North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 08 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATORS CERTIFICATION COMMISSION
Subchapter G - AUTHORITY: ORGANIZATION: STRUCTURE: DEFINITIONS
Section .0300 - CLASSIFICATION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
Section 08G .0303 - CLASSIFICATION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COLLECTION SYSTEMS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Water pollution control collection systems operated to convey wastewater to water pollution control systems which are permitted or tributary to municipalities, regional water pollution control systems, water and sewer authorities, public utilities, or are a Grade II, III or IV state or federally owned system, are subject to classification in accordance with Rule .0303(b) of this Section. Any collection system, regardless of ownership, is classified pursuant to this Rule and required to designate an Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC) and a Back-up Operator in Responsible Charge (Back-up ORC) if the Commission determines that the system is not being operated and maintained in a manner which prevents the escape of wastewater from the system into the environment.
(b) Collection systems are assigned the lower grade classification that is either:
In the event that the population served cannot be determined, the equivalent population served shall be calculated by using the design flow of the system divided by a flow of 60 gallons per day per person.
Authority
G.S.
90A-37;
Eff. April 1,
1999;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2006;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 26,
2015.
