Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 856 - LICENSING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
Section 096-856-3 - Definitions

A. By-product. "By-product" means a material that is not one of the primary products of a production process and is not solely or separately produced by the production process. The term does not include a co-product that is produced for the general public's use and is ordinarily used in the form in which it is produced by the process.

B. Commercial hazardous waste facility. "Commercial hazardous waste facility" means a facility which accepts, for handling, hazardous wastes other than those generated on site by the owner of the facility. The handling of residual hazardous wastes generated on site in the process of handling hazardous wastes are included within the scope of the facility's operations. Commercial hazardous waste facility includes mobile treatment facilities.

C. Elementary neutralization unit. "Elementary neutralization unit" means a device which is used on site for neutralizing wastes that are hazardous solely because they exhibit the corrosivity characteristic defined in 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 850 or are listed in 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 850, §3(C) solely for this reason and meets the definition of tank, tank system, container, transport vehicle or vessel in 40 C.F.R. §260.10.

D. Facility property. "Facility property" means all of the property, as defined by its legal boundaries, on which is or will be located the existing or proposed waste facility for hazardous waste for which the license is sought.

E. Mobile treatment facility. "Mobile treatment facility" means a facility or unit capable of being moved and operated at sites for a limited period of time. In order to qualify as a "mobile treatment facility" units located at generator sites must be operational at more than one site in a calendar year.

F. New waste facility for hazardous waste. "New waste facility for hazardous waste" means a facility which did not exist prior to the effective date of this Chapter or which did not handle hazardous waste prior to the effective date of this Chapter.

G. Publicly owned treatment works. "Publicly owned treatment works" (POTW) means any device or system used in the treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a "State" or "municipality." This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.

H. Substantial modification. "Substantial modification" means any change in size or operation of a licensed facility which may pose a risk to health, safety, welfare or the environment which is significantly different in kind or degree from that posed by the facility without the modification, or may pose a significant risk which was not considered in the original application or is not addressed in the existing license.

I. Thermal treatment. "Thermal treatment" means the treatment of hazardous waste in a device which uses elevated temperatures as the primary means to change the chemical, physical or biological character or composition of the hazardous waste. Examples of thermal treatment processes are incineration, molten salt, pyrolysis, calcination, wet air oxidation and microwave discharge.

J. Transfer facility. "Transfer facility" means any transportation-related facility including loading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation.