Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 418 - BENEFICIAL USE OF SOLID WASTES
Section 096-418-1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-418-1
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

The following terms, as used in this rule have the following meanings, unless the context indicates otherwise:

EDD Format. EDD means Electronic Data Deliverable, the format required by the Department for laboratory and field data submittals of a broad range of environmental data including physical, chemical, biological, and spatial, to the Maine Environmental and Geographic Analysis Database (EGAD).

Petroleum Contaminated Soil. Petroleum contaminated soil means soil that has been verified through sampling and analysis, and site specific documentation provided by the generator, to have been contaminated by a discharge/release of petroleum. Petroleum contaminated soil may include soil with concentrations of chemicals in addition to petroleum only if those chemicals are likely to be naturally occurring (e.g. arsenic); or, except for lead, if used as petroleum additives (e.g. ethanol). This term does not include "urban fill" as defined in the Department's Maine Remedial Action Guidelines (RAGS) for Sites Contaminated with Hazardous Substances", dated February 5, 2016.

Publicly Owned Source. Publicly owned source means a facility where the processing of construction and demolition (CDD) wood into fuel occurs, that only accepts CDD wood that is generated in member municipalities, and that is owned by a municipality, a quasi-municipal entity, a county, a public waste disposal corporation under 38 M.R.S. §1304-B, or a refuse disposal district under 38 M.R.S. §§1701 to 1707.

Source. Source means the facility where the processing of CDD wood into fuel occurs.

Wood from Construction or Demolition Debris. Wood from construction or demolition debris" or "CDD wood" means the wood component of solid waste resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of structures.

NOTE: The above definitions are specific to this rule. A comprehensive listing of definitions used throughout the various rules comprising the Maine Solid Waste Management Rules is found in Chapter 400, section 1. "Discharge" as used in the definition of petroleum contaminated soil is defined in 38 M.R.S. §542 and § 1317.

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