W. Va. Code R. § 33-10-2 - Definitions

2.1. "Applicant" means the local government or other interested party applying for a grant pursuant to this rule.

2.2. "Bulky goods" means bulky appliances such as stoves, hot water heaters, sinks, washers, dryers, refrigerators, and dishwashers.

2.3. "Cure period" means the period between the submission deadline and the date designated by the department during which the applicant may remedy an error.

2.4. "Department" means the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

2.5. "Financially benefitted" means to have received a benefit from a grant, whether by cash, purchases, use of assets, or payment of obligations, that if not received would have caused the beneficiary to avoid the purchase/service of that benefit or to incur and pay the costs or obligation from other financial resources.

2.6. "Grant period" means the period from January 1 to the last day in February of the following year. The total grant period consists of these fourteen months.

2.7. "Grant Recipient" or "Grantee" means an entity to whom a grant has been awarded.

2.8. "Incomplete proposal" means a proposal that does not meet Department submission requirements.

2.9. "Instrumentality" means an agency authorized by state law.

2.10. "Local government" means any unit of local government within the state, including a county, county board of education, municipality, and any other authority, board, commission, district, office, public authority, public corporation, or other instrumentality of a county, county board of education, or municipality or any combination of two or more local governments.

2.11. "Municipality" means an incorporated community.

2.12. "Other interested party" means private business and enterprise and nonprofit organizations, public and private schools, colleges and universities, and state agencies and municipalities.

2.13. "Proposal" means an application, on the proper forms, requesting a grant through the West Virginia Recycling Assistance Grant Program.

2.14. "Recyclable materials" means, for the purpose of this rule, any source separated material collected from the solid waste stream for the intended purpose of reprocessing or having that material reprocessed into a useable, marketable end product. This includes, but is not limited to, steel and bimetal cans, aluminum, glass, paper, plastic, tires, bulky goods, electronics, and yard waste. Provided, that sewage sludge processing facilities are not considered recycling facilities and sewage sludge compost is not considered a recyclable material within the meaning of W.Va. Code Chapter 22, Article 15.

2.15. "Recycle" means the process by which recovered products are transformed into new products and includes the collection, separation, recovery, processing and marketing, or reuse, of the recyclable materials.

2.16. "Recycling market procurement" means developing markets for the materials generated by recycling programs.

2.17. "Recycling program" means any program, project, endeavor, or facility created for the purpose of recycling or promoting recycling.

2.18. "Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

2.19. "Sewage" means water-carried human or animal wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments, or other places together with such groundwater infiltration and surface waters as may be present.

2.20. "Sewage sludge" means any solid, semi-solid or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. Sewage sludge includes, but is not limited to, domestic septic, scum or solids removed in primary, secondary or advanced wastewater treatment processes and a material derived from sewage sludge.

2.21. "Source separated" means materials separated from general solid waste at the point of origin for the purpose of reuse and recycling but does not include sewage sludge.

2.22. "Submission deadline" means the latest date and time that proposals must be received by the department to be considered for funding, which is 5:00 p.m. on the first business day in July.

2.23. "Yard waste" means grass clippings, weeds, leaves, brush, garden waste, shrub or tree prunings and other living or dead plant tissue, except that, such materials which, due to inadvertent contamination or mixture with other substances which render the waste unsuitable for composting, shall not be considered to be yard waste. Provided, that the same or similar waste generated by commercial agricultural enterprises is excluded.

2.24. "Yard waste composting" means the controlled decomposition of yard waste to produce a stable and beneficial humus-like material.

Notes

W. Va. Code R. § 33-10-2