Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-304 - Minimum functional standards for solid waste handling › Section 173-304-100 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
When used in this regulation, the following terms have the
				meanings given below.
(1) "Active
			 area" means that portion of a facility where solid waste recycling, reuse,
			 treatment, storage, or disposal operations are being, are proposed to be, or
			 have been conducted. Buffer zones shall not be considered part of the active
			 area of a facility.
(2)
			 "Agricultural wastes" means wastes on farms resulting from the production of
			 agricultural products including but not limited to manures, and carcasses of
			 dead animals weighing each or collectively in excess of fifteen
			 pounds.
(3) "Agronomic rates" means
			 the rates of application of sludges, manures, or crop residues in accordance
			 with rates specified by the appropriate fertilizer guide for the crop under
			 cultivation.
(4) "Air quality
			 standard" means a standard set for maximum allowable contamination in ambient
			 air as set forth in chapter 173-400 WAC, General regulations for air pollution
			 sources.
(5) "Aquifer" means a
			 geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of
			 yielding a significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs.
(6) "Ashes" means the residue including any
			 air pollution flue dusts from combustion or incineration of material including
			 solid wastes.
(7) "Balefill" means
			 a landfill which uses compacted bales of solid waste to form discrete lifts as
			 the landfill is filled.
(8) "Buffer
			 zone" means that part of a facility that lies between the active area and the
			 property boundary.
(9) "Bulky
			 waste" means large items of refuse, such as appliances, furniture, and other
			 oversize wastes which would typically not fit into reusable or disposable
			 containers.
(10) "Clean soils and
			 clean dredge spoils" means soils and dredge spoils which are not dangerous
			 wastes or problem wastes as defined in this section.
(11) "Closure" means those actions taken by
			 the owner or operator of a solid waste site or facility to cease disposal
			 operations and to ensure that all such facilities are closed in conformance
			 with applicable regulations at the time of such closures and to prepare the
			 site for the post-closure period.
(12) "Collecting agency" means any agency,
			 business or service operated by a person for the collecting of solid
			 waste.
(13) "Compliance schedule"
			 means a written schedule of required measures in a permit including an
			 enforceable sequence leading to compliance with these regulations.
(14) "Composting" means the controlled
			 degradation of organic solid waste yielding a product for use as a soil
			 conditioner.
(15) "Container" means
			 a device used for the collection, storage, and/or transportation of solid waste
			 including but not limited to reusable containers, disposable containers,
			 detachable containers and tanks, fixed or detachable.
(16) "Contaminate" means to allow to
			 discharge a substance into groundwater that would cause:
(a) The concentration of that substance in
			 the groundwater to exceed the maximum contamination level specified in WAC
			 173-304-9901, or
(b) A statistically significant increase in
			 the concentration of that substance in the groundwater where the existing
			 concentration of that substance exceeds the maximum contaminant level specified
			 in WAC 173-304-9901, or
(c) A statistically significant increase
			 above background in the concentration of a substance which:
(i) Is not specified in WAC
			 173-304-9901, and
(ii) Is present in the solid waste,
			 and
(iii) Has been determined to
			 present a substantial risk to human health or the environment in the
			 concentrations found at the point of compliance by the jurisdictional health
			 department in consultation with the department and the department of social and
			 health services.