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KRS 211.970

Definitions for KRS 211.972 to 211.982

Known as the Kentucky Radiation Control Act

The act spans §§ 211–211 (298 sections).

Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky

As used in KRS 211.972 to 211.982, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Approved" means that which has been considered acceptable to the cabinet;

(2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and includes its authorized agents;

(3) "Grease" means fats or oils of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, separately or in colloidal or dissolved states in combination with soaps, detergents, or food particles;

(4) "Grease trap" means a component designed to separate grease and its constituents from the wastewater stream, provide for storage of separated grease, and discharge the remaining wastewater for treatment;

(5) "Holding tank" means a tank which provides limited pretreatment and storage for off-site disposal where site limitations preclude immediate installation of a subsurface soil absorption system, or connection to a municipal sewer. It also includes portable toilets and similar temporary-use units which contain holding tanks;

(6) "Person" means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, or governmental unit;

(7) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;

(8) "Sewage" means domestic blackwater and greywater wastes, but does not include waste from industrial or commercial processes;

(9) "Sewage pretreatment unit" means a watertight sewage treatment structure designed and constructed to receive raw sewage, separate solids from liquids, digest organic matter through a period of retention, and allow clarified effluent to discharge to a subsurface soil absorption system. Pretreatment units fall into three (3) basic categories:

(a) Septic tanks, which rely predominantly on anaerobic bacterial action for treatment;

(b) Aerobic units, which introduce atmospheric air into the sewage to promote treatment by aerobic bacteria; and (c) Combination units, which provide treatment through both anaerobic and aerobic bacterial action and mechanical filtering, ozonation, or ultraviolet irradiation;

(10) "Sewage sludge" means the solid or semisolid residues which are retained within a sewage pretreatment unit or grease trap, as a result of mechanical, hydraulic, biologic, or chemical actions. It also includes raw sewage accepted and stored within a holding tank;

(11) "Site" means a facility or parcel of land under the ownership of any person which is intended for use as the ultimate disposal or treatment location for sewage sludge; and (12) "Tank" means any container placed on a vehicle to carry in transport sewage sludge removed from a sewage pretreatment unit, grease trap, or holding tank.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.