Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-416-1 - General
(a) Sections 22a-416-1 to
22a-416-10,
inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be known as
the Wastewater Treatment Operator Regulations.
(b)
Definitions
For purposes of Sections 22a-416-1 to 22a-416-10, inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Advisory committee" means the advisory
committee appointed under section
22a-416-10 of
the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(2) "Applicant" means an individual who files
an application;
(3) "Application"
means an application for operator certification under the Wastewater Treatment
Operator Regulations;
(4)
"Biological wastewater treatment process" means the process by which metabolic
activities of bacteria and other microorganisms break down complex organic
materials into simple, more stable substances;
(5) "BOD5" means the
amount of oxygen utilized by bacteria in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter over five days;
(6)
"Certificate" means a certificate issued by the commissioner stating that the
operator named therein has met the minimum requirements for the operator
classification specified in such certificate;
(7) "Certification" means the issuance of a
certificate;
(8) "Class" and
"Classification" are interchangeable;
(9) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection as defined in subsection (b) of section
22a-2
of the general statutes;
(10)
"Chief Operator" means the operator who has ultimate supervisory responsibility
for the operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment facility, is
responsible for signing the discharge monitoring reports and is responsible for
the daily on-site supervision, process control direction and overall
performance of such facility;
(11)
"Contact hour" means one hour of instruction on a topic determined by the
commissioner to be related to wastewater treatment facility
operation;
(12) "Continuing
education unit" (CEU) means ten contact hours of participation in an organized
higher education rogram approved by the commissioner for wastewater treatment
operators;
(13) "Day" means
calendar day;
(14) "Department"
means the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection;
(15) "Direct responsible charge experience"
for a chief operator or shift operator means experience as an on-site daily
supervisor of the operation of a wastewater treatment facility with
responsibility for, without limitation, process control direction. Operation of
individual process units alone does not constitute direct responsible charge
experience. "Direct responsible charge experience" for a process control
operator means experience as on-site daily responsibility for process control
direction of a wastewater treatment facility;
(16) "Discharge monitoring report" means the
monthly report required by subsection (j) of section
22a-430-3
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(17) "Domestic wastewater" means wastewater
discharged from residences or from employee or public washrooms in
institutions, businesses, or industrial establishments;
(18) "Domestic wastewater process" means any
process of treating any volume of wastewater consisting wholly or partially of
domestic wastewater;
(19)
"Examination" means an examination for operator certification under subsection
(b) of section
22a-416-5
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(20) "Foreign certificate" means a
certificate issued by a state, territory or possession of the United States
other than Connecticut, stating that the holder thereof has met the minimum
qualifications for a wastewater treatment facility operator required by such
state, territory, or possession;
(21) "G.E.D." means a general equivalency
diploma obtained by passing a general educational development test or its
equivalent as recognized by the issuing state board of education;
(22) "Higher education" means post-high
school education or training, including but not limited to training courses,
seminars, workshops, conferences, and college level courses, related, in the
commissioner's sole judgement, to wastewater treatment facility
operation;
(23) "Industrial
wastewater" means wastewater other than domestic wastewater, discharged from
institutions, businesses, or industrial establishments that is amenable to
treatment by means of biological wastewater treatment;
(24) "In the field" refers to employment at a
wastewater treatment facility or employment which, in the commissioner's sole
judgement, is related to the operation of a wastewater treatment facility;
examples of such employment include start-up services, technical assistance,
operator training or the administration of a wastewater treatment
facility;
(25) "MGD" means million
gallons per day;
(26) "Misconduct"
means behavior by an applicant in the course of an operator certification
examination which conduct interferes with administration of such examination
including but not limited to, talking or otherwise making noise during
examination, cheating, and use of unauthorized material;
(27) "Monthly operating report" means the
monthly report required by subsection (j) of section
22a-430-3
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(28) "Operator" means any individual who
operates, is contracted to operate, or is employed by an entity or contractor
to operate equipment at a wastewater treatment facility so as to affect
treatment processes;
(29) "Operator
experience" means an individual's experience of satisfactorily performing the
duties of an operator at a wastewater treatment facility while employed at any
such facility;
(30)
"Operator-in-training" means an applicant who has satisfied all of the
requirements for certification under the wastewater treatment operator
regulations except for the minimum experience requirements of subdivision
(c)(5) of section
22a-416-4
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(31) "Operating shift" means a regular period
of time at a wastewater treatment facility when operators are present and make
process control changes;
(32)
"Owner" means the owner in fee simple of a wastewater treatment facility,
provided that if the owner contracts with another person to operate such
facility, the contractor shall be deemed the owner for the purposes of the
wastewater treatment operator regulations;
(33) "Population equivalent" means the
estimated population that contributes or will contribute a given amount of BOD5
or suspended solids to wastewater. For the purpose of determining a population
equivalent, estimated population shall be calculated assuming 0.17 pounds of
BOD5 per capita per day or 0.20 pounds of suspended solids per capita per
day;
(34) "Process control
direction" means direction of the operation of the biological wastewater
treatment process at a wastewater treatment facility;
(35) "Process control operator" means the
operator who, subject to the authority of the chief operator, is responsible
for process control direction;
(36)
"Reciprocal certificate" means a certificate issued pursuant to subdivision
(c)(5) of section
22a-416-5
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(37) "Satisfactory evidence" means certified
copies of official transcripts, diplomas, course descriptions, foreign
certificates, or other documents acceptable to the commissioner;
(38) "Shift operator" means the operator,
subject to the authority of the chief operator, who has supervisory
responsibility for the operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment
facility during any operating shift;
(39) "Supervisory responsibility" means daily
routine responsibility for managing personnel and operations at a wastewater
treatment facility;
(40)
"Wastewater" means domestic or industrial wastewater;
(41) "Wastewater treatment facility" means an
arrangement of structures and equipment, including solids handling equipment,
whose purpose is to treat domestic wastewater or industrial wastewater by means
of a biological wastewater treatment process. A domestic wastewater disposal
system for a category I or II discharge as defined in subparagraphs (b)(2)(A)
and (b)(2)(B) of section
22a-430-1
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies is not a wastewater treatment
facility; and
(42) "Watchman shift"
means a regular period of time at a wastewater treatment facility during which
one or more operators are present but do not make any independent process
control changes or conduct any other independent activities which could affect
the quality of air, solids, or liquids discharged from the facility.
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