R 299.9102
R 299.9102 Definitions; C to D.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 299.9102
Rule 102. As used in these rules:
(a) "Carbon dioxide stream" means carbon dioxide that has been captured from an
emission source such as a power plant, including incidental associated substances derived
from the source materials and the capture process, and any substances added to the stream
to enable or improve the injection process.
(b) "Carbon regeneration unit" means an enclosed thermal treatment device used to
regenerate spent activated carbon.
(c) "Cathode ray tube" or "CRT" means a vacuum tube, composed primarily of glass, that
is the visual or video display component of an electronic device. A used, intact CRT is a
CRT whose vacuum has not been released. A used, broken CRT means glass removed
from its housing or casing whose vacuum has been released.
(d) "Central accumulation area" means any on-site hazardous waste accumulation area
that has been designated for accumulating hazardous wastes in units subject to R 299.9306
or R 299.9307. Central accumulation area includes an on-site hazardous waste
accumulation area at an eligible academic entity that chooses to participate under
R 299.9315 and is subject to 40 CFR 262.211 when accumulating unwanted material or
hazardous waste.
(e) "CERCLA" means the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and
liability act of 1980, 42 USC 9601 to 9675.
(f) "Certification" means a statement of professional opinion based on knowledge or
belief.
(g) "Certified delivery" means certified mail with return receipt requested, or equivalent
courier service or other means, that provides the sender with a receipt confirming delivery.
(h) "CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.
(i) "Closed portion" means the portion of a facility that an owner or operator has closed
pursuant to the approved facility closure plan and all applicable closure requirements.
(j) "Combustion zone" means the portion of the internal capacity of an incinerator where
the gas temperatures of the materials being burned are within 100 degrees Celsius of the
specified operating temperature.
(k) "Commingling" means the transfer of hazardous wastes between containers or
vehicles by a transporter during transportation that results in the waste being mixed or
repackaged.
(l) "Component" means either the tank or the ancillary equipment of a tank system.
(m) "Consignee" means the ultimate treatment, storage, or disposal facility in a receiving
country to which the hazardous waste will be sent.
(n) "Consolidation" means the transfer of containers of hazardous wastes between
transport vehicles by a transporter during transportation without the containers holding the
wastes being opened and without the wastes being repackaged.
(o) "Constituent" or "hazardous waste constituent" means a constituent that caused the
administrator to list the hazardous waste in 40 CFR part 261, subpart D, a constituent that
is listed in table l of 40 CFR 261.24, or a constituent that is listed in table 202 or 205c of
part 2 of these rules.
(p) "Consumer electronics" means devices containing an electronic circuit board, liquid
crystal display, or plasma display such as those commonly found in homes and offices and
these devices when used in other settings.
(q) "Contained" as it relates to hazardous secondary materials that are legitimately
recycled under R 299.9232, means held in a unit, including a land-based unit, that meets
all the following criteria:
(i) The unit is in good condition, with no leaks or other continuing or intermittent
unpermitted releases of the hazardous secondary materials to the environment, and is
designed, as appropriate for materials, to prevent releases of the materials to the
environment. Unpermitted releases are releases that are not covered by a permit, such as a
permit to discharge to water or air and may include releases through surface transport by
precipitation runoff, releases to the soil and groundwater, wind-blown dust, fugitive air
emissions, and catastrophic failures.
(ii) The unit is properly labeled or otherwise has a system, such as a log, to immediately
identify the hazardous secondary materials in the unit.
(iii) The unit holds hazardous secondary materials that are compatible with other
hazardous secondary materials placed in the unit and is compatible with the materials used
to construct the unit and addresses any potential risks of fires or explosions.
(iv) Hazardous secondary materials in units that meet the applicable requirements of
part 6 of these rules are presumptively contained.
(r) "Container" means any portable device in which a material is stored, transported,
treated, disposed of, or otherwise handled.
(s) "Contingency plan" means a document that sets out an organized, planned, and
coordinated course of action to be followed in case of a fire, explosion, or release of
hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents that could threaten human health or the
environment.
(t) "Corrective action management unit" or "CAMU" means an area within a facility that
is used only for managing remediation waste, in the case of grandfathered corrective action
management units, or corrective action management unit-eligible waste, as further
explained in R 299.9635(2) and (3), in implementing corrective action or cleanup at the
facility.
(u) "Corrective action management unit-eligible waste" or "CAMU-eligible waste" means
all wastes and hazardous wastes and all media, including groundwater, surface water, soils,
sediments, and debris, that are managed for implementing cleanup.
As-generated wastes from ongoing industrial operations at a site are not CAMU-eligible.
