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71-1932 - Definitions.

NY Env Cons L § 71-1932 (2019) (N/A)
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As used in section 71-1933 of this title, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

1. "Hazardous substance" means any substance which:

a. is identified or listed as a hazardous waste or acute hazardous waste in regulations promulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 of this chapter and all amendments thereto, regardless of whether at the time of release the substance was actually a waste; or

b. appears on the list of substances hazardous or acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the environment promulgated pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of section 37-0103 of this chapter and all amendments thereto.

2. "Organization" means a legal entity, other than a government, established or organized for any purpose, including, a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, foundation, institution, trust, society, union or any other association of persons.

3. "Person" means an individual, public or private corporation, responsible corporate officer, political subdivision, government agency, department or bureau of the state or federal government, municipality, industry, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.

4. "Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste.

5. "Serious bodily injury" means "serious physical injury" as defined in subdivision ten of section ten of the penal law.

6. "Sewer system" means pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other constructions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conducting sewage, industrial waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal.

7. "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch, incinerator, area devoted to sanitary landfills, or other work not specifically mentioned herein, installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing, stabilizing, or disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes.

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71-1932 - Definitions.