CHAPTER
Env-Sw 100 SOLID WASTE PROGRAM: PURPOSE,
APPLICABILITY, AND DEFINITIONS
Statutory
Authority: RSA 149-M:7
REVISION NOTE:
Document
# 8460-B, effective 10-28-05, readopted with amendments and renumbered as
Chapter Env-Sw 100 those rules in Parts Env-Wm 101 and Env-Wm 102 that had
contained organizational rules on management of solid waste, including
definitions. The redesignation was done
pursuant to a rules reorganization plan for Department rules approved by the
Director of the Office of Legislative Services on 9-7-05. Document #8460-B replaces all prior filings
for solid waste rules formerly in Chapter Env-Wm 100.
The
prior filings for the former rules in Env-Wm 100 containing organizational
rules on management of solid waste include the following documents:
#5172,
eff 7-1-91
#5295,
eff 12-24-91
#6535,
INTERIM, eff 7-1-97
#6619-A,
eff 10-29-97
#6894-A,
eff 12-1-98
#7224, eff 3-31-00
PART Env-Sw 101 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
Env-Sw 101.01 Purpose. The purpose of the rules in subtitle Env-Sw
is to minimize risks to the environment and public health and safety by
assuring proper management of solid waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 101.02 Applicability.
(a)
The rules in subtitle Env-Sw shall apply to management of solid waste in
(b)
In subtitle Env-Sw, any requirement that applies to a permitted facility
shall be a requirement that applies to the permittee.
(c)
In subtitle Env-Sw, any requirement that applies to an unpermitted
facility shall be a requirement that applies to the facility owner.
(d)
The rules in subtitle Env-Sw shall not be construed to preclude
compliance with other federal or state statutes, rules, or regulations. If a conflict arises between the rules in
subtitle Env-Sw and any federal or state statute, rule, or regulation, the more
stringent requirement(s) shall apply.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 101.03 Solid Waste Exclusions. The solid waste rules shall not apply to the
following wastes and materials:
(a)
Hazardous waste as defined in RSA 147-A:2, including a solid waste which
the generator formally declares in accordance with Env-Wm 502.01(c)(2) to be a
hazardous waste and which is subsequently managed as a hazardous waste pursuant
to the requirements of RSA 147-A;
(b)
Solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows;
(c)
Cut or uprooted stumps buried on-site with local approval, if required,
provided that such burial locations are not located within 75 feet of any
drinking water supply;
(d)
Municipal and industrial discharges which are point sources subject to
permits under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended;
(e)
Radioactive materials as defined and regulated by the
(f)
Septage as defined in RSA 485-A:2, IX-a;
(g)
Sludge as defined in RSA 485-A:2, XI-a, namely “the solid or semi-solid
material produced by water and wastewater treatment processes, excluding
domestic septage; provided, however, sludge which is disposed of at solid waste
facilities permitted by the department shall be considered solid waste and
regulated under RSA 149-M”;
(h)
Yard waste;
(i)
Bodies of deceased persons; and
(j)
Waste-derived products which are certified for distribution and use
pursuant to Env-Sw 1500 and actively managed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 101.04 Solid Waste Facility Exclusions. The solid waste rules shall not apply to a
facility that has demonstrated to the department, by complying with the
registration requirements in Env-Sw 309, that it ceased operating before July
10, 1981.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
PART
Env-Sw 102 SOLID WASTE RULE DEFINITIONS:
A THROUGH E
Env-Sw 102.01 “Abutter” means “abutter” as defined by RSA 149-M:4,
I, namely “any person who owns property adjacent to, or across a road,
railroad, or stream from the property on which a solid waste facility may be
permitted.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.02 “Accumulated waste” means the quantity of
waste stored at a facility in excess of the storage capacity specified in the
permit or permit exemption.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.03 “Active life” means that period of time at a
facility during which solid waste is or will be received, processed, treated or
disposed, beginning with the date of first waste receipt and ending with the
date waste is last received, processed, treated or disposed. The term includes both operating and
non-operating days falling between the described beginning and ending points.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.04 “Actively manage” means to handle a waste or
material, including waste-derived products and recyclable materials, in a
controlled manner without causing:
(a)
A nuisance;
(b)
An adverse effect to the environment, public health and safety;
(c)
Accumulations which have no identifiable destination or value; and
(d)
A loss of material value in the market place due to material damage,
degradation and/or contamination.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.05 “Amended water” means water to which a
chemical wetting agent, such as a surfactant, has been added to improve
penetration of the water into asbestos or other materials to limit the
potential for airborne particulates.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.06 “Approved bulking agent” means any material
which a facility is authorized in the permit or by the solid waste rules to mix
with waste to provide, for processing or treatment of the waste, a source of
carbon, air spaces and liquid absorption.
