411.450 Definitions for KRS 411.460 and 411.470.
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As used in KRS 411.460 and 411.470 unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1)"Discharge or disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking or placing of any hazardous materials into or on any land or water so that
such materials or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be
discharged into any waters, including ground waters.
(2)"Hazardous material" means a substance or material in a quantity and form which
may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property when transported
and which has been designated as a hazardous material under the Federal Hazardous
Materials Transportation Law (49 U.S.C. sec. 5101 et seq.) or by any state law or
regulation.
(3)"Person" means any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation
(including a government corporation), partnership, association, federal agency, state
agency, city, commission, political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any
interstate body.