California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 7 - Special Waste Standards
Article 1.1 - Definitions
Section 18502 - Definitions

(1) "Act" means the Solid Waste Disposal Site Hazard Reduction Act of 1989 (Statutes of 1989, chapter 1095).

(2) "Account" means the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup and Maintenance Account described in section 46800 of the Public Resources Code.

(3) "Applicant" means a city, county or local agency applying for a grant award.

(4) "Board" means the California Integrated Waste Management Board.

(5) "DTSC" means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.

(6) "Fiscal Year" means the year commencing on the first day of July and ending on June 30 of each year.

(7) "Grant" means an award of funds in either one of the following manners

(8) "Grant Agreement" means the written document, any amendment(s) and written change orders thereto, which is signed by the Board or its designated representative and the grant recipient and which defines the terms, provisions and conditions governing the grant. The terms of the grant agreement shall be for a period negotiated between the grant recipient and the Board.

(9) "Grant Recipient" means the city, county or local agency which receives a grant award from the Board.

(10) "Grant Year" means that time period in which the grant application submittal process, selection and award distribution will occur. The time period will begin on the first day of July in one year and end on June 30 of the next calendar year.

(11) "Hazardous Waste" (HW) means waste as defined in section 40141 of the Public Resources Code and section 25117 Health and Safety Code: that is, waste or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may do either of the following:

(12) "Household Hazardous Waste" (HHW) means waste materials determined by the Board, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), or the Air Resources Board (ARB) to be:

(13) "HHW Program" means a program sponsored by a city, county or local agency which results in the separation of HW and/or HHW from the solid waste stream. An HHW Program may include, but is not limited to, the following activities:

(14) "Jurisdiction" means a city, county, or local agency with responsibility for waste management.

(15) "Load Checking Program" means a program which provides for physical inspection and removal of hazardous wastes from the incoming waste stream at any solid waste facility, as defined in section 40194 of the Public Resources Code.

(16) "Local agency" means any public agency which is responsible for waste management and which sponsors a program(s) to prevent the disposal of H and/or HHW at a solid waste disposal facility.

(17) "Local Funding" means those monies originating solely from a jurisdiction which are to be used or were used to conduct a HHW collection program.

(18) "Mobile Collection Program" means two or more permanent household hazardous waste collection sites utilizing at least one transportable container for the sites and operated on an intermittent schedule.

(19) "Periodic HHW Collection Program" means a program in which a jurisdiction sponsors HHW collection activities at least once a year with each collection event beginning and ending within a one week period (seven days).

(20) "Permanent HHW Collection Program" means a program in which a jurisdiction sponsors the maintenance of a permanent HHW collection program at a specific site which is open to the public at least for one day, or a portion of that day, each week.

(21) "Proposal" means that part of a discretionary grant application from a jurisdiction specifying its intent to establish or implement a HHW Program, commencing in the fiscal year following the application period, which consists of a newly established program or incorporates a new or added service or capability to an existing HHW program.

(22) "Recycling Activities" means those projects which divert hazardous materials from non-hazardous solid waste landfills; and which utilize one or more of the processes for collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the market place. "Recycling" does not include transformation, as defined in section 40201 of the Public Resources Code.

(23) "Reduction" means to use only the required amount of a product which contains a hazardous ingredient(s) for a specific task; and/or to use a product containing a lesser amount of a hazardous ingredient(s) in comparison with other brands of the same type of product.

(24) "Regional" means any area which included two or more jurisdictions responsible for waste management. This includes two or more cities, two or more counties, or two or more local agencies, or the combination of a city (cities), a county (counties) and/or local agency (agencies).

(25) "Residential Pick-up Service" means the service sponsored by a city, county or local agency for the residents of a community whereby HHW is picked up from each resident's home.

(26) "Reuse" means the use of a product containing a hazardous ingredient after it is no longer needed by the person who originally purchased and/or used the product.

(27) "Waste Control and Enforcement Programs" means a program as provided in section 46400(b) of the Public Resources Code.