174.405 Definitions.

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As used in KRS 174.400 to 174.425:

(1)"Carrier" means a person engaged in the commercial transportation of passengers or

property, except for pipelines and railways, by:

(a)Land, as a common, contract, or private carrier; or

(b)Civil aircraft.

(2)"Hazardous material" means a substance designated hazardous by the Federal

Hazardous Materials Transportation Law (49 U.S.C. sec. 5101 et seq.) and

regulations issued pursuant thereto, including but not limited to hazardous and

radioactive waste, but shall not include agricultural wastes, coal mining wastes,

utility waste (fly ash, bottom ash, scrubber sludge), sludge from water treatment and

sewage treatment facilities, cement kiln dust, gas and oil drilling muds, oil

production brines or waste oil.

(3)"Hazardous waste" means a substance or material defined as hazardous waste by

KRS Chapter 224 and regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(4)"Radioactive material" means any material or combination of material, which

spontaneously emits ionizing radiation. Materials in which the estimated specific

activity is not greater than 0.002 microcuries per gram of material, and in which the

radioactivity is essentially uniformly distributed, are not considered to be

radioactive materials.

(5)"Radioactive waste" means any waste substance or combination of substances, in

any form which because of its radioactive material content may create a threat to

public health or to animal, plant, and aquatic life forms.

(6)"Vehicle" means any device or contrivance for carrying or conveying persons,

property, or substances, including conveyance by highways or by airway.