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_ __ __ draft #9--clean-11-16-2000 _ . <br />13. Garbage. The ward "garbage" means all putrescible wastes, including animal offal and <br />carcasses, and recognizable industrial by-products, but excluding sewage and human wastes. <br />14. Hazardous waste. The term "hazardous waste" means a solid waste, or combination of solid <br />wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious <br />characteristics may (1) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an <br />increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose. a substantial <br />present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, <br />stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed. <br />15. Industrial solid waste. The term "industrial solid waste" shall mean all waste generated from <br />factories, processing plants and other manufacturing enterprises that is not hazardous waste as <br />defined .in this section. Such waste may include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from <br />the following manufacturing processes: Electric power generation; fertilizer/agricultural <br />chemicals; food and related products/by-products; inorganic chemicals, iron, and steel <br />manufacturing; leather and leather products; ,nonferrous metals manufacturing foundries; <br />organic chemicals; plastics and resins, manufacturing; pulp and paper industry; rubber and <br />miscellaneous plastic products; stone, glass, clay, and concrete products; textile <br />manufacturing; transportation equipment; and waste treatment. The term does not include <br />mining waste or gas waste. <br />16. Inert Debris. The term "inert debris" means solid waste which consists solely of material that <br />is virtually inert or that is likely to retain its physical and chemical structure under expected <br />. conditions of disposal, including but not limited to brick, block, rock, asphalt, and dirt. <br />17. Land-clearing debris. The term "land-clearing debris" means solid waste which is generated <br />solely from land-clearing activities and which does not contain recyclable matenials or <br />municipal solid waste. <br />18. Landfall. The term "landfill" means a disposal facility or part of a disposal facility where <br />waste is placed in or on land, and that is not a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, <br />an injection well, a hazardous waste long-term storage facility, or a surface storage facility. <br />19. Medical waste. The term "medical waste" means any solid waste which is generated in the <br />diagnosis, treatment, or immunization 'of human beings or animals, in research pertaining <br />thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, but does not include any hazardous <br />waste identified or listed pursuant to Chapter 130A, Article 9, of the North Carolina General <br />Statutes, radioactive waste, household waste as defined in 40 C.k'.R. § 261.4(b)(1) in effect <br />on 1 July 19$9, or those substances excluded from the definition of solid waste in this <br />Chapter. <br />20. Municipal solid waste. The term "municipal solid waste" means any solid waste resulting <br />from the operation of residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional <br />establishments that would. normally be collected, processed, and disposed of through a public <br />or private solid waste program management service. Municipal solid waste includes <br />construction and demolition waste and land clearing and inert debris waste. Municipal solid <br />waste dries not include hazardous waste, sludge, industrial waste managed in a solid waste <br />management facility owned and operated by the generator of the industrial waste for <br />management of that waste, or solid waste from mining or agricultural operations. <br />21. Non-reusable woad waste. The term "non-reusable wood waste" shall mean trees and <br />vegetation cleared from land for any purpose other than sale as a commodity or chipping for <br />use on site or Far sale. <br />22. Open burning. The term "open burning" means the combustion of solid waste as a means of <br />disposal of that waste. <br />23. Open dump. The term "open dump" means a solid waste disposal site that does not have the <br />permit or permits required by law or which does not comply with the rules set forth in this <br />ordinance. <br />