40 CFR §61.31
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Terms used in this subpart are defined in the act, in subpart A of this part, or in this section as follows:
- (a)Beryllium means the element beryllium. Where weights or concentrations are specified, such weights or concentrations apply to beryllium only, excluding the weight or concentration of any associated elements.
- (b)Extraction plant means a facility chemically processing beryllium ore to beryllium metal, alloy, or oxide, or performing any of the intermediate steps in these processes.
- (c)Beryllium ore means any naturally occurring material mined or gathered for its beryllium content.
- (d)Machine shop means a facility performing cutting, grinding, turning, honing, milling, deburring, lapping, electrochemical machining, etching, or other similar operations.
- (e)Ceramic plant means a manufacturing plant producing ceramic items.
- (f)Foundry means a facility engaged in the melting or casting of beryllium metal or alloy.
- (g)Beryllium-containing waste means material contaminated with beryllium and/or beryllium compounds used or generated during any process or operation performed by a source subject to this subpart.
- (h)Incinerator means any furnace used in the process of burning waste for the primary purpose of reducing the volume of the waste by removing combustible matter.
- (i)Propellant means a fuel and oxidizer physically or chemically combined which undergoes combustion to provide rocket propulsion.
- (j)Beryllium alloy means any metal to which beryllium has been added in order to increase its beryllium content and which contains more than 0.1 percent beryllium by weight.
- (k)Propellant plant means any facility engaged in the mixing, casting, or machining of propellant.