(A) Unless the context clearly indicates a contrary meaning, the following rules of construction shall apply in interpreting this regulation:
(1) Words used in the present tense include the future;
(2) The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular;
(3) The word “shall” is always mandatory; the word “may” is permissive;
(4) The word “used” or “occupied,” as applied to any land or building, includes the words “arranged or designed or intended to be used or occupied.”
(B) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCREDITED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. Any savings institution, state bank or trust company or savings and loan association and any federal national bank, federal savings and loan institution or other financial institution authorized to engage in the banking business in the state.
DEPARTMENT. The Garrett County Health Department, by action of the County Health Officer or his or her or her designated appointee.
DISPOSE (or DISPOSAL). The collection, handling, storage, stockpiling, transporting, spreading, burying or other disposition of sewage sludge.
DISTURBED AREA. With respect to sewage sludge disposal activities, all land upon which actual disposal is to occur, including land used for stockpiling of sludge, sediment control structures and all land used by the permittee for such things as access or haul roads, equipment maintenance areas, storage areas, processing areas and areas in which any structures, facilities, equipment, machinery or tools used in the disposal operation are located.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. Any substance defined and regulated pursuant to Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances (Md. Code, Environment Article, Title 7).
HEAVY METAL. Any 1 or more of the following elements: arsenic, boron, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, vanadium, zinc and aluminum.
LANDFILL. Use of a property for burying sewage sludge in 1 or more layers.
PERSON. Any natural individual or receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator or representative of any kind; or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation or other legal entity; or any unit of a state or of any of its political subdivisions.
SEWAGE SLUDGE. The accumulated material consisting of a semi-liquid suspension of settled solids deposited in tanks or basins as the result of treatment of sewage, industrial or other liquid waste in a wastewater treatment plant, including material in liquid, dried, dehydrated, composted or other form.
(1986 Code, § 253-6) (Ord. —, passed 3-29-1983; Am. Ord. —, passed 11-16-1993)