18VAC155-20-10. Definitions.
The following words and terms when used in this chapter have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Board" means the Board for Waste Management Facility Operators.
"Class I license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a transfer station, a material recovery facility, an experimental facility, a composting facility, a centralized waste treatment facility, a surface impoundment or lagoon, a waste pile, a remediation waste management unit, or a miscellaneous unit.
"Class II license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a sanitary landfill, an industrial landfill, or a construction/demolition/debris (CDD) landfill.
"Class III license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a regulated medical waste management facility.
"Class IV license" means the authorization from the board to act as a waste management facility operator of a municipal waste combustion unit, a waste-to-energy facility, or an incineration facility.
"Contact hour" means 50 minutes of participation in a group program or 60 minutes of completion time for a project.
"Department" means the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.
"Municipal solid waste" means that waste that is defined as "municipal solid waste" in 9VAC20-81-10.
"Operation" means any waste management facility that is under construction, treating, processing, storing, or disposing of solid waste, or in the act of securing a facility for closure as defined in 9VAC20-81-10.
"Solid waste" means any of those materials defined as solid waste in 9VAC20-81-95.
Statutory Authority
§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2211 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR674-01-02 § 1.1, eff. August 22, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 1, eff. November 2, 1994; Volume 16, Issue 14, eff. May 1, 2000; Volume 22, Issue 26, eff. November 1, 2006; Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. August 1, 2016; Volume 33, Issue 9, eff. February 1, 2017; Volume 41, Issue 15, eff. July 1, 2025.