Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 17.50 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter 17.50.5 - Refuse Disposal › Rule 17.50.502 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
In addition to the definitions in
				  75-10-203, MCA, the following
				  definitions apply to this subchapter:
(1) "Act" means the Montana Solid Waste
				Management Act,
				75-10-201 through
				75-10-233, MCA.
(2) "Active life" means the period of
				operation beginning with the initial receipt of solid waste and ending at
				completion of closure activities in accordance with subchapter 14.
(3) "Airport" means a public use airport open
				to the public without prior permission and without restrictions within the
				physical capacities of available facilities.
(4) "Clean fill" means soil, dirt, sand,
				gravel, rocks, and rebar-free concrete, emplaced free of charge to the person
				placing the fill, in order to adjust or create topographic irregularities for
				agricultural or construction purposes.
(5) "Closure" means the process by which an
				owner or operator of a facility closes all or part of a facility in accordance
				with a department-approved closure plan and all applicable closure requirements
				specified in subchapter 14.
(6)
				"Construction and demolition waste" means the waste building materials,
				packaging, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and
				demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings, and other
				structures, once municipal, household, commercial, and industrial wastes have
				been removed.
(7) "Container site"
				means a solid waste management facility, generally open to the public, for the
				collection of solid waste that is generated by more than one household or firm
				and that is collected in a refuse container with a total capacity of not more
				than 50 cubic yards.
(8)
				"Contaminated soil" means soil, rocks, dirt, or earth that has been made impure
				by contact, commingling, or consolidation with organic compounds such as
				petroleum hydrocarbons. This definition does not include soils contaminated
				solely by inorganic metals, soils that meet the definition of hazardous waste
				under ARM Title 17, chapter 53, or regulated PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls)
				contaminated soils.
(9)
				"Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality provided for in
				2-15-3501, MCA.
(10) "Existing," when used in conjunction
				with "unit" or a type of unit, means a unit that was licensed as a solid waste
				management system and was receiving solid waste as of October 9,
				1993.
(11) "Facility" means
				property where solid waste management is occurring or has occurred. It includes
				all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on
				the land used for management of solid waste.
(12) "Floodplain" has the meaning specified
				in ARM 17.50.403.
(13) "Generation" means the act or process of
				producing waste materials.
(14)
				"Ground water" means water below the land surface in a zone of
				saturation.
(15) "Industrial solid
				waste" means solid waste generated by manufacturing or industrial processes
				that is not a hazardous waste regulated under subtitle C of the federal
				Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). The definition includes,
				but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following manufacturing or
				industrial processes:
(a) electric power
				generation;
(b)
				fertilizer/agricultural chemicals;
(c) food and related
				products/byproducts;
(d) inorganic
				chemicals;
(e) iron and steel
				manufacturing;
(f) leather and
				leather products;
(g) nonferrous
				metals manufacturing/foundries;
(h)
				organic chemicals;
(i) plastics and
				resins manufacturing;
(j) pulp and
				paper industry;
(k) rubber and
				miscellaneous plastic products;
(l)
				stone, glass, clay, and concrete products;
(m) textile manufacturing;
(n) transportation equipment; and
(o) water treatment.