The term includes waste-derived products certified for distribution and
use as a bulking agent pursuant to Env-Sw 1500.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.07 “Applicant” means the person applying for a
permit, permit modification, certificate, waiver or other approval pursuant to
the solid waste rules and who will be responsible for complying with the
provisions of the approval, if granted.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.08 “Application” means information and
documentation submitted to the department by an applicant to request a permit,
permit modification, certificate, waiver or other approval pursuant to the
solid waste rules.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.09 “Approved design capacity” means the quantity
of waste a facility is authorized to manage, expressed as follows:
(a)
For all facilities, the average weekly tonnage to be received at the
facility during the quarter in which the most waste is anticipated to be
received, as specified in the permit or the permit exemption;
(b)
For processing or treatment or transfer facilities:
(1) The rated through-put capacity of the
equipment for processing of solid waste, as specified in the permit or permit
exemption; and
(2) The approved storage capacity; and
(c)
For landfills, the approved design volume.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.10 “Approved design volume” means the maximum
in-place volume of waste, including cover materials, to be received at a
landfill during its active life, as specified in the permit or the permit
exemption.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.11 “Approved storage capacity” means the maximum
quantity of waste which a facility is authorized to store, pending removal,
processing, treatment or disposal as specified in the permit or permit
exemption.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.12 “Aquifer” means a geological formation, group
of formations, or part of a formation, that is capable of yielding usable
quantities of groundwater.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.13 “Asbestos” means asbestos as defined by RSA
141-E:2, I, namely "amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite, or asbestiform tremolite,
actinolite, or anthophyllite."
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.14 “Asbestos waste” means:
(a)
Solid waste that contains more than one percent asbestos by weight;
(b)
Any asbestos-containing solid waste that is collected in a pollution
control device designed to remove asbestos; and
(c)
The entire volume and weight of any waste identified in (a) or (b) above
when mixed with any other material or any solid waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.15 “Asbestos waste site” means any site that is
not permitted to receive asbestos, where asbestos waste, either on the surface
or subsurface, is located.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.16 “Authorized facility” means a facility
holding all requisite federal, state or local permits, licenses or
approvals. As applied to a
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.17 “Authorized waste” means a waste that is
approved by the department for receipt by a facility, as specified in the
permit or permit exemption as applicable.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.18 “Base flood” means a flood that has a one
percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The term includes “100-year flood.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.19 “Bill of lading” means a receipt, issued by
the transporter, listing waste and/or materials shipped.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.20 “Biologicals” means preparations made from
living organisms and their products, including vaccines and cultures, intended
for use in diagnosing, immunizing, or treating humans or animals or in research
pertaining thereto.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.21 “Body fluids” means liquid emanating or
derived from humans and limited to blood, cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural,
peritoneal and pericardial fluids and semen and vaginal secretions.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw
100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.22 “Bottom ash” means the ash residue remaining
after combustion of solid waste, fossil fuel, wood, sludge or other materials
in an incinerator that is discharged through and from the grates, combustor or
stoker.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.23 “Bulky waste” means large items that cannot be
handled by normal solid waste processing, collection or disposal methods, such
as appliances, furniture, large auto parts, tires, and, when they are not
buried on-site in accordance with RSA 149-M:4, XXII, tree stumps.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.24 “Bypass waste” means any waste that is
delivered to a processing or treatment facility but cannot be processed or
treated by the facility. The term
includes downtime waste, excess waste, unsuitable waste, and accumulated waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.25 “Call” means action by the department to
invoke the provisions of a temporary permit requiring the permittee to either
commence the facility closure process or the process for obtaining a permanent
permit issued pursuant to RSA 149-M and the solid waste rules for continued
operation of the facility.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.26 “Cap” means the final cover placed over solid
waste at a landfill to minimize the amount of precipitation contacting the
solid waste, to prevent contact with the solid waste and to assist in the
collection of landfill gas.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.27 “Capacity needs” means the amount of facility
capacity identified as necessary to accommodate the management of solid waste
for:
(a)
The state, as contained in the most recent version of the state solid
waste plan required by RSA 149-M:6,VI; and
(b)
A solid waste management district, as contained in the most recent
version of that district's solid waste plan required by RSA 149-M:24,IV.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.28 “Cell” means, within a landfill, the smallest
unit of subdivided area which is surrounded by berms that hydraulically
separate the cell, when active, from other cells of the landfill when such
other cells have not yet received wastes or been constructed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.29 “Certified operator” means an individual
certified pursuant to Env-Sw 1600.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.30 “Certified waste-derived product” means a
waste-derived product certified for distribution and use pursuant to Env-Sw
1500.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw
100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.31 “Class A compost” means compost meeting the
criteria specified in Env-Sw 605.05.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.32 “Class AA compost” means compost produced from
the following source-separated wastes and materials only:
(a)
Yard waste and farming crop residuals;
(b)
Food waste;
(c)
Animal manure; or
(d)
Approved bulking agents, including waste-derived products certified for
distribution and use as a composting bulking agent pursuant to Env-Sw 1500.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.33 “Closure” means the procedures used to
permanently cease use of a facility, or portion thereof, in a manner that will
minimize future risks of environmental damage and includes all required
post-closure inspection, monitoring and maintenance activities.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.34 “Coefficient of permeability” means saturated
hydraulic conductivity and is the rate of laminar flow of water through a unit
cross-sectional area of porous medium under a unit hydraulic gradient at a
standard temperature.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.35 “Collection, storage and transfer facility”
means a facility which collects waste from any location, stores the waste for a
limited period of time and subsequently transfers the waste to another location
without having changed the characteristics of the waste as received except by
having sorted, packaged or compacted the waste.
The term includes “transfer station” as defined by Env-Sw 104.54,
“recycling facility” as defined by Env-Sw 104.20, stockpiles of waste, and
collection devices such as dumpsters.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.36 “Combined ash” means a mixture of bottom ash
and fly ash.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.37 “Commercial facility” means a facility which
receives waste from an unlimited service area.
