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Attachment 2 DRAFT considered two separate projects and included the environmental review required by the California Environmental Quality Act for this Ordinance. SECTION 3 (Definitions) The following definitions govern the use of terms in this Ordinance: (a) "Alameda County" means all of the territory located within the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Alameda County. (b) "Authority" means the Alameda County Waste Management Authority created by the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for Waste Management QPA). (c) "Authority Representative" means any agent of the Authority designated by the Authority or the Enforcement Official to implement this Ordinance, including Member Agency employees, the County Local Enforcement Agency or private contractors hired for purposes of monitoring and enfor�Cnent. (d) "Business" means any commercial or public entity, including but not limited to: proprietorship, firm, partnership, association, venture, trust, or corporation that is organized as a for - profit or nonprofit entity. Business includes, but is not limited to, industrial or manufacturing, restaurant, retail, office, hotels, shopping centers, theaters and government entities, but for purposes of this Ordinance, does not include Multi - Family Buildings. (e) "Compliance Plan" means the plan required pursuant to Section 7 of this Ordinance. 'k. Is (f) "Composting" means the controlled biological decomposition of organic Solid Waste that is kept separate from the Refuse stream, or that is separated at a centralized facility. (g) "Covered Jurisdiction" means a Member Agency of the JPA that has not opted out overage under this Ordinance pursuant to Section 12 of this Ordinance. (h) "Covered Material" means corrugated cardboard, newspaper, white paper, mixed recyclable paper, recyclable food and beverage glass containers, metal (aluminum and steel) food and beverage cans, HDPE (high density polyethylene) bottles and PET (polyethylene teraphthalate) food and beverage containers, and discarded food and compostable paper, that are Recyclable. A particular Covered Material becomes subject to this Ordinance pursuant to the Implementation Schedule in Section 13 of this Ordinance. (i) "Deposit in Landfill(s)" or "Deposited in Landfill(s)" means final deposition of Solid Waste, in landfills permitted by the State of California, above liners (or above the permitted base of the landfill if a liner is not required) and below final cover within the permitted fill area. Any Solid Waste used to create a foundation layer for final cover in excess of three (3) feet on average shall be considered