Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 1420 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1420.102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
All definitions in this Section have the following meanings
				throughout this Subtitle, unless specifically stated otherwise. Words and terms
				not defined have the meanings stated in the Act.
"6-log reduction" means a 6-decade reduction or a one millionth
				(0.000001) survival probability in a microbial population.
"Act" means the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS
				5].
"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
				Agency.
"ATCC" means American Type Culture Collection.
"Board" means the Pollution Control Board.
"CFU" means colony forming unit.
"Chemical treatment" means using disinfectants or chemicals as
				the primary means to eliminate the infectious potential of PIMW. Examples
				include treatment with ethylene oxide, chlorine, and ozone.
"Class 4 etiologic agent" means a pathogenic agent that is
				extremely hazardous to
laboratory personnel or that may cause serious epidemic
				disease. Class 4 etiologic agent includes the following viral agents:
Alastrim, Smallpox, Monkey pox, and Whitepox (when used for
				transmission or animal inoculation experiments);
Hemorrhagic fever agents (including Crimean hemorrhagic fever
				(Congo), Junin, and Machupo viruses, and others not yet defined);
Herpes virus simiae (Monkey B virus);
Lassa virus;
Marburg virus;
Tick-borne encephalitis virus complex (including Absettarov,
				Hanzalova, HYPR, Kumlinge, Russian spring-summer encephalitis, Kyasanur forest
				disease, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, and Central European encephalitis
				viruses);
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (epidemic strains, when
				used for transmission or animal inoculation experiments);
Yellow fever virus (wild, when used for transmission or animal
				inoculation experiments);
Guanarito virus;
Sabia;
Ebola virus; and
Equine Morbillivirus.
BOARD NOTE: The definition of Class 4 agent is adopted under
				Section 56.2(e) of the Act to help define an "isolation waste" for Section
				3.360(a)(6) of the Act and this Subtitle. This listing is derived from the CDC
				document "Classification of Etiologic Agents on the Basis of Hazard, 1974", and
				is supplemented from the CDC/NIH document "Biosafety in Microbiological and
				Biomedical Laboratories", December 2009, and "NIH Guidelines for Research
				Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines)",
				April 2019.
"Container" means a receptacle that does not contain
				PIMW.
"Detergent" means a cleansing substance that contains
				surface-active agents for rapid wetting, penetration, and emulsification of
				fats and oils, plus a sequestering agent.
"Detergent-sanitizer cleaner" means an agent that is both a
				detergent and sanitizer registered by the United States Environmental
				Protection Agency (USEPA), as identified on its label.
"Discharge" means the accidental or intentional spilling,
				leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping of waste into or on
				any land or water. This does not include the normal loading and unloading of
				PIMW from a vehicle.
"Enclosed compartment" means a compartment that protects from
				the elements, prevents spillage and prevents containers from falling off the
				vehicle. The enclosed compartment cannot be used to meet the packaging
				requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 1421.Subpart C.
"Equivalent log kill" means the logarithm of the indicator
				microorganisms that must be killed and correlates to a 6-log reduction of
				viable test microorganisms.
"Highly communicable disease" means a disease identified as a
				Class 4 etiologic agent under this Section.
"Indicator microorganisms" means those microorganisms listed in
				35 Ill. Adm. Code 1422.Appendix A, Table B, as classified by ATCC.
"International biohazard symbol" means the symbol that is shown
				in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 1421.Illustration A.
"Irradiation treatment" means using ionizing radiation as the
				primary means to eliminate the infectious potential of PIMW. Examples include
				treatment with gamma (cobalt 60) and electron beam.
"Log" means logarithm to the base 10.
"Log kill" means the difference between the logarithms of
				viable test microorganisms or indicator microorganisms before and after
				treatment.
"Oversized PIMW" means a single waste item that is too large to
				be placed into a 33 gallon bag or container.
"Package" means a receptacle that contains PIMW.
"Person" is any individual, partnership,
				co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company,
				trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency, or any other legal entity,
				or their representative, agent, or assigns.
(Section 3.315 of the
				Act)
"PFU" means plaque forming unit.
"Potentially infectious medical waste
" or
				"PIMW"
means the following types of waste generated in connection with
				the diagnosis, treatment (i.e., provision of medical services), or immunization
				of human beings or animals; research pertaining to the provision of medical
				services; or the production or testing of biologicals:
Cultures and stocks. This waste shall include but not
				be limited to cultures and stocks of agents infectious to humans, and
				associated biologicals; cultures from medical or pathological laboratories;
				cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial
				laboratories; wastes from the production of biologicals; discarded live or
				attenuated vaccines; or culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate,
				or mix cultures.
Human pathological wastes. This waste shall include
				tissue, organs, and body parts (except teeth and the contiguous structures of
				bone and gum); body fluids that are removed during surgery, autopsy, or other
				medical procedures; or specimens of body fluids and their
				containers.
Human blood and blood products. This waste shall
				include discarded human blood, blood components (e.g., serum and plasma), or
				saturated material containing free flowing blood or blood
				components.
