|
Hazardous Waste. Discarded material under Resource
<br /> Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42 USC Sec. 6901 et. seq.)
<br /> regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency because of
<br /> public health and safety concerns.
<br /> Incident defined. A fire, a release or threatened release of
<br /> hazardous materials or environmentally damaging substances.
<br /> W Person. Any individual,business, firm,partnership, corporation,
<br /> association, trust, estate, joint venture or other legal entity, or their legal
<br /> representative or agent.
<br /> Ck,) Placarded Vehicle. A vehicle, that when transporting hazardous
<br /> materials, is required by the United States Department of Transportation to be
<br /> marked with placards to warn emergency responders of the hazardous cargo,
<br /> pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 USC Sec. 1801 et.
<br /> seq.
<br /> Release . Any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
<br /> escaping, emptying, discharging, injecting, leaching, dumping, disposing,
<br /> exploding or burning of hazardous materials or environmentally damaging
<br /> substances into or on any land, air, water, well, stream, sewer, or pipe such
<br /> that hazardous materials or any constituent or environmentally damaging
<br /> substances thereof,that may enter the environment.
<br /> (in) Remedial Action. Any action consistent with a permanent
<br /> remedy of a release or threatened release of hazardous materials or
<br /> environmentally damaging substances into the environment. The term
<br /> includes, but is not limited to actions at the location of a release such as
<br /> diking, damming, trenching, covering, diverting, foaming, neutralizing,
<br /> isolating, burning, closing, plugging, moving, repairing, transferring,
<br /> recycling, etc. The actions required may also include the evacuation,
<br /> sheltering or feeding of people provision of alternative water supplies and
<br /> other activities to protect the public's health and welfare and the
<br /> environment.
<br /> (n) Responsible Party or Parties. The Responsible party includes the
<br /> following:
<br /> (1) The owner and operator of a facility or vessel from
<br /> which there is a fire or release or threatened release of hazardous
<br /> materials or environmentally damaging substances;
<br /> (2) Any person who at the time of disposal,transport, storage,
<br /> or treatment of hazardous materials or environmentally damaging
<br /> substances owned or operated the facility or vehicle used for such
<br /> disposal, transport, treatment or from which there was a fire, release or
<br />
|