Glossary
The following definitions
are intended to assist individual when searching this database. For the official definitions, the regulations
or statutory definition should be consulted.
Agency Interest
Agency Interest Identification Number (AI ID)
Air Program
Alternate/Historic ID
Alternate/Historic Name
Billing Party Name
Certificate of Coverage under a General Permit
Clean Water Act
Compost Facility (Compost Fac)
Conditional Major (Cond Mjr)
Conditional Major/Synthetic
Minor (Cond Mjr/Syn Min)
Construction/Demolition Debris (CDD) Landfill
Construction Permit (CP)
Contained Landfill
Drinking Water Program
General Permit
Groundwater
Groundwater Assessment & Corrective
Action (GW Corrective Action)
Groundwater Contamination Corrective Action (GW Contamin Cor Action Plan)
Hazardous Waste Program
Horizontal Expansion (HEX)
Licensee Name
KIMOP
KNDOP
KPDES
Major Source (Mjr Source)
Minor Source (Mnr Source)
Mod-Combustion
Mod-Ntf-Combustion
Mod req appr
-Comb
Mod req appr-No Comb
Operating Permit (OP)
Post Closure (PC)
Residual Landfill
Resource Conservation and Local Assistance (RCLA)
Solid Waste
Solid Waste Program
Special Waste (SpW)
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code
Superfund
Synthetic Minor (Syn Minor)
Operating Permit
Title V
Title V/PSD
Title V/Syn Mnr
Underground Storage Tank (UST)
Vertical Expansion (VEX)
Wastewater
Water Quality
Water Resources
Wild Card/Wild Card Character
Agency
Interest -
People, places or operations of interest to DEP. An agency interest is
generally a location such as a site or facility that is regulated by DEP.
Agency Interest Identification Number
(AI ID) - Unique
identifier assigned to each Agency Interest.
Air Program - The program that issues permits for the
management of air quality.
Alternate/Historic ID - An alternate or historic identifier for an Agency
Interest such as a permit number or hazardous waste identification number.
Alternate/Historic Name - An alternate or historic name for an Agency
Interest such as a legal corporate name, or a previous or historic name.
Billing Party Name
-- The The person(s) or organization
deemed responsible for the remitting payment to the Department
Certificate of
Coverage under a General Permit -- The
permission granted to a specific individual or company to operate under the
terms of a General Permit.
Clean Water Act
- The Federal Clean Water Act
passed by the U. S. Congress to control water pollution. It is formerly referred to as the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 or Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972.
Compost
Facility(Compost Fac) - A permitted facility that
takes wood and other plant debris (organic material) and holds it in a manner
to allow naturally occurring bacteria to decompose (break down) the
material. The resulting "compost"
can safely benefit plant growth in agriculture and landscape uses.
Conditional Major (Cond Mjr) - A category of industrial facility with an air
permit that limits air emissions from the source to less than 100 tons per year
of a criteria pollutant (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, VOC (ozone), CO and Lead)
and/or less than 10 tons per year of a single hazardous air pollutant and/or
less than 25 tons per year of a combination of hazardous air pollutants.
Conditional
Major/Synthetic Minor (Cond Mjr/Syn Min) - a category of
industrial facility with an air permit that limits air emissions from the
source to less than major source thresholds (see definition of major source) to
keep the company from falling under the applicability of the Title V operating
permit program and/or the PSD (Prevention of significant deterioration of air
quality), regulation.
Construction/Demolition Debris (CDD)
Landfill- A
permitted site for burial of solid waste from the construction, remodeling,
repair, or demolition of structures and roads and/or vegetation resulting from
land clearing, utility line maintenance, and seasonal and storm related cleanup.
Construction Permit (CP) - Permission or authorization issued by a DEP
permitting program to construct a facility in accordance with specific rules
and regulations. Construction Permits do
not include permission to begin operating the facility until construction has
been certified as complete and an Operating Permit has been issued.
