Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 209 - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-209-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
"AASHTO specification" means a standard of performance for
				buried structures set forth in "Standard Specifications for Transportation
				Materials," published by the American Association of State Highway and
				Transportation Officials in 1989, 14TH edition.
"All weather access" means that affected roads or land surface
				can support operation of vehicles for the transportation of solid waste and
				vehicles for the maintenance of solid waste facilities under all normal
				climatic conditions, provided that snow is removed and flooding is
				precluded.
"Alter" (1) when referring to a solid waste facility which has
				no permit, means to change the existing configuration or method of operation of
				the facility in any manner, including but not limited to adding to the volume
				of solid waste deposited at the facility; (2) when referring to a solid waste
				facility which holds a permit, means to change the approved configuration or
				method of operation of the facility in any manner, including but not limited to
				adding to the approved volume of solid waste deposited at the facility.
"Asbestos" means actinolite, amosite, antnophyllite,
				chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, or any material which contains the above,
				all or part of which is in a friable state.
"ASTM specification" means a standard for pipes or other
				construction materials set forth in "Annual Book of ASTM Standards," published
				by the American Society of Testing Materials in 1989.
"Base flood" means a flood that has a one percent or greater
				chance of recurring in any year or a flood of a magnitude equaled or exceeded
				once in 100 years on the average over a significantly long period. If the
				Commissioner deems it necessary for a particular location, the base flood shall
				represent a less common occurrence as specified by him or her.
"Bird hazard" means an increase in the likelihood of
				bird/aircraft collisions that may cause damage to the aircraft or injury to its
				occupants.
"Bulky waste" means landclearing debris and waste resulting
				directly from demolition activities other than clean fill.
"Cell construction method" means the spreading, compacting and
				daily covering of solid wastes through use of the area, ramp, or trench methods
				of landfilling.
"Certified operator" means the solid waste facility operator or
				an employee of the such operator who is present on site and oversees or carries
				out the daily operation of the facility, and whose qualifications are approved
				in accordance with Section
				22a-209-6
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
"Certified soil scientist" means a person who has been
				certified as a soil scientist by the Board of Directors of the Society of Soil
				Scientists of Southern New England.
"Clean fill" means (1) natural soil (2) rock, brick, ceramics,
				concrete, and asphalt paving fragments which are virtually inert and pose
				neither a pollution threat to ground or surface waters nor a fire hazard and
				(3) polluted soil as defined in subdivision (45) of subsection (a) of section
				22a-133k-1 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies which soil has been treated to reduce
				the concentration of pollutants to levels which do not exceed the applicable
				pollutant mobility criteria and direct exposure criteria established in
				sections
				22a-133k-1 through
				22a-133k-3
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and which soil is reused in
				accordance with R.C.S.A. subdivision (3) of subsection (h) of section
				22a-133k-2
				of such regulations.
"Cover material" means soil, or other suitable material as
				approved by the Commissioner, which is used to cover compacted solid waste in a
				solid or special waste disposal area. Any soils used shall be classified as GM,
				silty gravels, poorly graded gravel-sand-silt mixtures; GC, clayey gravels,
				poorly graded gravel-sand-clay mixtures; SM, silty sands, poorly graded
				sand-silt mixtures; SC, clayey sands, poorly graded sand-clay mixtures; ML,
				inorganic silts and very fine sands, rock flour, silty or clayey fine sands
				with slight plasticity in accordance with the unified soil classification
				system.
"Dewater" means to subject material to a process that removes
				water.
"Dioxin sampling well" means a stainless steel ground water
				monitoring well installed within the area of predicted leachate plume from any
				portion of a solid waste facility at which residue is disposed.
"Facility plan" means the engineering studies and proposals to
				build, establish, alter, operate, monitor and close a solid waste facility,
				required by Section
				22a-209-4(b)
				(2) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
"Floodplain" means the lowland and relatively flat areas
				adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood-prone areas of offshore
				islands, which are inundated by the base flood.
"Friable" means readily crumbled, pulverized or reduced to
				powder, when dry, by hand pressure.
"Geotextile" means a woven or nonwoven fabric or film which is
				utilized for the engineering management of soil and water.
"Groundwater" means water present in the zone of
				saturation.
"Groundwater monitoring well" means a dug, driven or drilled
				well used to determine groundwater elevation, direction of groundwater flow, or
				the quality of groundwater.
"Hazardous Waste" means 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 USC
				6901 et seq.) as amended.
"Leachate" means that liquid which results from ground or
				surface water which has been in contact with solid waste and has extracted
				material, either dissolved or suspended, from the solid waste.
"Lift" means a horizontal layer of cells within a solid waste
				disposal area at which the cell construction method is utilized.
"Lower explosive limit" means the lowest percent by volume of
				gas which will propagate a flame in air at 25°C and atmospheric
				pressure.
"Maximum high water table" means the highest elevation reached
				by the upper level of the ground water as determined by an engineering
				evaluation conducted in accordance with test methods approved by the
				Commissioner.
"Monocell" means a variation of the cell construction method
				whereby only a single type of solid waste is disposed of in any individual
				cell.
