(a) “Solid waste” means solid or semi-solid material resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural or community operations, including, but not limited to, garbage, tires, combustible and noncombustible materials, brush, litter, street dirt and debris of any and all kinds and defined by Ohio law.
(b) “Disposal” means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, admitting or placing of any solid or semi-solid or hazardous waste into or on any land or ground or surface water or into the air.
(c) “Hazardous waste” means any waste or combination of waste in solid, liquid or semi-solid or contained gaseous form that in the determination of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America or the State of Ohio, because of its quantity, concentration, physical or chemical characteristics:
(1) May cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating illness; or
(2) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or safety or to the environment when improperly stored, treated, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed as in infectious waste, but not limited to all delineated pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3734.01(R), including but not limited to all of those substances identified by regulation as “hazardous waste” pursuant to the “Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976", 42 U.S.C. 6921 as amended.
(Ord. 89-14. Passed 8-21-89.)