Contained Landfill
- A permitted site for
burial of solid waste from households and commercial/industrial facilities and
constructed in a strict manner to prevent pollution from the waste from
escaping into the environment.
Drinking Water Program - The program that issues approvals for the management
of drinking water programs including both water treatment plants and
distribution lines.
General Permit
-A permit developed for a
specific human activity without naming specific persons doing the
activity. Applicants are granted
permission to operate within specific guidelines and conditions outlined in the
General Permit. General Permits are used
in the Air Quality and Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (KPDES)
programs.
Groundwater - The program that approves
groundwater protection plans, certifies well drillers
and catalogues wells.
Groundwater
Assessment & Corrective Action (GW Corrective Action) - The process of investigation
(assessment) and repair (corrective action) of pollution of groundwater due to
leaks of pollutants from a facility permitted under the hazardous waste program.
Groundwater
Contamination Corrective Action (GW Contamin Cor
Action Plan) - The
plan for repair (corrective action) of pollution of ground water due to leaks
of pollutants from a facility permitted under the hazardous waste program.
Hazardous Waste
Program - The
program that issues permits under Subtitle C of the federal Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for the transportation, storage, treatment
and disposal of hazardous waste or issues registrations to businesses that
generate (create) hazardous waste in the course of their day to day operations.
Horizontal Expansion (HEX) - An abbreviation for 'horizontal expansion' generally
used in the solid waste program referring to an increase (expansion) in the
volume of waste (airspace) at a landfill that extends horizontally from a
previously permitted area. [An increase
in landfill volume resulting from a horizontal increase of the area of the
waste disposal 'footprint]
Licensee
Name - Name
listed on the certificate or wallet card of an
certified operator.
KIMOP - Kentucky Inter-municipal Operational Permit is a
wastewater discharge permit between two cities one of which has no sewage
treatment plant. The city without a treatment plant gets this permit.
KNDOP - Kentucky No Discharge Operational Permits are
issued to sewage treatment plants which do not discharge to waters of the
Commonwealth.
KPDES - The Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System is the wastewater discharge permit program authorized under the Clean
Water Act.
Major Source (Mjr Source) - A category of industrial facility with an air permit
that has air emissions equal to or greater than 100 tons per year of a criteria
pollutant (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, VOC (ozone), CO, Lead) and/or that emits or
that has the potential to emit 10 tons per year or more of a single hazardous
air pollutant or 25 tons per year or more of any combination of hazardous air
pollutants.
Minor Source (Mnr Source)- A category of industrial facility with an air permit that
has air emissions of less than 100 tons per year of a criteria pollutant
(PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, VOC (ozone), CO, Lead) and/or that emits less than 10
tons per year of a single hazardous air pollutant or less than 25 tons per year
of a combination of hazardous air pollutants.
Mod-Combustion
- A modification to a Hazardous Waste permit for a facility that has
combustion equipment.
Mod-Ntf-Combustion - A
modification to a Hazardous Waste permit, for a facility that has combustion
equipment, that does not require re-issuance of the permit, but only a
notification by the permittee.
Mod req appr
-Comb - A modification to a Hazardous Waste permit, for a facility
that has combustion equipment, that does not require
re-issuance of the permit, but does require approval from the Department.
Mod req appr-No
Comb - A modification to a Hazardous Waste permit, for a facility
that does not have combustion equipment, that does not
require re-issuance of the permit, but does require approval from the Department.
Operating Permit (OP) - Permission or authorization issued by a DEP
permitting program to operate a facility in accordance with specific rules and
regulations. Operating Permits often
contain requirements, conditions, standards, and variances that are specific
and unique to the facility because of its location or method of operation.
Post Closure (PC) - A permit type for the
monitoring and maintenance phase associated with a RCRA hazardous waste unit
that has closed with waste in place.
Residual Landfill
- A permitted site for
burial of a limited number of specific industrial wastes such as waste from
manufacturing processes, air pollution control device residue, sludge from
water and wastewater treatment, and Special Waste.
