Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-116-B-2

Current through June 15, 2024

Section 22a-116-B-2 - Definitions

As used in Sections 22a-116 -B-1 to 22a-116-B-11, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and Section 22a-122-1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(1) "Active Part" for the purposes of minimum distance requirements set forth in Section 22a-122-1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies means that portion of a hazardous waste facility where handling, storage, treatment, recovery, or disposal of hazardous waste will be, is being, or has in the past been conducted;

(2) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a usable amount of ground water to wells or springs;

(3) "Certificate" means the certificate of public safety and necessity required by Section 22a-117 of the Connecticut General Statutes to commence construction or modification of a hazardous waste facility;

(4) "Closure Period" means the first 180 days after the hazardous waste facility receives its final volume of hazardous waste or any other period fixed by the Council;

(5) "Construction" means the fabrication, erection, installation, or excavation of a hazardous waste facility which does not constitute a modification;

(6) "Container" means any portable device in which a material is stored, transported, treated, disposed of, or otherwise handled;

(7) "Groundwater" means water present in the zone of saturation or an aquifer;

(8) "Incinerator" means an enclosed device using controlled flame combustion, the primary purpose of which is to thermally break down hazardous waste. Examples of incinerators are rotary kiln, fluidized bed, and liquid injection incinerators;

(9) "Landfill" means a disposal facility or part of a facility where hazardous waste is placed in or on land and which is not a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, or an injection well;

(10) "Land treatment facility" means a facility or part of a facility at which hazardous waste is applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface; such facilities are disposal facilities if the waste will remain after closure;

(11) "Local project review committee" means the committee which may be established pursuant to Section 22a-127 of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(12) "Management" means the treatment, disposal, or long term storage of hazardous waste;

(13) "Neighboring municipality" means any municipality which:

(A) shares a common border with the municipality within which the largest portion of the proposed facility is located;

(B) occupies any area within a ten-mile radius of the proposed facility site; or

(C) petitions the Council pursuant to Section 22a-116 -B-5 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies for consideration as the neighboring municipality likely to be most affected by the proposed facility;

(14) "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of a facility;

(15) "Owner" means the person who owns a facility or part of a facility;

(16) "Surface impoundment" or "impoundment" means a facility or part of facility which is a natural topographic depression, man-made excavation, or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials, although it may be lined with man-made materials, which is designated to hold an accumulation of liquid wastes or wastes containing free liquids, and which is not an injection well. Examples of surface impoundments are holding, storage, settling, and aeration pits, ponds, and lagoons;

(17) "Surface water" means the tidal waters, harbors, estuaries, rivers, brooks, watercourses, waterways, lakes, ponds, springs, marshes, drainage systems, and all other surfaces, bodies, or accumulations of water, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon this state or any portion thereof;

(18) "Tank" means a stationary device designed to contain an accumulation of hazardous waste which is constructed primarily of non-earthen materials which provide structural support;

(19) "Thermal treatment" means the treatment of hazardous waste in a device which uses elevated temperatures as the primary means to change the chemical, physical, or biological character or composition of the hazardous waste. Examples of thermal treatment processes are incineration, molten salt, pyrolysis, calcination, wet air oxidation, and microwave discharge;

(20) "Transferee" means a person who becomes an owner or operator after a certificate has been issued for the facility;

(21) "Waste pile" or "pile" means any noncontainerized accumulation of solid, nonflowing hazardous waste that is used for treatment or storage.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-116-B-2

Effective March 7, 1989; Amended September 7, 2012