As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Baled waste” means all waste that has been mechanically compacted to achieve high density per unit volume and strapped to retain its form as a bale. Not included is compaction which has occurred only in collection vehicles as an incidental part of the wastes collected from individual generators and stationary or self-contained compactors which compact waste but do not produce a strapped bale unit;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-211-103

  • Board: means , unless otherwise indicated, the underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board created in §. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner's authorized representative. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Solid waste: means garbage, trash, refuse, abandoned material, spent material, byproducts, scrap, ash, sludge, and all discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
  • Solid waste disposal: means the process of permanently or indefinitely placing, confining, compacting, or covering solid waste. See Tennessee Code 68-211-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) “Board” means, unless otherwise indicated, the underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board created in § 68-211-111;
(3) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation or the commissioner’s authorized representative;
(4) “Department” means the department of environment and conservation;
(5) “Health officer” means the director of a city, county, or district health department having jurisdiction over the community health in a specific area, or the director’s authorized representative;
(6) “Person” means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm or association, and municipal or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this state or any other state, and any governmental agency or county of this state and any department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government;
(7) “Registration” means a process by which a solid waste disposal or processing operation is granted a permit to operate. In this part, the words “registration” and “permit” are synonymous and may be used interchangeably;
(8)

(A) “Solid waste” means garbage, trash, refuse, abandoned material, spent material, byproducts, scrap, ash, sludge, and all discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Solid waste includes, without limitation, recyclable material when it is discarded or when it is used in a manner constituting disposal;
(B) “Solid waste” does not include:

(i) 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 § 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, codified in 33 U.S.C. § 1342;
(ii) Steel slag or mill scale that is an intended output or intended result of the use of an electric arc furnace to make steel; provided, that such steel slag or mill scale is sold and distributed in the stream of commerce for consumption, use, or further processing into another desired commodity and is managed as an item of commercial value in a controlled manner and not as a discarded material or in a manner constituting disposal; or
(iii) Except to the extent inconsistent with applicable federal law, soil is not discarded material constituting waste as long as the soil is intended for use or reuse as soil;
(9) “Solid waste disposal” means the process of permanently or indefinitely placing, confining, compacting, or covering solid waste; and
(10) “Solid waste processing” means any process that modifies the characteristics or properties of solid waste, including, but not limited to, treatment, incineration, composting, separation, grinding, shredding, and volume reduction; provided, that it does not include the grinding or shredding of landscaping or land clearing wastes or unpainted, unstained, and untreated wood into mulch or other useful products.
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