06-096 C.M.R. ch. 596, § 3 - Definitions

The terms used in this chapter are defined as follows.

A. Blackwater. "Blackwater" is wastewater containing domestic pollution that includes human excrement and urine.

B. Domestic Pollutants. "Domestic Pollutants" are any materials including, without limitations, sanitary wastes, waste water from household activities or wastewaters with similar chemical characteristics, which are generated at residential or commercial locations.

C. Facility. "Facility" means all structures assigned wastewater discharge volume according to the Maine Subsurface Waste Water Disposal Rules (Subsurface Rules) 10-144 CMR 241, that are either connected to the waste discharge system or will use it during normal operation.

D. Graywater. "Graywater" is wastewater containing domestic pollutants excluding human excrement and urine.

E. Licensee. A "licensee" is the person, persons, or legal entity identified on the license.

F. Overboard Discharge. An "overboard Discharge" is a discharge to the surface waters of the State of domestic pollutants not conveyed to and treated in municipal or quasi-municipal sewage treatment facilities.

G. Public Nuisance Condition. A "public nuisance condition" means an existing overboard discharge to a receiving water that is:

(1) A Class GPA, AA, A, or SA water;

(2) A tributary to Class GPA water;

(3) A waterbody with a drainage area of less than 10 square miles; or

(4) Contribute to a violation of Maine's Water Classification Laws 38 M.R.S.A. §§464 to 469.

H. Seasonal Residential Overboard Discharge. A "seasonal Residential Overboard Discharge" means an overboard discharge from a human habitation that is occupied for less than 8 months in any calendar year.

I. Shellfish Harvesting Area. A "shellfish Harvesting Area" is an area where shellfish, including any species of clams, quahogs, mussels and oysters are or may be located, including known productive areas; areas where shellfish may be found; habitat where it is reasonable to assume shellfish may be found in the future; and, areas where shellfish may be stored (wet storage), processed or cultivated, as determined by the Department of Marine Resources.

J. Year-round Residential Overboard Discharge. A "year-round residential overboard discharge" means an overboard discharge from a human habitation that is continuously occupied for 8 months or more in any calendar year.

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