Agenda - Council Work Session - 03/26/2024

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DocuSign Envelope ID: E1227292-CABD-4035-9075-56C5CB154254 Subd. 28. Resource recovery facility. "Resource recovery facility" means a waste facility established and used primarily for resource recovery, including related and appurtenant facilities such as transmission facilities and transfer stations primarily serving the resource recovery facility. Subd. 28a. Retrievable storage. "Retrievable storage" means a method of disposal whereby wastes are placed in a facility established pursuant to sections I I5A.18 to I I5A.30 for an indeterminate period in a manner designed to allow the removal of the waste at a later time. Subd. 28b. Sanitary district. "Sanitary district" means a sanitary district with the authority to regulate solid waste. Subd. 29. Sewage sludge. "Sewage sludge" means solid, semisolid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. It includes,but is not limited to, scum or solids removed in primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment processes and a material derived from sewage sludge. Sewage sludge does not include ash generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator or grit and screenings generated during preliminary treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. Sewage sludge that is acceptable and beneficial for recycling on land as a soil conditioner and nutrient source is also known as biosolids. Subd. 30. Sewage sludge disposal facility. "Sewage sludge disposal facility" means property owned or leased by a political subdivision and used for interim or final disposal or land spreading of sewage sludge. Subd. 31. Solid waste. "Solid waste" has the meaning given it in section 116.06, subdivision 22. Subd. 32. Solid waste management district or waste district. "Solid waste management district" or"waste district" means a geographic area extending into two or more counties in which the management of solid waste is vested in a special district established pursuant to sections 115A.62 to 115A.72. Subd. 32a. MS 1994 [Renumbered subd 32c] Subd. 32a.Source-separated compostable materials. "Source-separated compostable materials"means materials that: (1) are separated at the source by waste generators for the purpose of preparing them for use as compost; (2) are collected separately from mixed municipal solid waste, and are governed by the licensing provisions of section 115A.93;