Utah Admin. Code R317-16-2 - Definitions
The following definitions apply for purposes of this rule only:
(1) "Application for Operator
Certification Approval" or "Application" means a request for approval of an
operator's certification that its operations will not negatively impact biota
or chemistry of Great Salt Lake, and includes the specific information detailed
in Sections R317-16-3 and
R317-16-5.
(2) "Biota" means all plants, fungi, animals,
protists, bacteria, and archaea in Great Salt Lake.
(3) "Brine Depletion" means the volume of
brine water consumed through processing and operations, calculated by
subtracting the volume of returned water from the volume of brine
water.
(4) "Brine Water" means
water diverted from Great Salt Lake.
(5) "Certification Decision" includes the
following:
(a) "Operator Certification
Approval" means a permit order, as defined in Subsection
19-1-301.5(1)(f)(i),
indicating the director's approval of an operator's certification.
(b) "Operator Certification Denial" means a
permit order, as defined in Subsection
19-1-301.5(1)(f)(i),
indicating the director's denial of an operator's certification.
(6) "Chemistry" means the
properties, composition, and structure of the elements and compounds, and
interactions thereof, making up the waters, brines, and substrate of Great Salt
Lake.
(7) "Director" means the
director of the Utah Division of Water Quality.
(8) "Discharge" means any water, substance,
or pollution placed into a receiving water; which may include any combination
of treated, processed, or returned waters.
(9) "Division" means the Utah Division of
Water Quality.
(10) "Draft
Certification Decision" means a document indicating the director's preliminary
decision to approve or deny an operator's certification. A draft certification
decision is not a permit order.
(11) "Externally Sourced Water" means water
diverted from sources other than Great Salt Lake and used for processing and
operations.
(12) "Feasibility
Assessment" means the same as that term defined in Title R652.
(13) "FFSL" means the Utah Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands.
(14) "Foreign materials" means materials
added to a discharge or a commercial process.
(15) "GSL" means Great Salt Lake.
(16) "Negative Impact" includes any activity
or action that:
(a) causes pollution, or
negatively alters the salinity or other aspects of water chemistry in Great
Salt Lake;
(b) negatively alters
the volume or timing of water flows to Great Salt Lake, or water levels in
Great Salt Lake or Great Salt Lake wetlands;
(c) reduces, degrades, or otherwise
negatively alters habitat in and around Great Salt Lake; or
(d) results in harmful physiological impacts
to Great Salt Lake biota, including disruptions to survival, reproduction, or
growth.
(17) "Operator"
means a person submitting an application for operator certification approval to
pursue extraction of Great Salt Lake elements or minerals to the Division of
Water Quality.
(18) "Operator
Certification" means a statement by an operator that its operation will not
negatively impact the biota or chemistry of Great Salt Lake.
(19) "Pollution" means the same as that term
is used in Section
19-5-102.
(20) "Returned Water" means any water
discharged into Great Salt Lake from commercial operations.
(21) "Total Water" means the sum of
externally sourced water and brine water.
(22) "UPDES" means Utah Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System.
(23) "Water
Depletion" means the volume of total water consumed through processing and
operations, calculated by subtracting the volume of returned water from the
volume of total water.
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