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Series 47-57B - Groundwater Protection Standards At Dominion "Generation" Steam Electric Generating Facility, Mt Storm, West Virginia
Section 47-57B-2 - Definitions

W. Va. Code R. § 47-57B-2

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Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Section 47-57B-2 - Definitions
2.1. "Act" means the West Virginia Groundwater Protection Act, W.Va. Code § 22-12-1 et seq.
2.2. "Class of sources" means a group of sources which engage in similar types of activities and release, or have the potential to release, similar types of pollutants to the ground- water.
2.3. "Constituent" means any chemical, or biological substance found in groundwater due to either natural or man-made conditions.
2.4. "Groundwater" means the water occurring in the zone of saturation beneath the seasonal high water table, or any perched water zones.
2.5. "Groundwater Protection Standard" or "GWPS" means the concentration of a specified constituent, statistically calculated, which is achievable with a 95% (percent) confidence level, or greater.
2.6. "Groundwater Quality Standards" means the standards of purity and quality for groundwater of the state promulgated by the Environmental Quality Board pursuant to section 4 of the Act.
2.7. "ppb" - means parts per billion or Fg/l (micrograms per liter).
2.8. "Preventative Action Limit" or "PAL" means a numeric value expressing the concentration of a substance in groundwater that, if exceeded, causes action to be taken to assure that standards of purity and quality of groundwater are not violated.
2.9. "Receptor" means a surface water body, a public or private drinking water supply and any off-site migration onto adjacent properties of groundwater for which the variance is granted.
2.10. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.
2.11. "Source" means any facility or activity which has caused a release or is reasonably likely to cause a release.
2.12. "Variance" means a legislative rule modifying groundwater quality standards or preventative action limits, or both, for a source or class of sources, for one or more specific constituents.
2.13. "Variance applicable area" means a geographic area for which the variance is allowed and is further delineated by geographic coordinates listed in section 3.0 of this rule.

W. Va. Code R. § 47-57B-2