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Terms not defined below have the meanings assigned them by section 1004 of the Act.
The Act
means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
Criteria
means the "Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities", 40 CFR Part 257 , promulgated under section 4004(a) of the Act.
Facility
refers to any resource recovery system or component thereof, any system, program or facility for resource conservation, and any facility for collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment or disposal of solid waste, including hazardous waste, whether such facility is associated with facilities generating such wastes or not.
Implementation
means putting the plan into practice by carrying out planned activities, including compliance and enforcement activities, or ensuring such activities are carried out.
Inactive facility
means a facility which no longer receives solid waste.
Inventory of open dumps
means the inventory required under section 4005(b) and is defined as the list published by EPA of those disposal facilities which do not meet the criteria.
Operator
includes facility owners and operators.
A permit
is an entitlement to commence and continue operation of a facility as long as both procedural and performance standards are met. The term permit includes any functional equivalent such as a registration or license.
Planning
includes identifying problems, defining objectives, collecting information, analyzing alternatives and determining necessary activities and courses of action.
Provide for
in the phrase the plan shall (should) provide for means explain, establish or set forth steps or courses of action.
The term shall denotes requirements for the development and implementation of the State plan.
The term should denotes recommendations for the development and implementation of the State plan.
Substate
refers to any public regional, local, county, municipal, or intermunicipal agency, or regional or local public (including interstate) solid or hazardous waste management authority, or other public agency below the State level.