(133) Regulated hazardous waste--A solid waste that
is a hazardous waste as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) §261.3 and that is not excluded from regulation as a hazardous
waste under 40 CFR §261.4(b), or that was not generated by a
conditionally exempt small-quantity generator.
(134) Resource recovery--The recovery of material or
energy from solid waste.
(135) Resource recovery facility--A solid waste processing
facility at which solid waste is processed for the purpose of extracting,
converting to energy, or otherwise separating and preparing solid
waste for reuse.
(136) Rubbish--Nonputrescible solid waste (excluding
ashes), consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste materials.
Combustible rubbish includes paper, rags, cartons, wood, excelsior,
furniture, rubber, plastics, brush, or similar materials; noncombustible
rubbish includes glass, crockery, tin cans, aluminum cans, and similar
materials that will not burn at ordinary incinerator temperatures
(1,600 degrees Fahrenheit to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit).
(137) Run-off--Any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid
that drains over land from any part of a facility.
(138) Run-on--Any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid
that drains over land onto any part of a facility.
(139) Salvaging--The controlled removal of waste materials
for utilization, recycling, or sale.
(140) Saturated zone--That part of the earth's crust
in which all voids are filled with water.
(141) Scavenging--The uncontrolled and unauthorized
removal of materials at any point in the solid waste management system.
(142) Scrap tire--Any tire that can no longer be used
for its original intended purpose.
(143) Seasonal high-water level--The highest measured
or calculated water level in an aquifer during investigations for
a permit application and/or any groundwater characterization studies
at a facility.
(144) Septage--The liquid and solid material pumped
from a septic tank, cesspool, or similar sewage treatment system.
(145) Site--Same as facility.
(146) Site development plan--A document, prepared by
the design engineer, that provides a detailed design with supporting
calculations and data for the development and operation of a solid
waste site.
(147) Site operating plan--A document, prepared by
the design engineer in collaboration with the facility operator, that
provides general instruction to facility management and operating
personnel throughout the operating life of the facility in a manner
consistent with the engineer's design and the commission's regulations
to protect human health and the environment and prevent nuisances.
(148) Site operator--The holder of, or the applicant
for, an authorization (or license) for a municipal solid waste facility.
(149) Sludge--Any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste
generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment
plant, water-supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility,
exclusive of the treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant.
(150) Small municipal solid waste landfill--A municipal
solid waste landfill unit (Type IAE) at which less than 20 tons of
authorized types of waste are disposed of daily based on an annual
average and/or a Type IVAE landfill unit at which less than 20 tons
of authorized types of waste are disposed of daily based on an annual
average. A Type IAE landfill permit may include additional authorization
for a separate Type IVAE landfill unit. If a permit contains dual
authorization for Type IAE and Type IVAE landfill units, the permit
must designate separate areas for the units and where all disposal
cells will be located within each unit.
(151) Solid waste--Garbage, rubbish, refuse, sludge
from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or
air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including
solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting
from industrial, municipal, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations
and from community and institutional activities. The term does not
include:
(A) solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage,
or solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows, or industrial
discharges subject to regulation by permit issued under Texas Water
Code, Chapter 26;
(B) soil, dirt, rock, sand, and other natural or man-made
inert solid materials used to fill land if the object of the fill
is to make the land suitable for the construction of surface improvements;
(C) waste materials that result from activities associated
with the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas or
geothermal resources and other substance or material regulated by
the Railroad Commission of Texas under Natural Resources Code, §91.101,
unless the waste, substance, or material results from activities associated
with gasoline plants, natural gas liquids processing plants, pressure
maintenance plants, or repressurizing plants and is hazardous waste
as defined by the administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency under the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended
by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 United
States Code (USC), §§6901 et seq. );
or
(D) post-use polymers or recoverable feedstocks processed
through pyrolysis or gasification that do not qualify as hazardous
waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42
USC, §§6901 et seq. ).
(152) Solid waste management unit--A landfill, surface
impoundment, waste pile, furnace, incinerator, kiln, injection well,
container, drum, salt dome waste containment cavern, land treatment
unit, tank, container storage area, or any other structure, vessel,
appurtenance, or other improvement on land used to manage solid waste.
(153) Source-separated recyclable material--Recyclable
material from residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, recreational,
industrial, and other community activities, that at the point of generation
has been separated, collected, and transported separately from municipal
solid waste (MSW), or transported in the same vehicle as MSW, but
in separate containers or compartments. Source-separation does not
require the recovery or separation of non-recyclable components that
are integral to a recyclable product, including:
(A) the non-recyclable components of white goods, whole
computers, whole automobiles, or other manufactured items for which
dismantling and separation of recyclable from non-recyclable components
by the generator are impractical, such as insulation or electronic
components in white goods;
(B) source-separated recyclable material rendered unmarketable
by damage during collection, unloading, and sorting, such as broken
recyclable glass; and
(C) tramp materials, such as:
(i) glass from recyclable metal windows;
(ii) nails and roofing felt attached to recyclable
shingles;
(iii) nails and sheetrock attached to recyclable lumber
generated through the demolition of buildings; and
(iv) pallets and packaging materials.
(154) Special waste--Any solid waste or combination
of solid wastes that because of its quantity, concentration, physical
or chemical characteristics, or biological properties requires special
handling and disposal to protect the human health or the environment.
If improperly handled, transported, stored, processed, or disposed
of or otherwise managed, it may pose a present or potential danger
to the human health or the environment. Special wastes are:
(A) hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small-quantity
generators that may be exempt from full controls under Chapter 335,
Subchapter N of this title (relating to Household Hazardous Wastes);
(B) Class 1 industrial nonhazardous waste;
(C) untreated medical waste;
(D) municipal wastewater treatment plant sludges, other
types of domestic sewage treatment plant sludges, and water-supply
treatment plant sludges;
(E) septic tank pumpings;
(F) grease and grit trap wastes;
(G) wastes from commercial or industrial wastewater
treatment plants; air pollution control facilities; and tanks, drums,
or containers used for shipping or storing any material that has been
listed as a hazardous constituent in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Part 261, Appendix VIII but has not been listed as a commercial
chemical product in 40 CFR §261.33(e) or (f);
(H) slaughterhouse wastes;
(I) dead animals;
(J) drugs, contaminated foods, or contaminated beverages,
other than those contained in normal household waste;
(K) pesticide (insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, or
rodenticide) containers;
Cont'd... |