§262.81 Definitions.

The following definitions apply to this subpart.

(a) Competent authorities means the regulatory authorities of concerned countries having jurisdiction over transfrontier movements of wastes destined for recovery operations.

(b) Concerned countries means the exporting and importing OECD member countries and any OECD member countries of transit.

(c) Consignee means the person to whom possession or other form of legal control of the waste is assigned at the time the waste is received in the importing country.

(d) Country of transit means any designated OECD country in §262.58(a)(1) and (a)(2) other than the exporting or importing country across which a transfrontier movement of wastes is planned or takes place.

(e) Exporting country means any designated OECD member country in §262.58(a)(1) from which a transfrontier movement of wastes is planned or has commenced.

(f) Importing country means any designated OECD country in §262.58(a)(1) to which a transfrontier movement of wastes is planned or takes place for the purpose of submitting the wastes to recovery operations therein.

(g) Notifier means the person under the jurisdiction of the exporting country who has, or will have at the time the planned transfrontier movement commences, possession or other forms of legal control of the wastes and who proposes their transfrontier movement for the ultimate purpose of submitting them to recovery operations. When the United States (U.S.) is the exporting country, notifier is interpreted to mean a person domiciled in the U.S.

(h) OECD area means all land or marine areas under the national jurisdiction of any designated OECD member country in §262.58. When the regulations refer to shipments to or from an OECD country, this means OECD area.

(i) Recognized trader means a person who, with appropriate authorization of concerned countries, acts in the role of principal to purchase and subsequently sell wastes; this person has legal control of such wastes from time of purchase to time of sale; such a person may act to arrange and facilitate transfrontier movements of wastes destined for recovery operations.

(j) Recovery facility means an entity which, under applicable domestic law, is operating or is authorized to operate in the importing country to receive wastes and to perform recovery operations on them.

(k) Recovery operations means activities leading to resource recovery, recycling, reclamation, direct re-use or alternative uses as listed in Table 2.B of the Annex of OECD Council Decision C(88)90(Final) of 27 May 1988, (available from the Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA Information Center (RIC), 1235 Jefferson-Davis Highway, first floor, Arlington, VA 22203 (Docket # F-94-IEHF-FFFFF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Environment Direcorate, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France) which include:

R1      Use as a fuel (other than in direct incineration) or other means to generate energy

R2      Solvent reclamation/regeneration

R3      Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents

R4      Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds

R5      Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials

R6      Regeneration of acids or bases

R7      Recovery of components used for pollution control

R8      Recovery of components from catalysts

R9      Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil

R10      Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement

R11      Uses of residual materials obtained from any of the operations numbered R1-R10

R12      Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1-R11

6R13      Accumulation of material intended for any operation in Table 2.B

(l) Transfrontier movement means any shipment of wastes destined for recovery operations from an area under the national jurisdiction of one OECD member country to an area under the national jurisdiction of another OECD member country.