For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BULKY WASTE. Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of combustible and/or non-combustible waste materials from dwelling units, commercial, industrial, institutional or agricultural establishments which are either too large or too heavy to be safely and conveniently loaded into solid waste transportation vehicles.
CABINET. Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet.
CDD. Construction/demolition debris.
CDDL. Construction/demolition debris landfill.
COLLECTION.
(1) Removal of solid waste from the designated pick-up location to the transfer vehicle.
(2) Acceptable collection practices shall consist of the following:
(a) Door-to-door household collection; and/or
(b) Direct access to a staffed convenience center or transfer facility.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE. All types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, farms and other services and non-manufacturing activities, excluding household and industrial solid waste
CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION DEBRIS. Solid waste resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of structures and roads and uncontaminated solid waste consisting of vegetation resulting from land clearing and grubbing, utility line maintenance and seasonal and storm related cleanup.
CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL. Solid waste site or facility for the disposal of uncontaminated solid waste resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of structures and roads, and for the disposal of uncontaminated solid waste consisting of vegetation resulting from land clearing and grubbing, utility line maintenance and seasonal and storm related cleanup.
CONTAMINATION. The degradation of naturally occurring water, air or soil quality either directly or indirectly as a result of human activities.
CONVENIENCE CENTER. A facility that is staffed during operating hours for the collection and subsequent transportation of municipal solid wastes.
COUNTY. Oldham County.
COURT. Oldham County Fiscal Court.
DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION WASTE. Materials resulting from the construction or destruction of residential, industrial or commercial structures.
DISPOSAL READY LOADS. Construction/demolition debris that originates from a single source (i.e., a particular construction or demolition site) and is composed entirely of debris permissible for CDDL disposal.
DISPOSAL. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment, be emitted into the air or be discharged into any water, including groundwaters.
EPHEMERAL STREAM. A stream which flows only in direct response to precipitation in the immediate watershed or in response to the melting of a cover of snow and ice and which has a channel bottom that is always above the local water table.
FRANCHISE CONTRACT. A contract entered into between the county and a private contractor for the collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste within an established franchise area.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Any waste or combination of wastes which are determined by the Cabinet because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present of potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of, or otherwise managed.
INTERIOR COLLECTION LINE. A leachate collection line inside a waste cell.
INTERMITTENT STREAM. A stream or reach of stream that drains a watershed of one square mile or more but does not flow continuously during the calendar year.
KAR. Kentucky Administrative Regulations.
KARST TERRAIN. A type of topography where limestone, dolomite or gypsum is present and is characterized by naturally occurring closed topographic depressions or sinkholes, caves, disrupted surface drainage, and well developed underground solution channels formed by dissolution of these rocks by water moving underground.
KRS. Kentucky Revised Statutes.
LANDFARMING FACILITY. A facility for the land application of sludges or other solid waste by any method for purposes of disposal. It can be on any piece or pieces of land and may improve the physical and chemical qualities of the land for agricultural purposes, but does not alter the topography of the application area as revealed by contours and will not disturb the soil below three feet from the surface.
LEACHATE. Any liquid including any suspended components in the liquid that has percolated through or drained from waste.
LINER. Any continuous layer of natural or human-made material, beneath or on the sides of a waste site facility which restricts the movement of the wastes, waste constituents or leachate.
LOC. Letter of completeness.
LOR. Letter of review.
MONITORING. The act of systematically inspecting and collecting data on operational parameters or on the quality of the air, soil, groundwater or surface water.
OCCUPANT. Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall be in actual possession of any dwelling unit or any other improved real property, either as an owner or as a tenant.
OPEN DUMP. Any facility or site for the disposal of solid waste which does not have a valid permit issued by the Cabinet or does not meet the environmental performance standards established under regulations promulgated by the Cabinet.
PERENNIAL STREAM. A stream or that part of a stream that flows continuously during all of the calendar year as a result of groundwater discharge or surface run-off. The term does not include intermittent stream or ephemeral stream.
PERSON. An individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, federal agency, state agency, city, commission, political subdivision of the state or any interstate body.
PROCESSING FACILITY. A facility or part of facility using any method, technique or procedure, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any solid waste.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE. Solid waste resulting from the maintenance of dwelling units.
SITE. The land or water area where any facility or activity is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the waste facility or activity.
SOLID WASTE. Any garbage, refuse, sludge and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining (excluding coal mining wastes, coal mining by-products, refuse and overburden), agriculture operations and from community activities, but does not include those materials including, but not limited to, sand, soil, rock, gravel or bridge debris extracted as part of a public road construction project funded wholly or in part with state funds, recovered material, special wastes as designated by KRS 224.50-760, solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, manure, crops, crop residue, or a combination thereof, which are placed on the soil for return to the soil as fertilizers or soil conditioners, or solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under § 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880) being 33 USC 1251 et seq., or source, special nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 923), being 42 USC 2011 et seq.
SOLID WASTE COORDINATOR. The Coordinator of the Solid Waste Management Program of the county as chosen by the County Judge-Executive and Fiscal Court.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. The administration of solid waste activities: collection, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment and disposal, which shall be in accordance with a Cabinet approved county or multi-county solid waste management plan.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AREA or AREA. Any geographical area established or designated by the Cabinet in accordance with the provisions of Senate Bill 2.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN. The document submitted by waste management districts, counties, or any combination thereof as required under KRS 224.43-340 and approved by the Cabinet.
TANK. A stationary device designed to contain an accumulation of leachate or liquid solid waste which is constructed primarily of nonearthen materials (for example, concrete, steel, fiberglass or plastic) which provide structural support.
TOE-DRAIN. A leachate collection line placed along the down slope border of a landfill. Called a TOE-DRAIN because it is usually placed at the landfill toe-of-slope.
TRANSFER FACILITY. Any transportation related facility including loading docks, parking areas and other similar areas where shipments of solid waste are held or transferred during the normal course of transportation.
TRANSPORTATION. Any off-site movement of waste by any mode, and any loading, unloading or storage incidental thereto.
UNIVERSAL COLLECTION. A municipal solid waste collection system which is established by ordinance and approved by the Cabinet and requires access for each household or solid waste generator in a county.
WASTE CELL or CELL. A portion of a landfill, which is isolated, usually by means of an approved barrier.
WETLANDS. Land that has a predominance of hydric soils and is inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
(Ord. KOC 94-800-846, passed 6-21-1994; Ord. KOC 97-830-53, passed 9-2-1997; Ord. KOC 99-830-199, passed 6-1-1999; Ord. KOC 04-830-181, passed 11-2-2004)