401 Ky. Admin. Regs. 30:005 – Definitions for 401 KAR Chapter 30.

RELATES TO:

KRS Subchapters 224.01, 224.10, 224.40, 224.43, 224.46, 224.50, 224.60, 224.99, 40 C.F.R. 260.10

STATUTORY AUTHORITY:

KRS 224.10-100, 40 C.F.R. 260.10

CERTIFICATION STATEMENT:

NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:

KRS 224.10-100 and the waste management provisions of KRS Chapter 224 require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the management of solid, special, and hazardous wastes. This administrative regulation defines essential terms, acronyms, and abbreviations used in connection with 401 KAR Chapter 30. Some federal terms have been modified to conform to Kentucky statutory mandates. Definitions contained in KRS Chapter 224 have been referenced to the appropriate statutory citation. Some terms do not have a federal counterpart and have been added to clarify requirements and provisions of KRS Chapter 224 and 401 KAR Chapter 30.

Section 1. Definitions. Except as provided in this section, the definitions established in 40 C.F.R. 260.10, effective September 9, 2005, shall apply.
1. (1) "100-year flood" means a flood that has a one (1) percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
2. (2) "Administrator", "agency", "assistant administrator", "regional administrator", "director", or "regional director" means cabinet as defined in KRS 224.01-010(9).
3. (3) "Cabinet" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(9).
4. (4) "Coal mining by-products" means any material that:
  1. (a) Is not one (1) of the primary products of a particular coal mining operation;
  2. (b) Is a secondary and incidental product of the particular operation;
  3. (c) Would not be solely and separately mined by the particular operation;
  4. (d) Does not include an intermediate mining product, which results from one (1) of the steps in a mining process and is processed through the next step of the process within a short time; and
  5. (e) May be stored separately in the hope that it can be profitably treated later, such as ore deposit that is too low in grade to be of economic value at the time of mining.
5. (5) "Coal mining waste" means earth materials which:
  1. (a) Are combustible, physically unstable, acid-forming or toxic-forming;
  2. (b) Are generated during and incidental to the mining and extraction of coal and to the washing and crushing of coal;
  3. (c) Does not include used oil, paints, or flammable liquids; and
  4. (d) Shall include refuse, overburden, and coal mining by-products.
6. (6) "Contaminate" means the introduction of a substance that would cause:
  1. (a) The concentration of that substance in the groundwater to exceed the maximum contaminant level specified in 401 KAR 30:031, 401 KAR 47:030, Sections 5 and 6, or 401 KAR 34:060, Section 5;
  2. (b) An increase in the concentration of that substance in the groundwater where the existing concentration of that substance exceeds the maximum contaminant level specified in 401 KAR 30:031, 401 KAR 47:030, or 401 KAR 34:060, Section 5; or
  3. (c) A significant increase above established background levels, for substances that do not have an established maximum contamination level.
7. (7) "Contamination" means the degradation of naturally occurring water, air, or soil quality either directly or indirectly as a result of human activities.
8. (8) "Destruction or adverse modification" means an alteration of critical habitat which appreciably diminishes the likelihood of the survival and recovery of threatened or endangered species using that habitat.
9. (9) "Disposal" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(10).
10. (10) "Endangered or threatened species" means any species listed as endangered or threatened pursuant to Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1533.
