R 299.4106a Definitions of terms used in act.

Rule 106a. As used in the act: (a) "Approved hydrogeologic monitoring program" means a monitoring program which is approved by the director and which is in compliance under R 299.4905. (b) "Compost" means organic matter from yard clippings or compostable materials that have undergone biological decomposition by composting, that have been stabilized to a degree that it is potentially beneficial to plant growth without creating a nuisance, and that are used or sold for use as a soil amendment, artificial topsoil, or growing medium amendment or for other similar uses. (c) "Conversion" means the process by which any of the following is recycled into marketable raw materials or new products: (i) Glass. (ii) Metal. (iii) Wood. (iv) Paper products. (v) Plastics. (vi) Rubber. (vii) Textiles. (viii) Garbage. (ix) Yard clippings. (x) Other materials approved by the department. Conversion includes the composting of yard clippings and compostable material in accordance with these rules, but does not include the speculative accumulation of the materials specified in this subdivision. (d) "Establish a disposal area" as used in the act, means to create a new disposal area, as defined in these rules. (e) "Modification" means a significant change in the approved plans for a landfill that does not constitute an upgrading, including any of the following: (i) An increase in the final elevation of a landfill unit that does not result in an increase in design capacity or a change in the solid waste boundary. An increase in the final elevation of a landfill which is necessary to comply with changes in the act or these rules, but which does not result in a vertical expansion, is not a modification. (ii) A reduction in the protection provided by a liner or cover system. (iii) Other significant changes in design. The substitution of one equivalent type of material for another in a landfill design shall not be considered significant, if the change is approved by the department. (f) "New products" means marketable consumer goods produced from site- separated or source-separated material. New products shall not be used in a manner constituting disposal, unless the new products are any of the following: (i) Inert materials. (ii) Compost produced from yard clippings. (iii) Compostable material. (iv) Material applied to the land for agricultural or silvicultural use in a manner consistent with the act and these rules. (g) "Operating landfill," as used in section 11525a of the act, means a landfill which is either open or closed, but which has not completed the postclosure period specified in the act. (h) "Raw materials" means materials that are returned for reuse to the original industry which produced the material, that are sold for use in an industrial process to make new products, or that are used as fuel in a unit permitted to burn the material as fuel under part 55 of the act. (i) "Rubber" means crumb rubber or ground tires that does not contain steel and fiber. (j) "Scrap" means metal that is a recyclable material. Used appliances shall not be considered scrap unless capacitors or other parts that may contain polychlorinated biphenyls have been removed and disposed of in compliance with the act and TSCA, if applicable. (k) "Solid waste disposal area" means the disposal area that is approved in a construction permit or engineering plans approved by the solid waste control agency before January 11, 1979, and all contiguous property that is owned by the same person which has been approved for the disposal of solid waste in other construction permits. (l) "Upgrading," as used in section 11510 of the act, means any of the following: (i) The installation of thicker or additional liners in the bottom or final cover of a landfill. (ii) The installation of gas recovery systems at a landfill. (iii) The installation of equipment to separate recyclable material at a landfill. (iv) A restriction in the type of waste that is received at a landfill beyond that previously approved. (v) Other improvements to a disposal area that are approved by the director.