The term does not include limited public and limited private facilities.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.38 “Commissioner” means the commissioner as
defined by RSA 149-M:4, III, namely “the commissioner of the department of
environmental services.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.39 “Compost” means “compost” as defined by RSA
149-M:4, IV, namely “a stable, humus-like substance which is derived from a
process involving the biological decomposition of any readily biodegradable
material, such as animal manure, garbage, yard waste, septage, sludge, or other
organic solid wastes, and which can be beneficially re-used for land
application.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.40 “Composting facility” means a facility which
produces compost.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.41 “Confidential business information” means
information that is exempt from disclosure under RSA 91-A:5, IV.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw
100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.42 “Construction and demolition debris” means
non-putrescible waste building materials and rubble which is solid waste
resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair or demolition of structures
or roads. The term includes,
but is not limited to, bricks, concrete and other masonry materials, wood, wall
coverings, plaster, dry wall, plumbing, fixtures, non-asbestos insulation or
roofing shingles, asphaltic pavement, glass, plastics that are not sealed in a
manner that conceals other wastes and electrical wiring and components,
incidental to any of the above and containing no hazardous liquid or
metals. The term does not include
asbestos waste, garbage, corrugated container board, electrical fixtures containing
hazardous liquids such as fluorescent light ballasts or transformers,
furniture, appliances, tires, drums and containers, and fuel tanks.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.43 “Contingency plan” means a document
describing organized, planned, and technically-coordinated courses of action to
be followed by a facility in case of emergency or other special conditions,
such as equipment breakdowns; fire; odor; vectors; explosion; spills; receipt
or release of hazardous or toxic materials or substances; groundwater, surface
water or air contamination attributable to a facility; and other incidents that
could threaten human health or safety or the environment.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.44 “Council” means the waste management council
established by RSA 21-O:9.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.45 “Cover material” means soil or other
functionally equivalent material that is placed over solid waste at a
landfill. The term does not include
materials used to construct a landfill capping system.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.46 “Department” means “department” as defined by
RSA 149-M:4, V, namely “the department of environmental services.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.47 “Designated river” means that portion of a
river which has been specifically designated by the general court pursuant to
RSA 483:15.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.48 “Director” means the director of the division
of waste management.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.49 “Discharge” means the accidental or
intentional release, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
or dumping of any solid waste or solid waste constituent, including leachate,
into or on any air, land or water.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.50 “Disposal” means “disposal” as defined by RSA
149-M:4, VI, namely “the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking, or placing of any solid waste into or onto any land or water with the
possible result that such solid waste or any constituent of it may enter the
environment, be emitted into the air, or be discharged into any waters,
including groundwater.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 102.51 “District” means “district” as defined by RSA
149-M:4,VII, namely “a solid waste management district established under "RSA
149-M:24”.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.52 “District plan” means “district
plan” as defined by RSA 149-M:4, VIII, namely “the plan developed for waste
management within a district, and approved by the department.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.53 “Division” means the division of
waste management within the department of environmental services.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.54 “Dormant application” means an
application for which the applicant has failed to submit the information
required to complete the application within 12 months of the date the
application is first deemed incomplete by the department.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.55 “Downtime waste” means any
processable or treatable solid waste accumulated during a scheduled or
unscheduled shut-down of facility operations.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.56 “Emergency permit” means a permit
issued pursuant to the solid waste rules which authorizes waste management
activities at a facility for a limited period of time in response to an
emergency for which no other readily available response exists and for which a
delayed response to obtain another type of permit would result in an
unnecessary risk to public health, safety or the environment.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.57 “Emergency permit facility” means
a facility authorized or requiring authorization by issuance of an emergency
permit.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.58 “Encapsulant or sealant” means a
substance applied to a material, such as friable asbestos, which controls the
release of airborne fibers or particles.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.59 “Endangered or threatened
species” means any species protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act
or under NH RSA 212-A, Endangered Species Conservation Act.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.60 “Environmental monitoring points”
means locations, monitoring wells, and devices for sampling air, soil,
groundwater or surface water at a facility.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.61 “Excess waste” means solid waste
which cannot be processed or treated because the facility is operating at its
approved design capacity.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.62 “Existing facility” means a
facility that was in existence prior to October 29, 1997.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
102.63 “Expansion” means an increase in
the approved design capacity, approved design volume or approved storage
capacity of a facility.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw
100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
PART
Env-Sw 103 SOLID WASTE RULE DEFINITIONS:
F THROUGH O
Env-Sw
103.01 “Facility” means “facility” as
defined in RSA 149-M:4, IX, namely “a location, system, or physical structure for
the collection, separation, storage, transfer, processing, treatment, or
disposal of solid waste.” The term
includes “solid waste facility,” “waste management facility” and “solid waste
management facility.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.02 “Facility identification” means,
in the context of filing an application or registration pursuant to the solid
waste rules, all of the following information for a facility:
(a) Name;
(b) Functional classification pursuant to Env-Sw
302.05;
(c) Mailing address;
(d) Permit number, if applicable;
