TCEQ Waste Management Definitions

100-year flood CORRECT ANSWER-A flood that has a 1.0% or greater chance of recurring in any given year or a flood of a magnitude equaled or exceeded once in 100 year son the average over a significantly long period. Active disposal area CORRECT ANSWER-All landfill working faces and areas covered with daily and alternatively daily cover Active life CORRECT ANSWER-the period of operations beginning wit the initial receipt of solid waste and ending at certification/completion of closure activities in accordance with §§330.451 - 330.459 of this title (relating to Closure and Post-Closure). Active portion CORRECT ANSWER-That part of a facility or unit that has received or is receiving wastes and that has NOT been closed in accordance with §§330.451 - 330.459 of this title (relating to Closure and Post-Closure). Airport CORRECT ANSWER-a public-use airport open to the public without prior permission and without restrictions within the physical capacities of available facilities. Ancillary equipment CORRECT ANSWER-any deceive that is used to distribute, meter, or control the flow of solid waster from its point of generation to a storage or processing tank(s), between solid waster storage and processing tanks to a point of disposal on-site, or to a point of shipme