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<br />GENERAL DEFINITIONS:
<br />`NONHAZARDOUS SOLID WASTE' is defined by Title 23, CCR, Chapter 3, Subchapter 15, Section 2523(a).
<br />"Nonhazardous solid waste means all putrescible and non-putrescible solid, semi-solid, and liquid wastes,
<br />including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes,
<br />abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal
<br />solid and semi-solid wastes and other discarded solid or semi-solid waste; provided that such wastes do not
<br />contain wastes which must be managed as hazardous wastes, or wastes which contain soluble pollutants in
<br />concentrations which exceed applicable water quality objectives, or could cause degradation of waters of the
<br />state (i.e., designated waste)." [emphasis added]
<br />NOTE: Moisture limits exist for wastes discharged to Class 111 landfills. See Section 111 below.
<br />`INERT WASTE' is defined by Title 23, CCR, Chapter 3, Subchapter 15, Section 2524(a).
<br />"Inert waste does not contain hazardous waste or soluble pollutants at concentrations in excess of applicable
<br />water quality objectives, and does not contain significant quantities of decomposable waste."
<br />SPECIFIC WASTES — The following are lists of waste types which are commonly considered to fall under the
<br />above definitions:
<br />1. `NONHAZARDOUS SOLID WASTES'
<br />A. Municipal and Industrial Origin:
<br />1. Garbage from handling, preparation, processing or serving of food or food products (excluding
<br />grease trap pumpings and cannery wastes).
<br />2. Rubbish such as paper, cardboard, tin cans (provided they are empty, opened, dry, and five gallons
<br />or less in volume), cloth (provided it is not oil or solvent soaked industrial cleanup rags) and glass.
<br />3. Construction and demolition materials such as paper, cardboard, wood, scrap metal (provided it is
<br />not friable, finely divided, or powdered), glass, rubber products, roofing paper and shingles
<br />(provided they contain less than 1 % friable asbestos) and wallpaper.
<br />4. Street refuse such as sweepings, dirt (provided it is not from a roadside chemical spill or in any way
<br />contaminated), leaves, catch basin cleanings, litter, yard clippings, glass, paper, wood, and scrap
<br />metals.
<br />5. Dead animals and portions thereof.
<br />6. Abandoned vehicles.
<br />7. Ashes from household burning (not from industrial or large municipal incinerators).
<br />8. Infectious materials and hospital or laboratory wastes authorized for disposal to land by official
<br />agencies charged with control of plant, animal, or human disease provided the local Environmental
<br />Health Officer has approved and disposal is above the 100 -year flood plain.
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