Lead-Based Paint Waste Definitions

Child-Occupied Facility means a building constructed prior to 1978 that is visited by the same child, six years of age or under, on at least two different days within the same week (Sunday through Saturday), provided each day’s visit lasts at least three hours and the combined weekly visit lasts at least six hours. Child-occupied facilities include, but are not limited to, day-care centers, preschools, and kindergarten classrooms (Chapter 391-3-24-.03(18)).

Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste means waste building materials and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings, and other structures. Such waste includes, but is not limited to asbestos-containing waste, wood, bricks, metal, concrete, wallboard, paper, cardboard, inert waste landfill materials, and other non-putrescible wastes that have a low potential for groundwater contamination (Chapter 391-3-4-.01(14)).

Hazardous Waste means any solid waste that has been defined as a hazardous waste in regulations promulgated by the Board of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (Chapter 391-3-11).

Household Waste means any solid waste (including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks) derived from households (including single- and multi-family residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation areas) (Chapter 391-3-4-.01(24)).

Lead-Based Paint Activities means lead-based paint inspections, lead-based paint risk assessments, and lead-based paint abatements for target housing and child-occupied facilities (Chapter 391-3-4-.03(59)).

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) means any solid waste including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks derived from households (including single- and multi-family residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day use recreation areas). The term includes yard trimmings and commercial solid waste, but does not include solid waste from mining, agricultural, or silvicultural operations or industrial processes or operations (Chapter 391-3-4-.01(37)).

Target Housing means any residential dwelling constructed prior to 1978, except residential dwellings for the elderly or persons with disabilities (unless any child who is age 6 or under resides or is expected to reside in such residential dwelling) or any 0-bedroom dwelling (Chapter 391-3-24-.03(89)).

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) means Method No. 1311 as described in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, SW-846, Laboratory Manual. Physical/Chemical Methods, Vol 1C: Chapter 8, Section 8.4.