§ 8-6-1502 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

8-6-1502. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Hazardous substance sites" has the same meaning as set out in 8-7-503;

(2) "Hazardous waste" has the same meaning as set out in 8-7-203;

(3) (A) "High impact solid waste management facility" means, excluding the facilities described in subdivision (3)(B) of this section, any solid waste landfill, any solid or commercial hazardous waste incinerator, and any commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

(B) "High impact solid waste management facility" shall not include the following:

(i) Recycling or composting facilities;

(ii) Waste tire management sites;

(iii) Solid waste transfer stations;

(iv) Solid waste landfills which have applications pending for either increased or new acreage or provisions for additional services or increased capacity;

(v) A facility dedicated solely to the treatment, storage, or disposal of solid or hazardous wastes generated by a private industry when the private industry bears the expense of operating and maintaining the facility solely for the disposal of waste generated by the industry or wastes of a similar kind or character;

(vi) A facility or activity dedicated solely to a response action at a location listed by the state or federal government as a hazardous substance site;

(vii) An existing facility operating under the interim status of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or implementing regulations of the Arkansas Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1979, 8-7-201 et seq., or the Arkansas Hazardous Waste Management Code; or

(viii) Expansion of existing hazardous waste facilities under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or the Arkansas Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1979, 8-7-201 et seq., either through increased acreage or provision for additional services or increased capacity;

(4) "Host community" means the closest governmental unit as measured along major facility access roads and highways exercising zoning authority encompassed within a twelve-mile radius of the site of a proposed high impact solid waste management facility;

(5) "Permitting" means any governmental authorization to proceed with construction or operation of a facility or activity required by either state law or local ordinance; and

(6) (A) "Solid waste" has the same meaning as set out in 8-6-702.

(B) However, "solid waste" does not include hazardous waste as defined in this section.