(a)
Definitions as used in Sections 22a-482-1 to
22a-482-4
inclusive,
(1) "Act" means the Federal Clean
Water Act (
33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq., as amended).
(2) "Ad valorem tax" means a tax based upon
the assessed value of real property.
(3) "Applicant" means a municipality as
defined in section
22a-475
of the General Statutes.
(4)
"Architectural or engineering services" means consultation, investigations,
reporting and design services offered within the scope of the practice of
architecture or professional engineering as defined by the laws of the State of
Connecticut.
(5) "Building" means
the erection, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement or extension of
pollution abatement facilities.
(6)
"Cash flow projection" means a schedule of expenditures to municipal prime
contracts throughout the life of the project.
(7) "Clean Water Fund" means the fund created
under sections
22a-475
to
22a-483
inclusive of the General Statutes.
(8) "Collector sewer" means the common
lateral sewers, within a publicly owned sewer system, which are primarily
installed to receive wastewaters directly from facilities which convey
wastewaters from individual systems, or from private property, and which
include service "Y" connections designed for connection with those facilities
including:
(A) crossover sewers connecting
more than one property on one side of a major street, road, or highway to a
lateral sewer on the other side when they are more cost-effective than parallel
sewers; and
(B) pumping units and
pressurized lines serving individual structures or groups of structures when
such units are more cost-effective and are owned and maintained by the
municipality.
This definition excludes other facilities which convey
wastewater from individual structures or from private property to the public
lateral sewer or its equivalent and also excludes facilities associated with
alternatives to conventional pollution abatement facilities in small
communities.
(9)
"Combined sewer" means a sewer that is designed as a sanitary sewer and a storm
sewer.
(10) "Compatible industrial
wastewater" means wastewater that is produced by an industrial user, has a
pollutant strength and other characteristics similar to those of domestic
wastewater, and can be efficiently and effectively transported and treated with
domestic wastewater.
(11) "Complete
waste treatment system" means a system that consists of all the pollution
abatement facilities necessary to meet the requirements of Title III of the
Act, involving the transport of wastewater from individual homes or buildings
to a plant or facility where treatment of the wastewater is accomplished; the
treatment of the wastewater to remove pollutants; and the ultimate disposal,
including recycling or reuse, of the treated wastewater and residues which
result from the treatment process.
(12) "Construction" means the erection,
building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement or extension of
pollution abatement facilities; or, the inspection and supervision of any of
the foregoing items.
(13) "Cost
Analysis" means the review and evaluation of each element of subagreement cost
to determine reasonableness, allocability and allowability.
(14) "Design" means studies, surveys, plans,
working drawings, specifications, procedures and field testing of innovative
and alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques (excluding
operation and maintenance) requisite for the construction of pollution
abatement facilities.
(15)
"Excessive infiltration/inflow" means the quantity of infiltration/inflow which
can be economically eliminated from a sewer system as determined in a
cost-effectiveness analysis that compares the costs for correcting the
infiltration/inflow conditions to the total costs for transportation and
treatment of the infiltration/inflow.
(16) "Grantee" means a municipality as
defined in section
22a-475
of the General Statutes.
(17)
"Individual systems" means privately owned alternative pollution abatement
facilities (including dual waterless/gray water systems) serving one or more
principal residences or small commercial establishments. Normally these are
onsite systems with localized treatment and disposal of wastewater, but may
include systems serving a cluster of principal residences or small commercial
establishments.
(18) "Infiltration"
means water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system (including sewer
service connections and foundation drains) from the ground through such means
as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does
not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
(19) "Inflow" means water other than
wastewater that enters a sewer system (including sewer service connections)
from sources such as, but not limited to: roof leaders, cellar drains, yard
drains, area drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers,
connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling
towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow
does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
(20) "Initiation of operation" means the date
specified by the municipality on which use of the project begins for the
purpose that it was planned, designed and built.
(21) "Interceptor sewer" means a sewer which
is designed for one or more of the following purposes:
(A) to intercept wastewater from collector
sewers and convey such wastes directly to a treatment facility or another
interceptor;
(B) to replace an
existing pollution abatement facility and transport the waste to an adjoining
collector sewer or interceptor sewer for conveyance to a treatment
plant;
(C) to transport wastewater
from one or more municipal collector sewers to another municipality or to a
regional plant for treatment; or
(D) to intercept an existing discharge of raw
or inadequately treated wastewater for transport directly to another
interceptor or to a pollution abatement facility.
