Section 12-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]