Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part VII - Solid Waste › Subpart 1 - Solid Waste Regulations › Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section VII-115 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For all purposes
				  of these rules and regulations, the terms defined in this Section shall have
				  the following meanings, unless the context of use clearly indicates otherwise.
100-Year Flood
-a flood that has a 1
					 percent or greater chance of occurring in any year, or a flood of a magnitude
					 equaled or exceeded once in 100 years on average over a significantly long
					 period.
Abandonment
-to leave behind or desert
					 solid waste at a location without adhering to the proper disposal or processing
					 standards required by these regulations. Storage of solid waste in accordance
					 with the storage standards provided by these regulations does not constitute
					 abandonment.
Access Road
-a passageway for vehicles
					 leading from the entrance of a facility to each unit of the facility.
Act
-the Louisiana Environmental Quality
					 Act (R.S. 30:2001 et
					 seq.).
Administrative Authority
-the Secretary of
					 the Department of Environmental Quality or his designee or the appropriate
					 assistant secretary or his designee.
Agricultural Waste
-nonhazardous waste
					 resulting from the production and processing of agricultural products,
					 including manures, prunings, and crop residues. Some examples of
agricultural wastes
are included in LAC 33:VII.3015 .Appendix
					 H. This term does not include solid wastes defined as industrial solid waste in
					 this Section.
Air Curtain Destructor
-a device that
					 forcefully projects a curtain of air across an open chamber or open pit in
					 which combustion occurs. Destructors of that type can be constructed above or
					 below ground and with or without refractory walls or floor.
Air curtain
					 destructors
are also referred to as bit burners, trench burners, and
					 air curtain incinerators.
Animal Feed
-any crop, such as pasture
					 crops, forage, and grain, grown for consumption by animals.
Applicant
-any person who intends to be a
					 standard permit-holder for a solid waste processing and/or disposal facility
					 and who has submitted a permit application to the Department of Environmental
					 Quality.
Aquifer
-a continuous geologic formation,
					 group of formations, or part of a formation that contains enough saturated
					 permeable materials to yield significant quantities of water to wells or
					 springs. For the purposes of these regulations, a significant quantity of water
					 is enough water to yield a groundwater sample within 24 hours after purging a
					 monitoring well.
Areas Susceptible to Mass Movement
-those
					 areas of influence (i.e., areas characterized as having an active or
					 substantial possibility of mass movement) where the movement of earth material
					 at, beneath, or adjacent to the facility, because of natural or man-induced
					 events, results in the downslope transport of soil and rock material by means
					 of gravitational influence. Areas of mass movement include, but are not limited
					 to, landslides, avalanches, debris slides and flows, soil fluctuation, block
					 sliding, and rock fall.
Asbestos-Containing Waste
-
regulated asbestos-containing material (RACM)
, as defined in
					 LAC 33:III.5151.B, and/or non-RACM (asbestos-containing material that is not
					 RACM) that is discarded.
Assessment Well
-see
Monitoring
					 Well
.
Assets
-all existing and all probable
					 future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity.
Autoclave
- steam sterilization at a
					 temperature of at least 250°F and a pressure of at least 15 pounds per
					 square inch for at least 30 minutes. Longer times are required depending on the
					 amount of waste, the presence of water, and the type of container used.
					 Alternate patterns of temperature, pressure, and time may be used if compatible
					 with the sterilization equipment being used and demonstrably sufficient to kill
					 disease-causing microorganisms.
Background Soil pH
-the pH of unimpacted
					 soil in the vicinity of the solid waste facility before the addition of
					 substances that alter the hydrogen-ion concentration (see
Soil
					 pH
).
Bailing
-a method of obtaining samples of
					 water from a groundwater monitoring well by lowering and raising a weighted
					 bottle, capped length of pipe, or similar device.
Baler
-a facility that mechanically
					 compacts and binds, or wraps, a solid waste into bundles, called bales, for
					 convenient handling, storage, and shipping.
Beneficial Use
-the use of waste material
					 for some profitable purpose (e.g., incorporating sludge into soil to amend the
					 soil). Avoidance of processing or disposal cost alone does not constitute
					 beneficial use.
Board of Certification and Training
-a
					 board for the certification and training of operators of systems or facilities
					 for the disposal of commercial and residential solid waste (established by
					 R.S.
					 37:3151 et seq.).
Clean Closure
-the act of closing a solid
					 waste unit or facility whereby all solid waste is removed, and the constituent
					 of concern concentrations in soil and groundwater meet background
					 conditions.
Closure
-the act of securing a facility
					 that has been used to process, store, or dispose of solid waste in a manner
					 that minimizes harm to the public and the environment.
Closure Plan
-a plan for closure and/or
					 post-closure of a facility prepared in accordance with the requirements of LAC
					 33:VII.Subpart 1.
Closure Permit
-written authorization
					 issued by the administrative authority to a person for the closure of a
					 facility used to process or dispose of solid waste in accordance with the Act,
					 these regulations, and specified terms and conditions.
Coastal Zone
-the coastal waters and
					 adjacent shorelands within the boundaries of the coastal zone established by
					 the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978 (R.S.
					 49:213.1-213.12).
