9.32.010 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

A.    “City” means a city or town within Clark County, Washington.

B.    “County” means Clark County, Washington.

C.    “County transfer station” means a solid waste transfer station located within and operated pursuant to a contract with the county.

D.    “Hazardous waste” means any waste, material or substance that is not excluded from regulation as “hazardous waste” or “dangerous waste” by application of hazardous waste or dangerous waste regulations adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Washington State Department of Ecology or the Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality and that or hereafter:

1.    Is required to be dealt with as hazardous waste under regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at 40 CFR part 261;

2.    Contains a radioactive material the storage or disposal of which is regulated by state or federal law or regulation; or

3.    Is designated a “dangerous waste” or “extremely hazardous waste” by regulations adopted pursuant to Chapter 70.105 RCW or Oregon law. Certain waste that is not, as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, within one of subsections (a) through (c) above, may after that date come within the scope of one or more of those subsections as determined by a governmental entity with jurisdiction; certain other waste that is within one of those subsections may cease to be recognized as a “hazardous waste” as defined herein. Accordingly, any waste, material or substance shall be deemed “hazardous waste” only so long as and to the extent that it is included in at least one of subsections (a) through (c) above.

E.    “Recycling facility” means a facility which separates, transforms or manufactures solid waste received from the public or other third-party solid waste generators into usable or marketable materials for reuse or resale rather than disposal by landfilling or incineration.

F.    “Residual waste” means solid waste received by a recycling facility which is not separated, transformed or manufactured into usable or marketable material.

G.    “Solid waste” means solid waste as defined by RCW 70.95.030, with the exception of hazardous waste. (Sec. 1 of Ord. 1990-04-18)