75-2-224. Definitions. For the purposes of 75-2-224 through 75-2-227, unless otherwise required by the context, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Applicant" means a person submitting a permit application for which the person is required to pay a fee under 75-2-220 and includes a permitholder who pays an annual fee.

(2) "Postconsumer glass" means glass or glass-like material that has:

(a) served its final intended use;

(b) been discarded by an individual, commercial enterprise, or other entity after having fulfilled its intended application or use in Montana;

(c) useful physical or chemical properties remaining after having served a specific purpose and that would normally be disposed of as solid waste, as defined in 75-10-203, by a consumer, processor, or manufacturer.

(3) (a) "Recycled material" means a substance, compound, conglomeration, mixture, or the like that is composed, in whole or in part, of postconsumer glass.

(b) Material that contains postconsumer glass is recycled material for the purposes of this section if the postconsumer glass is used as or is a component of:

(i) fill, aggregate, or surface material used in construction or road construction;

(ii) sandblasting material;

(iii) landscaping material; or

(iv) a sandstone replacement in the manufacture of cement.

(c) The uses included in subsection (3)(b) are not exclusive, and other uses of postconsumer glass as a substitute for the use or consumption of new material may also be considered by the department as recycled material.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 516, L. 2001.