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<br /> BB. Scrap Tire: A tire that is no longer suitable for its original,
<br />intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect.
<br /> CC. Septage. Solid waste that is a fluid mixture of untreated and
<br />partially treated sewage solids, liquids, and sludge of human or domestic origin
<br />that is removed from a septic tank system.
<br /> DD. Sharps: Needles, syringes, and scalpel blades.
<br /> EE. Sludge: Any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from a
<br />municipal, commercial, institutional, or industrial wastewater treatment plant,
<br />water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, or any other
<br />waste having similar characteristics and effects.
<br /> FF. Solid Waste: Any hazardous or nonhazardous garbage, refuse, or sludge
<br />from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution
<br />control facility, domestic sewage and sludges generated by the treatment thereof
<br />in sanitary sewage collection, treatment and disposal systems, and other
<br />material that is either discarded or is being accumulated, stored or treated
<br />prior to being discarded, or has served its original intended use and is
<br />generally discarded, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous
<br />material resulting from industrial, institutional, commercial, and agricultural
<br />operations, and from community activities. The term does not include:
<br /> (1) Fecal waste from fowls and animals other than humans;
<br /> (2) Solid or dissolved material in
<br /> a. Domestic sewage and sludges generated
<br /> by treatment thereof in sanitary sewage
<br /> collection, treatment, and disposal systems
<br /> that are designed to discharge effluents to
<br /> the surface waters;
<br /> b. Irrigation return flows; and
<br /> c. Wastewater discharges and the sludges
<br /> incidental to and generated by treatment
<br /> which are point sources subject to permits
<br /> granted under Section 402 of the Water
<br /> Pollution Control Act, as amended (P.L. 92-
<br /> 500), and permits granted under G.S. 143-
<br /> 215.1 by the Environmental Management
<br /> Commission. However, any sludges that meet
<br /> the criteria for hazardous waste under RCRA
<br /> shall also be a solid waste for purposes of
<br /> this definition;
<br /> 3. Oils and other liquid hydrocarbons controlled under
<br /> Article 2lA of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. However,
<br /> any oils or other liquid hydrocarbons that meet the criteria
<br /> for hazardous waste under RCRA shall also be a solid waste for
<br /> the purposes of this definition;
<br /> 4. Any source, special nuclear or byproduct material as
<br /> defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42
<br /> U.S.C. 2011);
<br /> 5. Mining refuse covered by the North Carolina Mining
<br /> Act, G.S. 74-46 through 74-68 and regulated by the North
<br /> Carolina Mining Commission. However, any specific mining
<br /> waste that meets the criteria for hazardous waste under RCRA
<br /> shall also be a solid waste for the purposes of this
<br /> definition.
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<br /> GG. Solid Waste Collector: Any person who collects or transports solid
<br />waste.
<br /> HH. Solid Waste Disposal Site: A location at which solid waste is disposed
<br />of by incineration, sanitary landfill, or other approved method.
<br /> II. Solid Waste Receptacle: Container used for the temporary storage of
<br />solid waste while awaiting collection.
<br /> JJ. Source Separation: Setting aside recyclable materials at their point
<br />of generation by the generator.
<br /> KK.' Tire: A continuous solid or pneumatic rubber covering encircling the
<br />wheel of a motor vehicle as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(23).
<br /> LL. Transfer Station: A site at which solid waste is concentrated for
<br />transport to a processing facility or disposal site. A transfer station may be
<br />fixed or mobile.
<br /> MM. Used Oil: Any oil that has been refined from crude oil or synthetic
<br />oil and, as a result of use, storage, or handling, has become unsuitable for its
<br />original purpose.
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