Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VIII - Solid Waste Management and Disposal › Chapter 109 - Special Waste Authorizations › Rule 567-109.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"General special waste"
means special wastes
				  that are commonly accepted by landfills and have specific handling requirements
				  for disposal that are explicitly listed in rule
				  567-10911.
				  (455B,455D). General special wastes are required to be included in the
				  landfill's special waste acceptance criteria (SWAC), but do not require a
				  special waste authorization (SWA). The following wastes are approved as general
				  special wastes: asbestos-containing material; petroleum-contaminated soil; and
				  stabilized grit, bar screenings and grease skimmings.
"Industrial process waste"
means waste that
				  is generated as a result of manufacturing activities, product processing or
				  commercial activities. It does not include office waste, cafeteria waste, or
				  other types of waste that are not the direct result of production
				  processes.
"Municipal solid waste landfill"
or
"MSWLF"
means a discrete area of land or an excavation that
				  receives household waste, and that is not a land application site, surface
				  impoundment, injection well, or waste pile, as those terms are defined under 40
				  CFR Part 257.2. An MSWLF may also receive other types of the federal Resource
				  Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D wastes, such as commercial
				  solid waste, nonhazardous dry sludge, and industrial solid waste. An MSWLF may
				  be publicly or privately owned. An MSWLF may be a new MSWLF site, an existing
				  MSWLF site, or a lateral expansion.
"Pollution control waste"
means any solid
				  waste residue extracted by, or resulting from, the operation of pollution
				  control processes.
"Solid waste"
is defined in Iowa Code
				  section
				  455B301..
"Special handling"
means a specific
				  procedure required for handling certain waste to protect the health and safety
				  of employees, the public and the environment.
"Special waste"
means any industrial process
				  waste, pollution control waste, or toxic waste which presents a threat to human
				  health or the environment or a waste with inherent properties which make the
				  disposal of the waste in a sanitary landfill difficult to manage. Special waste
				  does not include domestic, office, commercial, medical, or industrial waste
				  that does not require special handling or limitations on its disposal. Special
				  waste does not include hazardous wastes which are regulated under the federal
				  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), hazardous waste as defined in
				  Iowa Code section
				  455B411., subsection
				  3, or hazardous wastes included in the list compiled in accordance with Iowa
				  Code section
				  455B464..
"Toxic waste"
means material containing
				  poisons, biocides, acids, caustics, pathological wastes, and similar harmful
				  wastes which may require special handling and disposal procedures to protect
				  the environment and the persons involved in the storage, transport, and
				  disposal of the waste.