§ 234-37. Definitions.

Whenever used in this act [article], unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1)

Area affected by this act [article] means all unincorporated areas of Pasco County, Florida, and to the extent authorized by appropriate interlocal agreements, the incorporated areas of Pasco County, Florida.

(2)

Cost of system means the cost of acquiring or constructing the components and facilities of a unified solid waste disposal and resource recovery system and shall include the cost of all labor and materials, the cost of all lands, property, rights, easements, and franchises acquired which are deemed necessary for such acquisition and construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, any financing charges, any letter of credit or insurance premium, the funding of any reasonably required debt service, reserve, or renewal and replacement fund, any interest prior to and during construction and for a reasonable period after construction, any engineering and legal expenses, the cost of any plans, specifications, surveys, or estimates of construction costs and of revenues, any other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such acquisition or construction, any administrative expenses, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized, to such acquisition or construction and initial operation, and to the placing of the system or any portion thereof in operation.

(3)

County means Pasco County, Florida, the area and territorial limits of which are more particularly identified in subsection (1).

(4)

Governing body of the county means the board of county commissioners of Pasco County, exercising county power pursuant to F.S. ch. 125.

(5)

Hazardous waste means waste materials, or a combination of waste materials, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly transported, disposed of, stored, treated, or otherwise managed. Hazardous waste shall include, but not be limited to, volatile, chemical, biological, explosive, flammable, radioactive, and toxic materials.

(6)

Person means an individual, partnership, joint venture, private or public service company, agency, department, or entity of the United States government or of any state government or any agency, department or entity, public or private, however organized.

(7)

Resource recovery means any process by which one or more of the various components in solid waste is separated or concentrated for reuse or resale including the conversion of solid waste into energy or a marketable fuel.

(8)

Solid waste means garbage, refuse, and other discarded solid materials, including solid waste materials resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, or agricultural operations, governmental operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial wastewater effluent, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows, other common water pollutants or special wastes, or any byproducts, the sale or reuse of which is intended by the person from whose process they resulted.

(9)

Solid waste disposal and resource recovery system means any and all facilities used and useful in the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste, including but not limited to, volume reduction plants, sanitary landfills, or other disposal means, and resource recovery facilities, including steam production and electrical generation facilities using solid waste as fuel. The term also includes transfer stations to the extent such facilities are also provided or operated pursuant to carrying out the provisions of this act [article].

(10)

Special wastes means any wastes that require extraordinary management. Special wastes shall include, but not be limited to, abandoned automobiles, inoperative and discarded refrigerators, ranges, washers, water heaters, and other similar domestic and commercial appliances, used tires, waste oil, sludges, dead animals, septic tank pumpings, and infectious and hazardous wastes.

(11)

Transfer station means a facility where solid waste is placed before being transferred to a solid waste processing or disposal facility.

(12)

Volume reduction plant means, but is not limited to, incinerators, pulverizers, compactors, shredding and bailing plants, composting plants, resource recovery plants, and other plants which accept and process solid waste for recycling or disposal.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 87-441, § 2)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.