| (58) Transporter--A person that collects, conveys,
or transports medical waste; does not include a person transporting
his or her household waste.
(59) Trash--Same as "Rubbish."
(60) Treatment--Same as "Processing."
(61) 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.
(62) Unloading areas--Areas designated for unloading,
including all storage areas, and other processing areas.
(63) 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.
(64) 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.
(65) 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
in this paragraph.
(66) Wetlands--As defined in Chapter 307 of this title
(relating to Texas Surface Water Quality Standards).
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