As used in KRS 211.972 to 211.982, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Approved" means that which has been considered acceptable to the cabinet; (2) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and includes its authorized agents; (3) "Grease" means fats or oils of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin, separately or in colloidal or dissolved states in combination with soaps, detergents, or food particles; (4) "Grease trap" means a component designed to separate grease and its constituen ts from the wastewater stream, provide for storage of separated grease, and discharge the remaining wastewater for treatment; (5) "Holding tank" means a tank which provides limited pretreatment and storage for off-site disposal where site limitations precl ude immediate installation of a subsurface soil absorption system, or connection to a municipal sewer. It also includes portable toilets and similar temporary -use units which contain holding tanks; (6) "Person" means any individual, firm, association, orga nization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, or governmental unit; (7) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (8) "Sewage" means domestic blackwater and greywater wastes, but does not include waste from industrial or commercial processes; (9) "Sewage pretreatment unit" means a watertight sewage treatment structure designed and constructed to receive raw sewage, separate solids from liquids, digest organic matter through a period of retention, and allow clarified effluent to discharge to a subsurface soil absorption system. Pretreatment units fall into three (3) basic categories: (a) Septic tanks, which rely predominantly on anaerobic bacterial action for treatment; (b) Aerobic units, which introduce atm ospheric air into the sewage to promote treatment by aerobic bacteria; and (c) Combination units, which provide treatment through both anaerobic and aerobic bacterial action and mechanical filtering, ozonation, or ultraviolet irradiation; (10) "Sewage sludge" means the solid or semisolid residues which are retained within a sewage pretreatment unit or grease trap, as a result of mechanical, hydraulic, biologic, or chemical actions. It also includes raw sewage accepted and stored within a holding tank; (11) "Site" means a facility or parcel of land under the ownership of any person which is intended for use as the ultimate disposal or treatment location for sewage sludge; and (12) "Tank" means any container placed on a vehicle to carry in transpor t sewage sludge removed from a sewage pretreatment unit, grease trap, or holding tank.
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