Section 72-0501. Definitions

1. "Industrial-commercial waste" means a waste which originates at, is
  generated  by,  or  occurs  as  a result of any industrial or commercial
  activity. The forms of waste included are exemplified by but not limited
  to the following:
    a. liquids such as: acids, alkalis, caustics, leachate, petroleum (and
  its derivatives), and process of treatment wastewaters;
    b. sludges which are semisolid substances resulting  from  process  or
  treatment operations, or residues from storage or use of liquids;
    c.  solids  such as: solidified chemicals, paints or pigments; the end
  or by-products of incineration ash; foundry sand; dredge spoil;
    d. contained gaseous materials;
    e. hazardous waste as defined in title nine of article twenty-seven of
  this chapter; and
    f.  any  liquid,  sludge,  septage,  solid,  semisolid  substance   or
  contained  gaseous  material in which any of the foregoing is intermixed
  or absorbed, or onto which any of the foregoing is adhered.
    2. "Low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that:
    a. is not  high-level  radioactive  waste,  transuranic  waste,  spent
  nuclear  fuel,  or  the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or
  concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for
  its source material content; and
    b. the United States nuclear regulatory  commission,  consistent  with
  federal  law  and  in  accordance  with paragraph a of this subdivision,
  classifies as low-level radioactive waste.
    3. "Regulated waste" means any one of the following  types  of  waste,
  raw  sewage,  septage,  sludge  from  a sewage or water supply treatment
  plant, industrial-commercial waste or waste oil.
    4. "Septage" means the contents of a septic tank,  cesspool  or  other
  individual  sewage  treatment  facility  which  received domestic sewage
  wastes.
    5. "Waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from  a  waste  treatment
  plant,  water  supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility,
  and other discarded material,  including  solid,  liquid,  semisolid  or
  contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining
  and  agricultural operations and from community activities, but does not
  include solid or dissolved materials in domestic  sewage,  or  solid  or
  dissolved  materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges
  which are point sources subject to permits under  article  seventeen  of
  this  chapter,  or  source,  special  nuclear  or by-product material as
  defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,  as  amended  (68  Stat.  923)
  except  as  may be provided by existing agreements between the state and
  the federal governments.
    6. "Waste oil" means used engine lubricating oil and  any  other  oil,
  including  but  not  limited  to, fuel oil, motor oil, gear oil, cutting
  oil, transmission fluid, hydraulic fluid, dielectric fluid, oil  storage
  tank residue, animal oil, and vegetable oil, which has been contaminated
  by  physical or chemical impurities through use or accident, and has not
  subsequently been rerefined.
    7. "Regulated medical waste" shall have the same meaning as such  term
  is defined in title 15 of article 27 of this chapter.