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Definitions: (i) ‘Act’ means the Delhi Water Board Act, 1998 (Delhi Act N0. 4 of 1998); (ii) ‘Board’ means the Board as defined in the Act; (iii) ‘CEO’ means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board; (iv) ‘Cleaning’ means removal of septage; (v) ‘Committee’ means the Septage Management Committee constituted in each District headed by the District Magistrate; the Members of the Committee may be co-opted by the District Magistrate from Government Departments, Public Undertakings, Municipalities etc. including Delhi Jal Baord. (vi) ‘Designated Officer(s)’ means an officer of Delhi Jal Board authorized by Chief Executive Officer to issue license or any other work assigned to him; (vii) ‘Disposal’ means transfer of septage to a designated location; (viii) ‘District Magistrate’ means the District Magistrate of the area appointed by the Government. of National Capital Territory of Delhi and authorized to ensure the enforcement as well as compliance of these Regulations. He/she shall head the Committee constituted for enforcement and compliance of these Regulations; (ix) “Drain” means as board as defined in the act. (x) “License” means a written permission granted for this purpose to any person, Government. department, public undertaking, local bodies, firm, company registered under the Indian Companies Act, Associations, Society registered under Society Registration Act-1860 etc. intend to carry out the services of septage management having mentioned the purpose, period, name and address, route etc. under the signature of the authorized signatory of the Delhi Jal Board; (xi) “Licensee” means any person /department /agency firm holding license. (xii) ‘Licensed vehicle’ means a registered vehicle carrying valid license for cleaning, disposal and transportation of septage; (xiii) “Manhole” means an opening through which a man may enter or leave a sewer or other closed structure for inspection, cleaning and other maintenance operations, fitted with a suitable cover; (xiv) ‘Member Secretary’ means Secretary of the Committee nominated by the Chief Executive Officer, Delhi Jal Board; (xv) “Notified location” means the location of delivery and disposal of septage, as defined and earmarked by Delhi Jal Board. [PART IV DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 17 (xvi) ‘IN PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT AS MANUAL SCAVENGERS AND THEIR REHABILITATION Act-2013’ means Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavenger and their Rehabilitation Act-2013 and Rules made there under. (xvii) ‘Penalty’ means financial punishment imposed for violation of these Regulations. (xviii) “Registered Vehicle’ means a vehicle duly registered by the Transport Authority of the State to perform the designated purpose; (xix) “Septage” means fecal sludge produced in septic tanks; (xx) “Septic-Tank” An underground tank that treats wastewater by a combination of solids settling and anaerobic digestion. The effluents may be discharged into soak pits or small bore sewers and the solids have to be pumped out periodically. (xxi) “Sewers” means conduits provided for the purposes of carrying the liquid wastes of the community, otherwise known as sewage or sludge. (xxii) “Sewage Pumping Station (SPS)” means the pump-house of Delhi Jal Board from where Sewage is pumped to a desired location. (xxiii) “Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)” means the place where Sewage is treated by Delhi Jal Board. (xxiv) “Sludge” means the settled solid-matter in semi-solid condition, it is usually a mixture of solids and water deposited at the bottom of Septic-tank, ponds etc. The term sewage- sludge is generally used to describe residuals from centralized waste water treatment while the term Septage is used to describe the residual from septic tank. (xxv) ‘Transportation’ means safe transfer of septage through licensed vehicle from the place of work to the designated disposal location; (xxvi) “Treatment” means any Technical method or process Design to alter the physical, chemical or biological and radiological character or composition of any waste or waste water to reduced or prevent pollutions. (xxvii) ‘Vendor(s)’ means the person/entities that have been granted license by the Designated Officer of Delhi Jal Board. (xxviii) ‘Worker(s)’means any person engaged by the Vender(s) for removal, transportation and disposal of septage. All other words and expressions used in these Regulations and not defined in these regulations and not defined herein above but defined in the Act or any other law for the time being in force shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them under the Act or law and in absence thereof, the meaning as commonly understood in the water supply and sewage treatment / disposal industry. CHAPTER-II LICENSE FOR COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SEPTAGE