As used in this chapter, unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise:

(1)  “Director” shall mean the director of the department of environmental management.

(2)  “Disposal facility” shall mean any wastewater treatment facility, or portion thereof, or any other facility that receives septage from septage transporters, pursuant to authorization by the department of environmental management.

(3)  “Disposal facility operator” shall mean the person responsible for operating the disposal facility, who has authority to charge fees for the receipt of septage.

(4)  “Person” shall mean an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, the Federal government, or any agency or subdivision thereof, a state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state, or any interstate body.

(5)  “Septage” shall mean any solid, liquid or semi-solid removed from a septic tank, cesspool, privy, domestic or other wastewater holding tank, or similar onsite sewage disposal system.

(6)  “Septage transporter” shall mean any person lawfully authorized to transport septage.