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TYPICAL WASTES ACCEPTABLE <br /> AT CLASS III LANDFILLS <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 Ill landfills. See Section l/1 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 /> I. '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. <br />