For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DANGEROUS, HAZARDOUS OR TOXIC SUBSTANCES. Those substances which are:
(1) Listed in the latest edition of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Guidebook for Hazardous Materials Incidents;
(2) Listed in the latest edition of Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials by H. Irving Sax, and contain the terms dangerous, hazardous or toxic in the THR (Summary Toxicity Statement), the Disaster Hazmat Statement, the Explosion Hazard Statement or the Acute Toxicity Statement;
(3) Listed in the latest edition of the Condensed Chemical Dictionary by Gessner G. Hauley, and the words hazardous or toxic are used in the “hazard” explanation used to categorize the substance; or
(4) Listed in the latest edition of the NIOSH.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, cooperative, limited liability company, firm, company, corporation, association, trust, estate, government entity or any other legal entity or their representatives, agents or assigns.
RESPONSE. Any and all instances when one or more members of the City Fire Department are called out to the scene of an incident involving the presence or suspected presence of dangerous, hazardous or toxic substances.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY. The person liable for reimbursement for costs and expenses associated with the operation of the City Fire Department.
(Prior Code, § 3.92.010) (Ord. 2006-05, passed 7-3-2006)