Section 170IAC8.5-1-1. Definitions

   (a) The definitions in this section, except where otherwise defined, and, where applicable, in IC 8-1-2-1 apply throughout this article.

  (b) "Certificate of territorial authority" or "CTA" means the authority for a utility to operate within a specified geographic area.

  (c) "Commission" means the Indiana utility regulatory commission.

  (d) "Customer" means any:

(1) person;

(2) firm;

(3) corporation;

(4) municipality; or

(5) other government agency;

that has agreed, orally or otherwise, to pay for sewage disposal service rendered by a sewage disposal company, provided that, for the purposes of 170 IAC 8.5-2-3 through  170 IAC 8.5-2-4, the term shall be limited to mean persons who have agreed to pay for such service exclusively for residential purposes.

  (e) "Disconnection" means the termination or discontinuance of sewage disposal service.

  (f) "Late payment charge" means the one (1) time penalty assessed by a sewage disposal company upon all current bills at such time as they become delinquent.

  (g) "Lateral sewer" means sewerage pipe owned, operated, or maintained by a sewage disposal company that is used to transport sewage. The term does not include service pipe.

  (h) "NARUC" refers to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

  (i) "NARUC Uniform System of Accounts" means the rules and regulations governing the classification of accounts applicable to a utility as:

(1) developed by the NARUC; and

(2) adopted by reference by the commission for Indiana utilities.

  (j) "Premises" means a tract of land or real estate, including buildings and other appurtenances thereon.

  (k) "Service pipe" means the pipe that:

(1) runs from the customer's premises to the lateral sewer; and

(2) receives sewage from the customer's premises.

  (l) "Sewage disposal company" means any:

(1) natural person;

(2) firm;

(3) association;

(4) corporation; or

(5) partnership;

owning, leasing, or operating any sewage disposal service within the rural areas of this state.

  (m) "Sewage disposal service" means any utility service whereby liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil, and industrial waste within the limitations of section 2(c) of this rule of any single territorial area is collected, treated, purified, and disposed of in a sanitary manner. The term includes all of the following:

(1) Sewage treatment plants.

(2) Main sewers.

(3) Submain sewers.

(4) Local or lateral sewers, or both.

(5) Intercepting sewers.

(6) Outfall sewers force mains.

(7) Pumping stations.

(8) Ejector stations.

(9) Other equipment and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the rendition of the service.

(Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; Service for Utilities Rendering Sewage Disposal Service in Ind; Rule 1; filed Dec 9, 1981, 10:20 a.m.: 5 IR 13; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 4:30 p.m.: 24 IR 4233; readopted filed Apr 24, 2007, 8:21 a.m.: 20070509-IR-170070147RFA; filed Sep 13, 2007, 1:58 p.m.: 20071010-IR-170070235FRA; filed May 25, 2010, 1:52 p.m.: 20100623-IR-170090792FRA; readopted filed Aug 2, 2013, 2:16 p.m.: 20130828-IR-170130227RFA)