[PARTIV.]  MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CRITERIA

 

[§342H-51]  Definitions.  Unlessotherwise explicitly stated, the definitions provided in section 342H-1 shallcontrol the meaning of the terms used in this part.  As used in this part,unless the context otherwise requires:

“Commercial solid waste” means all types ofsolid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and othernonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes.

“Existing municipal solid waste landfill unit”means any municipal solid waste landfill unit that is receiving solid waste onOctober 9, 1993.

“Facility” means all contiguous land andstructures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for thedisposal of solid waste.

“Household waste” means any solid waste(including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks) derived fromhouseholds (including single and multiple residences, hotels and motels,bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, andday-use recreation areas).

“Industrial solid waste” means solid wastegenerated by manufacturing or industrial processes that is not a hazardouswaste regulated under subtitle C of RCRA.  Such waste may include, but is notlimited to, waste resulting from electric power generation, water treatment,and the manufacture of the following products:  fertilizers and agriculturalchemicals; food and related products and byproducts; inorganic chemicals; ironand steel; leather and leather products; nonferrous metals; organic chemicals;plastics and resins; pulp and paper products; rubber and miscellaneous plasticproducts; stone, glass, clay and concrete products; textiles; andtransportation equipment.  This term does not include mining waste or oil andgas waste.

“Lateral expansion” means a horizontalexpansion of the waste boundaries of an existing municipal solid waste landfillunit.

“Municipal solid waste landfill unit” means adiscrete area of land or an excavation that receives household waste and is nota land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or waste pile.  Amunicipal solid waste landfill unit also may receive other types of wasteregulated under subtitle D of RCRA, such as commercial solid waste,nonhazardous sludge, small quantity generator waste and industrial solidwaste.  Such a landfill may be publicly or privately owned.  A municipal solidwaste landfill unit may be a new municipal solid waste landfill unit, anexisting municipal solid waste landfill unit, or a lateral expansion.

“New municipal solid waste landfill unit” meansany municipal solid waste landfill unit that has not received waste prior toOctober 9, 1993.

“Operator” means the person responsible for theoverall operation of a facility or part of a facility.

“Owner” means the person who owns a facility orpart of a facility.

“RCRA” means the federal Resource Conservationand Recovery Act, as amended, 42 United States Code, §§6901 to 6991i. [L 1992,c 245, pt of §1]