§ 37-15.1-3 - Definitions.
SECTION 37-15.1-3
§ 37-15.1-3 Definitions. – As used in this chapter the following terms shall, where the context permits,be construed as follows:
(1) "Community recycling center" means a central collectionpoint in a community for hard-to-dispose material, or a point where thosematerials are taken after being collected to be processed.
(2) "Department" means the department of environmentalmanagement.
(3) "Director" means the director of the department ofenvironmental management.
(4) "Hard-to-dispose of material" means and encompasses thefollowing materials: petroleum-based or synthetic lubricating oils, including,but not limited to, lubricants in internal combustion engines; tires used onmotorized vehicles and trailers, including cars, trucks, buses, and heavyconstruction equipment; glycol-based antifreeze and organic solvents. Apetroleum-based or synthetic lubricating oil which is recycled and/orre-refined is not, nor shall it be considered, a hard-to-dispose material.
(5) "Organic solvents" means any compounds of carbon whichare liquids at standard conditions, and which are used as dissolvers, viscosityreducers, dilutents, thinners, reagents, or cleaning agents, (excluding carbonmonoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides, metalliccarbonates, and ammonium carbonate) and which are listed as hazardous wastepursuant to the state hazardous waste program pursuant to chapter 19.1, title23.
(6) "Person" means any natural person, political subdivision,government agency, public or private corporation, partnership, joint venture,association, firm, individual proprietorship, or other entity whatsoever.
(7) "Program" means those activities of the department toencourage, manage, and fund hard-to-dispose material control and recycling, andto aid in the monitoring and tracking, reduction, recycling, and reuse ofhard-to-dispose material control and recycling pursuant to this chapter.
(8) "Public place" means any area that is used or held outfor use by the public whether owned or operated by public or private interests.
(9) "Recycling" means the reuse of recovered resources inmanufacturing, agriculture, power production, or other processes.