Collect
-to accumulate industrial solid
					 waste or solid waste generated by more than one household or commercial
					 establishment, or by a storage or processing facility.
Collection Facility-
a facility, at which
					 one or more containers are located, that is used to accumulate solid waste
					 generated by and delivered by more than one household or commercial
					 establishment for pickup by a transporter, including, but not limited to,
					 facilities typically located in rural areas where garbage collection does not
					 occur. This definition does not include containers that receive only solid
					 waste generated on property that is contiguous with the property on which the
					 container is located (e.g., containers located at and receiving solid waste
					 only from a multiunit dwelling or a commercial establishment or an industrial
					 establishment).
Commercial Establishment
-a business,
					 including its structures and property, that is involved in the exchange or
					 distribution of goods or commodities, or that rents, leases, or sells space for
					 such activities.
Commercial Solid Waste
-all types of solid
					 waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other
					 nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial solid
					 wastes.
Compactor
-a solid waste facility, other
					 than collection and transportation vehicles, that reduces a solid waste volume
					 by mechanical compaction to achieve a higher density.
Compost
-a solid waste that has undergone
					 biological decomposition of organic matter and has been stabilized using
					 composting or similar technologies, to a degree that is beneficial to plant
					 growth, and that is used, or sold for use, as a soil amendment, artificial
					 topsoil, growing-medium amendment, or other similar uses.
Composting
-a controlled process of
					 degrading organic matter with microorganisms.
Composting Facility
-a facility where
					 organic matter is processed by natural or mechanical means to aid the microbial
					 decomposition of the organic matter.
Construct
-to build, erect, excavate, or
					 form any portion of a solid waste facility.
Construction/Demolition (C&D)
					 Debris
-nonhazardous waste generally considered not water-soluble that
					 is produced in the process of construction, remodeling, repair, renovation, or
					 demolition of structures, including buildings of all types (both residential
					 and nonresidential). Solid waste that is not
C&D
debris
(even if resulting from the construction, remodeling,
					 repair, renovation, or demolition of structures) includes, but is not limited
					 to,
regulated asbestos-containing
material
					 (RACM)
as defined in LAC 33:III.5151.B, white goods, creosote-treated
					 lumber, and any other item not an integral part of the structure.
Contamination (Environmental)
-the
					 degradation of naturally occurring water, air, or soil quality either directly
					 or indirectly as a result of human activities.
Contamination (Solid Waste)
-the admixture
					 of any solid waste with any amount of hazardous waste, or any other type of
					 waste not meeting the definition of solid waste.
Contour Lines
-lines connecting points of
					 equal elevation used on topographic or other maps.
Cover Material
-soil, or other suitable
					 material approved by the administrative authority, applied on the top and side
					 slopes of disposed solid waste to control vectors, gases, erosion, fires, and
					 infiltration of precipitation; to support vegetation; to provide
					 trafficability; or to ensure an aesthetic appearance.
Crops for Human Consumption
-crops grown
					 for human consumption that are not processed to minimize pathogens before they
					 are distributed to consumers.
Curing Area
-an area where organic
					 material that has undergone the rapid initial stage of composting is further
					 stabilized into a humus-like material.
Current Assets
-cash, other assets, or
					 resources commonly identified as those which are reasonably expected to be
					 realized in cash, sold, or consumed during the normal operating cycle of the
					 business.
Current Liabilities
-obligations whose
					 liquidation is reasonably expected to require the use of existing resources,
					 properly classifiable as current assets, or the creation of other current
					 liabilities.
Daily Cover
-cover material applied at the
					 end of the operating day to a unit, the working face of a unit, or a
					 facility.
Department
-the Department of
					 Environmental Quality as created by
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et seq.
Disease Vector
-animals such as rodents,
					 and fleas, flies, mosquitoes, and other arthropods, that are capable of
					 transmitting diseases to humans.
Displacement
-the relative movement of any
					 two sides of a fault measured in any direction.
Disposal
-the discharge, deposit,
					 injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste on or into
					 any land or water so that such solid waste, or any constituent thereof, may
					 have the potential for entering the environment or being emitted into the air
					 or discharged into any waters of Louisiana. Abandonment of solid waste, whether
					 or not it comes into contact with land or water, is also considered
disposal
.
Ditch
-an earthen trench or excavation
					 principally used to convey wastewaters without regard to whether solids
					 settling or treatment of wastewater occurs therein.
Emergency Exemption
-a special
					 authorization issued to a person by the administrative authority that allows
					 freedom from obligation to these regulations or any portion thereof for a
					 specified period of time, owing to emergencies such as strikes or acts of
					 God.
Emergency Response Plan
-an organized,
					 planned, coordinated course of action to be followed in the event of a fire,
					 explosion, natural disaster, or discharge or release of waste into the
					 environment that could endanger human health or the environment.
EPA
-the U.S. Environmental Protection
					 Agency.
Estimated Life of Facility
-the length of
					 time a solid waste facility is projected to be capable of accepting wastes,
					 based on its current permit or permit application.
Exemption
-a special authorization issued
					 to a person by the administrative authority that allows freedom from obligation
					 to these regulations or a portion thereof.
