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<br />generation; fertilizer /agricultural chemicals; food waste and related
<br />products /by- products; inorganic chemicals, iron, and steel manufacturing;
<br />leather and leather products; nonferrous metals manufacturing foundries;
<br />organic chemicals; plastics and resins manufacturing; pulp and paper
<br />industry; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone, glass, clay,
<br />and concrete products; textile manufacturing; transportation equipment; and
<br />waste treatment. The term does not include mining waste or gas waste.
<br />16. Inert Debris. solid waste which consists solely of material that is
<br />virtually inert or that is likely to retain its physical and chemical
<br />structure under expected conditions of disposal, including but not limited
<br />to brick, block, rock, asphalt, and dirt.
<br />17. Landfill. a disposal facility or part of a disposal facility where waste is
<br />placed in or on land, and that is not a land treatment facility, a surface
<br />impoundment, an injection well, a hazardous waste long -term storage
<br />facility, or a surface storage facility.
<br />18. Medical waste. any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis,
<br />treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research
<br />pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, but
<br />does not include any hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to
<br />Chapter 130A, Article 9, of the North Carolina General Statutes,
<br />radioactive waste, household waste as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 261.4(b)(1) in
<br />effect on 1 July 1989, or those substances excluded from.the definition of
<br />solid waste in this Chapter.
<br />19. Municipal solid waste. any solid waste resulting from the operation of
<br />residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional
<br />establishments that would normally be collected, processed, and disposed of
<br />through a public or private solid waste program management service.
<br />Municipal solid waste includes construction and demolition waste and inert
<br />debris. Municipal solid waste does not include hazardous waste, sludge,
<br />industrial waste managed in a solid waste management facility owned and
<br />operated by the generator of the industrial waste for management of that
<br />waste, or solid waste from mining or agricultural operations.
<br />20. Non - reusable wood waste. trees cleared from land for any purpose other than
<br />sale as a commodity or chipping for use on site or for sale.
<br />21. Open burning. The combustion of solid waste as a means of disposal of that
<br />waste.
<br />22. Gpen dump_ -a selid waste dispesal site that dges net ha�ve the permit er-
<br />pe -mits rcEr#ired bylaw er ..t-,ie de a with the rules t feet
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<br />23. Pallet. A portable, wooden platform for handling, storing, or moving
<br />materials and packages used in warehouses, factories, retail and wholesale
<br />sales locations and vehicles.
<br />24. Person. a person, group of persons, firm, company, corporation,
<br />association, partnership, unit of local government, state agency, federal
<br />agency, or other legal entity.
<br />25. Processing. any technique designed to change the physical, chemical, or
<br />biological character or composition of any solid waste so as to render it
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