(e) Location by street address and municipality;
and
(f) If not yet issued a permit:
(1) Local tax map and lot numbers;
(2) Deed reference by county, volume and page
numbers;
(3) A plotting on a United States Geological
Survey (USGS) topographic map, or copy thereof, prepared at a scale of 1:24,000
or 1:25,000;
(4) Latitude and longitude of a known fixed point
on the site; and
(5) Written directions from a known point of
reference in the vicinity of the facility site.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.03 “Floodplain” means the land area
adjoining inland or coastal waters which is capable of being inundated by a
base flood.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.04 “Fly ash” means the ash residue
from the combustion of solid waste, fossil fuel, wood, sludge, or other
material that is entrained in the gas stream of the incinerator and removed by
the air pollution control equipment.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.05 “Footprint” means:
(a) For a permitted landfill or stockpile, the
area in which solid waste actually exists or formerly existed, or is proposed
to be placed, as authorized in the permit, regardless of whether solid waste has actually been deposited;
(b) For a proposed landfill or stockpile, the
area in which solid waste is to be placed as proposed in the permit
application; and
(c) For any other landfill or stockpile, the area
in which solid waste actually exists.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.06 “Friable asbestos” means “friable
asbestos material” as defined by 40 CFR 61, namely “any material containing
more than one percent asbestos as determined using the method specified in
appendix A, subpart F, 40 CFR part 763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy,
that, when dry, can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand
pressure.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.07 “Generator” means any person
whose act or process produces a waste or whose act first causes waste to be
subject to regulation.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.08 “Geocomposite” means a
manufactured material using geotextiles, geogrids, geomembranes, or
combinations of same, in a laminated or composite form.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.09 “Geogrid” means a netlike
polymeric material used with foundation, soil, rock, earth, or any other geotechnical
engineering-related material as an integral part of a man-made structure or
system to provide reinforcement to soil slopes.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.10 “Geomembrane” means an
essentially impermeable membrane used with foundation, soil, rock, earth, or
any other geotechnical engineering-related material as an integral part of a
man-made structure or system designed to limit the movement of liquid or gas
into or out of the system.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.11 “Geonet” means a type of a geosynthetic
that allows planar flow of liquids.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.12 “Geosynthetics” means the generic
classification of all synthetic materials used in geotechnical engineering
applications, including geotextiles, geogrids, geomembranes, and geocomposites.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.13 “Geotextile” means any permeable
textile used with foundation, soil, rock, earth or any other geotechnical
engineering-related material as an integral part of a man-made structure or system
which is designed to act as a filter to prevent the flow of soil fines or other
particles into drainage systems, or to provide planar flow for drainage, or to
serve as a cushion to protect geomembranes, or to provide structural support.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.14 “Groundwater” means water below
the land surface in the zone of saturation of soil or rock and includes perched
water separated from the main body of groundwater by an unsaturated zone.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.15 “Groundwater table” means the seasonally
high surface of groundwater naturally occurring at atmospheric pressure.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.16 “Hazardous waste” means hazardous
waste as defined by RSA 147-A:2, VII, namely “a solid, semi-solid, liquid or
contained gaseous waste, or any combination of these wastes:
(a) Which, because of either quantity,
concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:
(1) Cause or contribute to an increase in
mortality or an increase in irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness;
or
(2) Pose a present or potential threat to human health
or the environment when improperly treated, stored, disposed of, or otherwise
mismanaged.
(b) Or which has been identified as a hazardous
waste by the department using the criteria established under RSA 147-A:3,I or
as listed under RSA 147-A:3, II. Such
wastes include, but are not limited to, those which are reactive, toxic,
corrosive, ignitable, irritants, strong sensitizers or which generate pressure
through decomposition, heat or other means.
Such wastes do not include radioactive substances that are regulated by
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.17 “Hazardous waste rules” means the
rules found in Env-Wm 101, Env-Wm 110, Env-Wm 211 through Env-Wm 216, Env-Wm
351 through Env-Wm 353 and Env-Wm 400 through Env-Wm 1000.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.18 “Hearing” means “hearing” as
defined by RSA 149-M:4, X, namely “the opportunity for the submission of
written or oral comments, or both.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.19 “High level disinfection” means
inactivation of all vegetative bacteria, fungi, lipophilic/hydrophilic viruses,
parasites and mycobacteria at a 6 Log10, or a million-fold,
reduction or greater.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.20 “Household hazardous waste” means
hazardous waste generated from non-commercial usage by individuals in their
living abodes.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.21 “Household infectious waste”
means infectious waste generated from non-commercial medical treatment of
individuals in personal residences, such as needles from self-administered
insulin treatments.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.22 “Identification of parties”
means, in the context of filing an application or registration pursuant to the
solid waste rules, all of the following information for the applicant or
registrant, facility operator and property owner:
(a) If an individual, the individual’s name, date
of birth, mailing address and telephone number; or
(b) If other than an individual:
(1) The information required by RSA 149-M:10,
I(b); and
(2) The name, title, mailing address and
telephone number of the individual associated with and designated by the
identified party to be the contact individual for matters concerning the
application or registration being filed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.23 “Imminent hazard” means any
condition or practice which presents a substantial and immediate threat to human
health, safety or the environment.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.24 “Impermeable” means not
permitting passage through a substance which, when used in the solid waste
rules to describe any soil or geosynthetic component of a landfill liner or
cap, means the component has a saturated hydraulic conductivity of 1 x 10 -7
cm/sec or less.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.25 “Incinerator” means “incinerator”
as defined by RSA 149-M:4, X-a, namely “a facility which employs a method of
using controlled thermal combustion, including flame combustion, to thermally
