§ 50-51. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Act means the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, as amended (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.).

Applicant means any person, firm or partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind proposing to obtain site location approval and IEPA permits for a pollution control facility in unincorporated DeKalb County, and includes the owner of such site, the proposed operator, and any other party with an interest in the site, such as a lessee, contract purchaser or land trust beneficiary.

Board refers to the Illinois Pollution Control Board.

Committee refers to the pollution control facility committee.

County refers to DeKalb County, Illinois.

County board refers to the DeKalb County Board.

Hazardous waste disposal site means a site at which hazardous waste is disposed. Hazardous waste is waste as defined in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, as amended (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.) (the "Act").

IEPA means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Incinerator means any facility that destroys waste through thermal processes with or without energy or materials recovery and includes any form of pyrolysis, liquefaction or gasification.

Mixed municipal waste means municipal waste generated by households and commercial businesses that has not been separated for composting at the point of generation.

Mixed municipal waste composting facility is an entire mixed municipal waste composting operation.

Mixed waste processing facility means a transfer station where recyclables are separated from mixed municipal waste.

Organic waste means food waste, landscape waste, wood waste, or other non-hazardous carbonaceous waste that is collected and processed separately from the rest of the municipal waste stream. Household hazardous waste is not an organic waste.

Organic waste composting facility means an entire organic waste composting operation.

PCF refers to a pollution control facility as defined in the Act. "PCF" includes a new pollution control facility as defined by the Act.

Pre-filing review means any work or action performed on behalf of the county to review a draft or conceptual application from the applicant. This occurs prior to the submittal of a final application. A final application is submitted on the filing date.

Refuse derived fuel facility means a facility that produces fuel pellet or additive to be combusted for energy recovery alone or along with another energy source and where non-combustibles (including, but not limited to glass, ferrous metals, and fines) are separated from mixed municipal waste.

Sanitary landfill means a facility permitted by the state environmental protection agency for the disposal of waste on land meeting the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and regulations there under, and without creating nuisances or hazards to public health or safety, by confining the refuse to the smallest practical volume and covering it with a layer of earth at the conclusion of each day's operation or by such other methods and intervals as the pollution control board may provide by regulation.

Transfer station means a site or facility that accepts waste for temporary storage or consolidation and further transfer to a waste disposal, treatment, or storage facility.

All other terms used in this article shall have the same meanings as the same terms as defined in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.) and the implementing and interpreting administrative rules and regulations, in effect as of the date hereof, and as said statute and regulations and rules may be amended or modified from time to time.

(Code 1979, § 17-26; Ord. 2007-12, 9-19-07)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.