The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words defined in the Texas Water Code, Chapters 15, 16, or 17, and not defined here shall have the meanings provided by the appropriate Texas Water Code chapter. (1) Hazardous waste--Any solid waste identified or listed as a hazardous waste by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 United States Code 6901 et seq., as amended. (2) Industrial solid waste--Solid waste resulting from or incidental to any process of industry or manufacturing, or mining or agricultural operations. (3) Municipal solid waste--Solid waste resulting from or incidental to municipal, community, commercial, institutional, and recreational activities,
including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and all other solid waste other than industrial solid waste. (4) Municipal solid waste facility--All structures, appurtenances, equipment, and improvements, including land and sanitary landfills, necessary for management of municipal solid waste or any other solid waste, excluding hazardous waste and Class I nonhazardous industrial solid waste (other than wastes which are Class I solely because of asbestos content), for which state law authorizes management in municipal solid waste facilities regulated by the department. (5) Permit--The formal written approval issued to the applicant by the department or county for a municipal solid waste facility. (6) Permit application, Part B--The technical information required for landfill sites serving less than 5,000 persons as described by 25 TAC §325.73, concerning technical information
required for landfill sites serving less than 5,000 persons--permit application, Part B. (7) Site assessment--The review and analysis of a site upon which a municipal solid waste facility is proposed to determine whether the site has previously been used for the disposal of hazardous substances or solid wastes. (8) Site development plan--A document prepared by the design engineer, which provides a detailed design with supporting calculations and data for the development and operation of a municipal solid waste facility as described in 25 TAC §325.74, concerning technical information required for landfill sites serving 5,000 persons or more--site development plan.
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