As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
CLEANUP: The same as set out in section 455B.381(1), code of Iowa, as amended.
HAZARDOUS CONDITION: The same as set out in section 455B.381(4), code of Iowa, as amended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE: Any substance as defined in section 455B.381(5), code of Iowa, as amended.
HAZARDOUS WASTE: Those wastes which are included in the definition in chapter 455B, code of Iowa, as amended, and the rules of the Iowa administrative code, as amended.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON: A person who produces, handles, stores, uses, transports, refines or disposes of a hazardous substance, the release of which creates a hazardous condition, including bailees, carriers and any other person in control of a hazardous substance when a hazardous condition occurs, whether the person owns the hazardous substance or is operating under a lease, contract or other agreement with the legal owner of the hazardous substance.
TREATMENT: A method, technique or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of a hazardous substance so as to neutralize it or to render the substance nonhazardous, safe for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage or to reduce it in volume. "Treatment" includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of hazardous substance to render it nonhazardous. (1978 Code §24-160; amd. 1994 Code)