New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 71-1932. Definitions

1. “Hazardous substance” means any substance which:

2. “Organization” means a legal entity, other than a government, established or organized for any purpose, including, a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, foundation, institution, trust, society, union or any other association of persons.

3. “Person” means an individual, public or private corporation, responsible corporate officer, political subdivision, government agency, department or bureau of the state or federal government, municipality, industry, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.

4. “Pollutant” means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste.

5. “Serious bodily injury” means “serious physical injury” as defined in subdivision ten of section ten of the penal law.

6. “Sewer system” means pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other constructions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, used for conducting sewage, industrial waste or other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal.

7. “Treatment works” means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, pumping station, constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch, incinerator, area devoted to sanitary landfills, or other work not specifically mentioned herein, installed for the purpose of treating, neutralizing, stabilizing, or disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes.