[PART
IV.]  MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CRITERIA



 



[§342H-51]  Definitions.  Unless
otherwise explicitly stated, the definitions provided in section 342H-1 shall
control 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 of
solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other
nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes.



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



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



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



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



“Lateral expansion” means a horizontal
expansion of the waste boundaries of an existing municipal solid waste landfill
unit.



“Municipal solid waste landfill unit” means a
discrete area of land or an excavation that receives household waste and is not
a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or waste pile.  A
municipal solid waste landfill unit also may receive other types of waste
regulated under subtitle D of RCRA, such as commercial solid waste,
nonhazardous sludge, small quantity generator waste and industrial solid
waste.  Such a landfill may be publicly or privately owned.  A municipal solid
waste landfill unit may be a new municipal solid waste landfill unit, an
existing municipal solid waste landfill unit, or a lateral expansion.



“New municipal solid waste landfill unit” means
any municipal solid waste landfill unit that has not received waste prior to
October 9, 1993.



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



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



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