As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth as follows.
COST or COSTS.
(1) Any cost directly or indirectly incurred by Williamstown Township or the Fire Department and includes, but is not limited to, the following: actual labor costs of Williamstown Township personnel or Fire Department personnel, including workers' compensation benefits, fringe benefits and administrative overhead; costs of equipment, operation, materials obtained by Williamstown Township or the Fire Department; costs of any contract labor or materials which are necessitated for the cleanup of hazardous substances; and costs incurred by Williamstown Township or the Fire Department not recovered through the Hazardous Waste Service Fund by the Hazardous Waste Management Act of Michigan, Public Act 64 of 1979, being M.C.L.A. §§ 324.11101 – 324.11153, as amended, or through § 123 of CERCLA.
(2) COST or COSTS does not include actual fire suppression activities normally or usually provided by the Fire Department.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, SUBSTANCE OR WASTE.
(1) Any material, waste or substance, or a combination thereof including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material which, because of its quantity, quality, concentration or other physical, chemical or general characteristics, pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment because of the material's use, treatment, storage, transportation, disposal of or otherwise management; or
(2) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, as defined by § 101(14) of the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and "hazardous waste" as defined in M.C.L.A. § 324.11103(3) of the Michigan Waste Management Act, and "regulated substance" as that term is defined in M.C.L.A. § 324.21101(g) of the Michigan Underground Storage Tank Act.
PERSON or PERSONS. An individual, partnership, corporation, State of Michigan, any trust, firm, joint stock company, federal agency, governmental corporation, association, municipality, joint venture, limited partnership, commission, political subdivision of the state, any interstate body, or any public body created by or pursuant to state law.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY or RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. Any person who is a user, producer, transporter or consumer of hazardous material, substance or waste, or any person who has an ownership or other interest in the property, or part of the property, upon which the hazardous material, substance or waste is located. RESPONSIBLE PARTY includes, but is not limited to, any person who causes or contributes to a condition or a deposit of hazardous material, substance or waste or is otherwise responsible for a condition or deposit.
TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR. The Township Supervisor or his or her designee.
(Ord. passed - -1995)