Section 096-853-3 - DefinitionsA.Conveyance. "Conveyance" means any aircraft, watercraft, vehicle, or other machine used for transportation on land, water or in the air. For the requirement that a license be obtained the term includes only the cargo-carrying portion of a conveyance. For all other requirements the term includes the entire conveyance.B.Department. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection of the State of Maine.C.License Certificate. "License Certificate" means the document issued by the Department authorizing the transportation of hazardous wastes by a specific business, operator, vehicle, or combination thereof. In the case of an operator or vehicle license certificate, the document may be certified by the appropriate seal as directed by the Commissioner of the Department.D.Site. "Site" means the same or geographically contiguous property which may be divided by a public or private right-of-way, provided that the entrance and exit between the properties is at a crossroads intersection and access is by crossing as opposed to going along the right-of-way. Noncontiguous properties owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way which that person controls and to which the public does not have access is also considered site property.E.Transport. "Transport" means the movement of hazardous waste from the point of its generation to any intermediate points and finally to its point of ultimate disposition. Movement of hazardous waste on the site where it is generated or on the site of a licensed waste facility for hazardous waste is not "transport."F.Transporter. "Transporter" means any person who transports hazardous waste in this state in any quantity. The term includes, without limitation, individuals who own, lease or otherwise control conveyances in which hazardous waste is transported, operators of such conveyances, and businesses regardless of size and form of business organization, which engage in transportation of hazardous waste. "Business" includes persons who own, operate or otherwise control the business.
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