As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
APPROVED DESIGN CAPACITY
The average daily tonnage to be received at the solid waste
management facility during the quarter in which the most waste is
anticipated to be received, as approved by DEC. For solid waste incinerators
or refuse-derived fuel processing facilities, or pyrolysis facilities,
"approved design capacity" means the annual rated throughput capacity
of the unit or units for treatment of solid waste as approved by DEC.
CONSTRUCTION
Any physical modification to the site at which an existing
or proposed solid waste management facility is or will be located,
including but not limited to site preparation (e.g., clearing and
grading, etc.).
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
DISPOSAL
The placement, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking or placing of any material into or on any land or water so
that such material or any constituent thereof may enter the environment
or be emitted into the air or discharged into groundwater or surface
water.
ECL
The New York State Environmental Conservation Law.
NYCRR
The New York Codes of Rules and Regulations.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, business,
industry, enterprise, public or private corporation, political subdivision
of the state, government agency, municipality, estate, trust or any
other legal entity whatsoever.
SITE
The property geographically contiguous to a solid waste management
facility and includes the land area of that facility and its access
roads, appurtenances and land buffer areas.
SOLID WASTE
Except as described in § 360-1.2(a)(4)(i) through
(vi) and § 360-1.15(a)(b) and (c) of Part 360 of Title 6
of NYCRR, any garbage, waste tires, ash residue, refuse, sludge from
wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution
control facility and other discarded materials, including solid, liquid,
semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from industrial,
commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community
residential activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials
in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject
to permit under 33 USC 1342, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source,
special nuclear or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 923), except as may be provided
by existing agreements between the State of New York and the government
of the United States.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
Any facility employed beyond the initial solid waste collection
process and managing solid waste, including but not limited to storage
areas or facilities; transfer stations; rail-haul or barge-haul facilities;
landfills; disposal facilities; solid waste incinerators; refuse-derived
fuel-processing facilities; pyrolysis facilities; C&D debris-processing
facilities; land application facilities; composting facilities; surface
impoundments; used oil storage, reprocessing and refining facilities;
recyclables handling and recovery facilities; waste tire storage facilities;
facilities which combine, blend or mix solid waste with other materials;
and regulated medical waste treatment facilities. The term includes
all structures, appurtenances and improvements on the land used for
the management or disposal of solid waste.
VILLAGE
The Village of LeRoy, Genesee County, New York.