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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 23 DEFINITIONS Composting~ The controlled biological decomposition of selected organic Waste 'inCa manner that produces a harmless final product. Disposal. The discharge, dePosit, injection, dumpingj spilling, leaking oh Pla~ing of any waste onto land or in water so that the waste or any part of it enters the environment. !, Disposal ~aci. lity,. A waste facility designed or operated for disposing of waste dn or in the land. Leachate. Water that has percolated through, or has been in contact with, Solid wastes and Consequently contains waste constituents. Local governmental unit Any municoipal corporation or governmental ~ubd~visio6 '6~er'than ~ metropolitan county located in whole or part in the Metropolitan Area, authorized by law to provide for the processing of solid waste (Minn. Stat., sec. 473.802). Metropo)itan Urban Service Area. The portion of the Metropolitan Area in Which Urban d~Vel'o~ment 6W 'redevelopment exists or is planned. Resource recovery facility. A waste facility used primarily to reclaim Waste-foP Sal~'of'~euse~Of materials, substances, energy or other products derived from waste. Solid waste. Garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials. 'It Tncludes s~lid waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Solid waste does not include animal waste used as fertilizer; earthen fill, boulders, rock and other materials normally handled in construction operations; solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water resources~~ Such ~s silt; dissolved or suspended so!idS'i~ industrial wastewater effluents; dissolved materials in irrigation return flows; or other common water pollutants (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Solid Waste Regulation No. 1). Transfer station. An intermediate waste facility in which solid or haZa~ddu§ wa§~ collected from any source is temporarily deposited before it is transported to a final~disposal or recovery facility. Tre~t_me_nt. Any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of hazardous waste to make it nonhazardous, safer for transport, capable of recovery or storage, or to reduce it in volume. Waste facility. A facility intended for the processing or disposal of ~e, except property used primarily for the manufacture of scrap metal or paper. It includes transfer stations, processing facilities and disposal sites and facilities. m