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<br /> (1) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in
<br />mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating
<br />reversible illness; or
<br /> (2) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human
<br />health or the environment when improperly treated, stored,
<br />transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
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<br /> I. Incineration: The process of burning solid, semi-solid, or gaseous
<br />combustible wastes to an inoffensive gas and a residue containing little or no
<br />combustible material.
<br /> J. Industrial Solid Waste: Solid waste generated by industrial processes
<br />and manufacturing.
<br /> K. Inert Debris: Solid waste that consists solely of material that is
<br />virtually inert and that is likely to retain its physical and chemical structure
<br />under expected conditions of disposal.
<br /> L. Institutional Solid Waste: Solid waste generated by educational,
<br />health care, correctional, and other institutional facilities.
<br /> M. Land-Clearing Debris: Solid waste that is generated solely from land-
<br />clearing activities.
<br /> N. Landfill: A disposal facility or part of a disposal facility where
<br />waste is placed in or on land and that it (sic) not a land treatment facility,
<br />a surface impoundment, an injection well, a hazardous waste long-term storage
<br />facility or a surface storage facility.
<br /> O. Medical Waste. Any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis,
<br />treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining
<br />thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, but does not include
<br />any hazardous waste, radioactive waste, household waste as defined in 40 C.F.R.
<br />261.4(b)(1), or those substances excluded from the definition of "solid waste"
<br />in this ordinance.
<br /> P. Municipal Solid Waste: Solid waste resulting from the operation of
<br />residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional
<br />establishments that would normally be collected, processed, and disposed of
<br />through a public or private solid waste management service. Municipal solid
<br />waste does not include hazardous waste, sludge, or solid waste from mining or
<br />agricultural operations.
<br /> Q. Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility. Any publicly- or
<br />privately-owned solid waste management facility permitted by the Department that
<br />receives municipal solid waste for processing, treatment, or disposal.
<br /> R. Pathological Waste: Human tissues, organs, and body parts, and the
<br />carcasses and body parts of any animals that were known to have been exposed to
<br />pathogens that are potentially dangerous to humans during research, were used
<br />in the production of biologicals or in vivo testing of pharmaceuticals, or that
<br />died with a known or suspected disease transmissible to humans.
<br /> S. Person: Any individual, corporation, company, association,
<br />partnership, unit of local government, state agency, federal agency, or other
<br />legal entity.
<br /> T. Putrescible: Solid waste capable of being decomposed by
<br />microorganisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause nuisances from odors and
<br />gases, such as kitchen wastes, offal, and animal carcasses.
<br /> U. Processing. Any technique designed to change the physical, chemical,
<br />or biological character or composition of any solid waste so as to render it
<br />safe for transport; amenable to recovery, storage, or recycling; safe for
<br />disposal; or reduced in volume or concentration.
<br /> V. Radioactive Waste: Waste containing any materials, whether solid,
<br />liquid, or gas, that emits ionizing radiation spontaneously.
<br /> W. Recycling: The process by which solid waste or recovered materials
<br />are collected, separated, or processed, and reused or r~turned to use in the
<br />form of raw materials or products.
<br /> X. Refuse. Solid waste, other than garbage or ashes, from residences,
<br />commercial establishments, and institutions.
<br /> Y. Regulated Medical Waste. Blood and body fluids in individual
<br />containers in volumes greater than 20 mi., microbiological waste, and
<br />pathological waste that has not been treated pursuant to rules promulgated by
<br />the Department.
<br /> Z. Resource Recovery: The process of obtaining material or energy
<br />resources from discarded solid waste that no longer has any useful life in its
<br />present form and preparing the solid waste for recycling.
<br /> AA. Sanitary Landfill: A facility for disposal of solid waste on land in
<br />a sanitary manner in accordance with the rules concerning sanitary landfills
<br />adopted pursuant to G.S. Ch. 130A, Article 9.
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