Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words
and phrases shall be defined as follows. References to statutes and
regulations shall be deemed a reference to such law or regulation
as of the effective date of this section.
AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD AND JUNKYARD
An establishment or place of business which is used, maintained,
or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped,
ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, as defined
in MGL c. 140B, § 1.
CMR
Code of Massachusetts Regulations.
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER
Any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients
which is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed
for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except
unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone,
wood ashes, and gypsum, as defined in MGL c. 128, § 64.
DEP
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Any substance or mixture of physical, chemical, or infectious
characteristics posing a significant, actual, or potential hazard
to water supplies or other hazards to human health if such substance
or mixture were discharged to land or water. Hazardous materials include,
without limitation, synthetic organic chemicals, petroleum products,
heavy metals, radioactive or infectious wastes, acids and alkalis,
solvents and thinners in quantities greater than normal household
use, and all substances defined as hazardous or toxic under MGL c.
21C and 21E and 310 CMR 30.00.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any waste defined in the Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Regulations,
310 CMR 30.010. This includes, but is not limited to, waste oil, waste
solvents, waste oil-based paint and waste pesticides.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Material or structure on, above, or below the ground that
does not allow precipitation or surface water to penetrate directly
into the soil.
LANDFILL
A facility established in accordance with a valid site assignment
for the purposes of disposing solid waste into or on the land, pursuant
to 310 CMR 19.006.
MGL
Massachusetts General Laws.
NONSANITARY WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharges from industrial and commercial facilities
containing wastes from any activity other than collection of sanitary
sewage, including but not limited to activities specified in the Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) codes set forth in 310 CMR 15.004(6).
OPEN DUMP
A facility operated or maintained in violation of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act [42 U.S.C. § 4004(a) and (b)],
42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., or state regulations and criteria
for solid waste disposal.
PETROLEUM PRODUCT
Petroleum or petroleum by-product, including but not limited
to fuel oil, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation jet fuel, aviation
gasoline, lubricating oils, oily sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with
other wastes, crude oils, or other liquid hydrocarbons regardless
of specific gravity. "Petroleum product" shall not include liquefied
petroleum gas, including but not limited to liquefied natural gas,
propane or butane.
RECHARGE AREAS
Areas that collect precipitation or surface water and carry
it to aquifers. Recharge areas include DEP-approved Zone I, Zone II,
or Zone III areas.
SEPTAGE
The liquid, solid, and semisolid contents of privies, chemical
toilets, cesspools, holding tanks, or other sewage waste receptacles.
"Septage" does not include any material that is a hazardous waste
as defined by 310 CMR 30.000.
SLUDGE
The solid, semisolid, and liquid residue that results from
a process of wastewater treatment or drinking water treatment. "Sludge"
does not include grit, screening, or grease and oil which are removed
at the headworks of a facility.
SURFACE WATER PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT
Those land areas designated on a map adopted pursuant to
this section that provide recharge to an existing or planned public
drinking water supply well. The Surface Water Protection District
includes all areas designated as a Zone A and Zone B as approved by
the DEP and Zone C+.
TREATMENT WORKS
Any and all devices, processes and properties, real or personal,
used in the collection, pumping, transmission, storage, treatment,
disposal, recycling, reclamation, or reuse of waterborne pollutants,
but not including any works receiving a hazardous waste from off the
site of the works for the purpose of treatment, storage, or disposal.
VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR
Any public or private entity, other than residential, which
produces less than 27 gallons (100 kilograms) a month of hazardous
waste or waste oil, but not including any acutely hazardous waste
as defined in 310 CMR 30.136.
WASTE OIL RETENTION FACILITY
A waste oil collection facility for automobile service stations,
retail outlets, and marinas which is sheltered and has adequate protection
to contain a spill, seepage, or discharge of petroleum waste products
in accordance with MGL c. 21, § 52A.
ZONE A
The land area between the surface water source and the upper
boundary of the bank, and the land area within a 400-foot lateral
distance from the upper boundary of the bank of a Class A surface
water source, as defined in 314 CMR 4.05(3)(a), and the land area
within a 200-foot lateral distance from the upper boundary of the
bank of a tributary or associated surface water body.
ZONE B
The land area within 1/2 mile of the upper boundary of the
bank of a Class A surface water source, as defined in 314 CMR 4.05(3)(a),
or edge of watershed, whichever is less. However, Zone B shall always
include the land area within a 400-foot lateral distance from the
upper boundary of the bank of the Class A surface water source.
ZONE C+
The land area not within Zone A and Zone B delineated on
a map titled "City of Gardner Water Supply Protection Districts" prepared
by the Engineering Department, dated revised January 5, 2011.