§ 71-2702. Definitions.\n As used in section 27-0914 of this chapter, and this title, the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Hazardous wastes" means:\n (a) Those wastes identified or listed in regulations promulgated\npursuant to section 27-0903 of this chapter and all amendments thereto;\n (b) Acute hazardous wastes and;\n (c) Waste oils, including but not limited to, used engine lubricating\noil, fuel oil, motor oil, gear oil, cutting oil, transmission fluid,\nhydraulic fluid, dielectric fluid, oil storage tank residue, animal oil,\nand vegetable oil, which have been contaminated by physical or chemical\nimpurities, through use or accident, and have not been subsequently\nrerefined, and which fail one or more of the characteristic tests listed\nin regulations promulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 of this chapter\nand all amendments thereto or which contain any waste identified or\nlisted in regulations promulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 of this\nchapter and all amendments thereto.\n 2. "Acute hazardous wastes" means those wastes identified or listed as\n"acute hazardous wastes" in regulations promulgated pursuant to section\n27-0903 of this chapter and all amendments thereto.\n 3. "Authorization" means the possession, where required, of a valid\nlicense, permit or certificate issued by an agency of the state of New\nYork or the federal government or an order issued by the commissioner or\nthe administrator of the federal environmental protection agency under\napplicable statutes, rules or regulations regarding the possession or\nrelease of hazardous or acutely hazardous wastes or substances hazardous\nor acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the environment or\notherwise engaging in conduct which is exempt under applicable statutes,\nrules or regulations from the requirements of possessing such a license,\npermit, certificate or order.\n 4. "Site of generation" means premises where hazardous wastes are\nproduced, used, or stored pursuant to authorization or registration\nunder the federal solid waste disposal act or under article twenty-seven\nof this chapter, and all contiguous property owned or leased by the\nowner or lessor of said premises, including contiguous property which\nmay be otherwise divided by a public or private right-of-way, provided\nthe entrance and exit between the properties is at a crossroads\nintersection, and access is by crossing as opposed to going along the\nright-of-way, and non-contiguous property owned or leased by the owner\nor lessor of said premises, but connected by a right-of-way which he\ncontrols and to which the public does not have access.\n 5. "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping,\nspilling, leaking or placing of any substance so that such substance or\nany related constituent thereof may enter the environment, or the\nabandonment of any substance. Disposal also means the thermal\ndestruction of waste or hazardous waste and the burning of such wastes\nas fuel for the purpose of recovering useable energy.\n 6. "Primary water supply" means a body of surface water, fresh or\nsaline or water in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the surface of\nland or water, best usage of which includes being used for drinking,\nculinary or food processing, including potable mineral waters, and so\nclassified in regulations promulgated pursuant to section 15-0313 or\n17-0301 of this chapter, as amended.\n 7. "Water" includes lakes, bays, ponds, rivers, streams, and other\nwaters as further defined in subdivision two of section 17-0105 of this\nchapter.\n 8. "Pound" means an avoirdupois pound.\n 9. "Gallon" means a unit of liquid capacity equal to two hundred\nthirty-one cubic inches or four quarts.\n 10. "Substance hazardous to public health, safety or the environment"\nmeans any substance which:\n (a) is identified or listed as a hazardous waste in regulations\npromulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 of this chapter and all\name
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