Section 12-101 - Definitions.
§ 12-101. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Board.- "Board" means the State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators.
(c) Certificate.-
(1) "Certificate" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a certificate of certification as an operator, industrial operator, or superintendent, issued by the Board.
(2) "Certificate" includes:
(i) A certificate; and
(ii) A temporary certificate, as limited by § 12-305 of this title.
(d) Certified industrial operator.- "Certified industrial operator" means, unless the context requires otherwise, an industrial operator who is certified by the Board.
(e) Certified operator.- "Certified operator" means, unless the context requires otherwise, an operator who is certified by the Board.
(f) Certified superintendent.- "Certified superintendent" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a superintendent who is certified by the Board.
(g) Industrial operator.-
(1) "Industrial operator" means an individual who operates the controls or maintains the logs of an industrial wastewater works.
(2) "Industrial operator" does not include a superintendent.
(h) Industrial wastewater works.- "Industrial wastewater works" means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or discharge any waste substance that results from:
(1) A manufacturing process;
(2) A business process; or
(3) The development of a natural resource.
(i) Operator.-
(1) "Operator" means an individual who participates in the operation of:
(i) A waterworks, including the control of the flow, processing, and distribution of water; or
(ii) A wastewater works, including the collection, control of flow, processing, and discharge of wastewater and effluent.
(2) "Operator" does not include a superintendent.
(j) Responsible charge.- "Responsible charge" means responsibility for the operation and performance of all or any part of a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works.
(k) Superintendent.- "Superintendent" means an individual who is designated by any employing or appointing person, county, municipality, sanitary district, or this State as the individual in responsible charge of a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works.
(l) Wastewater works.-
(1) "Wastewater works" means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or discharge any liquid or waterborne waste.
(2) "Wastewater works" does not include:
(i) A facility that is used only by a private residence;
(ii) A facility that uses a septic tank or subsoil absorption; or
(iii) An industrial wastewater works.
(m) Waterworks.-
(1) "Waterworks" means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or distribute water for human consumption.
(2) "Waterworks" does not include a facility that is used only by a private residence.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 406A; 1981, ch. 237, § 2; 1987, ch. 306, §§ 3, 15; 1988, ch. 6, § 11; 2010, ch. 416.]