Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Office of Waste Management & Radiological Protection › Hazardous Waste Management › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 299.9101 - Definitions; A, B

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 101. As used in these rules:
(a) "Aboveground tank" means a device that
				  meets the definition of "tank" in this part and that is situated so that the
				  entire surface area of the tank is completely above the plane of the adjacent
				  surrounding surface bottom and can be visually inspected.
(b) "Act" means the natural resources and
				  environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106.
(c) "Act 138" means the hazardous materials
				  transportation act, 1998 PA 138, MCL 29.471 to 29.480.
(d) "Act 181" means the motor carrier safety
				  act of 1963, 1963 PA 181, MCL 480.11 to 480.25.
(e) "Act 207" means the fire prevention code,
				  1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.33.
(f)
				  "Act 218" means sections 3101 and 3102 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA
				  218, MCL 500.3101 and 500.3102.
(g)
				  "Act 236" means the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.101 to
				  600.9947.
(h) "Act 300" means the
				  Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.
(i) "Act 306" means the administrative
				  procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
(j) "Act 368" means the public health code,
				  1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.
(k) "Act 399" means the safe drinking water
				  act, 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1001 to 325.1023.
(l) "Active life" means the period from the
				  initial receipt of hazardous waste at a facility until the director receives
				  certification of final closure.
(m)
				  "Active portion" means that portion of a facility where treatment, storage, or
				  disposal operations are being, or have been, conducted after November 19, 1980,
				  and that is not a closed portion. (See also "closed portion" and "inactive
				  portion.")
(n) "Active range" means
				  a military range that is currently in service and being regularly used for
				  range activities.
(o) "Acute
				  hazardous waste" means hazardous waste that meets the listing criteria in
				  R 299.9209(1) and
				  is either listed in table 203a of the rules with the assigned hazard code of
				  (H) or is listed in table 205a of the rules.
(p) "Administrator" means the administrator
				  of the EPA or the administrator's designee.
(q) "Aerosol can" means a non-refillable
				  receptacle containing a gas compressed, liquefied, or dissolved under pressure,
				  the sole purpose of which is to expel a liquid, paste, or powder and fitted
				  with a self-closing release device allowing the contents to be ejected by the
				  gas.
(r) "Aerosol can processing"
				  means the puncturing, draining, or crushing of aerosol cans.
(s) "AES filing compliance date" means the
				  date that the EPA announces in the Federal Register, on or after which
				  exporters of hazardous waste and exporters of CRTs for recycling are required
				  to file EPA information in the Automated Export System or its successor system,
				  under the International Trade Data System, ITDS, platform.
(t) "Agent," when used in conjunction with
				  the term United States importer, means an employee of the United States
				  importer or a legally recognized representative of the United States importer
				  who has been authorized in a lawfully executed written document, such as a
				  power of attorney, to act on the United States importer's behalf.
(u) "Agreement state" means a state that has
				  entered into an agreement with the NRC under section 274(b) of the atomic
				  energy act of 1954,
				  42 USC
				  2021, as amended, to assume responsibility
				  for regulating within its borders byproduct, source, or special nuclear
				  material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass.
(v) "Ampule" means an airtight vial made of
				  glass, plastic, metal, or any combination of these materials.
(w) "Ancillary equipment" means any device,
				  including, but not limited to, such devices as piping, fittings, flanges,
				  valves, and pumps, that is used to distribute, meter, or control the flow of
				  hazardous waste from its point of generation to storage or treatment tanks,
				  between hazardous waste storage and treatment tanks to a point of disposal on
				  site, or to a point of shipment for disposal off site.
(x) "Antifreeze" means a mixture containing
				  ethylene glycol or propylene glycol for use as a heat transfer or dehydration
				  fluid for the purposes of regulation as a universal waste under
				  R
				  299.9228.
(y) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation,
				  group of formations, or part of a formation that is capable of yielding a
				  significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs.
(z) "Associated organic chemical
				  manufacturing facility" means a facility that meets all of the following
				  requirements:
(i) The primary SIC code at the
				  facility is 2869 but operations may also include SIC codes 2821, 2822, and
				  2865.
(ii) The facility is
				  physically co-located with a petroleum refinery.
(iii) The petroleum refinery to which the oil
				  that is being recycled is returned also provides hydrocarbon feedstocks to the
				  facility.