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<br />b. Solid or dissolved material in:
<br />1) Domestic sewage and sludges generated by treatment thereof in sanitary sewage
<br />collection, treatment and disposal systems which are designed to discharge effluents
<br />to the surface waters.
<br />2) Irrigation return flows.
<br />3) Wastewater discharges and the sludges incidental to and generated by treatment
<br />which are point sources subject to permits granted under Section 402 of the Water
<br />Pollution Control Act, as amended (P.L. 92 -500), and permits granted under
<br />N.C.G.S. § 143 -215.1 by the Environmental Management Commission. However,
<br />any sludges that meet the criteria for hazardous waste under RCRA shall also be
<br />considered a solid waste for the purposes of this Article.
<br />c. Oils and other liquid hydrocarbons controlled under Article 21A of Chapter 143 of the
<br />General Statutes. However, any oils or other liquid hydrocarbons that meet the criteria
<br />for hazardous waste under RCRA shall also be a solid waste for the purposes of this
<br />Article.
<br />d. Any source, special nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act
<br />of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2011).
<br />e. Mining refuse covered by the North Carolina Mining act, N.C.G.S. § 74-46 through 74-
<br />68 and regulated by the North Carolina Mining Commission (as defined under N.C.G.S.
<br />§ 143B -290). However, any specific mining waste that meets the criteria for hazardous
<br />waste under RCRA shall also be a solid waste for the purposes of this Article.
<br />f. Recovered material.
<br />g. Yard waste.
<br />40. Solid Waste Advisory Board. The policy advisory board of the Board, the County Manager
<br />and the Solid Waste Management Department as described and with membership as provided
<br />in the Agreement for Solid Waste Management among Orange County and the Towns of
<br />Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough.
<br />41. Solid waste facility. any publicly owned solid waste management facility permitted by the
<br />State of North Carolina that receives solid waste for processing, treatment, or disposal.
<br />42. Solid waste disposal site. any place at which solid waste is legally disposed of by any
<br />method.
<br />43. Solid waste management. The purposeful, systematic control of the generation, storage,
<br />collection, transport, separation, treatment, processing, recycling, recovery and disposal of
<br />solid waste.
<br />44. Special waste. solid waste that can require special handling and management, including white
<br />goods, whole tires, used oil, lead -acid batteries, and medical wastes.
<br />45. Storage. The containment of solid waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years,
<br />in a manner which does not constitute disposal.
<br />46. Structure. any construction, production, or piece of work artificially built up or composed of
<br />parts purposefully joined together.
<br />47. Treatment. any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change
<br />the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to
<br />neutralize such waste or so as to render such waste nonhazardous, safer for transport,
<br />amenable for recovery, amenable for storage or reduced in volume. "Treatment" includes
<br />any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of
<br />hazardous waste so as to render it nonhazardous.
<br />48. Vehicle. any means by which someone or something is carried or transported.
<br />49. White goods. The term "white goods" includes refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers,
<br />unit air conditioners, washing machines, dishwashers, clothes dryers, and other similar
<br />domestic and commercial large appliances.
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