For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense and words used in the future tense include the present tense, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number. The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory and "may" is permissive. Words not defined shall be given their common and ordinary meaning.
APPROVED DISPOSAL SITE: A site which is approved by the board for the ongoing disposal and/or transfer of solid waste by the operator of the solid waste disposal system, with or without recovery of useful materials.
BOARD: Board of county commissioners of Gem County.
COLLECTOR: A person who, under the terms of an agreement with the board for a given time, collects solid waste from properties in a given area of the county and hauls it to an approved disposal site or other approved destination. A collector shall not collect hazardous waste, nor other materials not acceptable for delivery to an approved disposal site.
DEQ: Division of environmental quality of the department of health and welfare of the state of Idaho.
DISPOSAL: Placing solid waste on or into land or water, or in a designated container, for the purpose of abandonment, by its owner or by the owner's authorized agent.
DISTRICT: Southwest III district health department.
GREEN WASTE: Plant materials discharged from a residential garden.
HAZARDOUS WASTE: Solid or liquid waste that, by itself, or in combination with other materials or fluids, may be infective, explosive, poisonous, highly flammable, extremely acidic or caustic, produce polluting liquids or gases, or otherwise may become dangerous or injurious to human, animal, or plant life. This definition includes the containers in which such hazardous materials are or were kept. The department supervisor shall make the determination as to the status of any waste, solid or liquid, that may be classified as hazardous.
IMPORTING: Bringing of solid waste, generated elsewhere, into the county.
MANAGEMENT: Planning, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a solid waste system in the county.
PERSON: Defined in Idaho Code sections 39-103(13) and 39-7403(37).
PROCESSING: Using solid waste or parts thereof, either for the manufacture of certain products, the sorting out of certain materials, or preparing it for safe disposal.
PROCESSING WASTE: An inert, nonsalable byproduct or residue resulting from processing.
SCAVENGING: The unauthorized removal of objects or materials from solid waste.
SOLID WASTE: Defined in Idaho Code section 39-103(10) and 39-7403(50).
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM: All lands, sites, facilities, equipment, and labor necessary to accomplish the stated purpose of this chapter.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM COMPONENT: Any publicly or privately owned site, collection location, disposal facility, transportation element, or other functioning part of the solid waste disposal system for the county where one or more phases of solid waste disposal is carried out by one or more persons. Component shall not include the solid waste receptacle provided by a commercial solid waste hauler or generator for use by a single business, customer, or client, unless said receptacle is to be removed from the site where it regularly rests for transportation to or emptying at another location.
WASTE TIRE: A tire discarded by its owner who last used it on a vehicle. A waste tire is part of "solid waste".
WASTE TIRE COLLECTION SITE: A site on which more than one hundred (100) waste tires are stored either on or in the ground, or in a container, or in a vehicle or trailer, for more than seventy (70) hours. This definition does not apply to sites where waste tires are regularly used for agricultural and other purposes. (Ord. 93-03, 7-12-1993; amd. 2002 Code)