[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR6.3]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 6_SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITES IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 6.3  Definitions.

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    Agricultural solid waste means solid waste that is generated by the 
rearing or harvesting of animals, or the producing or harvesting of 
crops or trees.
    Boundaries means the limits of lands or waters that constitute a 
unit of the National Park System as specified by Congress, denoted by 
Presidential Proclamation, recorded in the records of a State or 
political subdivision in accordance with applicable law, published 
pursuant to law, or otherwise published or posted by the National Park 
Service.
    Closure and Post-closure care means all of the requirements 
prescribed by 40 CFR part 258, Criteria For Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills at 40 CFR 258.60 and 258.61.
    Compostible materials means organic substances that decay under 
natural and/or human-assisted conditions within relatively short time 
intervals, generally not in excess of ninety days.
    Degrade means to lessen or diminish in quantity, quality or value.
    Hazardous waste means a waste defined by 40 CFR part 261, 
Identification And Listing Of Hazardous Waste. Hazardous waste does not 
include any solid waste listed under 40 CFR 261.4(b).
    Leachate means liquid that has percolated through solid waste and 
has extracted, dissolved or suspended materials in it.
    Mining overburden means material overlying a mineral deposit that is 
removed to gain access to that deposit.
    Mining wastes means residues that result from the extraction of raw 
materials from the earth.
    National Park Service activities means operations conducted by the 
National Park Service or a National Park Service contractor, 
concessionaire or commercial use licensee.
    National Park System means any area of land or water now or 
hereafter administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the 
National Park Service for park, monument, historic, parkway, 
recreational or other purposes.
    Natural resource means the components of a park, both biotic and 
abiotic, including but not limited to, vegetation, wildlife, fish, 
water, including surface and ground water, air, soils, geological 
features, including subsurface strata, the natural processes and 
interrelationships that perpetuate such resources, and attributes that 
contribute to visitor enjoyment.
    Operator means a person conducting or proposing to conduct the 
disposal of solid waste.
    PCBs or PCB item means an item as defined in 40 CFR part 761, 
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Manufacturing, Processing, Distribution 
In Commerce, And Use Prohibitions at 40 CFR 761.3(x).
    Residential solid waste means waste generated by the normal 
activities of a

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household, including, but not limited to, food waste, yard waste and 
ashes, but not including metal or plastic.
    Solid waste means 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, and 
contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining 
and agricultural operations or from community activities. ``Solid 
waste'' does not include a material listed under 40 CFR 261.4(a).
    Solid waste disposal site means land or water where deliberately 
discarded solid waste, as defined above, is discharged, deposited, 
injected, dumped, spilled, leaked, or placed so that such solid waste or 
a constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the 
air or discharged into waters, including ground waters. Solid waste 
disposal sites include facilities for the incineration of solid waste 
and transfer stations. Facilities for the management of compostible 
materials are not defined as solid waste disposal sites for the purposes 
of this part.