inspection;
(41)
"Vehicle" or "vehicles" means a "vessel" as defined by section
15-170
of the Connecticut General Statutes, and any vehicle propelled or drawn by any
non-muscular power, including without limitation an automobile, aircraft,
all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile;
(42) "Waters" means "waters" as defined in
section
22a-423
of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(43) "Well field" means "well field" as
defined in section
22a-354h of the
Connecticut General Statutes; and
(44) "Zoning district map" means any map
showing zoning districts prepared in accordance with maps adopted pursuant to
section
8-3
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
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