break down waste or other materials, including refuse-derived fuel, to an ash
residue that contains little or no combustible materials.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.26 “Inert construction and
demolition debris” means construction and demolition debris which is comprised
of materials that do not degrade, combust or generate leachate.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.27 “Infectious agent” means any organism, such as a virus, bacteria, parasite,
fungus or other microbial agent which is capable of being communicated by
invasion and multiplication in body tissues and body fluids, and capable of
causing disease or adverse health impacts in humans.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.28 “Infectious waste” means any
waste which because of its infectious nature may cause or significantly contribute
to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or
incapacitating reversible illness; or pose a substantial present or potential
hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored,
transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.29 “Insignificant effect on
environmental quality” means a minimal adverse change in the quality of
groundwater, surface water, air quality or public health, either for the short
term or the long term.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.30 “Land owner” means the record
owner of a parcel of land upon which a facility is or is proposed to be
located.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.31 “Landfill reclamation” means the
excavation of a portion or all of a landfill for the purpose of reducing
landfill volume; reducing closure and post-closure costs by complete or partial
removal of the landfill; creating capacity; or reducing adverse environmental
impacts through the mining and separation of waste and soils into recyclable,
reusable or combustible components. The
term does not include recontouring, regrading or relocating existing waste at a
landfill to reduce the landfill footprint or to achieve final grades.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.32 “Landfill” means a facility which
collects and disposes of waste by landfilling methods. The term includes facilities that collect and
store waste indefinitely. The term does
not include incinerators, land application sites, surface impoundments and
injection wells.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.33 “Landfilling” means a method of
disposing of solid waste, by the intentional placement of the solid waste in or
on land where it will remain after closure.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.34 “Leachate” means a liquid,
including any suspended components in the liquid, which has contacted or passed
through solid waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.35 “Lift” means a layer of compacted
solid waste and the cover material immediately above it in a landfill or other
land disposal site.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.36 “Limited private facility” means
a type of “private facility” as defined by RSA 149-M:4, XVI that is permitted
to receive only wastes generated by permittee.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.37 “Limited public facility” means a
type of “public facility” as defined by RSA 149-M:4, XVIII that is permitted to
receive only wastes generated by sources that are within the permittee’s jurisdiction
or within the jurisdiction of other towns, governmental units, agencies,
political subdivisions or districts that have entered into a written agreement
with the permittee for management of said waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.38 “Limited service” means the
service type provided by a public or private facility which, through the
conditions of the permit, allows the facility to receive authorized waste from
specified sources only.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.39 “Liner” means a barrier that
restricts the downward or lateral flow of the overlying waste and its
constituents, or leachate. Liners can be
either natural, for instance clay, or man-made, for instance plastic.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.40 “Low permeability cap” means a
cap installed for landfill closure with a permeability of not greater than 1 x
10 -5 cm/sec.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.41 “Lower explosive limit” means the
lowest concentration by percentage in air of a flammable gas or vapor in which
an explosion can occur upon ignition at 25ºC (78ºF) at atmospheric pressure.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
103.42 “Manure” means manure as defined
by RSA 149-M:4, XI, namely “animal feces and urine with natural organic bedding
materials such as hay, sawdust, straw or wood chips, but exclusive of human
waste.” The term also includes animal feces and urine which are not mixed with
bedding or which are mixed with newsprint that has been used as bedding.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 103.43 “Mechanically-stabilized earth berm” means an
engineered reinforced soil berm consisting of alternating layers of compacted
soil and reinforcing elements to retain earth for embankment support.
Source. #10593,
eff 7-1-14
Env-Sw
103.44 “Monitoring well” means a well
used for the purpose of sampling groundwater and/or measuring groundwater
elevations.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
(from Env-Sw 103.43)
Env-Sw
103.45 “Monofill” means a landfill or
landfill cell into which only one type of waste is placed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.44)
Env-Sw
103.46 “Mixed municipal solid waste”
means municipal solid waste that is not separated by type.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.45)
Env-Sw
103.47 “Municipal solid waste (MSW)”
means solid waste generated at residences, commercial or industrial
establishments, and institutions, but excluding construction and demolition
debris, automobile scrap and other motor vehicle waste, infectious waste,
asbestos waste, contaminated soil and other absorbent media and ash other than
ash from household stoves.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.46)
Env-Sw
103.48 “New facility” means a facility
not existing as of October 29, 1997. The
term includes proposed facilities and landfill expansions beyond the footprint
boundaries.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.47)
Env-Sw
103.49 “Non-friable asbestos” means any
asbestos material which does not contain friable asbestos.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.48)
Env-Sw
103.50 “Non-friable category I asbestos”
means “category I nonfriable asbestos containing material (ACM)” as defined in
40 CFR 61, namely “asbestos-containing packings, gaskets, resilient floor
covering, and asphalt roofing products containing more than one percent
asbestos as determined using the method specified in appendix A, subpart F, 40
CFR part 763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.49)
Env-Sw
103.51 “Non-friable category II
asbestos” means “category II nonfriable asbestos containing material (ACM)” as
defined in 40 CFR 61, namely “any material, excluding Category I nonfriable
ACM, containing more than one percent asbestos as determined using the methods
specified in appendix A, subpart F, 40 CFR part 763, section 1, Polarized Light
Microscopy that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder
by hand pressure.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.50)
Env-Sw
103.52 “Non-landfill facility” means a
facility which is not a landfill, including collection, storage and transfer
facilities, processing or treatment facilities and land application sites.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.51)
