§ 10.20.010. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

A.

"Acute hazardous waste" means a waste listed in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 261.31, 261.32, or 261.33(e), as amended.

B.

"Consumer commodity" means a hazardous material that is packaged and distributed in a form intended or suitable for retail sale for use by an individual, as defined in 49 CFR.

C.

"Extremely hazardous substance" means a substance listed in the Appendices to 40 CFR Part 355.

D.

"Facility" means any land, building, equipment, structure, stationary item or combination thereof, not a transshipment facility, that is located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites owned, leased, operated or otherwise controlled by the same person, other than a residential dwelling.

E.

"Handles" means disposes of, generates, processes, stores, treats, or uses.

F.

"Hazard category" means the five physical or health classes defined in 40 CFR Part 370.2.

G.

"Hazard class" means the class of hazardous materials authorized for transportation by 49 CFR Subchapter C.

H.

"Hazardous chemical" means any hazardous chemical as defined under 29 CFR Part 19100.1200(c).

I.

"Hazardous material" means a material subject to 49 CFR Subchapter C, including those (1) defined at 49 CFR Part 171.8 or 171.11, as amended; or (2) listed in the Hazardous Materials Table at 49 CFR Part 172.101 or 172.102, as amended, for any transportation mode; and (3) any other substance determined by the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Prevention to pose a significant health and safety hazard. Hazardous material does not include food, drug, alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, tobacco, or tobacco products intended for personal consumption.

J.

"Hazardous waste" means a waste as defined in 40 CFR Part 261, as amended.

K.

"Person" means the owner, operator, or manager of any entity or any other individual in charge handling hazardous materials, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous wastes, and includes, but is not limited to, individuals, trusts, corporations (including government corporations), partnerships, joint ventures, or a state or political subdivision thereof.

L.

"Tier II Inventory Form" means the hazardous chemical inventory form set forth in 40 CFR Part 370.41, as amended.

M.

"Threshold planning quantity" means the quantity for an extremely hazardous substance defined in 40 CFR Part 355, as amended.

N.

"Transshipment Facility" means any land, building, equipment, structure, stationary item, or combination thereof that is located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites owned, leased, operated or otherwise controlled by the same person whose principal business consists of the handling of materials including handling hazardous materials or hazardous wastes while such materials remain in the stream of interstate, intrastate or international commerce.

(Ord. No. 93-56, § 1(part), 1994)