§ 1115.04. Definitions.

As used in the wellfield protection rules:

(1)

"Above-Ground Storage Tank" means a device meeting the definition of "tank" in this rule but which is not an underground storage tank as defined in 1115-04(30) of this Chapter.

(2)

"Aquifer" means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant amount of ground water to wells or springs.

(3)

"Board" means the Board of Wellfield Protection Appeals.

(4)

"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.

(5)

"Certification" means a statement of professional opinion based upon knowledge and belief.

(6)

"Day" means a calendar day.

(Ord. 2560-90.)

(7)

"Director" means the Director of Public Utilities of the City of Columbus, Ohio, or his designee.

(Ord. 478-92.)

(8)

"Environmental Audit" means an environmental audit as required by Section 1115.08 hereof.

(9)

"Facility" means any premises located in a Wellfield Protection Area the use of which could impact the use of the underlying or adjacent aquifer for public drinking water supply. This definition includes but is not limited to buildings, storage areas, mining or processing operations, septic tanks, farming operations and related activities.

(10)

"Fifty-Five (55) Gallon Drum" means a cylindrical container constructed of steel, plastic, or dense paperboard (commonly called a fiber drum) having a capacity of fifty-five (55) gallons.

(11)

"Ground water" means water below the land surface in a zone of saturation.

(12)

"Hazardous Waste" means a hazardous waste as defined in rule 3745-51-03 of the Ohio Administrative Code or its successors.

(13)

"Journal" means the record or document into which all final actions of the Director are entered as required by section 1115.13 hereof.

(14)

"Mineral Processing Waste" means the sands, fine sands, silts, and clays, and other residual materials generated from on-site mineral processing activities.

(15)

"Month" means a calendar month.

(16)

"Operator" means any person who is directly responsible for the overall operation of a Facility.

(17)

"OSHA" means the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.

(18)

"Owner" means the person who owns a Facility or part of a Facility.

(19)

"Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, federal agency, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, the state, a municipality, commission, political subdivision of the state, or any interstate body.

(20)

"Regulated Substance" means any substance which the Director has designated and listed as regulated according to the provisions of 1115.06 of this chapter.

(21)

"Request to Use Additional Regulated Substances" means a request to use additional regulated substances as required by Section 1115.08 hereof.

(22)

"Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" or "RCRA" means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

(23)

"SDWA" means the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C., Sec. 300f et seq.

(24)

"Spill" means the spillage, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, or dumping of regulated substances or materials which, when spilled, become regulated substances into or on any land or water.

(25)

"State" means the state of Ohio.

(26)

"Storage" means the holding of regulated substances for a temporary period, at the end of which the regulated substance is treated, disposed of, or stored elsewhere.

(27)

"Tank" means a stationary device, designed to contain an accumulation of Regulated Substances which is constructed primarily of non-earthen materials (e.g., wood, concrete, steel, plastic) which provide structural support.

(28)

"Tank System" means a Regulated Substances storage or treatment tank and its associated ancillary equipment and containment system.

(29)

"TSCA" means the Toxic Substance Control Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

(30)

"Underground Storage Tank" or "UST" means any one or combination of tanks (including underground pipes connected thereto) which is used to contain an accumulation of Regulated Substances and the volume of which (including volume of underground pipes connected thereto) is ten percent (10%) or more beneath the surface of the ground.

(31)

"Use" means the handling, placement, deposit, production, transportation, processing, transfer, treatment, storage, disposal, maintenance or installation of regulated substances.

(32)

"User" means any person who uses Regulated Substances.

(33)

"Utilities Department" means Department of Public Utilities of the City of Columbus, Ohio.

(34)

"Waste" means a waste as defined in rule 3745-51-02 of the Ohio Administrative Code or its successors. Mining overburden which remains on site shall not be considered waste for purposes of this chapter.

(35)

"Well" means any shaft or pit dug or bored into the earth, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with bricks or tubing to prevent the earth from collapsing.

(36)

"Wellfield Protection Area I" or "WPI" means the land area within one thousand (1,000) feet of the outermost wall or casing of any present or future city-owned and operated public water supply well.

(37)

"Wellfield Protection Area II" or "WPII" means the land area surrounding any public water supply wellfield not included in WPI which is delineated by the five-year travel time contour based on the ground water gradients of the area as designated on the Director's hydrogeologic map.

(38)

WPI and WPII are hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Wellfield Protection Area or Areas.

(39)

"Year" means a calendar year.

(Ord. 2560-90; Ord. 422-06 § 2 (part); Ord. No. 2203-2015 , § 1, 12-14-2015)