18VAC155-20-10: Definitions

The following words and terms when used in this chapter have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Board" means the Board for Waste Management Facility Operators.

"Class I license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a transfer station, a material recovery facility, an experimental facility, a composting facility, a centralized waste treatment facility, a surface impoundment or lagoon, a waste pile, a remediation waste management unit, or a miscellaneous unit.

"Class II license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a sanitary landfill, an industrial landfill, or a construction/demolition/debris (CDD) landfill.

"Class III license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a regulated medical waste management facility.

"Class IV license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a municipal waste combustion unit, a waste-to-energy facility, or an incineration facility.

"Contact hour" means 50 minutes of participation in a group program or 60 minutes of completion time for a project.

"Department" means the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.

"Municipal solid waste" means that waste that is defined as "municipal solid waste" in 9VAC20-81-10.

"Operation" means any waste management facility that is under construction, treating, processing, storing, or disposing of solid waste, or in the act of securing a facility for closure as defined in 9VAC20-81-10.

"Solid waste" means any of those materials defined as solid waste in 9VAC20-81-95.