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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXVI. Statutory Actions and Limitations § 411.450.Definitions for KRS 411.460 and 411.470 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxxvi-statutory-actions-and-limitations/ky-rev-st-sect-411-450/
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