Existing Facility
-any
facility
, as defined in this Subsection, that receives solid
					 waste or that exists or is being constructed on February 20, 1993, that does or
					 will store, process, or dispose of solid wastes. (Facilities closed prior to
					 January 20, 1981, or facilities that have completed the closure/post-closure
					 requirements prior to February 20, 1993, are not considered
existing
					 facilities
.)
Existing Operation
-any solid waste
					 operation that manages, collects, stores, processes, or receives solid waste
					 that exists or that is being constructed on February 20, 1993. (Operations
					 closed prior to January 20, 1981, or operations that have completed the closure
					 and/or post-closure requirements prior to February 20, 1993, are not considered
					 existing operations.)
Exploration and Production Waste (E&P
					 Waste)
-drilling wastes, salt water, and other wastes that are
					 associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or
					 natural gas wells and that are not regulated by the provisions of, and are
					 therefore excluded from, the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Regulations and the
					 Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Subtitle C, as amended.
Facility
-actual land and associated
					 appurtenances used for storage, processing, and/or disposal of solid wastes,
					 but possibly consisting of one or more units. (Any earthen ditches leading to
					 or from a unit of a facility and that receive solid waste are considered part
					 of the facility to which they connect, except for ditches lined with materials
					 capable of preventing groundwater contamination. The term
facility
does not necessarily mean an entire industrial
					 manufacturing plant.)
Fault
-a fracture or a zone of fractures
					 in any material along which strata on one side have been displaced with respect
					 to those on the other side.
Final Cover
-cover material that is
					 applied to minimize the infiltration of precipitation in a facility and
					 revegetated to control erosion.
Final Grade
-the maximum elevation allowed
					 by the permit at any given time.
Flood Plain
-the lowland and relatively
					 flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood-prone areas of
					 offshore islands, that are inundated by the 100-year flood.
Food-Chain Crops
-crops grown for human
					 consumption; tobacco; and crops grown to feed animals that are consumed by
					 humans.
Freeboard
-the vertical distance between
					 the lowest point of the top of a facility levee and the surface of the liquid
					 waste contained therein.
Freshwater Aquifer
-an aquifer containing
					 water with quantities of total dissolved solids of less than 10,000 mg/L that
					 is capable of yielding usable quantities of groundwater to drinking-water
					 wells, industrial pumps, springs, or streams.
Garbage
-solid waste that includes animal
					 and vegetable matter from the handling, preparation, cooking, and serving of
					 foods (including grease trap waste), but that does not include industrial solid
					 waste.
General Permit
-written authorization
					 issued by the administrative authority to allow for a specific activity or type
					 of operation, not based on a specific site, to process or dispose of solid
					 waste in accordance with the Act, these regulations, and specified terms and
					 conditions.
Generator
-any person whose act or process
					 produces solid waste as defined in these regulations.
Geotechnical Borehole
-an exploratory
					 borehole drilled, augered, bored, or cored to obtain soil samples to be
					 analyzed for chemical and/or physical properties.
Groundwater
-water located beneath the
					 ground surface or below a surface water body in a saturated zone or
					 stratum.
Hazardous Waste
-waste identified as
					 hazardous in the current Louisiana hazardous waste regulations (LAC
					 33:V.Subpart 1) and/or by the federal government under the Resource
					 Conservation and Recovery Act and subsequent amendments.
Hazardous Waste Determination
-the process
					 performed in accordance with LAC 33:V.1103.
Holocene
-the most recent epoch of the
					 Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, i.e.,
					 10,000 years ago, to the present.
Implement
-to carry out, accomplish, and
					 ensure actual fulfillment by specific means or by providing instruments or
					 means of accomplishment.
Implementation Schedule
-a timetable for
					 completing a predetermined implementation plan.
Impoundment
-see
Surface
					 Impoundment
.
Inactive (or Abandoned) Facility
-a solid
					 waste storage, processing, or disposal facility that no longer receives solid
					 waste and has not been closed in accordance with Louisiana Solid Waste
					 Regulations.
Incinerator
-any enclosed device using
					 controlled-flame combustion that neither meets the criteria for classification
					 as a boiler nor is listed as an industrial furnace, and is not a
boiler
or an
industrial furnace
as defined in
					 LAC 33:V.109.
Incinerator Ash
-residual solid waste that
					 has been received, thermally oxidized, and/or decomposed by an
					 incinerator.
Incinerator Waste-Handling Facility
-a
					 facility that processes solid waste by thermally oxidizing and/or decomposing
					 the solid waste in an incinerator.
Incorporation into Soil
-the injection of
					 solid waste beneath the surface of soil, or the mixing of solid waste with the
					 surface soil.
Industrial Establishment
-a business,
					 including its structures and property, that is involved in the production or
					 manufacture of goods or commodities.
Industrial Solid Waste
-solid waste
					 generated by a manufacturing, industrial, or mining process, or that is
					 contaminated by solid waste generated by such a process. Such waste may
					 include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following
					 manufacturing processes: electric power generation; fertilizer/agricultural
					 chemicals; food and related products; byproducts; inorganic chemicals; iron and
					 steel manufacturing; leather and leather products; nonferrous metals
					 manufacturing/foundries; organic chemicals; plastics and resins manufacturing;
					 pulp and paper industry; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone,
					 glass, clay, and concrete products; textile manufacturing; and transportation
					 equipment. This term does not include hazardous waste regulated under the
					 Louisiana hazardous waste regulations or under federal law, or waste that is
					 subject to regulation under the Office of Conservation's Statewide Order No.