Resource Conservation and Local
Assistance (RCLA) - The program charged with providing assistance and
promoting proper management of solid waste programs in Kentucky. RCLA reviews the 5-year Solid
Waste Management Plans and the Annual Reports submitted by the counties.
Solid Waste - Any garbage or other discarded
material (including solids, semi-solids, liquids, and gasses). There are five (5) categories of Solid Waste:
household, commercial, industrial, municipal, and hazardous.
Solid Waste Program
- The program that issues
permits under Subtitle D of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) for the transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste
or issues certifications to persons who manage or operate solid waste
facilities.
Special Waste (SpW) - A
category of waste produced by industry in large volumes but is of low risk to
human health and the environment and thus might be handled in a less stringent
manner than "Solid Waste".
Special Waste can include: mining waste, waste from burning coal, air
pollution control waste, sludge from water and wastewater treatment, cement
kiln dust, gas and oil drilling waste, and other waste as authorized by the DEP.
Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) Code - A
numbering system used to identify various types of industrial activities. The SIC Code is published by the
Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, C.
C. 20402. A particular industry may have
more than one SIC code if it conducts several types of commercial or industrial
activities.
Superfund
- The
program charged with overseeing corrective action and post-closure monitoring
at state and federal superfund sites. The branch also issues closures for
non-regulated petroleum release sites, issues approvals for Voluntary
Environmental Remediation Program and performs Targeted Brownfield Assessments.
Synthetic Minor (Syn Minor) Operating Permit - A category of industrial facility with an air
permit that emits or has potential air emissions of greater than 250 tons per
year of a criteria pollutant. However,
the facility has elected to accept federally enforceable emissions limitations
on their air permit which will limit emissions to less than 250 tons per year.
Title V - A federal operating program that applies to a
major air emissions source (see definition of major source above), an acid rain
program source, or a source that is subject to a NESHAPS (National Emission
Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants) regulation.
Title V/PSD
- A category of industrial
facility with an air permit that is subject to the federal operating program
(see Title V definition above) and also emits or has the potential to emit 250
tons or more per year of a criteria pollutant(s) (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, VOC
(ozone), CO, Lead).
Title V/Syn Mnr - A category of industrial
facility with an air permit that is subject to the federal operating program
(see Title V definition above) and also limits air emissions from the source to
less than 250 tons per year of a criteria pollutant(s) (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2,
VOC (ozone), CO, Lead) to keep the company from falling under the applicability
of the PSD (Prevention of significant deterioration of air quality) regulation
Underground Storage Tank (UST) - The program
responsible for regulating petroleum storage tanks that are 10 percent or more
beneath the surface of the ground. The UST branch issues annual registrations
certificates. The program also performs reviews of tank and piping closures and
oversees corrective actions.
Vertical Expansion (VEX) - An abbreviation for 'vertical expansion'
generally used in the solid waste program referring to an increase (expansion)
in the volume of waste (airspace) at a landfill that extends vertically from a
previously permitted area. [An increase in landfill volume that does not result in a
horizontal increase of the area of the waste disposal 'footprint'.]
Wastewater - The program for regulating
wastewater discharges to the environment.
This includes Kentucky
specific permits and permits issued under the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA).
Water Quality - The program that issues
permits for 401 water quality certification.
Water Resources - The program that issues permits for dams,
floodplains and water withdrawal.
Wild Card/Wild Card Character – a character, typically (% or *), used
to substitute any other character or characters in a string. In traditional computer systems, a wild card
character was required to substitute character(s). For example:
“%a%” will return any word(s) that contain letter
A or a; while a non-wild card search would only return exact matches. Many modern computer systems (especially web
based systems) wild card characters are no longer needed and rely on the system’s
designers to determine “if, or when” to apply wild card(s). eSearch will
automatically apply wildcards to textbox field searches. For example, entering a search value of “Mi”
will return values that contain MI:
e.g. “Mike”, “Smith”,
“Ami”, etc…