Env-Sw
103.53 “Nonpoint sources” means pollution
sources that are diffuse by nature, in that the pollution emitted does not
normally enter the environment by discrete conveyances as do point
sources. Nonpoint sources of pollution
potentially result from activities associated with agriculture, silviculture,
mining of sand and gravel, urban storm runoff, urban and rural construction,
subsurface disposal systems, deicing salts from highways, and sludge, septage
and solid waste disposal on the land.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.52)
Env-Sw
103.54 “Open burning” means “open
burning” as defined by 40 CFR 61, namely “the combustion of solid waste
without:
(a) Control of combustion air to maintain
adequate temperature for efficient combustion;
(b) Containment of the combustion reaction in an
enclosed device to provide sufficient residence time and mixing for complete
combustion; and
(c) Control of the emissions of the combustion
products.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.53)
Env-Sw
103.55 “Owner” means a person who owns a
facility or part of a facility.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 103.54)
PART
Env-Sw 104 SOLID WASTE RULE
DEFINITIONS: P THROUGH Z
Env-Sw
104.01 “Permit” means “permit” as
defined by RSA 149-M:4, XIV, namely “an authorization from the department for
the construction and operation of a facility.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.02 “Permit-by-notification” means a
permit, obtained after supplying notification in accordance with the
requirements of Env-Sw 311, authorizing the construction and operation of
certain solid waste facilities as prescribed in Env-Sw 407, Env-Sw 507, Env-Sw
607, Env-Sw 707, and Env-Sw 809.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.03 “Permit-by-notification facility”
means a facility authorized or requiring authorization by issuance of a
permit-by-notification.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.04 “Permit-exempt facility” means a
facility not required by the solid waste rules to hold a permit issued pursuant
to RSA 149-M, as specified by Env-Sw 302.03.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.05 “Permitted facility” means a
facility with a valid permit issued pursuant to RSA 149-M and the solid waste
rules.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.06 “Permittee” means a person to
whom a permit to operate or construct a facility is issued pursuant to the
solid waste rules or, in the case of a permit-exempt facility, the person who
is responsible for construction, operation, maintenance, closure and
post-closure monitoring of the facility.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.07 “Person” means “person” as
defined in RSA 149-M:4, XV, namely “any individual; business entity, including
a trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government
corporation); partnership; association; government agency; or political
subdivision of the state.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.08 “Phase” means, within a landfill,
an area comprised of 2 or more stages and which is surrounded by berms that
hydraulically separate the phase from other phases of the landfill when such
phases have not yet received wastes or been constructed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.09 “Preliminary plan” means a plan
for a proposed activity that provides sufficient information to determine that
the proposed activity meets the requirements of the solid waste rules, but does
not provide a level of detail or include documentation or features sufficient
to implement the proposed activity in compliance with the solid waste
rules. The term applies to design plans,
operating plans, financial assurance plans, and closure plans for facilities.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.10 “Private facility” means a
“private facility” as defined in RSA 149-M:4, XVI, namely “one whose permit is
held by a person other than a government unit or agency or political
subdivision of the state.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.11 “Process” means any activity that
changes the chemical, biological or physical characteristics of a waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.12 “Processed recyclable material”
means a recyclable material which has been physically sorted and separated by
material type, formed into bales or otherwise physically processed and packaged
in a manner satisfying the specifications for transportation to and acceptance
by a market that will use the material for the production of certified
waste-derived products.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.13 “Processing/treatment facility
(P/T facility)” means a facility which collects waste from any location, stores
the waste for a limited period of time, subsequently processes or treats the
waste, subsequently stores the processed or treated waste for a limited period
of time and ultimately transfers the treated or processed waste to another
location. The term excludes collection,
storage and transfer facilities, landfills and land application sites.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.14 “Property owner” means the record
owner of the parcel of land or structures, or both, where a facility is or is
proposed to be located. The term
includes “landowner” and “facility owner.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.15 “Public benefit” means “public
benefit” as defined in RSA 149-M:4, XVII, namely “the protection of the health,
economy and natural environment of the state of
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.16 “Public facility” means “public
facility” as defined in RSA 149-M:4, XVIII, namely “one whose permit is held by
a town or other governmental unit or agency or political subdivision of the
state, or a combination thereof.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.17 “Putrescible material” means any
organic material which can decompose and give rise to foul odors and noxious
by-products.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.18 “Qualified professional engineer”
means a person who is a registered professional engineer in New Hampshire and
whose formal education, training and experience in the field of engineering
falls within the scope of the professional engineering efforts required to be
undertaken.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.19 “Recyclable materials” means
“recyclable materials” as defined in RSA 149-M:4, XIX, namely “materials that
can be used to produce marketable goods, including but not limited to separated
clear and colored glass, aluminum, ferrous and nonferrous metals, plastics,
corrugated cardboard, motor vehicle batteries, tires from motor vehicles, and
paper.” The term does not include:
(a) Hazardous waste, hazardous air pollutants,
and other waste not regulated as solid waste, as identified in Env-Sw 101.03;
(b) Waste identified as non-reusable in Env-Sw
900, including asbestos and infectious waste; and
(c)
Wastes from an unspecified production or generation process, such as
municipal solid waste incinerator ash and contaminated soils or absorbent
media.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.20 “Recycling facility” means a
collection, storage and transfer facility which collects, stores and prepares recyclable
materials for market and transfers processed recyclable materials to markets
for recycling. The term includes
“recycling center.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.21 “Recycling” means “recycling” as
defined by RSA 149-M:4, XX, namely “the collection, storage, processing and
redistribution of recyclable materials.”
