929.01 PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.

   (a)   The intent and purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures for handling hazardous material incidents within the City, including notification to authorities of hazardous material incidents and hazardous materials, and reimbursement to the City and/or its agents, employees or licensees for the handling of such hazardous material incidents.

   (b)   Hazardous material incidents shall include but not be limited to the following:

      (1)   "Incident", "spill", or "release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles) of any EHS- extremely hazardous substance, or CERCLA hazardous substance.  These substances are chemicals and other substances classified as radioactive, flammable (liquids and solids), toxic, poisonous, explosive, flammable and non-flammable compressed gases, caustic and corrosive.

      (2)   "CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability Act) hazardous substance" means a substance as listed in Section 101(14) of CERCLA.

      (3)   "EHS (Extremely Hazardous Substance)" means a substance on the list defined in Section 302(1) of SARA Title III.

(Ord. 1997-175.  Passed 10-6-97.)