Definitions

Definitions. Definitions. The following definitions as well as the definitions in chs. 289 and 299 , Stats., are applicable to the terms used in chs. NR 500 to 538 unless the context requires otherwise. (1) “ACL” means alternative concentration limit. (2) “Active facility life” means the period of operation beginning with the initial receipt of solid waste at a facility until the department issues a closure and long term care license in accordance with s. NR 520.04 (3) or, if a closure and long term care license is not required, until the facility ceases to accept waste and has completed all closure activities in accordance with chs. NR 500 to 538 and any applicable plan approvals. (2m) “Active portion” means that part of a CCR landfill that has received or is receiving CCR or non-CCR waste and that has not completed closure in accordance with ch. NR 506 . (3) “Air curtain destructor” means a solid waste facility that combines a fixed wall, open pit and mechanical air supply which uses an excess of oxygen and turbulence to accomplish the smokeless combustion of clean wood, brush, stumps or trees. (4) “Airport” means a public-use airport open to the public without prior permission and without restrictions within the physical capacities of available airport facilities. (5) “Alternative concentration limit” has the meaning specified in s. NR 140.05 (1m) . (6) “Anti-seep collar” means a device which is attached to a leachate transfer pipe to prevent the migration of leachate along the pipe. (7) “Applicant” means a person applying for a license or approval for a solid waste facility. (8) “Approved facility” has the meaning specified in s. 289.01 (3) , Stats. (9) “Approved plan of operation” means a plan of operation approved under s. 289.30 (3) , Stats. (9m) “Areas of special natural resource interest” has the meaning in s. 30.01 (1am) , Stats., and as identified in s. NR 1.05 . (10) “Areas susceptible to mass movement” means those areas characterized as having an active or substantial possibility of mass movement where the movement of earth material at, beneath, or adjacent to the landfill, because of natural or human-induced events, results in the downslope transport of soil and rock material by means of gravitational influence. Areas of mass movement include, but are not limited to, landslides, avalanches, debris slides and flows, solifluction, block sliding, and rock fall. (11) “Aquifer” means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that is saturated and can transmit usable quantities of groundwater. (12) “Asbestos” means any material which contains fibrous chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite minerals or the fibrous varieties of anthopyllite, tremolite and actinolite. (13) “Assessment monitoring” means groundwater monitoring conducted at Subtitle D wells in accordance with s. NR 508.04 when a groundwater standard is attained or exceeded at a Subtitle D well. (14) “ASTM method”, “ASTM standard” or “ASTM-” means a method or standard recognized and published by ASTM International. (14m) “ASTM International” means American Society for Testing and Materials International, located at 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, (610) 832-9585, www.astm.org (15) “Background groundwater quality” has the meaning specified in s. NR 140.05 (3) . (16) “Base grade” means the elevation of a facility or portion of a facility following placement of the liner but prior to the placement of any granular drainage blanket. (17) “Baseline” means groundwater quality at a point that is measured after the parameters have stabilized following installation of a monitoring well. (18) “Bedrock” means any naturally formed consolidated or cohesive material of the earth's crust, composed of one or more minerals, rock fragments, or organic material, that underlies any soil or other unconsolidated surficial material or is exposed at the surface. (19) “Beneficial use” or “beneficial reuse” means the utilization of a solid waste or an industrial by-product in a productive manner. (19m) “Beneficial use of CCR” means the utilization of a solid waste or an industrial by-product in a “productive manner,” which has the meaning given in s. NR 538.03 (10) . (20) “Bird hazard” means an increase in the likelihood of a bird and aircraft collision that may cause damage to the aircraft or injury to its occupants. (20m) “Borrow source” means a location where nonmetallic mining, as defined in s. NR 135.03 (13) , is conducted for soils and aggregates used in landfill construction, operation and closure. (20r) “Botanical residuals” means compostable materials and associated mineral soils derived from commercial and noncommercial horticultural activities such as greenhouse and plant nursery operations. (21) “Building materials” means non-combustible construction material including brick, concrete and drywall. (22) “Bulk blood and body fluids” means drippable or pourable quantities or items saturated with whole blood or blood components, blood specimens, semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, amniotic fluid, peritoneal fluid, peritoneal dialysate, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid and other body fluids visibly contaminated with blood. (23) “Capital expenditures” has the meaning specified in s. 289.41 (1) (am) , Stats. (24) “Captive insurance company” means a closely-held company owned by one or more organizations, parents, whose original purpose was and may continue to be, to insure some or all of the risks of shareholders or affiliated organizations. (25) “Category I nonfriable asbestos containing material” has the meaning specified in s. NR 447.02 (1) (a) . (26) “Category II nonfriable asbestos containing material” has the meaning specified in s. NR 447.02 (1) (b) . (26b) “CCR” means coal combustion residuals, including fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulfurization materials generated from burning coal for the purpose of generating electricity by electric utilities and independent power producers. (26f) “CCR fugitive dust” means solid airborne particulate matter that contains or is derived from CCR, emitted from any source other than a stack or chimney. (26k) (a) “CCR landfill” means a landfill that receives CCR, including nonmetallic mining sites under s. 295.11 (6) , Stats., that receive CCR, and any area of land or excavation that receives CCR, including sand and gravel pits and quarries that receive CCR, CCR piles, and any practice that does not meet the definition of a beneficial use of CCR under sub. (19m) . (b) “CCR landfill” does not include a CCR surface impoundment or municipal solid waste landfill that receives CCR. (26p) (a) “CCR pile” means any non-containerized accumulation of solid, nonflowing CCR that is placed on the land. (b) “CCR pile” does not include CCR that is stored for beneficial use of CCR or beneficially used under ch. NR 538 . (26s) “CCR surface impoundment” means a natural topographic depression, man-made excavation, or diked area that is designed to hold an accumulation of CCR and liquids, and the unit treats, stores or disposes of CCR. (26w) (a) “CCR unit” means any CCR landfill, CCR surface impoundment, lateral expansion of a CCR landfill, or a combination of more than one of these units. (b) “CCR unit” includes both new and existing units, unless otherwise specified. (26y) “CCR well” means a designated well installed at a CCR landfill whose location and depth have been approved by the department specifically for monitoring purposes under Subtitle D. (27) “Certificate of deposit” means a certificate issued by a bank or financial institution acknowledging receipt of a specified sum of money in a special kind of time deposit, drawing interest and requiring written notice for withdrawal. (28) “CFR” means the code of federal regulations. (29) “Class A compost” means compost derived from source-separated compostable materials that meets the requirements of s. NR 502.12 (16) . (30) “Clay” means all soil particles less than .005 mm. (30g) “Clean chipped wood” means unpainted, untreated and unlaminated wood that has been chipped, ground or shredded into small pieces and is free from contamination by bonding agents, dyes, finishes, chemical preservatives, or physical contaminants such as metal or plastic. (30r) “Clean sawdust” means sawdust from processing of unpainted, untreated and unlaminated wood that is free from contamination by bonding agents, dyes, finishes, chemical preservatives, or physical contaminants such as metal or plastic. (31) “Clinic” has the meaning given in s. 287.07 (7) (c) 1. a. , Stats. (32) “Closing” has the meaning specified in s. 289.01 (5) , Stats. (33) “Closure” means those actions to be taken by the owner or operator of a solid waste facility to prepare the facility for long-term care and to make it suitable for other uses.