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600K 22- Pace 389 Authorized User means any club, church, residential based commercial enterprise, and each County residence located within the unincorporated areas of Lee County and which are subject to payment of an annual solid waste fee. Bags mean plastic bags of sufficient size and strength to hold up to 32 gallons and which are capable of being closed. Board of Commissioners means the Board of Commissioners of Lee County. Bulky Waste means large items of solid waste such including but not necessarily limited to furniture, large auto parts, trees, branches, stumps and other oversized wastes whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by normal solid waste collection, processing or disposal methods. Collection means the act of removing solid waste (or materials that have been separated for the purpose of recycling) to a transfer station, processing facility or disposal facility. Commercial solid waste means all types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses and other nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial waste. Construction and demolition waste means solid waste resulting solely from the construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations on buildings or other structures, but does not include inert debris, land clearing debris, yard debris or used asphalt, asphalt mixed with dirt, sand, gravel, rock, concrete or similar nonhazardous material. County means Lee County, North Carolina. Department means the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Director of General Services means the Lee County Director of General Services. Garbage means all put rescible wastes, including but not necessarily limited to animal offal and carcasses, and recognizable industrial by-products, but excluding sewage and human waste. Hazardous waste means a solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may: 1. Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or 1 Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed. Incineration means the process of burning solid, semisolid or gaseous combustible wastes to an inoffensive gas and residue containing little or no combustible material. Industrial solid waste means solid waste generated by industrial processes and manufacturing. Inert debris means solid waste which consists solely of material that is virtually inert and that is likely to retain its physical and chemical structure under expected conditions of disposal. 2