For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESS ROADS. Roads which lead to the entrance of a refuse processing or disposal facility, normally, a county, state or federal highway.
AQUIFER. A porous, water-bearing geological formation, such as sand, gravel, sandstone and fractured or cavernous limestone, from which water can be drawn by wells in useable quantities.
BEDROCK. Cemented or consolidated earth materials, undisturbed by erosion or weathering, exposed on the earth’s surface or underlying unconsolidated earth materials.
BOARD OF HEALTH. The Putnam County Board of Health.
CARCASSES. Dead animals or portions thereof.
CELL. A deposit of refuse, compacted and completely enveloped by cover.
COVER. Soil which is used to bury refuse.
DAILY COVER. That cover which is placed over refuse and compacted at the end of an operating day.
DECOMPOSITION. The chemical or biological breakdown through time of refuse into constituent chemicals or other products.
DECOMPOSITION GASES. Gases produced by decomposition.
ENERGY RECOVERY OPERATION. The processing of refuse so that energy or gases may be recovered.
FACILITY. Except in § 50.04, any operation for the disposal or processing of refuse, including the site upon which the operation rests.
FINAL COVER. Cover placed and compacted over a refuse disposal area upon completion of the refuse disposal use of that area.
FLOODPLAIN. The area adjoining a river, stream or lake, which would be covered by floodwater from the 100-year frequency flood.
FLOODWAY. The channel of a river or stream and those portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to efficiently carry and discharge the peak flood flow of the 100-year frequency flood.
GARBAGE. Rejected food waste and shall include, but is not limited to, every waste accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter used or intended for food attends to the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables.
GRADING. The contouring of land so that surface water flow and erosion are controlled according to a predetermined plan.
GROUNDWATER. Water filling the pore spaces of earth materials below the water-saturated zone.
GROUNDWATER TABLE. The upper surface of the water-saturated zone.
HAZARDOUS WASTES. Any solid or liquid waste with inherent dangers, including, but not limited to, toxic chemicals, explosives, pathological wastes, radioactive materials, materials likely to cause fires, liquids, semi-liquids, sludges containing less than 30% solids, pesticides, pesticide containers, septic tank pumpings. and raw or digested sewage sludge.
HEALTH OFFICER. The Putnam County Health Officer or his or her authorized representative.
HYDROLOGY. The properties, distribution and flow of water on or in the earth.
INCINERATOR. Any apparatus to burn waste substances in which all the factors of combustion-temperature, retention time, turbulence and combustion-air can be controlled and used for reduction of garbage, carcasses or refuse.
LAND APPLICATION OF A WASTE. The application of hazardous waste onto land and incorporation into the surface soil.
LANDFILL. A sanitary landfill.
LEACHATE. Liquid that has percolated through solid waste or other deposited materials and has extracted soluble or suspended substances from it.
LIFT. A horizontal layer of cells covering a designated area of a sanitary landfill.
MANUALLY DISCHARGED VEHICLE. A vehicle which must be unloaded by the physical handling of refuse by a person, for example, a pickup truck.
MECHANICALLY DISCHARGED VEHICLE. A vehicle which unloads refuse automatically, with hydraulic devices.
MODIFICATION. A change in form or method of operation of any facility.
ON-SITE ROADS. Roads for the passage of vehicles from a site entrance to the working face.
OPERATING PERSONNEL. Roads for the passage of vehicles from a site entrance to the working face.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm, trust, corporation, government corporation, department, bureau, agency or any entity recognized by law.
POINT OF GENERATION. That place where a material initially becomes discarded, for processing or disposal, as refuse.
PROCESSING. The method, system or the treatment of refuse so as to change its chemical or physical form or affect it for disposal or recovery of materials, but excluding vehicles for the transportation of refuse from its point of generation.
PUTNAM COUNTY. Those areas which are under the jurisdiction of the Putnam County Health Officer and situated outside the corporate limits of any town.
RECYCLING STATION. A facility for the storage of separated solid wastes prior to transportation to markets.
REFUSE. Any combination of garbage and rubbish.
REFUSE DISPOSAL. The permanent or semipermanent placement of refuse in any location.
REFUSE HANDLING EQUIPMENT. Equipment used for the processing or disposal of refuse.
RESOURCE RECOVERY PLANT. Any facility which has as at least one of its purposes the processing of refuse into commercially valuable materials or energy.
RUBBISH. Includes such matter as ashes, cans, metalware, broken glass, crockery, dirt, sweepings, boxes, wood, grass, weeds or litter of any kind.
SALVAGING. The controlled removal of materials from refuse for utilization.
SANITARY LANDFILL. An engineering method of disposing of refuse on land in a manner that protects the public health and environment by spreading the waste in thin layers, compacting it in thin layers, compacting it to the smallest practical volume, and covering it with compacted soil at the end of each working day.
SCAVENGING. The uncontrolled removal of materials from refuse.
SLUDGE. A semi-liquid sediment.
SOIL BORINGS. The drilling of holes in the earth for the purpose of identifying soil types, sub-surface materials and groundwater table level.
STATE. The Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board and/or the Indiana State Board of Health.
SURFACE WATER. Water present on the surface of the earth, including: streams, lakes, ponds, rivers, swamps, marshes or rainwater present on the earth.
TRANSFER STATION. A facility for the acceptance, holding and loading of refuse into a vehicle for movement to a processing or disposal facility, excluding stationary compactors and collection containers.
VECTOR. Any living animal capable of harboring and transmitting microorganisms from one animal to another animal or human.
WATERCOURSE. The path taken by flowing surface water.
WATER TABLE. Groundwater table.
WORKING FACE. That portion of a sanitary landfill where refuse is discharged from collection trucks and is compacted prior to placement of cover material.
(Ord. 1992-9-8, passed 9-8-1992)