Used sharps. This waste shall include but not be
				limited to discarded sharps used in animal or human patient care, medical
				research, or clinical or pharmaceutical laboratories; hypodermic, intravenous,
				or other medical needles; hypodermic or intravenous syringes; Pasteur pipettes;
				scalpel blades; or blood vials. This waste shall also include but not be
				limited to other types of broken or unbroken glass (including slides and cover
				slips) in contact with infectious agents.
Animal waste. Animal waste means discarded materials,
				including carcasses, body parts, body fluids, blood, or bedding originating
				from animals inoculated during research, production of biologicals, or
				pharmaceutical testing with agents infectious to humans.
Isolation waste. This waste shall include discarded
				materials contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates, and secretions from
				humans that are isolated to protect others from highly communicable
				diseases,
as defined in this Section
.
Unused sharps. This waste shall include but not be
				limited to the following unused, discarded sharps: hypodermic, intravenous, or
				other needles; hypodermic or intravenous syringes; or scalpel
				blades.
Potentially infectious medical waste does not
				include
:
Waste generated as general household
				waste;
Waste (except for sharps) for which the infectious
				potential has been eliminated by treatment; or
Sharps that meet both of the following
				conditions:
The infectious potential has been eliminated from the
				sharps by treatment; and
The sharps are rendered unrecognizable by
				treatment.
Sharps that are managed in accordance with the
				following requirements:
The infectious potential is eliminated from the sharps
				by treatment at a facility that is permitted by the Agency for the treatment of
				PIMW;
The sharps are certified by the treatment facility as
				non-special waste in accordance with Section 22.48 of the Act;
The sharps are packaged at the treatment facility the
				same as required under Board rules for PIMW;
The sharps are transported under the custody of the
				treatment facility to a landfill permitted by the Agency under Section 21 of
				the Act to accept municipal waste for disposal; and
The management of sharps is authorized in, and
				conducted in accordance with, a permit issued by the Agency to the treatment
				facility.
(Section 3.360 of the Act)
"Putrescence" means the partial decomposition of organic matter
				by microorganisms that causes malodors, gases, or other offensive conditions,
				or that can provide food for vectors.
"Registered professional engineer" means a person registered
				under the Illinois Professional Engineering Practice Act [225 ILCS 325].
"Reusable container" means a receptacle that complies with 35
				Ill. Adm. Code
				1421.121(a) and
				(b); is made and repaired with materials that
				are corrosion resistant and non-absorbent; and designed and constructed to
				easily permit cleaning and disinfection in compliance with Section
				1420.107.
"Sanitizer" means an antimicrobial agent that is intended for
				application to inanimate objects or surfaces for reducing the microbial count
				to safe levels and that is registered by USEPA, as identified on its
				label.
"Sharps" mean unused sharps and used sharps as stated in the
				definition of PIMW with or without residual fluids.
"Significant mechanical change" means the substitution or
				addition of mechanical parts that result in different operating conditions. A
				significant mechanical change does not mean the replacement of a part that
				meets the same specifications as the original.
"Single-use container" means a container intended by the
				manufacturer for one use only (e.g., biohazard bags).
"Site" means any location, place, tract of land, and
				facilities, including but not limited to buildings, and improvements used for
				purposes subject to regulation or control by the Act or regulations
				thereunder.
(Section 3.460 of the Act) For this Subtitle, every
				educational institution's campus is a single site.
"Storage" means the containment of waste, either on a
				temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute
				disposal.
(Section 3.480 of the Act)
"Storage site"
means
a site at which
				waste is stored. "Storage site" includes transfer stations.
(Section
				3.485 of the Act)
"Test microorganisms" means those microorganisms listed in 35
				Ill. Adm. Code 1422.Appendix A, Table A, as classified by ATCC.
"Thermal treatment" means using elevated temperatures as the
				primary means to eliminate the infectious potential of PIMW. Examples of
				thermal treatment are incineration, steam sterilization, microwaving,
				radiowaving, infrared heating, pyrolysis, plasma systems, and laser
				treatments.
"Transfer station" means a site or facility that
				accepts waste for temporary storage or consolidation and further transfer to a
				waste disposal, treatment or storage facility. "Transfer station" includes a
				site where waste is transferred from
:
a rail carrier to a motor vehicle or water
				carrier;
a water carrier to a rail carrier or motor
				vehicle;
a motor vehicle to a rail carrier, water carrier or
				motor vehicle;
a rail carrier to a rail carrier, if the waste is
				removed from a rail car; or
a water carrier to a water carrier, if the waste is
				removed from a vessel.
(Section 3.500 of the Act)
"Treatment" means any method, technique or process,
				including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or
				biological character or composition of any waste so as to neutralize it or
				render it nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable
				for storage, or reduced in volume. Such term includes any activity or
				processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of
				hazardous waste so as to render it nonhazardous.
(Section 3.505 of the
				Act)
"Unrecognizable" means relating to a sharp that has undergone
				physical alteration (e.g., melting, charring, corroding, or grinding) so that
				the sharp may no longer be used for its intended purpose.
"Vector" means any living agent, other than human, capable of
				transmitting, directly or indirectly, an infectious disease.
"Vehicle" means any device used to transport special waste in
				bulk or in packages, tanks or other containers.