§ 37:3151 — Definitions

§3151. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to them
in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Assistant secretary" means the assistant secretary of the office of environmental
affairs of the Department of Conservation and Energy.
(2) "Board" means the Board of Certification and Training for solid waste disposal
system operators.
(3) "Certificate" means the document or documents issued by the board which attest
to the competency of the operator.
(4) "Certification" means the process or act whereby an operator meets the
requirements for obtaining a certificate of competency.
(5) "Certified" means holding a currently valid certificate.
(6) "Classify" means the process and act of the board that designates a specific type
of solid waste management system which is required to employ certified operators.
(7) "Commercial solid waste" means garbage, trash, and refuse generated by
businesses involved in the exchange or distribution of goods or commodities, but does not
include or mean recognizable industrial byproducts.
(8) "Continuing training" means the process whereby a certified operator obtains
required formal training in the area of solid waste management.
(9) "Examination" means a written examination taken by applicants in order to
measure their knowledge of solid waste management.
(10) "Industrial solid waste" means solid waste produced in the course of and
resulting from any industrial, manufacturing, or mining process, and which is not subject to
regulation under the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Control Law.
(11) "Operator" means any person employed in responsible charge of operating all
or a portion of a solid waste disposal system.
(12) "Recertification" means the process whereby an operator renews an expiring
certificate.
(13) "Residential solid waste" means garbage, trash, and refuse generated by the
occupants of single or multi-unit dwellings or as a result of community activities.
(14) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality.
(15) "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water
supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including
solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial,
mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities; but does not include or
mean solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or solid or dissolved materials in
irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under
R.S. 30:1095, or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or hazardous waste subject to permits under R.S. 30:1131
et seq.
(16) "Solid waste disposal facility" means any physical entity that has the function
of disposing of solid wastes, except for those facilities that dispose of only industrial solid
waste.

Legislative History

Acts 1983, No. 543, §1; Acts 1984, No. 514, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 2023, No. 150, §11, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.