N.H. Code Admin. R. Env app B

Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024
Appendix B - STATUTORY DEFINITIONS

RSA 485-A:2:

VI."Industrial waste" means any liquid, gaseous or solid waste substance resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing trade or business or from development of any natural resources.

VII-a. "Operator" means:

(a) The individual who has full responsibility for the daily operation of a wastewater treatment plant or a pollution control facility;

(b) The individual normally responsible for the operations shift; or

(c) Individuals who perform important operating functions.

VIII."Other wastes" means garbage, municipal refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, lime, ashes, offal, oil, tar, chemicals and other substances other than sewage or industrial wastes, and any other substance harmful to human, animal, fish or aquatic life.

IX."Person" means any municipality, governmental subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity.

IX-a. "Septage" means material removed from septic tanks, cesspools, holding tanks, or other sewage treatment storage units, excluding sewage sludge from public treatment works and industrial waste and any other sludge.

X."Sewage" means the water-carried waste products from buildings, public or private, together with such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present.

XVI-a. "Wastewater treatment plant" means the treatment facility or group of treatment devices which treats domestic or combined domestic and industrial wastewater through alteration, alone or in combination, of the physical, chemical, or bacteriological quality of the wastewater and which dewaters and handles sludge removed from the wastewater.

XVII."Bypass" means the intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of the wastewater facilities.

XVIII."Upset" means an exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with permit effluent limitations because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee.

RSA 125-N:2:

VIII."Medical/infectious waste" means any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals. Medical/infectious waste does not include any hazardous waste regulated under RSA 147-A.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env app B