§ 301.1. Definitions.

 The definitions set forth in the act apply to the provisions of this part. In addition, the following words and terms, when used in this part, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   Act—The Sewage Treatment Plant and Waterworks Operators’ Certification Act (63 P. S. § §  1001—1015).

   Board—The State Board for Certification of Sewage Treatment Plant and Waterworks Operators.

   Department—The Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth.

   Distribution system—A system, not including a treatment plant, comprising structures, which, operating alone or with other structures, result in the derivation, conveyance or distribution of water for potable purposes to the public.

   Person having direct responsibility for operation of a treatment plant or distribution system—The person whose decisions and directions, based on a technical knowledge of the process, control the manipulation of equipment, and thereby determine the quality of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant or the quality of the water supplied by a water treatment plant or distribution system, as distinct from the subordinate operator, who may or may not be certified.

   Sewage—A substance that contains the waste products or excrementitious or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals.

   Sewage treatment plant—A structure designed to treat sewage and from which effluent in excess of 2,000 gallons per day is discharged into waters of this Commonwealth.

   Water treatment plant—A structure by which water prior to discharge into a distribution system is subjected to the addition or removal of a substance in order to enhance the safety or suitability of the water.

   The provisions of this §  301.1 adopted November 20, 1971, effective December 1, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 2158; amended November 8, 1974, effective November 9, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 2357. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (4998).