Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety › Article VII - Hazardous Waste Management › Chapter 260a - HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: GENERAL › Subchapter B - DEFINITIONS › Section 260a.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A term defined in this section replaces the definition
						  of the term in 40 CFR
						  260.10, or, in situations for which no term
						  exists in 40 CFR
						  260.10, the term shall be defined in
						  accordance with this section. The substitution of terms in §
												260a.3 (relating to terminology
						  and citations related to Federal regulations) does not apply to the
						  incorporated definition of "EPA region," "State," "United States,"
						  "Administrator" and "Regional Administrator."
Act
-The Solid Waste Management Act
						  (35
						  P. S. §§
													6018.101-6018.1003).
Disposal
-The incineration, deposition,
						  injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of solid waste into or on the
						  land or water in a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid
						  waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to the
						  waters of this Commonwealth.
Existing tank system
or
existing component
-The Federal definition for "existing tank
						  system or existing component" in
						  40 CFR
						  260.10 is incorporated by reference except
						  that the date referenced is January 16, 1993, instead of July 14, 1986.
Facility
-The land, structures and
						  other appurtenances or improvements where municipal or residual waste disposal
						  or processing is permitted or takes place, or where hazardous waste is treated,
						  stored or disposed.
Fund
-The Host Municipalities Fund.
Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act
-The
						  Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §§
													6020.101-6020.1305).
Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund
-The fund
						  established by section 901 of the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (35 P. S. §
													6020.901).
Host municipality
-A municipality,
						  other than a county, where a qualifying facility is located, either in whole or
						  in part, within its established corporate boundaries.
Management
or
hazardous waste
						  management
-The entire process, or a part thereof, of storage,
						  collection, transportation, processing, treatment and disposal of solid wastes
						  by a person engaging in the process. The term "hazardous waste management"
						  refers to management of hazardous waste.
New hazardous waste management
						  facility
or
new facility
-The Federal definition for
						  "new hazardous waste management facility or new facility" in
						  40 CFR
						  260.10 is incorporated by reference except
						  that the date referenced is November 19, 1980, instead of October 21,
						  1976.
New tank system
or
new tank
						  component
-The Federal definition for "new tank system or new tank
						  component" in 40 CFR
						  260.10 is incorporated by reference except
						  that the date referenced is January 16, 1993, instead of July 14, 1986.
Pennsylvania hazardous waste facilities
						  plan
-A plan required by sections 104(14) and 105(f) of the act
						  (35
						  P. S. §§
													6018.104(14) and
						  6018.105(f)) and adopted by
						  the EQB which identifies current and future hazardous waste treatment and
						  disposal facilities necessary for the proper management of hazardous waste in
						  this Commonwealth.
Person
-An individual, partnership,
						  corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, municipal
						  authority, Federal government or agency, State institution and agency
						  (including, but not limited to, the Department of General Services and the
						  State Public School Buildings Authority), or other legal entity which is
						  recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provision of the
						  act prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty, or a combination of the
						  foregoing, the term includes the officers and directors of a corporation or
						  other legal entity having officers and directors.
RCRA
-The Federal Solid Waste Disposal
						  Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
						  (42 U.S.C.A. §§
													6901-6986).
Registered professional engineer
or
professional engineer
-An engineer registered to practice
						  engineering in this Commonwealth.
Registered professional geologist
or
professional geologist
-A geologist registered to practice
						  geology in this Commonwealth.
Responsible official
-For corporations,
						  a corporate officer; for limited partnerships, a general partner; for all other
						  partnerships, a partner; for a sole proprietorship, the proprietor; for a
						  municipal, state or Federal authority or agency, an executive officer or
						  ranking elected official responsible for compliance of the hazardous waste
						  activities and facilities of the authority or agency with all applicable rules
						  and regulations.
Source reduction
-The reduction or
						  elimination of the quantity or toxicity of hazardous waste generated. Source
						  reduction may be achieved through changes within the production process,
						  including process modifications, feedstock substitutions, improvements in
						  feedstock purity, shipping and packing modifications, housekeeping and
						  management practices, increases in the efficiency of machinery and recycling
						  within a process. The term does not include dewatering, compaction,
						  reclamation, treatment, or the use or reuse of waste.
State manifest document number
-The
						  state abbreviation, the letter and the unique number assigned to the manifest,
						  usually preprinted on the form, for recording and reporting purposes.
Storage
-The containment of a waste on
						  a temporary basis that does not constitute disposal of the waste. It will be
						  presumed that the containment of waste in excess of 1 year constitutes
						  disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and convincing evidence to
						  the contrary.
Transportation
-The offsite removal of
						  solid waste at any time after generation.
Treatment
-
(i) A method, technique or process, including
						neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological
						character or composition of waste to neutralize the waste or to render the
						waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, suitable for recovery, suitable for
						storage, or reduced in volume.
(ii)
						The term includes an activity or processing designed to change the physical
						form or chemical composition of waste to render it neutral or
						nonhazardous.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														269a.1 (relating to definitions);
							 25 Pa. Code §
														269a.101 (relating to
							 definitions); and 25 Pa.Code §
														298.1 (relating to
							 definitions).