2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 417 WINDHAM SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
§ 59 Definitions

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APPENDIX

Municipal Charters

PART IV

Solid Waste Districts

CHAPTER 417. WINDHAM SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

Subchapter VI. Miscellaneous

§ 417-59. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Solid waste" shall mean any discarded garbage, refuse, septage, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and from community activities, but does not include animal manure and absorbent bedding used for soil enrichment or solid or dissolved materials in industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under the water pollution control act, chapter 47 of Title 10.

(2) "Hazardous waste" shall mean any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semi-solid form, including but not limited to those which are toxic, corrosive, ignitable, reactive, strong sensitizers, or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat or other means, which in the judgment of the secretary of the agency of natural resources, or his or her duly authorized representative may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, taking into account the toxicity of such waste, its persistence and degradability in nature, and its potential for assimilation or concentration in tissue, and other factors that may otherwise cause or contribute to adverse acute or chronic effects on the health of persons or other living organisms, or any matter which may have an unusually destructive effect on water quality if discharged to ground or surface waters of the state. All s

pecial nuclear, source, or byproduct material, as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1964 and amendments thereto, codified in section 2014 of Title 42 of the United States Code, is specifically excluded form this definition.

(3) Solid waste from "residential activities" shall include any solid waste generated by a household or apartment, including, but not limited to, food waste, packaging, newspaper and other paper products, glass, cans and plastic.

(4) Solid waste from "commercial activities" shall include any solid waste generated by retail and wholesale establishments, including but not limited to food waste, corrugated container board, metals, and plastics.

(5) Solid waste from "industrial activities" shall include any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste generated by an industry as part of the production process. Solid wastes generated by employees and similar in composition to that generated by residential or commercial activities are excluded from this definition.

(6) "Sludge" shall mean solids and semi-solids generated by a wastewater treatment plant. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the district shall have the power to impose and collect a surcharge or special assessment for the collection, storage, and disposal of sludge.

(7) "Tires" shall mean all rubber, belted, and nonbelted automobile and truck tires.

(8) "Demolition and construction waste" shall mean all solid waste generated in the demolition and construction of buildings, including stumps, brush, plaster, sheetrock, boards, bricks, mortar, concrete, and roofing materials.

(9) "Yard waste" shall mean grass clippings, leaves, and brush.

(10) "Metal goods" shall mean discarded appliances and junk automobiles.

(11) "Resource recovery facility" shall mean a waste-to-energy plant.