---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.51"
title: "40"
number: "60.51"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.51"
---

# §60.51. Definitions.


As used in this subpart, all terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Act and in subpart A of this part.

- (a) Incinerator means any furnace used in the process of burning solid waste for the purpose of reducing the volume of the waste by removing combustible matter.
- (b) Solid waste means refuse, more than 50 percent of which is municipal type waste consisting of a mixture of paper, wood, yard wastes, food wastes, plastics, leather, rubber, and other combustibles, and noncombustible materials such as glass and rock.
- (c) Day means 24 hours.

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, as amended at 39 FR 20792, June 14, 1974]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, as amended at 39 FR 20792, June 14, 1974]