Texas Register, Volume 8, Number 14, Pages 615-686, February 25, 1983 Page: 634
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Texas
Registergenerator oft sudden pressure hs decomposition, heal, or
other means, and mna\ pose a substantial present or polen-
tial danger to human health or the ensarnnent when im-
properhl processed. stored, tran-ported, or otherwise
managed. inl hiding hazardous industrial waste
tIH ( lass II industrial solid waste - Inv in-
disidual solid w as tr tornhination of industrial solid
wastes whi h t annot he described as ( lass I or ( lass III.
( , ( lass II industrial solid waste -inert and
essentially insoluble industrial sahld waste. including
materials suih as rock, hrut k, glass. dirt, and certain
plastics and rubber, etc , thau are not readily decompos-
able.
Inert material - I natural% otuarring nonputres i-
hibe materirt vs hwh is eswntialis Ioinubie suh a soid, dirt,
cla), sand, grasel, and rock
Infec touts waste \ aste contlalnng pathogens or
biologicall. active material which Hctauw oft its tipe, con-
centralion, and quantity. is capable of transmitting disease
to persons exposed to the waste.
Man-made inert material - - I hose nonputrescible,
essentially insoluble materials fabricated b man which
are not included under the delfiniion ol rubbish.
Mla, I Ihat1 1lie stated action s optional.
Ilisd ,s ,ite iJ waste that onriaiis both
municipal s0chJ sti . Md ilnd tila solid aste See
325 125 of th,- tilc clantie to I)tsplosal of Nixed Solid
Waste and ( ctil in ludges) fllr rc lnrentcllns.l
Municipal solid .,te o J )lid waste rtesutlting ftrom
or incidental to munltih.ipal, i<tnuniti\,. commlnieliea l, in-
stitutional, anid r o-rcantonil a tai leis, including garbage,
rubbish, ashes, street cleanllngs, dead animnils, abandoned
automobiles. and all other sold w astc ot ii than itndus-
trial solid waste
Open burnintg - I he unauthorized combustion of
solid waste withlioult conit)ol o comlhution air to main-
tain adequall teIpcl ;alrc f or ct icient coinhustion; con-
tainment of the combustion reactor in an enclosed device
to proidc suiill fl icnt residence timne and milling for com-
plete comlbustltl: acid ortrorul of the cnwsston of the com-
bustion prod ucts
Opposed cas - A Lase ; hen onei or more parties
appear, or imake their appearance, in opposition to an
application and are designated as opponent parties by the
hearing hearingss examiner either her at or before the public
hearing on the application..
Permit or license- rhe formal written approval
issued to the applihnt for a solid waste site by the ap-
propriate regulatory body. To conform with terminology
usage in Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4477-7, and Article
4477-8, a permit shall mean approval (approved] by the
department and a license shall mean approval by a county.
Person--Individual, corporation, organization',
government or governmental subdivision or agency,
business trust, partnership, association, or any other legal
entity [(Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4477-7.)]
Population equitalent-The hypothetical popula-
tion which would generate an amount of solid waste
equivalent to that actually being managed (processed or
disposed of] based on a generation rate of five pounds
per capita per day and applied to situations invoving solid
waste not necessarily generated by individuals.Pr ocessirlg-- i he extrttion of materials, transfer,
\ lunme reductri , cr ersion to energy, or other separa-
tion and preparation of ,olid waste for reuse or disposal.
including the treatment or neutralization of hazardous
waste, designed to change the physical, chemical, or
hiological character or composition of any hazardous
waste so as to neutralie such waste, or so as to recover
energy or material from the waste, or so as to render such
waste nonhazardous or less hazardous; safer to transport,
store, or dispose of; or amenable for recovery, amenable
for storage, or reduced in olume. Unless the state agency
determines that regulation of such actisilt under these'
rules is necessary to protect human health or the environ-
ment, the definition of "processing" does not include ac-
tiiiies relating to those materials exempted by the ad-
ministrator of the I environmental Protection Agency pur-
suant to the federal Solid Waste l)isposal Act, as amended
by the Resource ( onseroalion and Recovery Act, 42
Initfed Slates Code 6901 et seq., as amended [storage,
reparatiorng,packagng, retpackaging, volume reduction,
or treatment of radoactlve waste and hazardous waste
so as to render such waste less hazardous, safer for
transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage,
or reduced in volume)
(Processing facilit--A facility used to transfer,
incinerate, shred, grind, bale, compost, salvage, separate,
dewater, reclaim, or provide other processing of solid
waste. Processing facilities used for rendering fats and
oils, reclamation of yeast for animal feed, cooking of gar-
bage for animal consumption, or plants of a similar na-
ture are not included in this definition. (These latter
facilities are regulated by the Texas Department of Water
Resources. )i
Public highway-The entire width between prop-
erty lines of any road, street, way, thoroughfare, bridge,
public beach, or park in this state, not privately owned
or controlled, if any part of the road, street, way,
throughfare, bridge, public beach, or park (when any part
thereof] is opened to the public for vehicular traffic, is
used as a public recreational area, or is under !:,e state's
legislative jurisdiction through its police power (and over
which the state has legislative jurisdiction under its police
power) (Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4477-9a 16674v-21).
Radioactt~e waste-That waste which requires
specific licensing under Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4590f,
Chapter 72, Acts of the 57th Legislature, 1961, as amend-
ed, and the rules adopted by the Texas Board of health
under that law. [Waste material which emits ionizing
radiation spontaneously, excluding uranum mill tailings,
irradiated nuclear reactor fuel elements, and high-level
radioactive wastes as defined by federal regulations.]
Refuse-The same as rubbish.
Registration-The act of filing information for
specific solid waste management activities as determined
by the department.
Rubbish- Nonputrescible solid waste (excluding
ashes), consisting of both combustible and noncombusti-
ble waste materials; combustible rubbish includes paper,
rags, cartons, wood, excelsior, furniture, rubber, plastics,
yard trimmings, leaves, and similar materials; noncom-
buslible rubbish includes glass, crockery, tin cans,
aluminum cans, metal furniture, and the like materials8 TexReg 634 February 25, 1983
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