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<br /> criteria for hazardous waste under RCRA shall also be a solid waste for the
<br /> purposes of this Article.
<br /> d. Any source, special nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy
<br /> Act of 1954,as amended(42 U.S.C. §2011).
<br /> e. Mining refuse covered by the North Carolina Mining act, N.C.G.S. § 7446 through
<br /> 74-68 and regulated by the North Carolina Mining Commission (as defined under
<br /> N.C.G.S. § 143B-290). However, any specific mining waste that meets the criteria
<br /> for hazardous waste under RCRA shall also be a solid waste for the purposes of this
<br /> Article.
<br /> f Recovered material.
<br /> 42. Solid Waste Advisory Board. The term "Solid Waste-Advisory Board" means the policy
<br /> advisory board of the Board, the County Manager and the Solid Waste Management
<br /> Department as described and with membership as provided in the Agreement for Solid Waste
<br /> Management among Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and
<br /> Hillsborough.
<br /> 43. Solid waste facility. The term "solid waste facility" means any publicly owned solid waste
<br /> management facility permitted by the State of North Carolina that receives solid waste for
<br /> processing,treatment, or disposal.
<br /> 44. Solid waste disposal site. 'The term "solid waste disposal site" means any place at which
<br /> solid waste is legally disposed of by any method.
<br /> 45. Solid waste management. The term "solid waste managemenf' means the purposeful,
<br /> systematic control of the generation, storage, collection, transport, separation, treatment,
<br /> processing,recycling,recovery and disposal of solid waste.
<br /> 46. Special waste. The term"special waste"means solid waste that can require special handling
<br /> and management, including white goods, whole tires, used oil, lead-acid batteries, and
<br /> medical wastes.
<br /> 47. Storage. 'The term "storage" means the containment of solid waste, either on a temporary
<br /> basis or for a period of years,in a manner which does not constitute disposal.
<br /> 48. Structure. The term "structure means any construction, production, or piece of work
<br /> artificially built up or composed of parts purposefully joined together.
<br /> 49. Treatment. The term "treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including
<br /> neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or
<br /> composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such waste or so as to render such
<br /> waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage or
<br /> reduced in volume. "Treatment"includes any activity or processing designed to change the
<br /> physical form or chemical composition of hazardous waste so as to render it nonhazardous.
<br /> 50. Vehicle. The term"vehicle"shall mean any means by which someone or something is carried
<br /> or transported.
<br /> 51. 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.
<br /> 52. Yard waste. The term "yard wastes"means those organic materials commonly consisting of
<br /> leaves, grass, weeds, hedge clippings, yard and garden waste, Christmas trees, pine straw,
<br /> branches, small logs, twigs, and all vegetative matter resulting from residential landscaping
<br /> activities.
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