Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 20 - VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD › Chapter 60 - VIRGINIA HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS › Part I - Definitions › Section 9VAC20-60-17 - Definitions created by these regulations

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The following words and terms when used in
				  this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly
				  indicates otherwise:
"Administrator" means the Administrator of the United
					 States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee. See
					 9VAC20-60-14
					 B 1.
"Another regulation of the Virginia Administrative Code"
					 means any regulation that is not in 9VAC20-60, the Virginia Hazardous Waste
					 Management Regulations.
"Application, Part A" means that part of the application
					 that a permit applicant shall complete to qualify for interim status under
					 § 3005(e) of RCRA or this chapter and for consideration for a
					 permit.
"Application, Part B" means that part of the application
					 that a permit applicant shall complete to be considered for a permit as
					 required by
					 9VAC20-60-270.
"Approved program" means a state program that has been
					 approved by the U.S. EPA. An "approved state" is one administering an "approved
					 program" under the hazardous waste management provisions of RCRA.
"Authorization (authorized program)" means a state
					 hazardous waste program that has been approved under the authorities of
					 RCRA.
"Authorized representative" means the manager,
					 superintendent, or person of equivalent responsibility responsible for the
					 overall operation of a facility or an operational unit (i.e., part of a
					 facility).
"Board" means the Virginia Waste Management Board.
"Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Environmental
					 Quality.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of
					 Environmental Quality.
"Emergency permit" means a permit issued where an imminent
					 and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment is determined
					 to exist by the director.
"EPA" means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. See
					 9VAC20-60-14
					 B 2.
"EPA identification number" means the number assigned by
					 EPA or the department to each hazardous waste generator, hazardous waste
					 transporter, or hazardous waste facility.
"EPA hazardous waste number" means the number assigned by
					 EPA to each waste listed in Subpart D of 40 CFR Part 261 and to each waste
					 exhibiting a characteristic identified in Subpart C of 40 CFR Part 261.
"Hazardous material" means a substance or material which
					 has been determined by the Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing
					 an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in
					 commerce, and which has been so designated under 49 CFR Parts 171 and
					 173.
"HSWA" means the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
					 1984 ( P.L. 98-616 ).
"HSWA drip pad" means a drip pad where F032 wastes are
					 handled.
"HSWA tank" means a tank owned or operated by a small
					 quantity generator or an underground tank for which construction commenced
					 after July 14, 1986, or an underground tank that cannot be entered for
					 inspection.
"HWM" means hazardous waste management.
"Non-HSWA tank" means any tank that is not a HSWA
					 tank.
"Non-HSWA drip pad" means a drip pad where F034 or F035
					 wastes are handled.
"Permit" means a control document issued by the
					 Commonwealth pursuant to this chapter, or by the EPA administrator pursuant to
					 applicable federal regulations. The term "permit" includes any functional
					 equivalent such as an authorization, license, emergency permit, or permit by
					 rule. It does not include interim status under RCRA or this chapter, nor does
					 it include draft permits.
"Permitted hazardous waste management facility" or
					 "permitted facility" means a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal
					 facility that has received an EPA or Commonwealth permit in accordance with the
					 requirements of this chapter or a permit from an authorized state
					 program.
"Qualified engineer" or "engineer" means a professional
					 engineer certified to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"RCRA" means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by
					 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (
					 42 USC §
												6901 et seq.).
"Regulation" means the control, direction and governance of
					 solid and hazardous waste activities by means of the adoption and enforcement
					 of laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
"Responsible individual" means an individual authorized to
					 sign official documents for and act on behalf of a company or organization. See
					 also "authorized representative."
"Signature" means the name of a person written with his own
					 hand.
"State director" means the Director of the Department of
					 Environmental Quality.
"These regulations" means 9VAC20-60, the Virginia Hazardous
					 Waste Management Regulations.
"VHWMR" means 9VAC20-60, the Virginia Hazardous Waste
					 Management Regulations.
B.
				  Terms used in liability insurance requirements. In the liability insurance
				  requirements, the terms "bodily injury" and "property damage" shall have the
				  meanings given these terms by the case law of the Virginia court system.
				  However, these terms do not include those liabilities which, consistent with
				  standard industry practices, are excluded from coverage in liability policies
				  for bodily injury and property damage. The department intends the meanings of
				  other terms used in the liability insurance requirements to be consistent with
				  their common meanings within the insurance industry.
Statutory Authority: §
												10.1-1402
						of the Code of Virginia;
						42 USC §
													6921 et seq.; 40 CFR Parts 260 through
						272.