Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-13-1-.03 Definitions
| Library | Alabama Administrative Code |
| Edition | 2023 |
| Currency | Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 1, November 1, 2023 |
For the purpose of these rules and regulations, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this rule and as ascribed by law unless the context of the regulations indicate differently.
(1) Act - the "Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act", Act No. 151, Regular Session 2008 as amended (formerly the "Solid Waste Disposal Act, Act No. 771 Regular Session, 1969, as amended by Act No. 2247 Regular Session, 1971)
(2) Active Life - the period of operation beginning with the initial receipt of solid waste and ending at completion of closure activities in accordance with the applicable requirements of rule 335-13-4-.20.
(3) Active Portion (or Active Footprint) - that part of a facility or unit that has received, is receiving, or is authorized and maintained as capable to receive wastes, and that has not been closed in accordance with the applicable requirements of rule 335-13-4-.20.
(4) Adjacent Property Owner - an owner whose property is adjacent to a proposed site.
(5) Agency - any controlling agency, public or private, elected, appointed or volunteer utilizing methods approved by the Health Department or the Department for the purpose of controlling and supervising the collection or management of solid wastes or recyclable materials.
(6) Airport - public-use airport open to the public without prior permission and without restrictions within the physical capacities of available facilities.
(7) Alternative cover - material other than earth used to cover a landfill or sanitary landfill. An alternative cover shall be approved by the Department in compliance with federal law and the USEPA rules for guidance to achieve a level of performance equal to or greater than earthen cover material.
(8) Ambient - normal atmospheric conditions.
(9) Annular Space of a Well - the space between the bore hole and the casing.
(10) Aquifer - a geologic formation, group of formations or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant amount of groundwater to wells, springs or waters of the State.
(11) Areas Susceptible To Mass Movement - those areas of influence (i.e., 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 unit, because of natural or man-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, soil fluctuation, block sliding, and rock fall.
(12) Ashes - the solid residue from burning of wood, coal, coke or other combustible material used for heating, the burning or incineration of solid wastes, or for the production of electricity at electric generating plants.
(13) ASTM International - American Society for Testing and Materials International. A not-for-profit standards development company with headquarters located at 100 Barr Harbor Drive (PO Box C700) in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 19428-2959, which develops and publishes technical standards for materials, products, systems, and serv.
(14) Beach - For this definition, refer to Division 8 of the ADEM Administrative Code.
(15) Bird Hazard - an increase in the likelihood of bird/aircraft collisions that may cause damage to the aircraft or injury to its occupants.
(16) Bladeable - the physical condition of a sludge or similar waste. Physical conditions include, but are not limited to, the absence of free liquids and of a consistency that can be easily managed by heavy equipment normally utilized at a landfill unit.
(17) Bore Hole - a man-made hole in a geological formation which has been drilled, jetted, driven or made by other similar techniques.
(18) CCR unit - any CCR landfill, CCR surface impoundment, or lateral expansion of a CCR unit, or a combination of more than one of these units, based on the context of the paragraph(s) in which it is used. This term includes both new and existing units, unless otherwise specified.
(19) Cell - a volume of compacted solid waste that is covered by means of compacted earth or some other approved alternative cover usually on a daily or weekly basis in a landfill unit.
(20) Certification - a statement of professional opinion based upon knowledge and belief.
(21) CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.
(22) Closure - the process by which a landfill unit permanently ceases to accept waste, to include those actions taken by the permittee or owner of the facility to prepare the site for post-closure monitoring and maintenance or to make it suitable for other uses.
(23) Coal Combustion By-products - fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, or flue gas emission control by-products which result primarily from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels at electric generating plants.
(24) Coastal Area - for this definition, refer to Division 8 of the ADEM Administrative Code.
(25) Coastal Waters - those waters adjacent to the shoreline, which contain a measurable quantity or percentage of seawater, including but not limited to, sounds, bays, lagoons, bayous, ponds and estuaries.
(26) Commercial Solid Waste - all types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes.
(27) Composite Liner - a system consisting of two components; the upper component must consist of a minimum 40 mil flexible membrane liner (FML), and the lower component must consist of at least a two-foot layer of compacted soil with a hydraulic conductivity of no more than 1 x 10
(28) Composting or Compost Plant - an officially controlled method or operation whereby putrescible solid wastes are broken down through microbic action to a material offering no hazard or nuisance factors to public health or well-being.
(29) Construction/Demolition-Inert Landfill Unit (C/DLF) - a discrete area of land or an excavation that receives construction/demolition waste, and/or rubbish and/or water treatment (alum) sludge, foundry waste meeting rule 335-13-4-.26(3), and that is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, or injection well as those terms are defined in this rule.
(30) Construction/Demolition Waste - waste building materials, packaging, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings, and other structures. Such wastes include, but are not limited to, masonry materials, sheet rock, roofing waste, insulation (not including asbestos), scrap metal, and wood products. Uncontaminated concrete, soil, brick, waste asphalt paving, ash resulting from the combustion of untreated wood, rock, and similar materials are excluded from this definition.
(31) Contingency Plan - a document setting out an organized, planned and coordinated course of action to be followed in case of a fire, explosion or release of solid waste which could threaten human health or the environment.
(32) Cover - soil or alternative material approved by the Department that is used to cover compacted solid waste in a landfill unit.
(33) Decontamination - a process of reducing or eliminating the presence of harmful substances, such as infectious agents, so as to reduce the likelihood of disease transmission from those substances.
(34) Department - the Alabama Department of Environmental Management as established by
(35) Destruction or Adverse Modification - a direct or indirect alteration of critical habitat which appreciably diminishes the likelihood of the survival and recovery of threatened or endangered species using that habitat.
(36) Director - the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, appointed pursuant to
(37) Discarded Material - material thrown away, abandoned, disposed of, or otherwise given up without intent to reuse, recycle or reclaim.
(38) Discharge - the accidental or intentional spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting, emptying, or dumping of solid waste, including leachate, into or on any land or water.
(39) Disease Vector - an organism that is capable of transmitting a disease from one host to another.
(40) Displacement - the relative movement of any two sides of a fault measured in any direction.
(41) Disposal - the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that the waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any...
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