					 29-B or by other agencies.
Industrial Solid Waste Facility
-a
					 facility for the processing, storage, and/or disposal of industrial solid
					 waste.
Infectious Waste
-waste that contains
					 pathogens of sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to it could result
					 in an infectious disease in a susceptible host.
Initial Promulgation
-the date on which
					 the Louisiana Solid Waste Management Program first became effective, January
					 20, 1981.
Interim Compacted Cover
-a minimum of 2
					 feet of compacted silty or sandy clay.
Interim Cover
-a minimum of 1 foot of soil
					 that is applied to a portion of a unit or a facility.
Isopach
-a line drawn on a map through
					 points of equal true thickness of a designated stratigraphic unit or group of
					 stratigraphic units.
Isopach Map
-a map that shows the
					 thickness of a bed, formation, sill, or other tabular body throughout a
					 geographic area by means of isopachs at regular intervals.
Karst Terrains
-areas where karst
					 topography, with its characteristic surface and subterranean features, is
					 developed as the result of dissolution of limestone, dolomite, or other soluble
					 rock. Characteristic physiographic features present in karst terrains include,
					 but are not limited to, sinkholes, sinking streams, caves, large springs, and
					 blind valleys.
Landfarm
-a facility for the disposal of
					 solid wastes in which wastes are applied to the land and/or incorporated into
					 the soil for biological reduction and soil attenuation.
Landfill
-a facility for the disposal of
					 solid waste, other than landfarm(s) or surface impoundment(s), that disposes of
					 solid waste by placing it on or into the land surface and usually also
					 compacting and covering with suitable cover material to a depth and at a
					 frequency sufficient to control disease vectors and odors and in a manner that
					 protects human health and the environment.
Leachate
-a liquid that has passed through
					 or emerged from solid waste and may contain soluble, suspended, or miscible
					 materials removed from such wastes.
Leak-Detection Well
-a well used to
					 determine the escape of liquids from a permitted solid waste facility.
Liabilities
-probable future sacrifices of
					 economic benefits arising from present obligations to transfer assets or
					 provide services to other entities in the future as a result of past
					 transactions or events.
Liner
-layer or layers of material(s)
					 beneath and on the sides of a solid waste disposal facility that are designed
					 to restrict the escape of wastes or their constituents from the
					 facility.
Liquid Waste
- any waste material that is
					 determined to contain free liquids as defined by Method 9095B (Paint Filter
					 Liquids Test), as described in
Test Methods for Evaluating Solid
					 Wastes, Physical/Chemical Methods
(EPA Pub. SW-846), which is
					 incorporated by reference. A suffix of "B" in the method number indicates
					 revision two (the method has been revised twice). Method 9095B is dated
					 November 2004.
Lithified Earth Material
-all rock,
					 including all naturally occurring and naturally formed aggregates or masses of
					 minerals or small particles of older rock that formed by crystallization of
					 magma or by induration of loose sediments. This term does not include man-made
					 materials, such as fill, concrete, and asphalt, or unconsolidated earth
					 materials, soil, or regolith lying at or near the earth's surface.
Litter
-exposed solid waste outside the
					 active portion of a unit of a facility.
Lower-Explosive Limit
-the lowest percent
					 by volume of a mixture of explosive gases in the air that will propagate a
					 flame at 25 degrees Centigrade and at atmospheric pressure.
Major Modification
-any change in a site,
					 facility, process or disposal method, or operation that substantially deviates
					 from the permit or tends to substantially increase the impact of the site,
					 facility, process or disposal method, or operation on the environment.
Mandatory Modification
-any change in a
					 site, facility, unit, process or disposal method, or operation that is required
					 as a result of the solid waste regulations as promulgated on February 20,
					 1993.
Manure
-a solid waste composed of excreta
					 of animals and any residual materials that have been used for bedding,
					 sanitary, or feeding purposes for such animals.
Maximum Horizontal Acceleration in Lithified Earth
					 Material
-the maximum expected horizontal acceleration depicted on a
					 seismic hazard map, with a 90 percent or greater probability that the
					 acceleration will not be exceeded in 250 years, or the maximum expected
					 horizontal acceleration based on a site-specific seismic risk
					 assessment.
Mesophilic Stage
-a biological stage in
					 the composting process characterized by active bacteria which favor a moderate
					 temperature range of 20 to 45 degrees Centigrade. It occurs later in the
					 composting process than the thermophilic stage and is associated with a
					 moderate rate of decomposition.
Minor Modification
-any modification that
					 does not meet the criteria for a major modification.
Modification
-any change in a site,
					 facility, unit, process or disposal method, or operation that deviates from the
					 specifications in the permit. Routine or emergency maintenance that does not
					 cause the facility to deviate from the specifications of the permit is not
					 considered a
modification
. A change in the name of the
					 facility does not constitute a
modification
.
