8.64.020   Definitions.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the terms listed in this section shall be defined as follows:
   "Carcinogen" refers to a substance or agency which causes cancer. For purposes of this chapter, carcinogens are those substances specified on the list developed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services on its Second Annual Report on Carcinogens.
   "CAS number" means the unique identification number assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service to specific chemical substances.
   "Chemical name" means the scientific designation of a substance in accordance with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or the system developed by the Chemical Abstracts Service.
   "Common name" means any designation or identification such as code name, code number, trade name, or brand name used to identify a substance other than by its chemical name.
   "Disclosure form" means the written request for information prepared pursuant to Section 8.64.060 of this chapter.
   "EPA waste stream code" means the identification number assigned pursuant to the regulations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to specific types of hazardous waste.
   "Handle" means to generate, treat, store or dispose of a hazardous waste in any fashion.
   "Hazardous material" means any hazardous substance or hazardous waste as defined in this section, or any material designated pursuant to Section 8.64.030 of this chapter.
   "Hazardous substance" means any substance or product:
      1.   For which the manufacturer or producer is required to prepare a MSDS for the substance or product pursuant to the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act (commencing with Section 6360, Chapter 2.5, Part 1 of Division 5 of the California Labor Code) or pursuant to any applicable federal law or regulation;
      2.   Which is listed as a radioactive material set forth in Chapter 1, Title 10, Appendix B, maintained and updated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
   "Hazardous waste" means hazardous or extremely hazardous waste as defined by Sections 25115 and 25117 of the California Health and Safety Code and set forth in Sections 66680 and 66685 of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code.
   "MSDS" means a Material Safety Data Sheet prepared pursuant to Section 6390 of the California Labor Code or pursuant to the regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor.
   "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, partnership, association, city, county, district and the state, or any department or agency thereof.
   "Physician" means any person who holds a valid certificate from the State of California to practice the healing arts.
   "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing into the environment.
   "SIC code" means the identification number assigned by the Standard Industrial Classification code to specific types of businesses.
   "Use" includes the handling, processing or storage of a hazardous substance.
   "User" means any person who uses a hazardous substance or handles a hazardous waste. (Prior code § 71.01.110)