As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

NOTE: Paragraph (1) eff. until Jan. 1, 2024. See Acts 2023, No. 150.

            (1) “Assistant Secretary” means the assistant secretary of the office of environmental affairs of the Department of Natural Resources.

NOTE: Paragraph (1) eff. Jan. 1, 2024. See Acts 2023, No. 150.

            (1) “Assistant secretary” means the assistant secretary of the office of environmental affairs of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources.

            (2) “Board” means the Board of Certification and Training for solid waste disposal system operators.

            (3) “Certificate” means the document or documents issued by the board which attest to the competency of the operator.

            (4) “Certification” means the process or act whereby an operator meets the requirements for obtaining a certificate of competency.

            (5) “Certified” means holding a currently valid certificate.

            (6) “Classify” means the process and act of the board that designates a specific type of solid waste management system which is required to employ certified operators.

            (7) “Commercial solid waste” means garbage, trash, and refuse generated by businesses involved in the exchange or distribution of goods or commodities, but does not include or mean recognizable industrial byproducts.

            (8) “Continuing training” means the process whereby a certified operator obtains required formal training in the area of solid waste management.

            (9) “Examination” means a written examination taken by applicants in order to measure their knowledge of solid waste management.

            (10) “Industrial solid waste” means solid waste produced in the course of and resulting from any industrial, manufacturing, or mining process, and which is not subject to regulation under the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Control Law.

            (11) “Operator” means any person employed in responsible charge of operating all or a portion of a solid waste disposal system.

            (12) “Recertification” means the process whereby an operator renews an expiring certificate.

            (13) “Residential solid waste” means garbage, trash, and refuse generated by the occupants of single or multi-unit dwellings or as a result of community activities.

            (14) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality.

            (15) “Solid waste” means garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities; but does not include or mean solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under La. Rev. Stat. 30:1095, or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or hazardous waste subject to permits under La. Rev. Stat. 30:1131 et seq.

            (16) “Solid waste disposal facility” means any physical entity that has the function of disposing of solid wastes, except for those facilities that dispose of only industrial solid waste.

            Acts 1983, No. 543, §1; Acts 1984, No. 514, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 2023, No. 150, §11, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.