Monitoring Well
-any permanent cased hole
					 that is drilled, augered, bored, cored, driven, washed, dug, jetted, or
					 otherwise constructed to obtain hydrologic and water quality data, which is
					 usually installed at or near a known or potential source of groundwater
					 contamination to satisfy regulatory requirements for groundwater monitoring at
					 regulated units.
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
or
MSW Landfill
-an entire disposal facility in a contiguous
					 geographical space where residential solid waste and/or commercial solid waste
					 is placed in or on land.
Net Worth
-total assets minus total
					 liabilities and equivalent to the person's equity.
NGVD
-National Geodetic Vertical
					 Datum.
Non-Processing Transfer Station
-a solid
					 waste facility where solid waste is transferred directly or indirectly from
					 collection vehicles to other vehicles for transportation without processing,
					 except compaction used for the reduction of volume in waste (see
Process
).
Off-Site Location
-land, and appurtenances
					 thereon, used for processing and/or disposal of solid waste and not located on,
					 or contiguous to, the property where the waste is generated. Two or more pieces
					 of property that are geographically contiguous but divided by public or private
					 rights-of-way are considered a single site.
Off-Site Processing/Disposal Area
-a
					 location for the processing and/or disposal of solid waste that is not on the
					 generator's site.
On-Site Processing/Disposal Area
-the land
					 area and appurtenances thereon used for processing and/or disposal of solid
					 waste on the same property or on geographically contiguous property, where
					 waste is generated. Two or more pieces of property that are geographically
					 contiguous but divided by public or private rights-of-way are considered a
					 single site.
Open Burning
-the combustion of solid
					 waste without control of combustion air to maintain adequate temperature for
					 efficient combustion, containment of the combustion reaction in an enclosed
					 device to provide sufficient residence time and mixing for complete combustion,
					 and control of the emission of the combustion products.
Open Dump
-a solid waste processing or
					 disposal facility that has been issued a temporary permit and may not comply
					 with the standards set by these regulations.
Operating Area
-the portion of a facility
					 that is actively involved in the storage, processing, or disposal of solid
					 waste.
Operator
-a person who is responsible for
					 the overall operation of a facility or part of a facility.
Order Authorizing Commencement of
					 Operations
-a written authorization issued by the administrative
					 authority after a permit-holder has completed all upgrading measures or
					 completed construction measures, provided the required certification and a
					 successful initial start-up inspection has been conducted by a representative
					 of the department.
Owner
-a person who owns a facility or
					 part of a facility.
Parent Corporation
-a corporation that
					 directly owns at least 50 percent of the voting stock of the corporation that
					 is the facility permit holder; the latter corporation is deemed a "subsidiary"
					 of the parent corporation.
Permit
-a written authorization issued by
					 the administrative authority to a person for the construction, installation,
					 modification, operation, closure, or post-closure of a certain facility used or
					 intended to be used to process or dispose of solid waste in accordance with the
					 Act, these regulations, and specified terms and conditions.
Permittee/Permit Holder
-a person who is
					 issued a permit and is responsible for meeting all conditions of the permit and
					 these regulations at a facility.
Person
-an individual, trust, firm,
					 joint-stock company, corporation (including a government corporation),
					 partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, political
					 subdivision of the state, interstate body, or the federal government or any
					 agency of the federal government.
pH
-the logarithm of the reciprocal of
					 hydrogen-ion concentration.
Piezometer
-a nonpumping well used to
					 measure the elevation of the water table or potentiometric surface.
Pilot Hole
-a hole drilled with the intent
					 to install casing and to produce water. It is usually of a smaller diameter
					 than the proposed well and has to be reamed to a larger diameter for the
					 installation of a casing and screen.
Poor Foundation Conditions
-those areas
					 where features exist that indicate that a natural or man-induced event may
					 result in inadequate foundation support for the structural components of a
					 facility.
Potable Water
-water with bacteriological,
					 physical, and chemical properties that make it suitable for human
					 consumption.
Potentiometric Map
-a map displaying
					 contour lines of the potentiometric surface of a particular aquifer that may be
					 used to determine groundwater gradient or direction of flow.
Potentiometric Surface
-a surface that
					 represents the level to which groundwater in a particular aquifer or permeable
					 zone will rise in tightly cased wells, expressed with reference to a specified
					 datum, such as the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) (see also
Water Table
).
Practices
-acts of storing, processing,
					 collecting, transporting, or disposing of solid wastes.
Principal Executive Officer
-the chief
					 executive officer of a state or federal agency, or a senior executive officer
					 having responsibility for the overall operations of a principal geographic or
					 functional unit of a state or federal agency [ex: regional administrators of
					 EPA].
Process
-a method or technique, including
					 recycling, recovering, compacting (but not including compacting that occurs
					 solely within a transportation vehicle or at a non-processing transfer
					 station), composting, incinerating, shredding, baling, recovering resources,
					 pyrolyzing, or any other method or technique that is designed to change the
					 physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of a solid waste to
					 render it safer for transport, reduced in volume, or amenable for recovery,
					 storage, reshipment, or resale. The definition of
process
does
					 not include treatment of wastewaters to meet state or federal wastewater
					 discharge permit limits. Neither does the definition include activities of an
					 industrial generator to simply separate wastes from the manufacturing process,
					 nor does it include separating recyclable material from commercial waste
					 streams at a
non-processing transfer station
.
