"General special waste" means special wastes
that are commonly accepted by landfills and have specific handling requirements
for disposal that are explicitly listed in rule
567-10911.
(455B,455D). General special wastes are required to be included in the
landfill's special waste acceptance criteria (SWAC), but do not require a
special waste authorization (SWA). The following wastes are approved as general
special wastes: asbestos-containing material; petroleum-contaminated soil; and
stabilized grit, bar screenings and grease skimmings.
"Industrial process waste" means waste that
is generated as a result of manufacturing activities, product processing or
commercial activities. It does not include office waste, cafeteria waste, or
other types of waste that are not the direct result of production
processes.
"Municipal solid waste landfill"
or"MSWLF" means a discrete area of land or an excavation that
receives household waste, and that is not a land application site, surface
impoundment, injection well, or waste pile, as those terms are defined under 40
CFR Part 257.2 . An MSWLF may also receive other types of the federal Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D wastes, such as commercial
solid waste, nonhazardous dry sludge, and industrial solid waste. An MSWLF may
be publicly or privately owned. An MSWLF may be a new MSWLF site, an existing
MSWLF site, or a lateral expansion.
"Pollution control waste" means any solid
waste residue extracted by, or resulting from, the operation of pollution
control processes.
"Solid waste" is defined in Iowa Code
section
455B301..
"Special handling" means a specific
procedure required for handling certain waste to protect the health and safety
of employees, the public and the environment.
"Special waste" means any industrial process
waste, pollution control waste, or toxic waste which presents a threat to human
health or the environment or a waste with inherent properties which make the
disposal of the waste in a sanitary landfill difficult to manage. Special waste
does not include domestic, office, commercial, medical, or industrial waste
that does not require special handling or limitations on its disposal. Special
waste does not include hazardous wastes which are regulated under the federal
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), hazardous waste as defined in
Iowa Code section
455B411., subsection
3, or hazardous wastes included in the list compiled in accordance with Iowa
Code section
455B464..
"Toxic waste" means material containing
poisons, biocides, acids, caustics, pathological wastes, and similar harmful
wastes which may require special handling and disposal procedures to protect
the environment and the persons involved in the storage, transport, and
disposal of the waste.
