§ 56. Definitions
In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Solid waste” means any discarded garbage, refuse, septage, sludge from a waste treatment
plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility, and other discarded material,
including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from
industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and from community activities
but does not include animal manure and absorbent bedding used for soil enrichment
or solid or dissolved materials in industrial discharges that are point sources subject
to permits under 10 V.S.A. chapter 47.
(2) “Hazardous waste” means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained
gaseous, or semisolid form, including those that are toxic, corrosive, ignitable,
reactive, strong sensitizers, or that generate pressure through decomposition, heat,
or other means, which in the judgment of the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources
or his or her duly authorized representative may cause, or contribute to an increase
in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness,
taking into account the toxicity of such waste, its persistence and degradability
in nature, and its potential for assimilation, or concentration in tissue, and other
factors that may otherwise cause or contribute to adverse acute or chronic effects
on the health of persons or other living organisms, or any matter that may have an
unusually destructive effect on water quality if discharged to ground or surface waters
of the State. All special nuclear, source, or byproduct material, as defined by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1964 and amendments thereto, codified in 42 U.S.C. § 2014, is specifically excluded from this definition.
(3) “Population” shall be established for the purpose of determining the number of votes
to be cast by municipal representatives, amounts of municipal assessments, and other
purposes under this chapter, by reference to the official Department of Health population
estimate (including group quarters or institutional population) as published most
recently preceding the beginning of the District’s fiscal year in which the vote is
being cast, assessment being determined, or other action is occurring that requires
a determination of population. Except for purposes of determining amounts due under
subdivision 51(2)(A)(ii) of this chapter, the most recent publication prior to a vote
of withdrawal shall be used. In the event the Department of Health ceases to publish
population estimates, the Board of Supervisors may designate another appropriate publication
containing population estimates for purposes of establishing population.
(4) “Solid waste facility” means all contiguous lands, structures, other appurtenances
and improvements on the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of waste.
A facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units.