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<br />KCHD ORDINANCE 1999- 3 SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS <br />Ashes: The residue, including any air pollution flue dusts, from combustion or incineration of material <br />including solid wastes. <br />Batch: Any dangerous waste which is generated less frequently than once per month. <br />Biomedical Waste: Biomedical waste means, and is limited to, the following types of waste: <br />1. "Animal waste" is waste animal carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that are known to be <br />infected with, or that have been inoculated with, human pathogenic microorganisms infectious to <br />humans. <br />2. "Biosafety level 4 disease waste" is the waste contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates, or <br />secretions from humans or animals who are isolated to protect others from highly communicable <br />infectious diseases that are identified as pathogenic organisms assigned to biosafety level 4 by the <br />Centers for Disease Control, National Institute of Health, and Biosafety in Microbiological and <br />Biomedical Laboratories, current edition. <br />3. "Cultures and stocks" are wastes infectious to humans including specimen cultures, cultures and stocks <br />of etiologic agents, wastes from production of biologicals and serums, discarded live and attenuated <br />vaccines, and laboratory waste that has come into contact with cultures and stocks of etiologic agents or <br />blood specimens. Such waste includes but is not limited to culture dishes, blood specimen tubes, and <br />devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures. <br />4. "Human blood and blood products" are waste human blood and blood components, and materials <br />containing free-flowing blood and blood products. <br />5. "Pathological waste" is human source biopsy materials, tissues, and anatomical parts that emanate from <br />surgery, obstetrical procedures, and autopsy. "Pathological waste" does not include teeth, human <br />corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for internment or cremation. <br />6. "Sharps waste" is all hypodermic needles, syringes with needles attached, intravenous tubing with <br />needles attached, scalpel blades, and lancets that have been removed from the original sterile package. <br />Biosolids: Municipal sewage, sludge, and septage is no longer considered a solid waste but a beneficial use <br />product and are therefore not found in these regulations. Refer to Chapter 173-308 WAC. <br />Buffer Zone: That part of a facility that lies between the active area and the property boundary. <br />Bulky Waste: Large items of refuse, such as appliances, furniture, junk vehicles, and other oversize wastes <br />which would typically not fit into reusable or disposable containers. <br />Closure: Those actions taken by the owner or operator of a MSWLF or facility to cease waste <br />handling/disposal operations and to ensure that all MSWLF unit or facility is closed in conformance with <br />applicable regulations at the time of such closures and to prepare the site for the post-closure period. Closure is <br />considered part of operation. See definition of operation. <br />Commercial Waste: All types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other <br />nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes. <br />Compliance Schedule: A written schedule of required measures in a permit, including an enforceable sequence <br />leading to compliance with these regulations.