Promiscuous Dump
-a solid waste disposal
					 facility that has resulted from disposal activities of persons other than the
					 landowner and whose operation is not permitted by the administrative
					 authority.
Putrescible
-susceptible to rapid
					 decomposition by bacteria, fungi, or oxidation, creating noxious odors.
Reclassified Waste
-a particular solid
					 waste that the administrative authority has determined is no longer classified
					 as a hazardous waste subject to regulation under the Louisiana hazardous waste
					 regulations. Such wastes are "reclassified" as solid waste and are subject to
					 regulation under these regulations.
Recovery Well
-a well used to remove
					 groundwater that has been determined to be contaminated.
Refuse-Derived Fuel
-fuel processed from
					 combustible solid waste.
Refuse-Derived Fuel Facility
-a solid
					 waste facility where fuel is processed from combustible solid waste.
Regulated Asbestos-Containing Material
					 (RACM)
-see definition in LAC 33:III.5151.B.
Regulatory Permit
-written authorization
					 promulgated into the solid waste regulations for the construction,
					 installation, modification, operation, closure, or post-closure of a facility
					 used or intended to be used to process or dispose of solid waste in accordance
					 with the Act, these regulations, and specified terms and conditions.
Residence
-a single or multiunit dwelling,
					 whether owned, leased, or rented by its occupant(s).
Residential Solid Waste
-any solid waste
					 (including garbage, trash, yard trash, and sludges from residential septic
					 tanks and wastewater treatment facilities) derived from households (including
					 single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations,
					 crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation
					 areas).
Resource Recovery
-the process by which
					 solid waste that retains useful physical or chemical properties is reused or
					 recycled for the same or other purposes, including uses as energy
					 sources.
Responsible Corporate Officer
-one of the
					 following persons employed by the corporation: president; treasurer; secretary;
					 vice-president in charge of a principal business function; or any other person
					 who performs similar policy or decision-making functions of the corporation; or
					 the manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities,
					 provided that the manager is authorized to make management decisions that
					 govern the operation of the regulated facility, including having the explicit
					 or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations and
					 initiating and directing other comprehensive measures to ensure long term
					 environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations, and can
					 ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather
					 complete and accurate information for permit applications, and the manager has
					 the authority to sign documents assigned or delegated in accordance with
					 corporate procedures. The administrative authority will assume that these
					 corporate officers have the requisite authority to sign permit applications and
					 certifications unless the corporation has notified the administrative authority
					 to the contrary.
Responsible Official
-the person who has
					 the authority to sign applications for permits and certifications of
					 compliance. For corporations, this person shall be a
responsible
					 corporate officer
. For a partnership or sole proprietorship, this
					 person shall be a partner or the proprietor, respectively. For a municipality,
					 state agency, federal agency, or other public agency, this person shall be a
					 ranking elected official or a
principal executive officer
of a
					 state or federal agency.
Risk-Based Closure
-the act of closing a
					 surface impoundment whereby solid waste is removed and managed as approved by
					 the department, and the concentrations of the constituents of concern in soil
					 and groundwater comply with LAC 33:I.Chapter 13 (RECAP).
Runoff
-any rainwater, leachate, or other
					 liquid that drains from any part of a facility.
Run-On
-any rainwater or other liquid that
					 drains onto any part of a facility.
Salvaging
-the controlled removal of waste
					 materials for later use.
Saturated Permeable Zone
-the subsurface
					 zone in which all interconnected openings are full of liquid.
Scavenging
-unauthorized removal of solid
					 waste materials from a disposal or processing facility.
Seismic-Impact Zone
-an area with a 10
					 percent or greater probability that the maximum horizontal acceleration in
					 lithified earth material, expressed as a percentage of the earth's
					 gravitational pull (g), will exceed 0.10 g in 250 years.
Separation Facility
-a Type III solid
					 waste processing facility at which recyclables are separated from a
					 nonputrescible solid waste stream for future use. The nonputrescible waste
					 stream received by the separation facility shall not contain more than a de
					 minimis amount of putrescible waste.
Septage
-the contents of a septic tank,
					 cesspool, or other individual sewage-treatment facility that receives
					 domestic-sewage wastes.
Service Area
-the geographic area serviced
					 by a solid waste facility in which solid waste is generated, collected, and
					 transported for delivery to that solid waste facility.
Sewage Sludge
-sludge resulting from
					 treatment of wastewater from publicly or privately owned or operated
					 sewage-treatment plants.
Shredder
-a solid waste facility that
					 reduces the particle size of solid waste by grinding, milling, shredding, or
					 rasping.
Silty Clay
-soils that meet the group
					 designations of
CL
or
CH
in the Unified Soil
					 Classification System as contained in the American Society for Testing and
					 Materials (ASTM) standard D2487-06e1.
Site
-the physical location, including
					 land area and appurtenances, of an existing or proposed storage, processing, or
					 disposal facility. A
site
may consist of a number of
					 facilities, each subject to a permit to process or dispose of solid
					 waste.
Sludge
-residue produced by or
					 precipitated from a treatment process.
