Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VIII - Solid Waste Management and Disposal › Chapter 118 - Discarded Appliance Demanufacturing › Rule 567-118.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Appliances"
means household and commercial
				  devices such as refrigerators, freezers, kitchen ranges, air-conditioning
				  units, dehumidifiers, gas water heaters, furnaces, clothes washers, clothes
				  dryers, dishwashers, microwave ovens and commercial coolers with components
				  containing mercury, refrigerants, or PCB-containing capacitors.
"Ballast"
means an electrical device
				  containing capacitors for the purpose of triggering high-level electrical
				  components. A ballast provides electrical balance within the high-level
				  electrical component circuitry.
"Capacitor "
means a device for accumulating
				  and holding a charge of electricity that consists of conducting surfaces
				  separated by a dielectric fluid.
"CFC"
or
"CFCs"
means
				  chlorofluorocarbons, including any of several compounds used as
				  refrigerants.
"CFR "
means Code of Federal
				  Regulations.
"Demanufacturing "
means the removal of
				  components, including but not limited to PCB-containing capacitors, ballasts,
				  mercury-containing components, fluorescent tubes, and refrigerants, from
				  discarded appliances.
"Discarded"
means no longer to be used for
				  the original intended purpose.
"DOT-approved container"
means those
				  containers approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the agency
				  responsible for shipping regulations for hazardous materials in the United
				  States.
"Facility "
means any landfill, transfer
				  station, material recovery facility, salvage business, appliance service or
				  repair shop, appliance demanufacturer, shredder operation or other party which
				  may accept appliances for demanufacturing. A demanufacturing facility may
				  occupy a portion of a material recovery facility, salvage business, landfill,
				  transfer station or other site.
"Fixed facility"
means a permitted appliance
				  demanufacturer operating at a permanent location.
"Fluff"
means the residual waste from the
				  shredding operation after metals recovery.
"Hazardous condition "
means any situation
				  involving an actual, imminent or probable spillage, leakage, or release of a
				  hazardous substance onto the land, into a water of the state or into the
				  atmosphere which, because of the quantity, strength and toxicity of the
				  hazardous substance, its mobility in the environment and its persistence,
				  creates an immediate or potential danger to the public health or safety or to
				  the environment.
"HCFC"
or
"HCFCs"
means
				  hydrochlorofiuorocarbons, including any of several compounds used as
				  refrigerants.
"Mercury-containing components "
means
				  devices containing mercury. Examples include, but are not limited to,
				  thermostats, thermocouples, mercury switches and fluorescent tubes.
"Mobile operation "
means a permitted
				  appliance demanufacturer that has equipment capable of operating in an area
				  away from a fixed, permitted location.
"PCB "
or
"PCBs "
means
				  polychlorinated biphenyl, which is a chemical substance that is limited to the
				  biphenyl molecule that has been chlorinated to varying degrees, or any
				  combination of substances that contain polychlorinated biphenyl.
"Point of demanufacturing"
means the actual
				  location of demanufacturing for fixed facilities and mobile operations.
"Reclaim "
means to reprocess refrigerant to
				  an EPA ARI-700-88 standard.
"Recovery"
means to remove all refrigerants
				  to EPA standards.
"Small capacitor "
means a capacitor which
				  contains less than 1.36 kg (3 lbs) of dielectric fluid. The following
				  assumptions may be used if the actual weight of the dielectric fluid is
				  unknown. A capacitor whose total volume is less than 1,639 cubic centimeters
				  (100 cubic inches) may be considered to contain less than 1.36 kg (3 lbs) of
				  dielectric fluid, and a capacitor whose volume is more than 3,278 cubic
				  centimeters (200 cubic inches) must be considered to contain more than 1.36 kg
				  (3 lbs) of dielectric fluid. A capacitor whose volume is between 1,639 and
				  3,278 cubic centimeters may be considered to contain less than 1.36 kg (3 lbs)
				  of dielectric fluid if the total weight of the capacitor is less than 4.08 kg
				  (9 lbs).