65-34,142. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Chlorinated drycleaning solvent" means any drycleaning solvent which contains a compound which has a molecular structure containing the element chlorine.

(b) "Corrective action" means those activities described in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 65-34,148.

(c) "Corrective action plan" means a plan approved by the secretary to perform corrective action at a drycleaning facility.

(d) "Department" means the department of health and environment.

(e) "Drycleaning facility" means a commercial establishment that operates, or has operated in the past, in whole or in part for the purpose of cleaning garments or other fabrics utilizing a process that involves any use of drycleaning solvents. Drycleaning facility includes all contiguous land, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used in connection with a drycleaning facility but does not include prisons or governmental entities.

(f) "Drycleaning solvent" means any and all nonaqueous solvents used or to be used in the cleaning of garments and other fabrics at a drycleaning facility and includes but is not limited to perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene, and petroleum-based solvents, and the products into which such solvents degrade.

(g) "Drycleaning unit" means a machine or device which utilizes drycleaning solvents to clean garments and other fabrics and includes any associated piping and ancillary equipment and any containment system.

(h) "Fund" means the drycleaning facility release trust fund.

(i) "Immediate response to a release" means containment and control of a known release in excess of a reportable quantity and notification to the department within 48 hours of any known release in excess of a reportable quantity.

(j) "Owner" means any person who owns or leases, or has owned or leased, a drycleaning facility and who is or has been responsible for the operation of drycleaning operations at such drycleaning facility.

(k) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint venture, consortium, joint-stock company, corporation, partnership, association or limited liability company. Person does not include any governmental organization.

(l) "Release" means any spill, leak, emission, discharge, escape, leak or disposal of drycleaning solvent from a drycleaning facility into the soils or waters of the state.

(m) "Reportable quantity" means a known release of a chlorinated drycleaning solvent in excess of one quart over a 24-hour period or a known release of a nonchlorinated drycleaning solvent in excess of one gallon over a 24-hour period.

(n) "Retailer" means any business that: (1) Is registered for purposes of the Kansas retailers sales tax act and provides drycleaning, or drycleaning and laundry, services to final consumers; or (2) has provided a drycleaning, or drycleaning and laundry, facility with a resale exemption certificate and is responsible for charging and collecting retailers' sales tax from final consumers of drycleaning or laundry services.

(o) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.

History: L. 1995, ch. 162, § 2; July 1.