38 M.R.S. § 1705 Definitions

• Library: Maine Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 486
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 38 M.R.S. § 1705

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

1.Board.

[ 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF) ; 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §275 (RP) .]

1-A.Agency.

[ 1995, c. 656, Pt. A, §27 (RP) .]

2.Demolition and construction waste. "Demolition and construction waste" means all solid waste generated in the demolition and construction of buildings and other structures, including stumps, brush, plaster, sheetrock, boards, bricks, mortar, concrete and roofing materials except asbestos.

[ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

3.Department.

[ 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF) ; 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §275 (RP) .]

4.Disposal. "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water in a manner such that the solid waste, or any constituent of the solid waste, may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any water, including ground waters.

[ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

5.Disposal property. "Disposal property" means property used for disposal.

[ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

6.District. "District" and "disposal district" means any district formed under this chapter.

[ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

7.Generation. "Generation" means the act or process of producing solid waste.

[ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

8.Handle. "Handle" means to store, transfer, collect, separate, salvage, process, reduce, recover, incinerate, treat or dispose of.

[ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

9.Municipal officer. "Municipal officer" means municipal officer as defined in Title 30-A, section 2001, and includes the assessors of a plantation and county commissioners acting on behalf of the residents of any unorganized territory within their county under Title 30-A, chapter 305.

[ 1991, c. 517, Pt. B, §3 (AMD) .]

9-A.Municipality. "Municipality" means municipality as defined in Title 30-A, section 2001, and includes plantations and unorganized territories.

[ 1991, c. 517, Pt. B, §4 (NEW) .]

10.Resource conservation. "Resource conservation" means the reduction of amounts of solid waste which is generated and the reduction of overall resource consumption.

[ 1983, c. 820, § 2 (NEW) .]

11.Resource recovery. "Resource recovery" means the recovery of materials or substances that still have useful physical or chemical properties after serving a specific purpose and can be reused or recycled for the same or other purposes and the conversion of waste to energy.