New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 63 - BIOMEDICAL WASTE COMBUSTION › Section 20.2.63.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
In additions to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC
				  (Definitions), as used in this Part:
A. "Anatomical/pathological waste" means
				human or animal remains consisting of carcasses, tissues, organs or body parts
				that may or may not be infectious.
B. "Biomedical waste" means waste that
				includes anatomical/pathological wastes, infectious wastes, and
				chemotherapeutic wastes. Incorporated in this definition are wastes generated
				in health care facilities, medical laboratories, and veterinary clinics that
				require special handling.
C.
				"Biomedical waste combustion unit" means any incinerator which is used to
				dispose of biomedical waste by combustion.
D. "Charging capacity" means the combustion
				unit manufacturer's or designer's rated capacity expressed in terms of pounds
				per hour (lb/hr).
E. "Charging
				rate" means the actual rate at which the subject combustion unit is combusting
				waste at a given point in time expressed in terms of pounds per hour
				(lb/hr).
F. "Chemotherapeutic
				waste" means all wastes resulting from the production or use of antineoplastic
				agents used for the purpose of stopping or reversing the growth of malignant
				cells. Chemotherapeutic wastes shall not include any waste containing
				antineoplastic agents that are listed as hazardous waste.
G. "Continuous emission monitor" means the
				total equipment required to sample and analyze emissions or process parameters
				on a continuous basis.
H.
				"Crematory incinerator" means any combustion unit designed and used solely for
				the combustion of anatomical/pathological waste including incidental items
				normally cremated as part of the funeral process.
I. "DSCF" means dry standard cubic foot with
				standard conditions being a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure
				of 29.92 inches Hg.
J. "DSCM" means
				dry standard cubic meter with standard conditions being a temperature of 68
				degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 29.92 inches Hg.
K. "Facility" means one or more biomedical
				waste combustion units at the same location.
L. "gr" means grains.
M. "Hazardous waste" means hazardous waste as
				defined in 40 CFR Part 261.3.
N.
				"Infectious waste" means a limited class of substances that carry a significant
				risk of transmitting disease, including but not limited to:
(1) microbiology laboratory wastes, including
				cultures and stocks of infectious agents from clinical research and industrial
				laboratories, and disposable culture dishes and devices used to transfer,
				inoculate and mix cultures;
(2)
				pathological wastes, including human or animal tissues, organs and body parts,
				removed during surgery, autopsy or biopsy;
(3) disposable equipment, instruments,
				utensils, and other disposable materials which require special precautions
				because of contamination by highly contagious diseases;
(4) blood and blood products, including waste
				blood, blood serum, plasma and blood products;
(5) contaminated sharps, including
				contaminated hypodermic needles, syringes, scalpel blades, pasteur pipettes and
				broken glass; and
(6) contaminated
				animal carcasses, body parts and bedding, especially those intentionally
				exposed to pathogens in research, in the production of biologicals or the "in
				vivo" testing of pharmaceuticals.