As used in this article, these terms and words used
in this article shall be defined as follows:
APPLICANT
The person or persons applying for a waiver under this article.
An applicant must be the owner of the solid waste management facility
and the site upon which it is located.
ASH or ASH RESIDUE
All the solid residue and any entrained liquids resulting
from the combustion of solid waste at a solid waste incinerator, including
bottom ash, boiler ash, fly ash and the solid residue of any air pollution
control device used on a solid waste incinerator.
ASHFILL
Any landfill designed to accept ash, ash residue, bottom
ash, combined ash or fly ash.
COMMERCIAL WASTE
Liquid or solid waste generated by stores, offices, warehouses
and restaurants.
COMPOSTING
Aerobic decomposition of solid organic constituents of solid
waste to produce a stable, humus-like material used for fertilizing
and conditioning land.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS
Uncontaminated, inert solid waste resulting from the construction,
remodeling, repair and demolitions of structures and from road building
and land clearing. Such waste includes, but is not limited to, bricks,
concrete and other masonry materials, soil, rock, wood, wall coverings,
plaster, drywall, asphaltic pavement, glass and plastics that are
not sealed in a manner that conceals other wastes, and metals that
are incidental to any of the above.
CONTAINMENT POND OR POOL
Any basin, tank, pond or pool for the disposal, storage,
retention, processing, treatment or other handling of liquid waste.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
DISPOSAL
The placement, distribution, storage, removal or transportation
of solid wastes.
FACILITY
Any solid waste management facility.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Waste meeting the definition set forth in 6 NYCRR Part 371.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any liquid, gaseous, solid or waste substance or combination
thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade
or business. It shall include, but not be limited to, pesticides,
lime, acids, chemicals, petroleum products, tar and dyestuffs.
MANURE
Refuse of stables and barnyards consisting of livestock excreta,
with or without litter, used for fertilizing land.
6 NYCRR
Title 6 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.
ON-SITE FACILITY
Any facility serving only the applicant's waste products
generated on the applicant's premises.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, business,
industry, enterprise, public or private corporation, political subdivision
of the state, government agency, municipality, estate, trust or any
other legal entity whatsoever.
RECYCLING
The reuse of solid waste recovered from the solid waste stream
into goods or materials suitable for reuse in original or changed
form.
SEWAGE
The water-carrying human or animal wastes from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with
such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be present.
SOLID OR LIQUID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible materials or substances
that are discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless
or in excess to the owners at the time of such discard or rejection,
including but not limited to liquids, garbage, refuse, industrial,
commercial and household waste, sludges from air or water treatment
facilities, rubbish, tires, ashes, contained gaseous material, incinerator
ash and residue and construction and demolition debris. In addition:
(1)
A material is "discarded" if it is abandoned
by being:
(b)
Burned or incinerated, including being burned
as a fuel for the purpose of recovering usable energy; or
(c)
Accumulated, stored or physically, chemically
or biologically treated (other than burned or incinerated) instead
of being disposed of.
(2)
A material is "disposed of" if it is discharged,
deposited, injected, dumped, spilled, leaked or placed into or on
any land or water.
SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR
An incinerator at which household waste and nonhazardous
industrial/commercial waste are combusted for energy.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
Any facility employed beyond the initial solid or liquid
waste collection process and managing solid or liquid waste, including
but not limited to: storage areas or facilities; transfer stations;
rail-haul or barge-haul facilities; processing facilities; landfills;
ashfills; disposal facilities; solid waste incinerators; resource
recovery facilities; recycling facilities; and waste tire storage
facilities, containment ponds or pools, sewage treatment plants and
storage tanks or containers, or any other facility of any kind designated
a solid waste management facility by the DEC.