Soil pH
-a pH value obtained by sampling
					 the soil to the depth of cultivation or solid waste placement. Test
					 methodologies shall be in accordance with
Test Methods for Evaluating
					 Solid Wastes, Physical/Chemical Methods
(EPA Pub. SW-846).
Solid Waste
-any garbage, refuse, or
					 sludge from a waste treatment plant, water-supply treatment plant, or air
					 pollution-control facility, and other discarded material, including solid,
					 liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial,
					 commercial, mining, agricultural operations, and from community activities, and
					 construction/demolition debris.
Solid waste
does not include
					 solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage; solid or dissolved materials in
					 irrigation-return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject
					 to permits under
					 R.S.
					 30:2074; source, special nuclear, or
					 byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 923 et
					 seq.), as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 2011  et seq.); or hazardous waste subject
					 to permits under
					 R.S. 30:2171
					 et seq.
Solid Waste Management System
-the entire
					 process of collection, transportation, storage, processing, and disposal of
					 solid waste by any person engaged in such process as a business or by any
					 municipality, authority, trust, parish, or any combination thereof.
Spill
-any unauthorized discharge or
					 release of solid waste into or onto the land, air, or water.
Stabilized (Compost)
-compost that has at
					 least passed through the thermophilic stage and in which biological
					 decomposition of the solid waste has occurred to a sufficient degree to allow
					 beneficial use.
Standard Permit
-written authorization
					 issued by the administrative authority to an applicant who has successfully
					 completed the permit application process for a processing or disposal
					 facility.
Storage
-the containment of solid waste on
					 surfaces capable of preventing groundwater contamination in a means not
					 constituting processing or disposal.
Structure Contour Map
-a map displaying
					 contour lines on a structural surface such as a stratum, formation boundary, or
					 fault, in order to depict the subsurface configuration.
Surface Application
-placement of solid
					 waste onto a landfarm without incorporating it into the soil.
Surface Impoundment
-a facility consisting
					 of a natural topographic depression, manmade excavation, or diked area formed
					 primarily of earthen materials (although it may be lined with man-made
					 materials), designed to hold an accumulation of liquid waste and/or sludge,
					 that is not an injection well, landfarm, landfill, or tank. Runoff and
					 containment areas (ROCAs) of landfarms are considered to be
surface
					 impoundments
.
Surface-Recharge Zone
-an area where a
					 formation or formations that compose an aquifer intersect the land surface and
					 receive water from percolation, precipitation, or surface-water bodies.
Tangible Net Worth
-the tangible assets
					 that remain after deducting liabilities; such assets would not include
					 intangibles such as goodwill and rights to patents and royalties.
Tank
-a stationary device designed to
					 contain an accumulation of solid waste and constructed of nonearthen materials
					 that provide structural support. The term
tank
does not
					 include underground storage tanks as defined by the underground storage tank
					 rules and regulations (LAC 33:Part XI).
Temporary Permit
-a written authorization
					 issued by the administrative authority for a specific amount of time to a
					 person for the construction, installation, operation, closure, or post-closure
					 of a particular facility, or operation of an existing facility, used or
					 intended to be used for processing or disposing of solid waste in accordance
					 with the Act, these regulations, and specified terms and conditions.
Test Hole
-an exploratory borehole drilled
					 to obtain geologic, hydrologic, or water quality data.
Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Wastes,
					 Physical/Chemical Methods (SW-846)
-EPA's official compendium of
					 analytical and sampling methods that has been evaluated and approved for use in
					 complying with these regulations. EPA Publication SW-846 [Third Edition
					 (November 1986), as amended by Updates I (July 1992), II (September 1994), IIA
					 (August 1993), IIB (January 1995), III (December 1996), and IIIA (April 1998)].
					 The Third Edition of SW-846 and Updates I, II, IIA, IIB, and III (Document
					 Number 955-001-00000-1) are available from the Superintendent of Documents,
					 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202) 512-1800. Update
					 IIIA is available through EPA's Methods Information Communication Exchange
					 (MICE) Service. MICE can be contacted by phone at (703) 821-4690. Update IIIA
					 can also be obtained by contacting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
					 Office of Solid Waste (5307W), OSW Methods Team, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,
					 Washington, DC, 20460. Copies of the Third Edition and its updates are also
					 available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port
					 Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, (703) 487-4650. Copies may be inspected at
					 the Library, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,
					 Washington, DC 20460, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North
					 Capitol Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC.
Thermophilic Stage
-a biological stage in
					 the composting process characterized by active bacteria that favor a high
					 temperature range of 45°C to 75°C. It occurs early in the composting
					 process, before the mesophilic stage, and is associated with a high rate of
					 decomposition.
Topographic Map
-a map showing the
					 elevation and relief of the land surface using contour lines or spot
					 elevations.
Topsoil
-the surface layer of soil,
					 capable of promoting growth of vegetation.
Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
					 (TCLP)
-a method to determine if a waste exhibits hazardous
					 characteristics, conducted in accordance with LAC 33:Part V.
Transfer Station (Non-Processing)
-see
Non-Processing Transfer Station.
Transfer Station (Processing)
-a Type I-A
					 or II-A solid waste processing facility where solid waste is transferred from
					 collection vehicles, processed, and placed in other vehicles for transportation
					 (e.g., a facility that separates recyclables from industrial or putrescible
					 waste streams).
