EXCAVATION, STRIPPING & GRADING means any breaking of ground, removal of topsoil and leveling or countering of the surface of the land, except common household gardening and ground care.
Excavation means the mechanical removal of earth material.
Excavate or "excavation" means ditching, dredging, or mechanized removal of earth, soil or rock.
Grading means the movement or redistribution of the soil, sand, rock, gravel, sediment, or other material on a site in a manner that alters the natural contour of the land.
Excavation zone means the volume containing the tank system and backfill material bounded by the ground surface, walls, and floor of the pit and trenches into which the UST system is placed at the time of installation.
Excavation work means the making of any man-made cavity, trench, pit or depression formed by cutting, digging or scooping;
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Excavator means any person performing excavation or blasting.
chemical tanker means a ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in chapter 17 of the International Bulk Chemical Code;
Underground tank means a device meeting the definition of tank whose entire surface area is totally below the surface of and covered by the ground.
Dry cleaning facility means an establishment with one or more dry cleaning systems.
Topsoil means a varying depth (up to 300 mm) of the soil profile irrespective of the fertility, appearance, structure, agricultural potential, fertility and composition of the soil;
Water surface elevation means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.
Engine degreaser means a cleaning product designed to remove grease, grime, oil and other contaminants from the external surfaces of engines and other mechanical parts.
Slug loading means any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants, released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration as to cause interference in the POTW.
Pervious surface means an area that releases as runoff a small portion of the precipitation that falls on it. Lawns, gardens, parks, forests or other similar vegetated areas are examples of surfaces that typically are pervious.
Plasma arc incinerator means any enclosed device using a high intensity electrical discharge or arc as a source of heat followed by an afterburner using controlled flame combustion and which is not listed as an industrial furnace.
Tanks has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(b).
Infiltrative surface means designated interface where effluent moves from distribution media or a distribution product into treatment media or original soil. In standard trench or bed systems this will be the interface of the distribution media or product and in-situ soil. Two separate infiltrative surfaces will exist in a mound system and an unlined sand filter, one at the interface of the distribution media and fill sand, the other at the interface of the fill sand and in-situ soil.
Tank means an enclosed space which is formed by the permanent structure of a ship and which is designed for the carriage of liquid in bulk.
Water Surface Elevation (WSE means the height, in relation to NAVD 1988, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.
Regulated impervious surface means any of the following, alone or in combination:
Structural component means a component that supports non-variable forces or weights (dead loads) and variable forces or weights (live loads).
Tight-fitting facepiece means a respiratory inlet covering that forms a complete seal with the face.
Built-Up Area and/or “Covered Area” in relation to a Flat shall mean the floor area of that Flat including the area of balconies and terraces, if any attached thereto, and also the thickness of the walls (external or internal) and the columns and pillars therein Provided That if any wall, column or pillar be common between two Flats, then one-half of the area under such wall column or pillar shall be included in the built-up area of each such Flat.
Impervious surface means a surface that has been covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
Impact surface means an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage by repeated sudden force such as certain parts of door frames.