(165) Transporter--A person that collects, conveys,
or transports solid waste; does not include a person transporting
his or her household waste.
(166) Trash--Same as Rubbish.
(167) Treatment--Same as Processing.
(168) Triple rinse--To rinse a container three times
using a volume of solvent capable of removing the contents equal to
10% of the volume of the container or liner for each rinse.
(169) Uncompacted waste--Any waste that is not a liquid
or a sludge, has not been mechanically compacted by a collection vehicle,
has not been driven over by heavy equipment prior to collection, or
has not been compacted prior to collection by any type of mechanical
device other than small, in-house compactor devices owned and/or operated
by the generator of the waste.
(170) Unified soil classification system--The standardized
system devised by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for classifying
soil types.
(171) Universal waste--Any of the following hazardous
wastes that are subject to the universal waste requirements of Chapter
335, Subchapter H, Division 5 of this title (relating to Universal
Waste Rule):
(A) batteries, as described in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) §273.2;
(B) pesticides, as described in 40 CFR §273.3;
(C) thermostats, as described in 40 CFR §273.4;
(D) paint and paint-related waste, as described in §335.262(b)
of this title (relating to Standards for Management of Paint and Paint-Related
Waste); and
(E) lamps, as described in 40 CFR §273.5.
(172) Unloading areas--Areas designated for unloading,
including all working faces, active disposal areas, storage areas,
and other processing areas.
(173) Unstable area--A location that is susceptible
to natural or human-induced events or forces capable of impairing
the integrity of some or all of the landfill structural components
responsible for preventing releases from a landfill. Unstable areas
can include poor foundation conditions, areas susceptible to mass
movements, and karst terrains.
(174) Uppermost aquifer--The geologic formation nearest
the natural ground surface that is an aquifer; includes lower aquifers
that are hydraulically interconnected with this aquifer within the
facility's property boundary.
(175) Vector--An agent, such as an insect, snake, rodent,
bird, or animal capable of mechanically or biologically transferring
a pathogen from one organism to another.
(176) Washout--The carrying away of solid waste by
waters.
(177) Waste acceptance hours--Those hours when waste
is received from off-site.
(178) Waste management unit boundary--A vertical surface
located at the perimeter of the unit. This vertical surface extends
down into the uppermost aquifer.
(179) Waste-separation/intermediate-processing center--A
facility, sometimes referred to as a materials recovery facility,
to which recyclable materials arrive as source-separated materials,
or where recyclable materials are separated from the municipal waste
stream and processed for transport off-site for reuse, recycling,
or other beneficial use.
(180) Waste-separation/recycling facility--A facility,
sometimes referred to as a material recovery facility, in which recyclable
materials are removed from the waste stream for transport off-site
for reuse, recycling, or other beneficial use.
(181) Water in the state--Groundwater, percolating
or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs,
rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Gulf
of Mexico inside the territorial limits of the state, and all other
bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal,
fresh or salt, navigable or non-navigable, and including the beds
and banks of all watercourses and bodies of surface water, that are
wholly or partially inside or bordering the state or inside the jurisdiction
of the state.
(182) Water table--The upper surface of the zone of
saturation at which water pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure,
except where that surface is formed by a confining unit.
(183) Waters of the United States--All waters that
are currently used, were used in the past, or may be susceptible to
use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters that are
subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, with their tributaries and
adjacent wetlands, interstate waters and their tributaries, including
interstate wetlands; all other waters such as intrastate lakes, rivers,
streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, and
wetlands, the use, degradation, or destruction of which would affect
or could affect interstate or foreign commerce including any such
waters that are or could be used by interstate or foreign travelers
for recreational or other purposes; from which fish or shellfish are
or could be taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce; that
are used or could be used for industrial purposes by industries in
interstate commerce; and all impoundments of waters otherwise considered
as navigable waters; including tributaries of and wetlands adjacent
to waters identified herein.
(184) Wetlands--As defined in Chapter 307 of this title
(relating to Texas Surface Water Quality Standards).
(185) White goods--Discarded large household appliances
such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, or dishwashers.
(186) Working face--Areas in a landfill where waste
has been deposited for disposal but has not been covered.
(187) Yard waste--Leaves, grass clippings, yard and
garden debris, and brush, including clean woody vegetative material
not greater than six inches in diameter, that results from landscaping
maintenance and land-clearing operations. The term does not include
stumps, roots, or shrubs with intact root balls.
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