Notwithstanding this subdivision and where appropriate, as-generated non-hazardous
waste may be placed in a corrective action management unit if the waste is being used to
facilitate treatment or the performance of the corrective action management unit. Wastes
that would otherwise meet the definition of a CAMU-eligible waste are not
CAMU-eligible wastes if either of the following apply:
(i) If the wastes are hazardous wastes found during a cleanup in intact or substantially
intact containers, tanks, or other non-land-based units found above ground, unless the
wastes are first placed in the tanks, containers, or non-land-based units as part of the
cleanup, or the containers or tanks are excavated during the cleanup.
(ii) If the director, or the director's designee, uses the authority in R 299.9635 to prohibit
the wastes from management in a corrective action management unit.
(v) "Corrosion expert" means a person who, by reason of the person’s knowledge of the
physical sciences and the principles of engineering and mathematics acquired by a
professional education and related practical experience, is qualified to engage in the
practice of corrosion control on buried or submerged metal piping systems and metal tanks.
The person shall be certified as being qualified by the National Association of Corrosion
Engineers or be a registered professional engineer who has certification or licensing that
includes education and experience in corrosion control on buried or submerged metal
piping systems and metal tanks.
(w) "CRT collector" means a person that receives used, intact CRTs for recycling, repair,
resale, or donation.
(x) "CRT exporter" means any person in the United States that initiates a transaction to
send used CRTs outside the United States or its territories for recycling or reuse, or any
intermediary in the United States arranging for the export.
(y) "CRT glass manufacturer" means an operation or part of an operation that uses a
furnace to manufacture CRT glass.
(z) "CRT processing" means conducting all the following activities:
(i) Receiving broken or intact CRTs.
(ii) Intentionally breaking intact CRTs or further breaking or separating broken CRTs.
(iii) Sorting or otherwise managing glass removed from CRT monitors.
(aa) "Designated facility" means a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility
that has received a permit or has interim status under 40 CFR parts 124 and 270; that has a
license, permit, or interim status from a state that is authorized under section 3006 of the
solid waste disposal act, 42 USC 6926, which, if located in this state, has an operating
license that is issued under part 111 has a legally binding agreement with the director that
authorizes operation, or is subject to the requirements of section 11123(7) and (8) of the
act, MCL 324.11123; or that is regulated under R 299.9206(1)(c) or R 299.9803; and that
has been designated on the manifest by the generator under R 299.9309. If the waste is
destined for a facility in an authorized state that has not yet obtained authorization to
regulate the particular waste as hazardous, the designated facility shall be a facility that is
allowed by the receiving state to accept the waste. A designated facility may also mean a
generator site designated on the manifest to receive its waste as a return shipment from a
facility that has rejected the waste pursuant to R 299.9608.
(bb) "Destination facility" means a facility that treats, disposes of, or recycles a particular
category of universal waste, except for the management activities described in
40 CFR 273.13(a) and (c) and 273.33(a) and (c). A facility at which a particular category
of universal waste is only accumulated is not a destination facility for purposes of
managing that category of universal waste.
(cc) "Dike" means an embankment or ridge that consists of either natural or man-made
materials and that is used to prevent the movement of liquids, sludges, solids, or other
materials.
(dd) "Department” means the department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy.
(ee) "Dioxins and furans (D/F)" means tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta-, and octa-chlorinated
dibenzo dioxins and furans.
(ff) "Director" means the director of the department.
(gg) "Discharge" or "hazardous waste discharge" means the accidental or intentional
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping of hazardous waste
into or on any land or water.
(hh) "Displacement" means the relative movement of any two sides of a fault measured
in any direction.
(ii) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or
placing of any hazardous waste into or on land or water in a manner that the hazardous
waste or a constituent of the hazardous waste might enter the environment, be emitted into
the air, or discharged into water, including groundwater.
(jj) "Disposal facility" means a facility or a part of a facility at which hazardous waste, as
that term is defined by these rules, is intentionally placed into or on any land or water and
at which hazardous waste remains after closure. Disposal facility does not include a
corrective action management unit into which remediation wastes are placed.
(kk) "DOD" means the United States Department of Defense.
(ll) "DOE" means the United States Department of Energy.
(mm) "DOT" means the United States Department of Transportation.
(nn) "Do-it-yourselfer used oil collection center" means any site or facility that accepts or
aggregates and stores used oil collected only from household do-it-yourselfers.
(oo) "Drip pad" means an engineered structure that consists of a curbed, freedraining base,
constructed of nonearthen materials, and is designed to convey preservative kickback or
drippage from treated wood, precipitation, and surface water run-on to an associated
collection system at wood preserving plants.
Editor's Note: An obvious error in R 299.9102 was corrected at the request of the promulgating agency,
pursuant to Section 56 of 1969 PA 306, as amended by 2000 PA 262, MCL 24.256. The rule containing the
error was published in Michigan Register, 2025 MR 8. The memorandum requesting the correction was
published in Michigan Register, 2025 MR 13.