DEFINITIONS.

115A.918 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this section and sections 115A.919 to 115A.929. § Subd. 2.Closure. "Closure" means actions that will prevent, mitigate, or minimize the threat to public health and the environment posed by a closed solid waste disposal facility including application of final cover; grading and seeding of final cover; installation of an adequate monitoring system, if necessary; and construction of groundwater and surface water diversion structures. § Subd. 2a.Equivalent. For mixed municipal solid waste, the measure of "equivalent" or "equivalent cubic yards of waste" is 3.33 cubic yards per ton of waste. § Subd. 3.Operator. "Operator" means: (1) the permittee of a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility that has an agency permit; or (2) the person in control of a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility that does not have an agency permit. § Subd. 4.Postclosure, postclosure care. "Postclosure" and "postclosure care" mean actions taken for the care, maintenance, and monitoring of a solid waste disposal facility after closure that will prevent, mitigate, or minimize the threat to public health and environment posed by the closed facility. § Subd. 5.Response. "Response" has the meaning given it in section 115B.02, subdivision 18. History: 1985 c 274 s 11; 1994 c 585 s 20,21; 2023 c 25 s 35