The term excludes the redistribution of recyclable materials for any
purpose constituting disposal as defined in RSA 149-M:4, VI, incineration or
another purpose not directly related to the production of certified
waste-derived products.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.22 “Refuse” means “refuse” as
defined by RSA 149-M:4, XXI, namely “any waste product, solid or having the
character of a solid rather than a liquid in that it will not flow readily
without additional liquid, and which is composed wholly or partly of such
materials as garbage, swill, sweepings, cleanings, trash, rubbish, litter,
industrial or domestic solid wastes; organic wastes or residue of animals sold
as meat; fruit, vegetable or animal matter from kitchens, dining rooms,
markets, food establishments or any places dealing in or handling meat, fowl,
fruits, grain or vegetables; offal, animal excreta, or the carcasses of
animals; brick, plaster or other waste matter resulting from the demolition,
alteration, or construction of buildings or structures; or accumulated waste
material, cans, containers, tires, junk, or other such substances which may
become a nuisance.” The term does not
include yard waste, actively managed waste-derived products which are certified
for distribution and use pursuant to Env-Sw 1500, and bodies of deceased
persons. The term includes recyclable
materials, whether processed or unprocessed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.23 “Representative sample” means a
sample collected from a population or whole that exhibits the average or
typical properties of the larger population or whole.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.24 “Research and development
facility permit” means a permit issued pursuant to the solid waste rules authorizing
research and development projects.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.25 “Research and development permit
facility” means a facility authorized or requiring authorization by issuance of
a research and development facility permit.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.26 “Research and development project
(R&D project)” means a scientific study involving the collection, storage,
transfer, processing, treatment or disposal of solid waste, that is conducted
by one or more investigators, qualified by reason of education and experience,
and which is intended to further fundamental knowledge, evaluate processes or
technologies, and generate and interpret data relative to solid waste
management.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.27 “Residual waste” means solid
waste remaining after processing, treatment or disposal of solid waste or as a
by-product of processing or treatment or disposal of solid waste, including
leachate, decomposition gases and waste-derived products not certified for
distribution and use pursuant to Env-Sw 1500.
The term includes “residuals.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.28 “Reuse” means the act of placing
a waste into service again, subsequent to its generation.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.29 “Runoff” means the liquid that
drains from an area as surface flow.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.30 “Salvaged item or material” means
an item or material which has been recovered or diverted from the solid waste
stream and, without processing or treatment except for incidental cleaning,
reconditioning or repair, is or will be used in a manner consistent with its
original purpose. Examples include used
auto parts which are removed from the vehicle and reused as auto parts on
another vehicle; used furniture pieces which are repaired or restored for use
as furniture; used tools or equipment which are reconditioned and returned to
use as tools or equipment; left-over latex paint used as paint; scrap fabric
used as fabric; scrap lumber used as lumber; and used brick used as brick.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.31 “Saturated hydraulic
conductivity” means the rate of laminar flow of water through a unit
cross-sectional area of porous medium under a unit hydraulic gradient at a
standard temperature. The term includes
“coefficient of permeability.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.32 “Saturated zone” means that part
of the earth’s crust in which the interconnected voids are filled with water at
a pressure equal to or greater than atmospheric pressure. The term includes “zone of saturation.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 104.33 “Select recyclable material” means a
recyclable material comprised of one of the following materials: paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, ferrous
metal, non-ferrous metal, or textile materials.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 104.34 “Service area” means the area(s) or place(s) from
which a facility receives waste, typically identified by geographic location or
by generator source, or a combination thereof.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.35 “Service type” means the type of
service a facility provides based on the source of waste received, as follows:
(a) Unlimited service, as is provided by a
commercial facility; or
(b) Limited service, as is provided by either a
limited public or limited private facility.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.36 “Solid waste” means “solid
waste”
as defined by RSA 149-M:4, XXII, namely “any matter consisting of putrescible
material, refuse or residue from an air pollution control facility; and other
discarded or abandoned material. It
includes solid, liquid, semi‑solid, or contained gaseous material
resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and
from community activities. For purposes
of this chapter [RSA 149‑M] it does not include hazardous wastes as
defined in RSA 147‑A:2; solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return
flows; cut or uprooted tree stumps buried on-site with local approval if
required, provided that such burial locations are not located within 75 feet of
any drinking water supply; municipal and industrial discharges which are point
sources subject to permits under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as amended; source, special nuclear or by‑product materials
as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; or septage or sludge
as defined in RSA 485-A:2, IX-a and XI-a,” that is to say sludge which is not
disposed at solid waste facilities permitted under RSA 149-M. The term “solid waste” also does not include
yard waste, actively managed waste-derived products which are certified for
distribution and use pursuant to Env-Sw 1500, and bodies of deceased persons.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.37 “Solid waste management” means
“solid waste management” as defined by RSA 149-M:4, XXIII, namely “the
systematic administration of activities for the collection, source separation,
processing, treatment, transportation, transfer, storage, recovery and disposal
of solid waste.” The term includes “management
of solid waste.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.38 “Solid waste facility operator training”
means professional or technical instruction which supplies the required amount
of solid waste management information as provided and approved by the
department pursuant to Env-Sw 1600.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.39 “Solid waste rules” means those
rules found in subtitle Env-Sw.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.40 “Source water protection
inventory” means a list, compiled and maintained by the department, which
identifies regulated or permitted sites that are known or potential threats to
