Section 71-1932. Definitions  


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  • As  used  in  section 71-1933 of this title, the following terms shall
      have the following meanings:
        1. "Hazardous substance" means any substance which:
        a. is identified or listed as a hazardous  waste  or  acute  hazardous
      waste  in  regulations  promulgated  pursuant to section 27-0903 of this
      chapter and all amendments thereto, regardless of whether at the time of
      release the substance was actually a waste; or
        b. appears on the list of substances hazardous or acutely hazardous to
      public  health,  safety  or  the  environment  promulgated  pursuant  to
      paragraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of subdivision one of section 37-0103 of this
      chapter and all amendments thereto.
        2. "Organization" means a  legal  entity,  other  than  a  government,
      established  or  organized  for  any  purpose, including, a corporation,
      company,  association,   firm,   partnership,   joint   stock   company,
      foundation,  institution, trust, society, union or any other association
      of persons.
        3. "Person"  means  an  individual,  public  or  private  corporation,
      responsible corporate officer, political subdivision, government agency,
      department  or  bureau of the state or federal government, municipality,
      industry, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any  other
      legal entity whatsoever.
        4.  "Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue,
      sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical  wastes,  biological
      materials,  radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment,
      rock, sand and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste.
        5. "Serious bodily injury" means "serious physical injury" as  defined
      in subdivision ten of section ten of the penal law.
        6.  "Sewer system" means pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations, and
      force mains,  and  all  other  constructions,  devices,  and  appliances
      appurtenant  thereto,  used  for  conducting sewage, industrial waste or
      other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal.
        7. "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon,  pumping
      station, constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch,
      incinerator,  area  devoted  to  sanitary  landfills,  or other work not
      specifically mentioned herein, installed for the  purpose  of  treating,
      neutralizing,  stabilizing, or disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or
      other wastes.