Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 411 - NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER LICENSES › Section 096-411-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The terms used in this Chapter shall have the same meanings
				  as those described in
				   38 M.R.S.A.
				  Section1303-C et seq. and Chapter 400,
				  Section
				  1 of these rules unless the context
				  indicates otherwise. In addition, the following terms, as used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates
				  otherwise.
A.
Containerized.
"Containerized" is defined as placing waste in a U.S.
				Department of Transportation approved 55-gallon drum with an attachable cover.
				The drum should contain at least a six-inch layer of an approvedabsorbant
				material at the bottom. Other measures necessary to prevent the generation of
				free liquids could be used upon Department approval. The attachable drum cover
				shall be secured prior to and during transport or storage.
B.
Conveyance.
"Conveyance" as
				that term is defined in 38 M.R.S.A. Section1303-C(10) means any aircraft,
				watercraft, vehicle or other machine used for transportation on land, water or
				in the air. For the purposes of this rule, either the power unit, trailer,
				semi-trailer, or the container being transported shall be licensed.
C.
Non-hazardous Waste.
"Non-hazardous Waste" means any solid waste, special waste orseptage that is
				not a hazardous waste, biomedical waste, or low-level radioactive
				waste.
D.
Septage.
"Septage" as that term is defined in 38 M.R.S.A. Section1303-C(27) means waste,
				refuse, effluent, sludge and any other materials from septic tanks, cesspools
				or any other similar facilities. For the purposes of this rule this shall
				include non-industrial holding tank waste.
E.
Site.
"Site" as that term is
				defined in 38 M.R.S.A. Section1303-C(28) means the same or geographically
				contiguous property which may be divided by a public or private right-of-way,
				provided that the entrance and exit between the properties is at a crossroads
				intersection and access is by crossing, as opposed to going along, the right of
				way. Noncontiguous properties owned by the same person but connected by a right
				of way which he controls and to which the public does not have access is also
				considered site property.
F.
Transport.
"Transport" means the movement of non-hazardous waste from
				the point of generation to any intermediate points and finally to the point of
				ultimate disposition. Movement of non-hazardous waste on the site where it is
				generated or on the site of a licensed (or exempted) non-hazardous waste
				facility is not transport.
G.
Transporter.
"Transporter" means any person who transports
				non-hazardous waste in this state other than anyone who transports municipal
				solid waste on behalf of five or fewer households or any commercial
				establishment which transports only its own municipal solid waste to a licensed
				waste disposal facility using three or fewer trips with one conveyance per
				week. The term includes, without limitation, individuals who own, lease or
				otherwise control conveyances in which non-hazardous waste is transported,
				operators of such conveyances, and businesses, regardless of size and form of
				business organization, which engage in transportation of non-hazardous
				waste.