“Septage treatment facility” means a processing facility or group of devices that treats or dewaters domestic septage through alteration of one or more of the physical, chemical, or biological qualities of the septage, and which dewaters and manages solids removed from the septage, provided however that a device that dewaters septage at the tank from which it is pumped and returns the filtrate to the tank is not a septage treatment facility.

Source. (See Revision Note #1 and Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Env-Wq 1600) #13944, eff 4-27-24