Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Title 310 CMR 17.00 - Part I: Recycling Industries Reimbursement Credit Grant Program › Section 17.03 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
For the purposes of
				310 CMR 17.00, the following
				terms shall have the meaning set forth below unless the context clearly
				requires otherwise:
Broker or Intermediary
means a Company
				or Corporation that acts solely to sell, buy or trade PostConsumer Waste
				Materials between Companies or Corporations engaged in the Manufacturing
				Process or Reclaiming Process.
Company or Corporation
means: any for
				profit or non-profit Company, Corporation, entity, or institution duly
				organized or recognized by the Secretary of State pursuant to the laws of the
				Commonwealth.
Department
means the Department of
				Environmental Protection.
Designated Feedstock Materials
means
				Post-Consumer Waste Materials, as listed by the Department on the Designated
				List, which materials may include, but are not limited to, paper, glass and
				plastic bottles, and tires, which have been processed through a Reclaiming
				Process and are ready for use as an input to a system that transforms said
				materials, and any other inputs, into products of economic value. Said
				materials shall not include Post-Industrial Waste Material or metals.
Designated List
means a list as
				determined by the Department under which Designated Unprocessed Materials and
				the Designated Feedstock Materials shall be eligible for a Grant; provided,
				that no materials that are metals or hazardous waste under applicable state and
				federal environmental laws shall be eligible.
Designated Unprocessed Materials
means
				Post-Consumer Waste Materials, as listed by the Department on the Designated
				List, which materials may include, but are not limited to, unprocessed loose
				paper, glass and plastic bottles and tires. Said materials shall not include
				metals.
Eligible Business
means a Company or
				Corporation, which:
(a) either
1. uses Designated Unprocessed Materials in its Reclaiming
				Process; or
2. uses Designated Feed Stock Materials in its Manufacturing
				Process; and
(b) has at least 50% of its full-time equivalent non-salaried
				workforce at the site for which the grant is being utilized in the State.
A business shall not be considered eligible which:
(c) has been convicted of violating any state or federal civil
				or criminal environmental law in the past three years; or
(d) acts as an intermediary or broker between companies and
				Corporations engaged in the manufacturing process or reclaiming process.
Grant
means funds for financial
				assistance provided under contractual terms between the Department and a
				Grantee to assist the Grantee in the achievement or continuation of a specified
				public purpose to benefit the general public or a segment of the general public
				consistent with the Department's Legislative Authorization.
Grant Agreement
means a written
				contract between the Grantee and the Department.
Grant Application
means an annual
				application form prescribed by the Department to be completed by an Eligible
				Business and reviewed by the Department to determine eligibility.
Grantee
means an Eligible Business
				selected as a recipient of a Grant.
Manufacturing Process
means those
				activities by which Designated Unprocessed Materials and Designated Feedstock
				Materials, as identified by the Department on the Designated List, are used as
				an input to a system that transforms them, and any other inputs, into products
				of added economic value and resold to a non-affiliated business or
				consumer.
Post-consumer Waste Materia
l means
				any product generated by a business or consumer that has served its intended
				use, and that has been separated from solid waste for the purposes of
				collection and recycling or reuse and that does not include Post-industrial
				Waste Material.
Post-industrial Waste Materia
l means
				internally generated scrap or fragments of products commonly returned to
				industrial or manufacturing processes, including home scrap or mill
				broke.
ReclaimingProcess
means those
				activities that densify, shred, bale, grind, culletize or otherwise process
				theretofore Designated Unprocessed Material.
Statute
means St. 1997, c. 88, §
				85.
Virgin Feedstock Materia
l means those
				materials extracted from their natural resource base and that are prepared for
				input into a system that transforms them and any other inputs, into products of
				economic value.