The following terms shall have the following meanings:
AUTHORITY
The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority ("MIRA")
established pursuant to Chapter 446E of the Connecticut General Statutes,
as it may be amended from time to time.
BULKY WASTE
Stumps, waste from construction, demolition activity or land
clearing and discarded furniture, and such other materials of like
nature as the Board of Selectmen may by resolution declare to be bulky
waste.
CONTRACTUAL STANDARDS
Contractual standards for solid waste delivered to the Mid-Connecticut
System are as follows:
A.
It must be solid waste emanating from within the corporate boundaries
of this municipality;
B.
It must not be of such a quantity, quality or other nature as
to impair materially the operation or capacity of the Mid-Connecticut
System or any portion thereof, normal or reasonable wear and usage
excepted;
C.
It must not be of such a quantity, quality or other nature as
to impair materially the strength or the durability of the structures,
equipment or works which are a part of the Mid-Connecticut System
or any portion thereof;
D.
It must not be of such a quantity, quality or other nature as
to create flammable or explosive conditions in the Mid-Connecticut
System or any portion thereof;
E.
It must not contain chemical or other properties which are deleterious,
as determined by the Authority, or capable of causing material damage
to any part of the system or to personnel; and
F.
It must not include any hazardous waste or bulky waste.
DESIGNATED DISPOSAL SITE
The facility for disposing of solid waste generated within
the Town of Old Lyme, and includes landfill, bulky waste, intermediate
recycling center and any future facilities, including a transfer station
or other site as may be temporarily substituted or required by the
Authority.
DIRECTOR
The person appointed by the Board of Selectmen to administer
and enforce this chapter.
DISPOSAL CHARGE
That amount of money to be charged for each ton of solid
waste delivered to the Mid-Connecticut System as established by the
procedures authorized in the municipal service agreement.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
A.
Any waste material which may pose a present or potential hazard
to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored,
transported or disposed of or otherwise managed, including hazardous
waste identified in accordance with Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), as
amended.
B.
Any waste material which may pose a present or potential hazard
to human health or the environment when improperly disposed of, treated,
stored, transported, or otherwise managed, including A) hazardous
waste identified in accordance with Section 3001 of the Federal Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 6901
et seq.), B) hazardous waste identified by regulation by the Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection, and C) polychlorinated biphenyls
in concentrations greater than 50 parts per million, but does not
mean by-product material, source material or special nuclear material,
as defined in C.G.S. § 22a-151, or scrap tires.
C.
Pathological, biological, cesspool or other human wastes, human
and animal remains, and radioactive, toxic and other hazardous wastes,
such as cleaning fluids, crankcase oils, cutting oils, paints, acids,
caustics, poisons, drugs, fine powdery earth used to filter cleaning
fluid and refuse of similar nature, which, according to federal, state
or local rules or regulations from time to time in effect, require
special handling in their collection, treatment or disposal, pursuant
to Chapter 446e of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
MID-CONNECTICUT SYSTEM
The system for the processing of solid waste and the recovery
of energy therefrom constructed by the Authority pursuant to the municipal
service agreement.
MUNICIPAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
The municipal solid waste management services contract between
this municipality and the Authority [formerly Connecticut Resources
Recovery Authority ("CRRA")], dated as of 1984.
RECYCLABLES
Discarded material which may be reclaimed, such as cardboard,
storage batteries, glass food containers, metal food containers, newspapers,
office paper, scrap metal, waste oil and leaves and any other material
designated as such by regulations adopted by the Commissioner of the
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to C.G.S.
§ 22a-241b, as they may be amended from time to time.
REFUSE COLLECTOR
Includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
of collecting and transporting commercial, household or industrial
solid waste and recyclables for hire within this municipality.
SCRAP METAL
Used or discarded items which consist predominantly of ferrous
metals, aluminum, brass, copper, lead, chromium, tin, nickel or alloys
thereof, including but not limited to white goods.
SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLING
As used in this chapter, single-stream recycling refers to
a collection system that mixes all recyclable paper fibers and containers
together in a bin at the curb and in the collection truck.
SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded materials consistent with the meaning
given that term by C.G.S. §§ 22a-207(3) and 22a-260(7),
excluding semisolid or liquid materials collected and treated in a
sewerage system.
TRANSFER STATION
That facility constructed by the CRRA and operated by MIRA
as part of the Mid-Connecticut System and located at Essex, Connecticut.
All waste and recyclables collected for a fee in this municipality
shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by persons licensed jointly
by this municipality and the Authority to perform such work and in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No other person shall
collect, convey over any street or dispose of any solid waste and
recyclables in this municipality, except that the actual producers
of solid waste and recyclables or the owners of premises in this municipality
upon which solid waste and recyclables have accumulated may personally
collect, convey and dispose of such solid waste and recyclables upon
complying with the other provisions of this chapter and with any other
applicable ordinances and regulations. No solid waste and recyclables
collected from outside this municipality shall be disposed of under
a license or registration issued pursuant to this chapter.
Each licensee shall furnish to his customers, upon request,
a list of rates for the various services he provides.
Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, the Director
shall enforce all provisions of this chapter regulating the collection
and transportation of refuse and recyclables and concerning the disposal
and recycling of refuse at the designated disposal site.
Curbside pickup of residential solid waste and single-stream
recycling is provided by the municipality by private contract.
The Authority, or the Director, may require the licensee to
post a letter of credit, bond or such other security as may reasonably
be required to protect the municipality or Authority, as the case
may be, from the potential nonpayment of disposal fees by the refuse
collector.