§ 21-73. Definitions.

As used herein the following definitions shall apply:

Biomedical waste shall mean and include the following:

(1)

Pathological waste, which means all recognizable human tissues and body parts which are removed during surgery, obstetrical procedures, autopsy, and laboratory procedures.

(2)

Biological waste, which means bulk blood and blood products, exudates, secretions, suctionings, and other bulk body fluids which cannot or are not directly discarded into a municipal sewer system.

(3)

Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals including cultures from medical and pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biologicals, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures.

(4)

Contaminated animal carcasses, body parts, their bedding, and other wastes from such animals which have been exposed to infectious agents, capable of causing disease in man, during research, production of biologicals, or testing of pharmaceuticals.

(5)

Sharps, which means any discarded article which may cause punctures or cuts. Such waste includes, but is not limited to, items such as needles, IV tubing and syringes and needles attached, and scalpel blades.

(6)

Chemotherapy waste, which means any disposable material which has come in contact with cytotoxic/antineoplastic agents (agents toxic to cells) and/or antineoplastic agents (agents that inhibit or prevent the growth and spread of tumors or malignant cells) during the preparation, handling, and administration of such agents. Such waste includes, but it is not limited to, masks, gloves, gowns, empty IV tubing bags and vials, and other contaminated materials. The above waste must first be classified as empty which means such quantity that it is not subject to other federal or state waste management regulations prior to being handled as biomedical waste.

(7)

Discarded medical equipment and parts, not including expendable supplies and materials which have not been decontaminated, that were in contact with infectious agents.

City shall mean the City of Cartersville, Georgia.

City council shall mean the City Council of the City of Cartersville.

Incineration facility shall mean the combined incinerators under one (1) ownership at a single location.

Incinerator shall mean a controlled process by which solid, liquid and gaseous combustible wastes are burned and changed into gases and a residue produced which is relatively free of combustible materials.

Incinerator shall [also] mean all devices intended or used for the reduction or destruction of solid, liquid or gaseous wastes by burning.

Incinerator ash shall mean the residue remaining after the incineration of solid waste.

Mayor shall mean the Mayor of the City of Cartersville, Georgia.

Operator shall mean the person having direct supervision of daily field operations of an incineration facility to insure that the site operates in compliance with the permit.

Person shall mean the State of Georgia or any other state or any agency or institution thereof, and any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, special district empowered to engage in solid waste management activities, individual, partnership association or other entity in Georgia or any other state. The term also includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, special district empowered in solid waste activities, or public or private corporation in Georgia or any other state. This term also includes employees, departments, and agencies of the federal government.

Planning commission shall mean the duly appointed members of the City of Cartersville Planning Commission.

Principal use incinerator facility is an incinerator or incinerators at a single location where the incineration process is the primary business and where the facility has the total capacity of burning greater than two hundred fifty (250) pounds per hour.

Uncontrolled emissions of dioxins shall mean the dioxins emissions measured from the incinerator at a location downstream of the last combustion chamber, but prior to the air pollution control equipment.

(Ord. No. 15-92, § III, 7-23-92)