(L) discarded materials containing asbestos;
(M) incinerator ash;
(N) soil contaminated by petroleum products, crude
oils, or chemicals in concentrations of greater than 1,500 milligrams
per kilogram total petroleum hydrocarbons; or contaminated by constituents
of concern that exceed the concentrations listed in Table 1 of §335.521(a)(1)
of this title (relating to Appendices);
(O) used oil;
(P) waste from oil, gas, and geothermal activities
subject to regulation by the Railroad Commission of Texas when those
wastes are to be processed, treated, or disposed of at a solid waste
management facility authorized under this chapter;
(Q) waste generated outside the boundaries of Texas
that contains:
(i) any industrial waste;
(ii) any waste associated with oil, gas, and geothermal
exploration, production, or development activities; or
(iii) any item listed as a special waste in this paragraph;
(R) lead acid storage batteries; and
(S) used-oil filters from internal combustion engines.
(155) Stabilized sludges--Those sludges processed to
significantly reduce pathogens, by processes specified in 40 Code
of Federal Regulations Part 257, Appendix II.
(156) Storage--The keeping, holding, accumulating,
or aggregating of solid waste for a temporary period, at the end of
which the solid waste is processed, disposed, or stored elsewhere.
(A) Examples of storage facilities are collection points
for:
(i) only nonputrescible source-separated recyclable
material;
(ii) consolidation of parking lot or street sweepings
or wastes collected and received in sealed plastic bags from such
activities as periodic citywide cleanup campaigns and cleanup of rights-of-way
or roadside parks; and
(iii) accumulation of used or scrap tires prior to
transportation to a processing or disposal facility.
(B) Storage includes operation of pre-collection or
post-collection as follows:
(i) pre-collection--that storage by the generator,
normally on his premises, prior to initial collection; or
(ii) post-collection--that storage by a transporter
or processor, at a processing facility, while the waste is awaiting
processing or transfer to another storage, disposal, or recovery facility.
(157) Storage battery--A secondary battery, so called
because the conversion from chemical to electrical energy is reversible
and the battery is thus rechargeable. Secondary or storage batteries
contain an electrode made of sponge lead and lead dioxide, nickel-iron,
nickel-cadmium, silver-zinc, or silver-cadmium. The electrolyte used
is sulfuric acid. Other types of storage batteries contain lithium,
sodium-liquid sulfur, or chlorine-zinc using titanium electrodes.
(158) Structural components--Liners, leachate collection
systems, final covers, run-on/run-off systems, and any other component
used in the construction and operation of the municipal solid waste
landfill that is necessary for protection of human health and the
environment.
(159) Surface impoundment--A natural topographic depression,
man-made excavation, or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials
(although it may be lined with man-made materials) that is designed
to hold an accumulation of liquids; examples include holding, storage,
settling, and aeration pits, ponds, and lagoons.
(160) Surface water--Surface water as included in water
in the state.
(161) Tank--A stationary device, designed to contain
an accumulation of solid waste, which is constructed primarily of
non-earthen materials (e.g., wood, concrete, steel, plastic) that
provide structural support.
(162) Tank system--A solid waste storage or processing
tank and its associated ancillary equipment and containment system.
(163) Transfer station--A facility used for transferring
solid waste from collection vehicles to long-haul vehicles (one transportation
unit to another transportation unit). It is not a storage facility
such as one where individual residents can dispose of their wastes
in bulk storage containers that are serviced by collection vehicles.
(164) Transportation unit--A truck, trailer, open-top
box, enclosed container, rail car, piggy-back trailer, ship, barge,
or other transportation vehicle used to contain solid waste being
transported from one geographical area to another.
(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.
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