"Mottling indicator" means a residual trace of reduced or
				oxidized iron left on soil strata as the result of fluctuations in groundwater
				elevation.
"Mulch" means a protective cover of organic material placed
				over soil to preserve soil moisture, prevent erosion, or promote the growth of
				plants.
"Municipal solid waste" means solid waste from residential,
				commercial, industrial and institutional sources, excluding solid waste
				consisting of significant quantities of hazardous waste as defined in Section
				22a-115 of the
				General Statutes, landclearing debris, biomedical waste, sewage sludge and
				scrap metal.
"Natural soil" means soil in which all substances naturally
				occurring therein are present in concentrations not exceeding the
				concentrations of such substance occurring naturally in the environment and in
				which soil no other substance is analytically detectable. For the purpose of
				this definition, substance shall have the same meaning as in section
				22a-133k-1 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
"New municipal solid waste disposal area" means a solid waste
				facility or expansion thereof, other than a vertical expansion, for the
				disposal of municipal solid waste, for which facility or expansion a completed
				application under Sections
				22a-430
				and
				22a-208a
				of the General Statutes is received by the Commissioner after the effective
				date of Section
				22a-209-14 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
"Open dump" means a site at which solid waste is disposed of in
				a manner which does not comply with Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and
				Recovery Act of 1976, (
				42 USC
				6901 et seq.), as amended, and regulations
				promulgated thereunder.
"Operator" means a person who is ultimately responsible for
				maintaining the solid waste facility in conformance with applicable statutes
				and regulations and the facility permits.
"Pan lysimeter" means a leachate collection device for sampling
				leachate from monocells within a solid waste disposal area.
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association,
				syndicate, company, trust, corporation, municipality, agency or political or
				administrative subdivision of the state, or other legal entity of any
				kind.
"Public airport" means an airport open to the public without
				prior permission and without restrictions within the physical capacities of
				available facilities.
"Recharge" means water which enters a geologic formation.
				"Regional solid waste disposal area" means a solid waste disposal area used for
				the disposal of solid waste generated in more than one municipality.
"Residue" means bottom ash, air pollution control residue, and
				other residues from the combustion process at resource recovery facilities,
				municipal solid waste incinerators, and biomedical waste incinerators.
"Resources recovery facility" means a volume reduction plant,
				as defined by Section
				22a-207
				of the General Statutes as amended, utilizing processes aimed at reclaiming the
				material or energy values from solid wastes.
"Rip-rap" means a loose assemblage of broken or whole stones
				utilized to dissipate the velocity and energy of moving water.
"Scarification" means the process of raking, harrowing or
				otherwise disturbing a soil surface to allow infiltration of water or other
				material.
"Solid waste boundary" means the outermost perimeter of the
				solid or special waste (projected in the horizontal plane) as it would exist at
				completion of the permitted disposal activity at a solid waste or special waste
				disposal area.
"Special waste disposal area" means a solid waste disposal area
				at which special wastes, as defined in this section, are disposed of.
"Special wastes" means the following wastes, so long as they
				are not hazardous waste pursuant to section
				22a-115 of the
				General Statutes or radioactive material subject to section
				22a-148
				of the General Statutes: (1) water treatment, sewage treatment or industrial
				sludges, liquid, solids and contained gases; fly-ash and casting sands or slag;
				and contaminated dredge spoils; (2) scrap tires; (3) bulky waste, as defined in
				this section; (4) asbestos; (5) residue; and (6) biomedical waste.
"Standard proctor density" means the maximum weight per unit
				volume of earthen material which has been compacted by a specific weight and
				procedure, at an optimum soil moisture, according to a laboratory engineering
				test developed by Proctor.
"State Solid Waste Management Plan" means the State plan
				adopted pursuant to Section
				22a-211 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
"Stormwater" means precipitation runoff.
"Transfer station" means a volume reduction plant, as defined
				by Section
				22a-207
				of the General Statutes, as amended, that is a central collection point for the
				solid waste generated within a municipality or group of municipalities, where
				solid wastes received are transferred to a vehicle for removal to another solid
				waste facility.
"Underdrainage" means a system of pipes, structures, stone,
				pumps, wells, or other devices utilized to lower or divert groundwater.
"Vector" means as insect or rodent or other animal (not human)
				which can transmit infectious diseases from one person or animal to another
				person or animal.
"Vertical expansion" means an expansion of an existing solid
				waste disposal area such that future disposal of municipal solid waste will
				take place only where solid waste has previously been disposed of and is still
				present.
"Washout" means the carrying away of solid waste by waters of
				the base flood.
"Water Quality Standards" means the water quality standards and
				water quality Classifications Map published by the Connecticut Department of
				Environmental Protection, February, 1987.
"Water table" means that surface of a body of unconfined
				groundwater at which the pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere.
"Working face" means that portion of a solid waste or special
				waste disposal area where the waste is deposited, spread and compacted prior to
				the placement of cover material.
"Zone of influence" means the area in which, assuming the
				absence of any means at a solid waste facility to collect or treat leachate,
				groundwater may be altered in quality due to discharge of leachate from any
				portion of such facility.