(a) The owner or operator of each Class I municipal solid waste disposal facility, incinerator, or transfer station shall be responsible for:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-211-862

  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 68-211-802
  • Municipal solid waste: means any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste, household waste, household hazardous waste, yard waste, and any other material resulting from the operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities. See Tennessee Code 68-211-802
  • Operator: means the person who is in charge of the actual, on-site operation of a solid waste management facility during any period of operation. See Tennessee Code 68-211-802
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Maintaining an accurate written record of all amounts and county of origin of solid waste, measured in tons, received at the facility; and
(2) Submitting the information required under subdivision (a)(1) to the department.
(b) Measurement in tons of solid waste received shall be accomplished by one (1) or more of the following methods:

(1) The provision of stationary or portable scales at the disposal facility or incinerator or transfer station for weighing incoming waste; or
(2) Implementation of contractual or other arrangements for the use of scales at a location other than the disposal facility, incinerator, or transfer station for weighing all waste destined for disposal at the facility.
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