(22) "Municipality" is as defined in section
22a-475
of the General Statutes.
(23)
"Nonexcessive infiltration" means the quantity of wastewater flow which cannot
be economically and effectively eliminated from a sewer system as determined in
a cost-effectiveness analysis.
(24)
"Nonexcessive inflow" means the rainfall induced peak inflow rate which does
not result in chronic operational problems related to hydraulic overloading of
the pollution abatement facility during storm events. These problems may
include surcharging, backups, bypasses, and overflows.
(25) "Operation and maintenance" means
activities required to assure the dependable and economical functioning of
pollution abatement facilities.
(A)
Maintenance: preservation of functional integrity and efficiency of equipment
and structures. This includes preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance
and replacement of equipment as needed during the useful life of the
facility.
(B) Operation: control of
the unit processes and equipment which make up the pollution abatement
facility. This includes financial and personnel management, records, laboratory
control, process control, safety and emergency operation planning.
(26) "Pollution abatement
facility" is as defined in section
22a-475
of the General Statutes and is synonymous with the terms project, treatment
works, treatment system, and treatment facility.
(27) "Pollution abatement facility phase or
segment" means any portion of a complete pollution abatement facility described
in an approved engineering report which can be identified as a contract or
discrete sub-item or subcontract. Completion of the building of a pollution
abatement facility phase or segment may, but need not in and of itself, result
in an operable pollution abatement facility.
(28) "Planning" means all necessary
engineering reports and studies to determine the feasibility of pollution
abatement facilities including pertinent engineering, architectural, legal,
fiscal and economic investigations prior to design.
(29) "Project performance standards" means
the performance and operational requirements applicable to a project including
the enforceable requirements of the Act and the specifications which the
project is planned and designed to meet.
(30) "Price analysis" means the process of
evaluating a prospective price without regard to the contractor's separate cost
elements and proposed profit. Price analysis determines the reasonableness of
the proposed subagreement price based on adequate price competition, previous
experience with similar work, established catalog or market price, law, or
regulation.
(31) "Principal
residence" means the habitation of a family or household for at least 51
percent of the year. Second homes, vacation or recreation residences are not
included in this definition.
(32)
"Profit" means the net proceeds obtained by deducting all allowable costs
(direct and indirect) from the price.
(33) "Project schedule" means a timetable
specifying the dates of key project events including public notices of proposed
procurement actions, subagreement awards, issuance of a notice to proceed with
the building and key milestones in the building, initiation of operation and
completion of the project.
(34)
"Replacement" means expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment,
accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
pollution abatement facility to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance"
includes replacement.
(35)
"Sanitary sewer" means a conduit intended to carry liquid and water carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and
institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters
that are not admitted intentionally.
(36) "Services" means a contractor's labor,
time or efforts which do not involve the delivery of a specific end item, other
than documents which may result from the contractor's labor, time or efforts
(e.g., reports, design drawings, specifications). This term does not include
employment agreements or collective bargaining agreements.
(37) "Small commercial establishments" means
private commercial establishments such as restaurants, hotels, stores, filling
stations, or recreational facilities; or private, non-profit entities such as:
churches, schools, hospitals, or charitable organizations having dry weather
wastewater flows of less than 25,000 gallons per day.
(38) "Small community" means any municipality
with a population of 5,000 or less or highly dispersed sections of large
municipalities, as determined by the Commissioner.
(39) "Storm sewer" means a sewer designed to
carry only storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters and
drainage.
(40) "Subagreement" means
a written agreement between a grant recipient and another party (other than
another public agency) and any lower tier agreement for services, supplies,
equipment, or construction necessary to complete the project. Subagreements
include contracts and subcontracts for personal and professional services,
agreements with consultants and purchase orders.
(41) "Useful life" means the period during
which a pollution abatement facility will be operated.
(42) "User charge" means a charge levied on
users of a pollution abatement facility, or that portion of the ad valorem
taxes paid by a user, for the user's proportionate share of the cost of
operation and maintenance (including replacement) of such facility.
(43) "Value engineering" (VE) means a
specialized cost control technique which uses a systematic and creative
approach to identify and to focus on unnecessarily high costs in a project in
order to arrive at cost savings without sacrificing the reliability or
efficiency of the project.