3-8-040 Definitions

As used in this chapter: Aquifer: A geologic formation, group of geologic formations or part of a geologic formation that contains sufficiently saturated permeable material to yield usable quantities of water to wells and springs. Best Available Technology: The application of design, equipment, work practice, operation standard or combination thereof at a facility to effect the maximum reduction of a pollutant achievable by available processes and methods taking into account energy, public health, environmental and economic impacts and other costs Class IA ground water: Has the following characteristics, total dissolved solids of less than 500 mg/l. and no contaminant concentrations that exceed the ground water quality standards listed in Table 1 of Utah Administrative Code R317-6-2. Class 1A ground water shall be treated as such with or without an official designation as such by the Utah Division of Water Quality. Class IB ground water: Is a source of water for a public drinking water system as defined in the Utah Administrative Code R309-100-4 or a private culinary water system for which no reliable supply of comparable quality and quantity is available because of economic or institutional constraints. Class 1B ground water shall be treated as such with or without an official designation as such by the Utah Division of Water Quality. Class IC ground water: Is a source of ground water discharge important to the continued existence of wildlife habitat. Class 1C ground water shall be treated as such with or without an official designation as such by the Utah Division of Water Quality. Class II ground water: Has the following characteristics, total dissolved solids greater than 500 mg/l and less than 3,000 mg/l, and no contaminant concentrations that exceed the ground water quality standards listed in Table 1 of Utah Administrative Code R3176-2. Class II ground water shall be treated as such with or without an official designation as such by the Utah Division of Water Quality. Commercial solid waste: All types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other non-manufacturing activities. Construction debris landfill: A landfill that receives nonhazardous construction and demolition waste and inert waste. Construction/demolition waste: Solid waste from building materials, packaging, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, abatement, rehabilitation, renovation, and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial building, and other structures. Such waste may include: concrete, bricks, and other masonry materials; soil and rock; waste asphalt; rebar contained in concrete and untreated wood, and tree stumps. Construction/demolition waste does not include: friable asbestos; treated wood; or contaminated soils or tanks resulting from remediation or clean-up at any release or spill. Contaminate: To make impure by exposure to or addition of a polluting substance. Household waste: Any solid waste, including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks, derived from households including single and multiple residences, and bunkhouses. Inert waste: Noncombustible, solid wastes that retain their physical and chemical structure under expected conditions of disposal, including resistance to biological or chemical attack. Low-level radioactive waste: Waste material which contains radioactive nuclides emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation, or both, in concentrations or quantities which exceed applicable federal or state standards for unrestricted release. Low-level radioactive waste: Does not include waste containing more than 100 nanocuries of transuranic contaminants per gram of material, nor spent reactor fuel, nor material classified as either high-level waste or waste which is unsuited for disposal by nearsurface burial under any applicable federal regulations. Major Road: Any Interstate or State Highway. Municipal solid waste: Household waste, yard waste, nonhazardous commercial solid waste, and non-hazardous sludge. Municipal solid waste facility: Any facility for the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment or disposal of solid wastes, including hazardous wastes, whether such facility is associated with facilities generating such wastes or otherwise. Private Culinary Water System: A culinary water system that is privately owned by an individual(s) and shall be treated as such with or without an official designation as such by the Utah Division of Water Quality. Recharge Area: An area in which water is absorbed that eventually reaches the zone of saturation in one or more aquifers. Sole Source Aquifer: An aquifer that supplies at least 50% of the drinking water consumed in the area overlying the aquifer, and which has no alternative drinking water source(s) which could physically, legally, and economically supply water to all who depend on the aquifer for drinking water. A sole source aquifer meeting this definition shall be treated as such with or without an official designation as such by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Solid Waste Landfill: A Commercial disposal site where solid waste, such as paper, glass, and metal, is buried between layers of dirt and other materials in such a way as to reduce contamination of the surrounding land. Wetlands: Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal conditions do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Yard waste: Vegetative matter resulting from landscaping, land maintenance, and land clearing operations including grass clippings, pruning and other discarded material generated from yards, gardens, parks, and similar areas. Yard waste does not include garbage, paper, plastic, processed wood, sludge, seepage, or manure.