In addition to the definitions set out in Iowa Code section
455B301.,
which shall be considered incorporated by reference in these rules, the
following definitions shall apply:
"Citizen convenience center" means a
permanent, fixed-location facility that has the primary purpose of receiving
solid waste from citizens and small businesses that do not utilize solid waste
collection vehicles or satellite solid waste collection vehicles. A citizen
convenience center is a sanitary disposal project and may hold solid waste for
a short period of time before collection. A citizen convenience center is not a
transfer station or final disposal facility.
"Hot load" means solid waste that is
smoking, smoldering, emitting flames or hot gases or otherwise indicating that
the solid waste is in the process of combustion or close to igniting.
"Incidental solid waste transfer" means the
truck-to-truck transfer of solid waste from a satellite solid waste collection
vehicle to a solid waste collection vehicle, if that solid waste could be
collected only by a satellite solid waste collection vehicle due to vehicle
access restrictions.
"Satellite solid waste collection vehicle"
means a small, specialized solid waste collection vehicle that has been
specifically designed to service locations that have vehicle access
restrictions that would otherwise render solid waste collection technically
prohibitive.
"Solid waste collection vehicle" means a
vehicle that has the primary purpose of collecting solid waste from a variety
of locations, including at curbside and from dumpsters, compactors, and
roll-off boxes.
"Solid waste transport vehicle" means a
vehicle that serves the purpose of transporting solid waste received by a
transfer station.
"Surgepit" means a pit inside a transfer
station building that receives solid waste from the tipping floor or directly
from solid waste collection vehicles. Surge pits provide more space for
temporary storage during peak operating hours and allow for additional
compaction of the solid waste before it is loaded into solid waste transport
vehicles.
"Transfer station" means a permanent,
fixed-location, enclosed transportation terminal that has the primary purpose
of receiving solid waste from solid waste collection vehicles and loading that
solid waste into solid waste transport vehicles. Truck-to-truck transfer of
solid waste that is not incidental solid waste transfer is not allowed outside
a transfer station building. A transfer station is a sanitary disposal project
and may hold or store solid waste before transport for a short period of time.
A transfer station is not a final disposal facility.
"Truck-to-truck transfer" means the direct
transfer of solid waste from one vehicle to a second vehicle with no
intermediary handling. Truck-to-truck transfer of solid waste that is not
incidental solid waste transfer is not allowed outside a transfer station
building.
"Vector" means a carrier organism that is
capable of transmitting a pathogen from one organism to another. Vectors
include, but are not limited to, birds, rats and other rodents, and
insects.
"Washwater" means a water-based liquid that
has either originated from solid waste unloaded inside the enclosed portion of
a transfer station or that has come into contact with enclosed transfer station
areas that have come into contact with solid waste.
