For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Northampton County Board of Supervisors.
CONVENIENCE CENTER. See WASTE COLLECTION SITE.
COUNTY. Northampton County.
DISPOSAL. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters.
FEDERAL ACTS. Any act of Congress providing for waste management and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. A substance or material in a form or quantity which may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety or property when transported, and which the Secretary of Transportation of the United States has so designated by regulation or order.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. A substance listed under United States Public Law 96-510, entitled the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. A solid waste or combination of solid waste which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may:
(1) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating illness; or
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(2) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, Transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
HOUSEHOLD WASTE. Those items of solid waste that can reasonably be expected to be generated from within a home by the day-to-day operation of the household. The term HOUSEHOLD WASTE specifically excludes demolition debris and yard debris generated by clearing/cleanup activities such as shrub and tree parts, grass clippings, leaves, fencing, etc.
MIXED LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. Low-level radioactive waste that contains a substance which renders the mixture a hazardous waste.
OPEN DUMP. A site on which any solid waste is placed, discharged, deposited, injected, dumped or spilled so as to create a nuisance or present a threat of a release of harmful substances into the environment or present a hazard to human health.
PERSON. Includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, a governmental body, a municipal corporation, or any other legal entity.
RADIOACTIVE WASTE or NUCLEAR WASTE. Includes:
(1) Low-level radioactive waste material that:
(a) Is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, or by-product material as defined in section 11e(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014 (e) (2)); and
(b) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, classifies as low-level radioactive waste; or
(2) High-level radioactive waste which means:
(a) The highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that contains fission products; and
(b) Other highly radioactive material that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, determines by rule requires permanent isolation.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION. Reduction of the amounts of solid waste that are generated, reduction of overall resource consumption and utilization of recovered resources.
SANITARY LANDFILL. A disposal facility for solid waste so located, designed and operated that it does not pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment, including pollution of air, land, surface water or groundwater.
SLUDGE. Any solid, semisolid or liquid wastes with similar characteristics and effects generated from a public, municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, air pollution control facility or any other waste producing facility.
SOLID WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, sludge and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, or community activities but does not include:
(1) Solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage,
(2) Solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows or in industrial discharges which are sources subject to a permit from the State Water Control Board, or
(3) Source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined by the Federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
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TRANSFER STATION. Any solid waste storage or collection facility at which solid waste is transferred from collection vehicles to haulage vehicles for transportation to a central solid waste management facility for disposal, incineration or resource recovery.
TRANSPORT or TRANSPORTATION. Any movement of property, and any packing, loading, unloading or storage incidental thereto.
TREATMENT. Any method, technique or process, including incineration or neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any waste to neutralize it or to render it less hazardous or nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable to recovery, or storage or reduced in volume.
WASTE. Any solid, hazardous or radioactive waste as defined in this section.
WASTE COLLECTION SITE (also known as a CONVENIENCE CENTER). A collection point for the temporary storage of solid waste provided for individual solid waste generators who choose to transport solid waste generated on their own premises to an established centralized point, rather than directly to a disposal facility. To be classified as a waste collection site, the collection point may not receive waste from collection vehicles that have collected waste from more than one real property owner. A waste collection site shall be on a system of regularly scheduled collections.
WASTE MANAGEMENT. The collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment and disposal of waste or resource recovery.
(Ord. passed 5-14-2013)