| (123) Pyrolysis--A manufacturing process through which
post-use polymers are heated in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere until
melted and thermally decomposed and then cooled, condensed, and converted
into a valuable raw, intermediate, or final product, including a plastic,
monomer, chemical, wax, lubricant, or chemical feedstock or crude
oil, diesel, gasoline, diesel and gasoline blendstock, home heating
oil, ethanol, or another fuel. The term does not include incineration.
(124) Pyrolysis facility--A manufacturing facility
that receives, separates, stores, and converts post-use polymers using
pyrolysis. The commission may not consider a pyrolysis facility to
be a hazardous waste management facility, a solid waste management
facility, or an incinerator.
(125) Qualified groundwater scientist--A licensed geoscientist
or licensed engineer who has received a baccalaureate or post-graduate
degree in the natural sciences or engineering and has sufficient training
in groundwater hydrology and related fields as may be demonstrated
by state registration, professional certifications, or completion
of accredited university programs that enable the individual to make
sound professional judgments regarding groundwater monitoring, contaminant
fate and transport, and corrective action.
(126) Radioactive waste--Waste that requires specific
licensing under 25 TAC Chapter 289 (relating to Radiation Control),
and the rules adopted by the commission under the Texas Health and
Safety Code.
(127) Recoverable feedstock--One or more of the following
materials, derived from recoverable waste other than coal refuse,
that has been processed so that it may be used as feedstock in a gasification
facility:
(A) post-use polymers; and
(B) material, including municipal solid waste containing
post-use polymers and other post-industrial waste containing post-use
polymers, that has been processed into a fuel or feedstock for which
the commission or the United States Environmental Protection Agency
has made a non-waste determination under 40 Code of Federal Regulations §241.3(c).
(128) Recyclable material--A material that has been
recovered or diverted from the nonhazardous waste stream for purposes
of reuse, recycling, or reclamation, a substantial portion of which
is consistently used in the manufacture of products that may otherwise
be produced using raw or virgin materials. The term includes post-use
polymers and recoverable feedstocks that are converted through pyrolysis
or gasification into valuable raw, intermediate, and final products.
Recyclable material is not solid waste. However, recyclable material
may become solid waste at such time, if any, as it is abandoned or
disposed of rather than recycled, whereupon it will be solid waste
with respect only to the party actually abandoning or disposing of
the material.
(129) Recycling--A process by which materials that
have served their intended use or are scrapped, discarded, used, surplus,
or obsolete are collected, separated, or processed and returned to
use in the form of raw materials in the production of new products.
Except for mixed municipal solid waste composting, that is, composting
of the typical mixed solid waste stream generated by residential,
commercial, and/or institutional sources, recycling includes the composting
process if the compost material is put to beneficial use.
(130) Refuse--Same as rubbish.
(131) Registration--The act of filing information with
the commission for review and approval for specific solid waste management
activities that do not require a permit, as determined by this chapter.
(132) Regulated asbestos-containing material--Regulated
asbestos-containing material as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
Part 61, as amended, includes: friable asbestos material, Category
I nonfriable asbestos-containing material that has become friable;
Category I nonfriable asbestos-containing material that will be or
has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting, or abrading; or
Category II nonfriable asbestos-containing material that has a high
probability of becoming or has become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced
to powder by the forces expected to act on the material in the course
of demolition or renovation operations.
(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;
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