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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 26.03.07.02" title_num="26" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="07" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Board” means the Water Science Advisory Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Department” means the Department of the Environment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Discharge permit” means a permit issued by the Department for the discharge of any pollutant or combination of pollutants into the waters of this State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Federal Clean Water Act” means the United States statute codified at 33 U.S.C. §§1251 et seq., as amended, and such regulations, policies, and guidelines as published from time to time pertaining to the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Includes or including” means includes by way of example and not by limitation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Sewage” means any human or animal excretion, domestic waste, or industrial waste. Industrial waste, for the purpose of this regulation, means all water-carried solid, liquid, or gaseous wastes resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, or trade, or from the development or recovery of any natural resource.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Sewerage system”:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Means the channels used or intended to be used to collect or dispose of sewage;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Means structure and appurtenance used or intended to be used to collect or prepare sewage for discharge into the waters of the State;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Includes a sewer of any size; but</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Does not include the plumbing system inside a building served by the sewerage system.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>