As used in this chapter:
(a) “Response actions” means the emergency response by any department, agent or employee of the City to any spill, release, or unauthorized discharge of material into or upon the environment.
(b) “Response costs” means all costs incurred by any department, agent, or employee of the City in the course of an emergency action to investigate, mitigate, minimize, remove or abate any spill, release, or unauthorized discharge of material into or upon the environment.
(c) “Prescribed methods” means all criteria and methods for response actions that are prescribed under 40 C.F.R. 300.
(Ord. 99-018. Passed 4-26-99.)