<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 32-1. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Beneficial fill</span> means fill material consisting only of inert debris limited to concrete, brick, concrete
               block, used pavement asphalt, uncontaminated soil, rock, and gravel. The fill activity
               involves no excavation, and the purpose of the fill is to improve land use potential.
               Construction and demolition debris and land-clearing debris are not beneficial fill
               material.
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               <span class="ital">Cell</span> means compacted solid waste completely enveloped by a compacted cover material.
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               <span class="ital">Construction and/or demolition debris</span> means solid waste resulting solely from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition
               operations on buildings or other structures, but does not include inert, land-clearing
               or yard trash debris. Roofing shingles are considered construction or demolition debris.
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               <span class="ital">Demolition debris</span> means solid waste resulting solely from demolition of buildings or other structures,
               but does not include inert, land-clearing or yard trash debris. Roofing shingles are
               considered demolition debris.
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               <span class="ital">Disposal</span> means discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any
               solid waste into or on any land so that such solid waste or any constituent thereof
               may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters,
               including groundwater.
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               <span class="ital">Division</span> means the director of the division of solid waste management or the director's authorized
               representative.
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               <span class="ital">Division of solid waste management</span> means the state department of environment, health, and natural resources, solid waste
               management division, solid waste section.
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               <span class="ital">Domesticated animal</span> means any of various animals, such as cats, dogs, cows, hogs, horses, sheep, etc.,
               domesticated by man to live and breed in a tame condition.
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               <span class="ital">Garbage</span> means solid wastes, including vegetable matter, animal offal, carcasses of animals,
               and recognizable industrial byproducts, but excluding human body waste and animal
               manure. Used milk cartons or other discarded food containers are included in this
               definition.
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               <span class="ital">Hazardous waste</span> means a solid waste or combination of solid wastes which, because of its quantity,
               concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may:
               
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                  Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious
                  irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or
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                  (2)
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                  Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment
                  when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
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               <span class="ital">Health director</span> means the county health director or his duly authorized representative.
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               <span class="ital">Inert debris</span> means solid waste which consists solely of material that is virtually inert, such
               as brick, concrete, used pavement asphalt, rock, and clean soil, but does not include
               construction and demolition debris.
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               <span class="ital">Junk dealer</span> means any person who is licensed to operate a junkyard as specified in <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH44UNDEOR" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">chapter 44</a> of this Code regulating junkyards and junk dealers.
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               <span class="ital">Land-clearing debris</span> means solid waste which is generated solely from land-clearing activities, such as
               stumps, trees, limbs, brush, grass and other naturally occurring vegetative material.
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               <span class="ital">Leachate</span> means any liquid, including any suspended components in liquid that has percolated
               through or drained from solid waste.
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               <span class="ital">Open burning</span> means any fire where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the outdoor
               atmosphere and are not directed through a stack or chimney, incinerator, or other
               similar devices.
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               <span class="ital">Open dump</span> means a solid waste disposal site that does not have a license and/or does not comply
               with the rules set forth in G.S. 130A-294, the state solid waste management program,
               or in this chapter; a consolidation of solid waste from one or more sources at an
               illegal disposal site which may have unsanitary conditions and little or no cover.
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               <span class="ital">Person</span> means any individual, firm, governmental unit, organization, partnership, corporation,
               company or other legal entity.
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               <span class="ital">Premises</span> means each single residential dwelling unit housed in a building used for residential
               purposes, or manufactured home, or a structure used for residential purposes on any
               property. The term "premises" also means each unit contained in any structure serving
               a separate owner, tenant, lessee, or used for any purpose other than residential.
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               <span class="ital">Sanitary landfill</span> means a method of disposing of solid waste on land in a sanitary manner without creating
               nuisances or hazards to public health or safety by utilizing the principles of engineering
               to confine the solid waste to the smallest practical area, to reduce it to the smallest
               practical volume, and to cover it with a layer of compacted earth at the conclusion
               of each day's operation or at such more frequent intervals as may be necessary.
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               <span class="ital">Solid waste</span> means any hazardous or nonhazardous garbage, refuse; sludge from a waste treatment
               plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility; domestic sewage
               and sludge generated in a sanitary sewage collection, treatment and disposal systems;
               mobile homes or other dwellings in a state of decay, destruction, or extreme disrepair
               which appear to have been abandoned for residential purposes, including mobile homes
               that have been stripped or partially dismantled; and other material that is either
               discarded or being accumulated, stored or treated prior to being discarded or has
               served its original intended use and is generally discarded, including solid, liquid,
               semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, institutional,
               commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. The term does
               not include the following:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Fowl and animal fecal waste;
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                  (2)
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                  Solid or dissolved material in:
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                  a.
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                  Domestic sewage and sludge generated in sanitary sewage collection, treatment and
                  disposal systems which are designed to discharge effluent to the surface waters.
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                  b.
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                  Irrigation return flows means water which was artificially supplied for irrigation
                  of land and has returned to a former place or state by reversed flow or negative pressure.
                  Such water may contain chemicals or contaminants.
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                  c.
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                  Wastewater discharges and the sludge generated by the treatment which are point sources
                  subject to licenses granted under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
                  Act, as amended, and permits granted under G.S. 143-215.1 by the environmental management
                  commission; except that any sludge that meets the criteria for hazardous waste under
                  the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (PL 94-580), as amended, shall
                  also be a solid waste for the purposes of this chapter.
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                  (3)
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                  Oils and other liquid hydrocarbons controlled under G.S. 143-215.75â€”143-215.104; except
                  that any such oils or other liquid hydrocarbons that meet the criteria for hazardous
                  waste under the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (PL 94-580), as amended,
                  shall also be a solid waste for the purposes of this chapter;
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                  (4)
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                  Any radioactive material as defined by the North Carolina Radiation Protection Act,
                  G.S. 104E-1â€”104E-23; or
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                  (5)
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                  Mining refuse covered by the North Carolina Mining Act, G.S. 74-46â€”74-68, and regulated
                  by the state mining commission, as defined under G.S. 143B-190; except that any specific
                  mining waste that meets the criteria for hazardous waste under the Federal Resource
                  Conservation and Recovery Act (PL 94-580), as amended, shall also be a solid waste
                  for the purposes of this chapter.
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               <span class="ital">Spoiled food</span> means any food which has been removed from sale by the United States Department of
               Agriculture, the state department of agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration,
               or any other regulatory agency having jurisdiction in determining that food is unfit
               for consumption.
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               <span class="ital">State</span> means the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR)
               or any other department that may be responsible for the enforcement of solid waste.
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               <span class="ital">White goods</span> means inoperative and discarded refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, ovens,
               dishwashers, and other similar domestic or commercial large appliances.
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               <span class="ital">Yard trash</span> means solid waste resulting from landscaping and yard maintenance such as brush,
               grass, tree limbs, and similar vegetative material.
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               <span class="ital">Yard waste</span> includes both yard trash and land-clearing debris, as defined in G.S. 130A-290, including
               stumps, limbs, leaves, grass, and untreated wood.
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               (Ord. No. 2012-18, 11-19-2012)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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