Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0003 - Hazardous Waste
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1-4 - DEFINITIONS
Current through September 21, 2024
When used in these rules and any materials incorporated herein by reference, the following definitions apply unless their application would be inconsistent with the Act. Terms not otherwise defined in this Section will have the meaning given by RCRA.
(a) Air contaminant. Dust, fumes, mist, smoke, other particulate matter, vapor, gas or any combination of the foregoing, but shall not include steam or water vapor. - Chapter 1, Section 3 (Air Quality Rules).
(b) Air pollution. The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and duration as is materially injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life or property, or unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of life or property. - Chapter 1, Section 3 (Air Quality Rules).
(c) Assumed target intakes. The standard EPA exposure assumptions and factors as defined in the "OSWER Directive 9285.6-03," and the EPA "exposure factors handbook," as specified in "Exposure Factors Handbook", 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 600/R-09/052F.
(d) Chronic. That time period from seven years to a lifetime.
(e) Class I facilities. Any non-commercial or non-profit treatment or storage facility, not engaged specifically in incineration, used solely to manage hazardous wastes that are generated by the owner of the facility at the site of the facility, or any existing, but closed treatment, storage, or disposal facility.
(f) Class II facilities: Any non-commercial or non-profit treatment facility engaged specifically in incineration or any non-commercial or non-profit facility engaged in the disposal of hazardous waste that is used solely to manage hazardous wastes that are generated by the owner of the facility at the site of the facility.
(g) Class III facilities:
(h) Council. The Environmental Quality Council established by the Act.
(i) DDESB. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board.
(j) DOT. Any reference to the "Department of Transportation" or "DOT" shall mean the U.S. Department of Transportation.
(k) Exposure. Contact with a chemical or physical agent.
(l) HSWA. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment of 1984.
(m) HSWA drip pad. A drip pad where F032 wastes are handled.
(n) HSWA tank. A tank owned or operated by a generator of less than one-thousand kilograms of hazardous waste in any single calendar month, new underground systems, and those existing underground tanks that cannot be entered for inspection.
(o) HWM. Hazardous Waste Management.
(p) HWMF. Hazardous Waste Management Facility.
(q) HWRR. Wyoming Hazardous Waste Rules and Regulations.
(r) IBR. Incorporation by Reference.
(s) Non-HSWA drip pad. A drip pad where F034 or F035 wastes are handled.
(t) Non-HSWA tank. Inground tank systems, onground tank systems, aboveground tank systems, and existing underground tank systems that can be entered for inspection.
(u) One excess cancer per million people. A probability of one chance in one million of an individual developing cancer in excess beyond their natural background risk.
(v) Potentially exposed populations. Any or all individuals, including sensitive populations, potentially coming into contact with contaminants of concern.
(w) Risk. The probability of adverse human health or environmental effects from exposure to toxic substances or materials released into the environment.
(x) Sewer system. Pipelines, conduits, storm sewers, pumping stations, force mains, and all other constructions, devices, appurtenances and facilities used for collecting or conducting authorized wastes to an ultimate point for treatment or disposal.
(y) Subchronic. That point in time between two weeks to seven years.
(z) Waste material. Any discarded material that is not excluded under 40 CFR 261.4(a), or that is not excluded by a variance granted by the Director under 40 CFR 260.30 and 260.31.
