"Appliances" means household and commercial
devices such as refrigerators, freezers, kitchen ranges, air-conditioning
units, dehumidifiers, gas water heaters, furnaces, clothes washers, clothes
dryers, dishwashers, microwave ovens and commercial coolers with components
containing mercury, refrigerants, or PCB-containing capacitors.
"Ballast" means an electrical device
containing capacitors for the purpose of triggering high-level electrical
components. A ballast provides electrical balance within the high-level
electrical component circuitry.
"Capacitor " means a device for accumulating
and holding a charge of electricity that consists of conducting surfaces
separated by a dielectric fluid.
"CFC" or"CFCs" means
chlorofluorocarbons, including any of several compounds used as
refrigerants.
"CFR " means Code of Federal
Regulations.
"Demanufacturing " means the removal of
components, including but not limited to PCB-containing capacitors, ballasts,
mercury-containing components, fluorescent tubes, and refrigerants, from
discarded appliances.
"Discarded" means no longer to be used for
the original intended purpose.
"DOT-approved container" means those
containers approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the agency
responsible for shipping regulations for hazardous materials in the United
States.
"Facility " means any landfill, transfer
station, material recovery facility, salvage business, appliance service or
repair shop, appliance demanufacturer, shredder operation or other party which
may accept appliances for demanufacturing. A demanufacturing facility may
occupy a portion of a material recovery facility, salvage business, landfill,
transfer station or other site.
"Fixed facility" means a permitted appliance
demanufacturer operating at a permanent location.
"Fluff" means the residual waste from the
shredding operation after metals recovery.
"Hazardous condition " means any situation
involving an actual, imminent or probable spillage, leakage, or release of a
hazardous substance onto the land, into a water of the state or into the
atmosphere which, because of the quantity, strength and toxicity of the
hazardous substance, its mobility in the environment and its persistence,
creates an immediate or potential danger to the public health or safety or to
the environment.
"HCFC" or"HCFCs" means
hydrochlorofiuorocarbons, including any of several compounds used as
refrigerants.
"Mercury-containing components " means
devices containing mercury. Examples include, but are not limited to,
thermostats, thermocouples, mercury switches and fluorescent tubes.
"Mobile operation " means a permitted
appliance demanufacturer that has equipment capable of operating in an area
away from a fixed, permitted location.
"PCB " or"PCBs " means
polychlorinated biphenyl, which is a chemical substance that is limited to the
biphenyl molecule that has been chlorinated to varying degrees, or any
combination of substances that contain polychlorinated biphenyl.
"Point of demanufacturing" means the actual
location of demanufacturing for fixed facilities and mobile operations.
"Reclaim " means to reprocess refrigerant to
an EPA ARI-700-88 standard.
"Recovery" means to remove all refrigerants
to EPA standards.
"Small capacitor " means a capacitor which
contains less than 1.36 kg (3 lbs) of dielectric fluid. The following
assumptions may be used if the actual weight of the dielectric fluid is
unknown. A capacitor whose total volume is less than 1,639 cubic centimeters
(100 cubic inches) may be considered to contain less than 1.36 kg (3 lbs) of
dielectric fluid, and a capacitor whose volume is more than 3,278 cubic
centimeters (200 cubic inches) must be considered to contain more than 1.36 kg
(3 lbs) of dielectric fluid. A capacitor whose volume is between 1,639 and
3,278 cubic centimeters may be considered to contain less than 1.36 kg (3 lbs)
of dielectric fluid if the total weight of the capacitor is less than 4.08 kg
(9 lbs).