Transport
- to move solid waste off-site
					 to a non-processing transfer station or a collection, processing, or disposal
					 facility.
Transporter
- any person who moves solid
					 waste off-site to a non-processing transfer station or a collection,
					 processing, or disposal facility, excluding individuals who transport their own
					 residential waste to a collection facility, non-processing transfer station, or
					 permitted processing facility and/or solid waste landfill.
Trash
-nonputrescible refuse including,
					 but not limited to, white goods, furniture, and wood and metal goods.
Treatment Zone
-the depth in the soil of a
					 landfarm into which solid waste has been incorporated and additional depths to
					 which decomposition is occurring based on site-specific conditions.
TSCA
-the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §
												2601  et seq. (1976), a federal act that supplements other
					 federal statutes including the Clean Air Act.
Type (of Waste)
-a category of waste in a
					 general classification defined for solid waste management purposes (e.g.,
					 commercial, industrial, residential).
Type I Facility
-a facility used for
					 disposing of industrial solid wastes (e.g., a landfill, surface impoundment, or
					 landfarm). (If the facility is used for disposing of residential or commercial
					 solid waste, it is also a Type II facility.)
Type I-A Facility
-a facility used for
					 processing industrial solid waste (e.g., a transfer station (processing),
					 shredder, baler, etc.). (If the facility is used for processing residential or
					 commercial solid waste, it is also a Type II-A facility.)
Type II Facility
-a facility used for
					 disposing of residential and/or commercial solid waste (e.g., a landfill,
					 surface impoundment, or landfarm). (If the facility is used for disposing of
					 industrial solid waste, it is also a Type I facility.)
Type II-A Facility
-a facility used for
					 processing residential, infectious, or commercial solid waste (e.g., a transfer
					 station (processing), composting municipal solid waste facility, refuse-derived
					 fuel facility, shredder, baler, autoclave, etc.). (If the facility is used for
					 processing industrial solid waste, it is also a Type I-A facility.)
Type III Facility
-a facility used for
					 disposing or processing of construction/demolition debris or woodwaste,
					 composting organic waste to produce a usable material, or separating recyclable
					 wastes (e.g., a construction/ demolition-debris or woodwaste landfill,
					 separation facility, or composting facility).
Unauthorized Discharge
-a continuous,
					 intermittent, or one-time discharge, whether intentional, anticipated, or
					 unanticipated, from any source, permitted or unpermitted, that is in
					 contravention of any provision of the Act or of any permit or license terms and
					 conditions, or of any applicable regulation, compliance schedule, variance, or
					 exemption of the administrative authority.
Unauthorized Dump
-a solid waste disposal
					 facility whose operation is not authorized by the administrative
					 authority.
Unit of a Facility
-designated area of a
					 facility wherein solid waste is, has been, or will be processed, stored, or
					 disposed of.
Unstable Area
-a location that is
					 susceptible to natural or human-induced events or forces capable of impairing
					 the integrity of some or all of the landfill structural components responsible
					 for preventing releases from a landfill. Unstable areas can include poor
					 foundation conditions, areas susceptible to mass movement, and karst
					 terrains.
Upgrade
-to bring an existing facility
					 into compliance with applicable regulations.
Uppermost Aquifer
-the aquifer nearest the
					 natural ground surface, as well as lower aquifers that are hydraulically
					 interconnected with this aquifer within the facility's property boundary. The
					 uppermost aquifer may or may not be the uppermost water-bearing permeable
					 zone.
Uppermost Water-Bearing Permeable
					 Zone
-the permeable zone that occurs nearest the natural ground
					 surface. This zone may or may not be the uppermost aquifer and may act as a
					 potential contaminant pathway.
Vector
-see
Disease
					 Vector
.
Water Table
-the potentiometric surface of
					 the saturated zone in an unconfined aquifer or confining bed at which the pore
					 pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure.
Wetlands
-those areas that are inundated
					 or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration
					 sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a
					 prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil
					 conditions.
Wetlands
generally include swamps, marshes, bogs,
					 and similar areas.
White Goods
-discarded domestic and
					 commercial appliances, such as refrigerators, ranges, washers, and water
					 heaters.
Woodwaste
-yard trash and types of waste
					 generated by land and right-of-way clearing operations, sawmills, plywood
					 mills, and woodyards associated with the lumber and paper industry, such as
					 wood residue, cutoffs, wood chips, sawdust, wood shavings, bark, wood refuse,
					 wood-fired boiler ash, wood ash, and plywood or other bonded materials that
					 contain only polyurethane, phenolic-based glues, or other glues that are
					 approved specifically by the administrative authority. Uncontaminated,
					 un-treated or un-painted lumber or wooden pallets are considered woodwaste
					 under this definition.
Working Face
-that portion of a landfill
					 where waste is currently being added during the operating day.
Yard Trash
-vegetative matter resulting
					 from landscaping, maintenance, or land-clearing operations, including trees and
					 shrubbery, leaves and limbs, stumps, grass clippings, and flowers.
Zone of Incorporation
-the depth to which
					 solid waste has been incorporated into the soil of a landfarm.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et seq. and in particular
					 R.S.
					 30:2154.