11. (11) "Environmental Protection Agency" or "EPA" means the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection except if used in the phrases "EPA hazardous waste number", "EPA identification number", "EPA Region", "EPA Acknowledgment of Consent", "EPA Test Methods", or "EPA publications".
12. (12) "Equivalent method" means any testing or analytical method authorized under 401 KAR Chapter 31, or methods in 401 KAR Chapters 47 and 48.
13. (13) "Federal Register" means the Administrative Register of Kentucky as described in KRS 13A.050.
14. (14) "Generator" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(13).
15. (15) "Hazardous waste" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(31)(b).
16. (16) "Karst terrain" means a type of topography where limestone, dolomite or gypsum is present and is characterized by naturally occurring closed topographic depressions or sinkholes, caves, disrupted surface drainage, and well developed underground solution channels formed by dissolution of these rocks by water moving underground.
17. (17) "Lower explosive limit" means the lowest percent by volume of a mixture of explosive gases, which will propagate a flame in air at twenty-five (25) degrees Celsius and atmospheric pressure.
18. (18) "Manifest" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(37).
19. (19) "Overburden" means:
  1. (a) All of the earth and other geologic materials, excluding topsoil, which lie above a natural deposit of coal; and
  2. (b) The earth and other material after removal from their natural state in the process of mining.
20. (20) "Permit" means the authorization or other control document that:
  1. (a) Is issued by the cabinet to implement the requirements of the waste management administrative regulations;
  2. (b) Includes permit-by-rule, registered permit-by-rule, research, development, and demonstration permit, and emergency permit; and
  3. (c) Does not include draft permit or proposed permit.
21. (21) "Person" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(17).
22. (22) "Publicly owned treatment works" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(19).
23. (23) "RCRA" means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq).
24. (24) "Recycling" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(22).
25. (25) "Refuse" means waste material in the raw coal which it is the object of cleaning to remove.
26. (26) "Solid waste" is defined in KRS 224.01-010(31)(a).
27. (27) "State" means the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
28. (28) "Storage" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(28).
29. (29) "Termination" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(26).
30. (30) "Transfer facility" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(48).
31. (31) "Transportation" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(29).
32. (32) "Treatment" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(30).
33. (33) "United States" means the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
34. (34) "Used oil" is defined by KRS 224.50-545(2)(a).
35. (35) "Washout" means the carrying away of waste by waters as a result of flooding.
36. (36) "Waste" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(31).
37. (37) "Water" or "Waters of the Commonwealth" is defined by KRS 224.01-010(33).
38. (38) "Wetlands" means land that has a predominance of hydric soils and is inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Section 2. Substitution of Federal References.
