Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 856 - LICENSING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES › Section 096-856-3 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For the purpose of this Chapter, terms not defined in this
				  section have the meaning given them under 38 M.R.S. sections 361-A and 1303- C.
				  The following terms as used in this Chapter have the following meaning unless
				  the context indicates otherwise:
A.
By-product.
"By-product" means a material that is not one of the
				primary products of a production process and is not solely or separately
				produced by the production process. The term does not include a co-product that
				is produced for the general public's use and is ordinarily used in the form in
				which it is produced by the process.
B.
Commercial hazardous waste
				facility.
"Commercial hazardous waste facility" means a facility which
				accepts, for handling, hazardous wastes other than those generated on site by
				the owner of the facility. The handling of residual hazardous wastes generated
				on site in the process of handling hazardous wastes are included within the
				scope of the facility's operations. Commercial hazardous waste facility
				includes mobile treatment facilities.
C.
Elementary neutralization
				unit.
"Elementary neutralization unit" means a device which is used on
				site for neutralizing wastes that are hazardous solely because they exhibit the
				corrosivity characteristic defined in 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 850 or are listed in
				06-096 C.M.R. ch. 850, §3(C) solely for this reason and meets the
				definition of tank, tank system, container, transport vehicle or vessel in 40
				C.F.R. §260.10.
D.
Facility property.
"Facility property" means all of the property,
				as defined by its legal boundaries, on which is or will be located the existing
				or proposed waste facility for hazardous waste for which the license is
				sought.
E.
Mobile treatment
				facility.
"Mobile treatment facility" means a facility or unit capable
				of being moved and operated at sites for a limited period of time. In order to
				qualify as a "mobile treatment facility" units located at generator sites must
				be operational at more than one site in a calendar year.
F.
New waste facility for hazardous
				waste.
"New waste facility for hazardous waste" means a facility which
				did not exist prior to the effective date of this Chapter or which did not
				handle hazardous waste prior to the effective date of this Chapter.
G.
Publicly owned treatment
				works.
"Publicly owned treatment works" (POTW) means any device or
				system used in the treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal
				sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a "State" or
				"municipality." This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances
				only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
H.
Substantial modification.
"Substantial modification" means any change in size or operation of a licensed
				facility which may pose a risk to health, safety, welfare or the environment
				which is significantly different in kind or degree from that posed by the
				facility without the modification, or may pose a significant risk which was not
				considered in the original application or is not addressed in the existing
				license.
I.
Thermal
				treatment.
"Thermal treatment" means the treatment of hazardous waste in
				a device which uses elevated temperatures as the primary means to change the
				chemical, physical or biological character or composition of the hazardous
				waste. Examples of thermal treatment processes are incineration, molten salt,
				pyrolysis, calcination, wet air oxidation and microwave discharge.
J.
Transfer facility.
"Transfer
				facility" means any transportation-related facility including loading docks,
				parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of
				hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation.