§ 17-54. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Commercial facilities means those storage or disposal facilities which receive, store, or dispose of hazardous waste or waste for a fee or other consideration.

Disposal means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous waste or other waste into or on any land or water so that such waste, or any constituent thereof, may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters.

Facility means any area, structure, storage pit, storage tank, lagoon, treatment plants, disposal wells, and any other appurtenances and structures used for the storage or disposal of waste.

Hazardous waste means any waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, 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

(2)

Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.

Residential and some commercial solid waste normally contains some hazardous materials, but because such materials are usually present in very small quantities, their safe disposal either in a sanitary landfill or incinerator presents no special problem. Therefore, residential waste is not considered to be hazardous waste.

Site means any area, whether aboveground, on ground, or underground, where waste is or may be stored or disposed of.

Storage means the containment of hazardous waste or other waste on a temporary basis, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste.

Waste means any liquid, solid, or gaseous substance not intended for use or reuse but intended to be stored for disposal, discarded, or disposed of. Waste includes but is not limited to hazardous waste and any waste, or combination of wastes, generated or produced during operations for the production of oil or natural gas, including salt water and brine as well as any other waste which may be produced separately or mixed with such salt water or brine.

(Code 1969, § 10-33)