drinking water quality.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.41 “Source reduction” means “source reduction”
as defined in RSA 149-M:4, XXIV, namely “changing industrial processes,
technologies and product components with the specific objective of reducing the
amount or toxicity of waste at the Source.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.42 “Source separation” means
dividing solid waste into some or all of its component parts at the point of
generation.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.43 “Stage” means, within a landfill,
an area comprised of 2 or more cells and which is surrounded by berms that
hydraulically separate the stage, when active, from other stages of the
landfill when such other stages have not yet received wastes or been
constructed.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.44 “Standard permit” means a permit
to construct and operate a solid waste facility, issued pursuant to RSA 149-M
as follows:
(a) For a facility permitted on or after October
29, 1997, pursuant to Env-Sw 314;
(b) For a facility permitted before October 29,
1997, pursuant to the provisions of Env-Sw 307.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.45 “Standard permit facility” means
a facility authorized or requiring authorization by issuance of a standard
permit.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.46 “State plan” means “state plan”
as defined in RSA 149-M:4, XXVI, namely “the state solid waste management plan
developed under RSA 149-M:29.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.47 “Storage” means the temporary
accumulation, containment or stockpiling of wastes.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.48 “Surface water” means “surface
waters of the state” as defined by RSA 485-A:2, XIV, namely “all perennial and
seasonal streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the
state, including all streams, lakes, or ponds bordering on the state, marshes,
water courses and other bodies of water, natural or artificial.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.49 “Tank” means a device designed to
contain solid waste in a liquid or gaseous form, including leachate, for
storage or transportation.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.50 “Temporary permit” means a permit
issued prior to October 29, 1997, pursuant to a rule codified as Env-Wm 315
effective July 1, 1991 and amended December 24, 1991.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.51 “Temporary permit facility” means
a facility holding a temporary permit.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.52 “Time of concentration” means the
time it takes for runoff to travel from the hydraulically most distant point of
the watershed to the design point.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.53 “Transfer” means, depending on
the context in which it is used:
(a) Removal of waste from one location to another
location; or
(b)
Authorizing a permit to be held by a new permittee, pursuant to the type
IV permit modification criteria and procedures in Env-Sw 315.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.54 “Transfer station” means a solid
waste collection, storage and transfer facility, which collects, stores and
transfers solid waste, including non-recyclable waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.55 “Treat” means to process a waste
by a method or technique that uses an external agent or agents to cause a
chemical, biological or physical change, said agents to include heat,
chemicals, or incorporation of other substances or materials.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.56 “Type of waste” means a category
of waste, at least as specific as the following, which describes the belonging waste
by its material composition or other distinguishing characteristics:
(a)
Ash;
(b)
Bulky waste;
(c)
Construction and demolition debris;
(d)
Hazardous
waste;
(e)
Household
hazardous waste;
(f)
Household
infectious waste;
(g)
Infectious
waste;
(h)
Municipal
solid waste;
(i)
Putrescible
waste;
(j)
Recyclable
materials;
(k)
White goods; and
(l)
Yard waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw
100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.57 “Unlimited service” means the
service type provided by a commercial facility which, through the conditions of
the permit, allows the facility to receive authorized waste from any source,
including the spot market.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.58 “Unsaturated zone” means the zone
between the land surface and the saturated zone in which the void spaces in
soil or rock are only partially or intermittently filled with water. The term includes the “zone of aeration.”
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.59 “Unsuitable waste” means waste
for which a processing or treatment facility is not designed and which, if
processed or treated by that facility, can adversely effect the quality of the
products or materials being produced by the facility or the quality of residual
waste generated by the facility to the extent that the residuals cannot be
managed as required by Env-Sw 505.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw
100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw
104.60 “Vector” means any carrier that
is capable of transmitting a pathogen from one organism to another including,
but not limited to, flies and other insects, rodents, birds, and other vermin.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05
Env-Sw 104.61
“Vertical expansion” means an
increase in the maximum permitted final elevation of a landfill to increase landfill
capacity. The term does not include the placement of
waste over an existing landfill where
the increase in capacity is primarily associated with a lateral expansion.
Source. #10593,
eff 7-1-14
Env-Sw
104.62 “Waste-derived product” means a material or item which is produced, in
whole or in part, using materials or items which are recovered or diverted from
the solid waste stream.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 104.61)
Env-Sw
104.63 “Waste reduction” means the
reduction of waste at the source by changing industrial processes,
technologies, and product components with the specific objective of reducing
the quantity or rate at which waste is generated.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 104.62)
Env-Sw
104.64 “Waste shipment record” means a
shipping document, originated and signed by the waste generator, which is used
to track and substantiate the disposition of waste.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 104.63)
Env-Sw
104.65 “Wetland” means an area that is
subject to the jurisdiction of the department under RSA 482-A.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 104.64)
Env-Sw 104.66 “White goods” means a generic term for a
variety of discarded household appliances, including clothes washers, clothes
dryers, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers and air conditioners.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 104.65)
Env-Sw
104.67 “Working face” means the portion
of a landfill where solid waste is being actively deposited, spread, compacted,
and covered.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 104.66)
Env-Sw
104.68 “Yard waste” means leaves, grass
clippings, garden debris, and small or chipped branches.
Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for
Env-Sw 100) #8460-B, eff 10-28-05 (from
Env-Sw 104.67)
APPENDIX
|
Rule |
State Or Federal Statute(s) Implemented |
|
|
|
|
Env-Sw
101 |
RSA
149-M:7, XV |
|
Env-Sw
102 |
RSA
149-M:7, XV |
|
Env-Sw
103 |
RSA
149-M:7, XV |
|
Env-Sw 103.43 |
RSA 149-M:6, I |
|
Env-Sw
104 |
RSA
149-M:7, XV |
|
Env-Sw 104.61 |
RSA 149-M:6, I |