South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-107 - Solid Waste Management
Subchapter 61-107.8 - Solid Waste Management: Lead-Acid Batteries
Section 61-107.8.B - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
1. "Collection" means the act of picking up solid waste materials from homes, businesses, governmental agencies, institutions, or industrial sites.
2. "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
3. "Lead-acid battery" means any battery that consists of lead and sulfuric acid, is used as a power source, and has a capacity of six (6) volts or more, except that this term shall not include a small sealed lead-acid battery.
4. "Small sealed lead-acid battery" means any lead-acid battery weighing twenty-five (25) pounds or less, used in non-vehicular, non-SLI (start lighting ignition) applications.
5. "Lead-acid battery collection facility" means a facility authorized by the Department of Health and Environmental Control to accept lead-acid batteries from the public for temporary storage prior to recycling.
6. "Small sealed lead-acid battery collection facility" means a facility authorized by the Department of Health and Environmental Control to accept small sealed lead-acid batteries from the public for temporary storage prior to recycling.
7. "Person" means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, unit of local government, state agency, federal agency, or other legal entity.
8. "Recovered Materials Processing Facility" means a facility engaged solely in the recycling, storage, processing, and resale or reuse of recovered materials. The term does not include a solid waste handling facility; however, any solid waste generated by such facility is subject to all applicable laws and regulations relating to the solid waste.
9. "Secondary lead smelter" means a facility which produces metallic lead from various forms of lead scrap, including used lead-acid batteries.
10. "Used lead-acid battery" means a battery which is of no use in its present state. This includes batteries which are regulated by R.61-79.266 Subpart G, Spent Lead-Acid Batteries Being Reclaimed.
11. "Used small sealed lead-acid battery" means any battery fitting the definition of a small sealed lead-acid battery and which is of no use in its present state.
