For the purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1) “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act” means the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act codified at Arkansas Code § 25-15-201 et seq., as amended from time to time;
2. (2) “ADEQ” or “division” means the Division of Environmental Quality;
3. (3) “Adjudicatory action” means an action taken by the Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District to assess a penalty, suspend, revoke or deny a license or permit, or other punitive action against another person, with the exception of the denial of a certificate of need;
4. (4) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District;
5. (5) "Bylaws" mean laws of local application passed under the authority of a higher law specifying what things may be regulated by the bylaw;
6. (6) “Class S composting facility” means a facility defined as requiring a Class S composting permit under the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, Solid Waste Management Rules, 8 CAR pt. 60;
7. (7) “Commission” means the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission;
8. (8) “Directors” means the members of the Board of Directors of the Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District;
9. (9) “District” means the Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District which includes all of Faulkner County and the municipalities within the county;
10. (10) “Director” means the Director of the Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District;
11. (11) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, public organization, or private organization of any character;
12. (12) “Rule” means any Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District rule of statement of general applicability and future effect that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or mandatory policy, or describes the organization, procedure, or practice of the Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District;
13. (13) “Rulemaking action” shall include any action by the Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District to adopt, amend, or repeal a Faulkner County Regional Solid Waste Management District rule;
14. (14) “Solid waste” means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permit under 33 U.S.C. § 1342, or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.;
15. (15) “Solid waste disposal facility” means any Class I or Class IV landfill as defined by the Division of Environmental Quality;
16. (16) “Solid waste facility” means any facility which holds or should hold a facility permit issued by the Solid Waste Division of the Division of Environmental Quality;
17. (17) “Solid waste material recovery facility” means a facility defined as requiring a solid waste material recovery facility permit by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, Solid Waste Management Rules, 8 CAR pt. 60; and
18. (18) “Transfer station” means a facility defined as requiring a transfer station permit by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, Solid Waste Management Rules, 8 CAR pt. 60.