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DEFINITIONS ~'Composting. The controlled biological decomposition of selected organic waste in a manner that produces a harmless final product. Digposal. The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any waste onto land or in water so that the waste., or any part of it enters the environment. Disposal facility__~ A waste facility designed or operated for disposing of waste on or 'i'n the land. Leachate. Water that has percolated through, or has been in contact ~id wastes and consequently contains waste constituents. Local ggvernmental unit. Any municipal corporation or governmental subdivision other than a metropolitan county located in whole or part in the Metropolitan Area, authorized by law to provide for the processing of solid waste (Minn. Stat., Section 473.802). Metropolitan Urban Service Area. The portion of the Metropolitan Area in which urban development or redevelopment exists or is planned. Resource recoverS facility. A waste facility used primarily to reclaim waste for sale or reuse of materials, substances, energy or other pro- ducts derived from waste. Solid waste. Garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials. It includes solid 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 as silt; dissolved or suspended solids in indus- trial 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 hazardous waste collected from any source is temporarily deposited before it is transported to a final disposal or recovery facility. Treatment. 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 waste, except property used primarily for the manufacture of scrap metal or paper. It includes transfer stations, processing facilities and disposal sites and facilities. I I m ! m ! ! ! I I ! m ! m I I m !