Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, in this Part
3 the following words have the meanings indicated.
AGRICULTURE
The science or art of cultivating the soil, producing crops,
and raising livestock.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20 degrees Celsius (293 degrees Kelvin), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
CHIEF
The Chief Sanitary Engineer or an authorized deputy, agent,
or representative of the Chief.
COLLECTION SYSTEM
Those lines and appurtenances that gather flows from individual
buildings and deliver the wastewater to a transmission system.
COUNTY
The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County, a body politic
and corporate and a political subdivision of the State of Maryland.
DIRECTOR
The Director of Public Works of the County or an authorized
deputy, agent, or representative of the Director.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
FLOW CHARACTERISTICS
The variations in the flow rate in a particular sector or
for a particular user. These variations are typically described by
such terms as "average daily flow," "peak daily flow," "minimum monthly
flow," "maximum hourly flow," etc.
INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY
That system or program required by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency to assess an industrial user a charge equal to that
portion of the federal grant amount allocable to the treatment of
the industrial user's wastes.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A.
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of
a publicly owned treatment works that:
(1)
Discharges more than the equivalent of 25,000
gallons per day (94.62 cubic meters per day) of sanitary wastes; and
(2)
Is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented,
under one of the following divisions:
(a)
Division A, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing;
(c)
Division D, Manufacturing;
(d)
Division E, Transportation, Communications,
Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services; or
(e)
Division I, Services; and
B.
Any nongovernmental user of a publicly owned
treatment works that discharges wastewater to the treatment works
that:
(1)
Contains toxic pollutants or poisonous solids,
liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction
with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge of any municipal systems,
or to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment process; or
(2)
Constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates
a public nuisance, or creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect
on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works.
LIEN
A charge on real or personal property for the satisfaction
of a debt or duty.
LOT
Any plot or parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied
by a principal building or use, or a group of buildings, and its accessory
buildings and uses, and having frontage on a road.
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user:
A.
Contributing 20% or more of the flow volume
or pollutant loading to a wastewater treatment plant; or
B.
With an average daily flow in excess of 40,000
gallons per day (151.40 cubic meters per day).
MINOR INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user:
A.
Contributing less than 20% of the flow volume
or pollutant loading to a wastewater treatment plant; and
B.
With an average daily flow of 40,000 gallons
per day (151.40 cubic meters per day) or less.
PARCEL
A tract or plot of land.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
RATE SCHEDULE
A schedule, table, or chart detailing specific charges for
each service by unit of flow volume, pollutant loading, front footage,
or other measurement.
RESIDENCE
Any private home, tenant house, apartment, hotel, marina,
mobile home, institution, or places where people reside for any period
of time.
ROAD
A public or private right-of-way that provides a public means
of access to abutting property.
SANITARY COMMISSION
The County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County who sit as
the Sanitary Commission having jurisdiction over the Sanitary District.
SANITARY DISTRICT
Queen Anne's County, State of Maryland, exclusive of any
incorporated municipality.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a residence, commercial building, industrial
plant, institution, or community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to
as "nonfilterable residue."
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
Those lines and appurtenances which gather flows from the
various collection systems and deliver the wastewater to a treatment
system.
TREATMENT SYSTEM
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes, and sludge.
UNIT
A house, building, mobile home, condominium unit, commercial
business, rental or leasehold unit, vessel, pleasure craft, or any
similar structure or facility.
USER CHARGE
A charge levied on users of a wastewater system for the cost
of operation and maintenance of the system.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a residence, commercial business, industrial
plant, institution, or community.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The Queen Anne's County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as
amended from time to time.