2012-09-06_REVISION - M2008070 (23)

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• tattoo pens and toothpicks; broken culture tubes and culture dishes, regardless of presence of infectious substances; broken and unbroken glassware that were in contact with infectious substances (e.g., used slides and cover slips); disposable trocars; and discarded unused or expired hypodermic needles, suture needles, syringes, and scalpel blades. "Sharps container" means a container that is closable, puncture resistant, leakproof on the sides and bottom, and labeled or color coded in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. "Shredded circuit boards" means shredded electronic circuit boards that: (a) Are stored in containers that are sufficient to prevent any release to the • environment prior to recovery; and (b) Do not contain mercury switches, mercury relays, nickel- cadmium batteries, or lithium batteries. "Significant" means, in the context of differentiating between liquid or semisolid waste streams, a difference of one order of magnitude in the concentration of any constituent. "Site" or "solid waste disposal site" means the location for a facility chosen based upon geologic, hydrogeologic and operational considerations. For the purpose of Section 5.5 of this regulation, "site" means the area or areas where soil - disturbing activities are occurring or will occur. "Site boundary" means the outermost perimeter of a solid waste disposal site and facility, as designated pursuant to the Act. "Sludge" means any solid or semi -solid waste generated by municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, that has been treated to obtain pathogen destruction, odor control, or putrescibility control. • "Soil- disturbing activities" means excavation, grading, tilling, or any other mechanical activity used to disturb the soil. "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, air pollution control facility, or other discarded material; including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial operations, commercial operations or community activities. "Solid waste" does not include any solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or agricultural wastes, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows, or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under the provisions of the "Colorado Water Quality Control Act ", Title 25, Article 8, CRS or September 30, 2011 • 22