1. (1) The following federal parts and subparts, which are cited by federal regulations referenced in 401 KAR Chapter 30, shall be substituted with the state administrative regulations listed below. Federal RegulationState Regulation40 C.F.R. Part 260401 KAR Chapter 3040 C.F.R. 260 Subpart A401 KAR 30:02040 C.F.R. 260 Subpart B401 KAR 30:005, 401 KAR 31:005, 401 KAR 32:005, 401 KAR 33:005, 401 KAR 34:005, 401 KAR 35:005, 401 KAR 36:005, 401 KAR 37:005, 401 KAR 38:005, 401 KAR 43:005, 401 KAR 44:005, and 401 KAR 30:02040 C.F.R. 260 Subpart C401 KAR 30:03540 C.F.R. Part 261401 KAR Chapter 3140 C.F.R. 261 Subpart A401 KAR 31:01040 C.F.R. 261 Subpart B401 KAR 31:02040 C.F.R. 261 Subpart C401 KAR 31:03040 C.F.R. 261 Subpart D401 KAR 31:04040 C.F.R. Part 262401 KAR Chapter 3240 C.F.R. 262 Subpart A401 KAR 32:01040 C.F.R. 262 Subpart B401 KAR 32:02040 C.F.R. 262 Subpart C401 KAR 32:03040 C.F.R. 262 Subpart D401 KAR 32:04040 C.F.R. 262 Subpart E401 KAR 32:050, Sections 1-940 C.F.R. 262 Subpart F401 KAR 32:050, Section 1040 C.F.R. 262 Subpart G401 KAR 32:06040 C.F.R. 262 Subpart H401 KAR 32:06540 C.F.R. Part 263401 KAR Chapter 3340 C.F.R. 263 Subpart A401 KAR 33:01040 C.F.R. 263 Subpart B401 KAR 33:02040 C.F.R. 263 Subpart C401 KAR 33:03040 C.F.R. Part 264401 KAR Chapter 3440 C.F.R. 264 Subpart A401 KAR 34:01040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart B401 KAR 34:02040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart C401 KAR 34:03040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart D401 KAR 34:04040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart E401 KAR 34:05040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart F401 KAR 34:06040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart G401 KAR 34:07040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart H401 KAR 34:080, 401 KAR 34:090, 401 KAR 34:100, 401 KAR 34:110, 401 KAR 34:120, 401 KAR 34:13040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart I401 KAR 34:18040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart J401 KAR 34:19040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart K401 KAR 34:20040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart L401 KAR 34:21040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart M401 KAR 34:22040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart N401 KAR 34:23040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart O401 KAR 34:24040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart S401 KAR 34:28740 C.F.R. 264 Subpart W401 KAR 34:28540 C.F.R. 264 Subpart X401 KAR 34:25040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart AA401 KAR 34:27540 C.F.R. 264 Subpart BB401 KAR 34:28040 C.F.R. 264 Subpart CC401 KAR 34:28140 C.F.R. 264 Subpart DD401 KAR 34:24540 C.F.R. 264 Subpart EE401 KAR 34:37040 C.F.R. Part 265401 KAR Chapter 3540 C.F.R. 265 Subpart A401 KAR 35:01040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart B401 KAR 35:02040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart C401 KAR 35:03040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart D401 KAR 35:04040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart E401 KAR 35:05040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart F401 KAR 35:06040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart G401 KAR 35:07040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart H401 KAR 35:080, 401 KAR 35:090, 401 KAR 35:100, 401 KAR 35:110, 401 KAR 35:120, 401 KAR 35:13040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart I401 KAR 35:18040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart J401 KAR 35:19040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart K401 KAR 35:20040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart L401 KAR 35:21040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart M401 KAR 35:22040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart N401 KAR 35:23040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart O401 KAR 35:24040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart P401 KAR 35:25040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart Q401 KAR 35:26040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart R401 KAR 35:27040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart W401 KAR 35:28540 C.F.R. 265 Subpart AA401 KAR 35:27540 C.F.R. 265 Subpart BB401 KAR 35:28040 C.F.R. 265 Subpart CC401 KAR 35:28140 C.F.R. 265 Subpart DD401 KAR 35:24540 