(1) “Approved solid waste management plan” means a solid waste management plan submitted and approved under part 115.
    (2) “Capital costs” means those allowable costs, as determined by the department, of constructing or equipping, or both, a solid waste transfer facility, a recycling project, or a composting project.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.19102

  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
    (3) “Composting project” means a project in which yard wastes, including leaves and grass clippings, are converted into humus through natural biological processes.
    (4) “Disposal area” means disposal area as defined in part 115.
    (5) “Fund” means the clean Michigan fund created in section 19104.
    (6) “Municipality” means a county, city, village, township, or an agency of a county, city, village, or township; an authority or any other public body created by or pursuant to state law; or this state or an agency or department of this state.
    (7) “Nonprofit private entity” means a private entity that carries out any lawful purpose or purposes not involving pecuniary profit or gain for its directors, officers, shareholders, or members.