New York Laws
Title 19 - Enforcement of Titles 1 Through 11 and 15 Through 21 Inclusive of Article 17 and Spills of Bulk Liquids
71-1932 - Definitions.

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.