C.F.R. 265 Subpart EE401 KAR 35:35040 C.F.R. Part 266401 KAR Chapter 3640 C.F.R. 266 Subpart C401 KAR 36:03040 C.F.R. 266 Subpart F401 KAR 36:06040 C.F.R. 266 Subpart G401 KAR 36:07040 C.F.R. 266 Subpart H401 KAR 36:02040 C.F.R. 266 Subpart M401 KAR 36:08040 C.F.R. 266 Subpart N401 KAR 36:09040 C.F.R. Part 268401 KAR Chapter 3740 C.F.R. 268 Subpart A401 KAR 37:01040 C.F.R. 268 Subpart B401 KAR 37:02040 C.F.R. 268 Subpart C401 KAR 37:03040 C.F.R. 268 Subpart D401 KAR 37:04040 C.F.R. 268 Subpart E401 KAR 37:05040 C.F.R. Part 270401 KAR Chapter 3840 C.F.R. 270 Subpart A401 KAR 38:01040 C.F.R. 270 Subpart B401 KAR 38:070, 401 KAR 38:080, 401 KAR 38:090, 401 KAR 38:150 through 401 KAR 38:31040 C.F.R. 270 Subpart C401 KAR 38:03040 C.F.R. 270 Subpart D401 KAR 38:040, Sections 1 through 4, 740 C.F.R. 270 Subpart E401 KAR 38:040, Sections 5 and 640 C.F.R. 270 Subpart F401 KAR 38:06040 C.F.R. 270 Subpart G401 KAR 38:02040 C.F.R. 270 Subpart H401 KAR 38:32040 C.F.R. 270 Subpart I401 KAR 38:33040 C.F.R. Part 124401 KAR 38:05040 C.F.R. Part 273401 KAR Chapter 4340 C.F.R. 273 Subpart A401 KAR 43:01040 C.F.R. 273 Subpart B401 KAR 43:02040 C.F.R. 273 Subpart C401 KAR 43:03040 C.F.R. 273 Subpart D401 KAR 43:04040 C.F.R. 273 Subpart E401 KAR 43:05040 C.F.R. 273 Subpart F401 KAR 43:06040 C.F.R. 273 Subpart G401 KAR 43:07040 C.F.R. Part 279401 KAR Chapter 4440 C.F.R. 279 Subpart A401 KAR 44:00540 C.F.R. 279 Subpart B401 KAR 44:01040 C.F.R. 279 Subpart C401 KAR 44:02040 C.F.R. 279 Subpart D401 KAR 44:03040 C.F.R. 279 Subpart E401 KAR 44:04040 C.F.R. 279 Subpart F401 KAR 44:05040 C.F.R. 279 Subpart G401 KAR 44:06040 C.F.R. 279 Subpart H401 KAR 44:07040 C.F.R. 279 Subpart I401 KAR 44:080
2. (2) The requirements of the following federal regulations, which are referenced in 401 KAR Chapter 30, shall include the modifications, exceptions, and additions that are specific to the Commonwealth of Kentucky set forth in the following state administrative regulations referenced in the table below. Federal RegulationState Regulation40 C.F.R. 260.10401 KAR 30:005, 401 KAR 31:005, 401 KAR 32:005, 401 KAR 33:005, 401 KAR 34:005, 401 KAR 35:005, 401 KAR 36:005, 401 KAR 37:005, 401 KAR 38:005, 401 KAR 43:005, 401 KAR 44:005, and 401 KAR 30:02040 C.F.R. 260.22401 KAR 30:035, Section 3(2) and (3)40 C.F.R. 264.1082401 KAR 34:281, Section 240 C.F.R. 266.205401 KAR 36:080, Section 640 C.F.R. 270.61401 KAR 38:060, Section 2
3. (3) The following federal regulations, which are cited by the federal regulations referenced in this 401 KAR Chapter 30, shall be replaced with the state administrative regulations as identified in the table below. Federal RegulationState Regulation40 C.F.R. Part 60 Appendix A401 KAR 59:02040 C.F.R. Part 257401 KAR Chapter 4740 C.F.R. Part 258401 KAR Chapter 4840 C.F.R. 260.41401 KAR 30:035, Section 1040 C.F.R. 264.140401 KAR 34:080, Section 240 C.F.R. 264.141401 KAR 34:080, Section 140 C.F.R. 264.142401 KAR 34:090, Section 140 C.F.R. 264.143401 KAR 34:090, Sections 2 through 1240 C.F.R. 264.144401 KAR 34:100, Section 140 C.F.R. 264.145401 KAR 34:100, Sections 2 through 1240 C.F.R. 264.146401 KAR 34:11040 C.F.R. 264.147401 KAR 34:12040 C.F.R. 264.148401 KAR 34:13040 C.F.R. 265.140401 KAR 35:080, Section 240 C.F.R. 265.141401 KAR 35:080, Section 140 C.F.R. 265.142401 KAR 35:090, Section 140 C.F.R. 265.143401 KAR 35:090, Sections 2 through 1140 C.F.R. 265.144401 KAR 35:100, Section 140 C.F.R. 265.145401 KAR 35:100, Sections 2 through 1140 C.F.R. 265.146401 KAR 35:11040 C.F.R. 265.147401 KAR 35:12040 C.F.R. 265.148401 KAR 35:13040 C.F.R. 266 Appendix I Table I-D401 KAR 36:025, Section 1(2)(a)40 C.F.R. 266 Appendix I Table I-E401 KAR 36:025, Section 1(2)(b)40 C.F.R. 270.51401 KAR 38:040, Section 640 C.F.R. Part 280401 KAR Chapter 42

History

(401 KAR 030:005. 23 Ky.R. 1052; eff. 3-12-1997; 33 Ky.R. 2369; 3652; eff. 6-13-2007; Crt eff. 9-5-2018; Crt to Am; filing deadline 2-28-2027.)