Tennessee Code 7-58-105 – Out-of-state hauling – Regulations applying to inbound waste
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-58-105
- Solid waste: means all municipal, commercial, or industrial solid waste normally collected and disposed of by local governments, such as garbage, rubbish, refuse, and other such similar and related materials, except those excluded by the department, which shall designate as "special waste" any hazardous or other waste it determines should not be processed in an approved system for reasons of public health or safety, or because the nature of the waste is such that it is not suitable for processing in an approved system, and such materials as are normally collected or accepted by private industry for the purpose of recycling and are not normally collected or accepted by local governments. See Tennessee Code 7-58-101
- 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
Wherever the location of processing plants shall require local governments to haul solid wastes across state lines, such out-of-state hauling is hereby declared to be authorized and to be a valid exercise of the authority of the local governments involved, and likewise solid wastes from out-of-state may be brought into the state of Tennessee for processing in approved systems, such inbound solid waste to be subject to the same handling standards and regulations as solid waste produced within the state.