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12-79-103. Definitions.
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12-79-103. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) [Repealed.]
(2) “Fixed facility” means any refinery, factory, storage site, assembly plant, warehouse, wholesaler, retailer, or other facility which receives, stores, processes, or ships hazardous and toxic materials;
(3) “Hazardous and toxic materials” means:
(A) Those substances, except natural gas, manufactured, refined, or found in their natural state which, when released into the environment, by any means, have an immediate or potential threat to human, animal, or plant life and meet other criteria established under federal regulations, guidelines, or laws defining hazardous and toxic substances in a quantity and form which may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property when transported in commerce, and which is designated as “hazardous material” in regulations prescribed by the United States Secretary of Transportation under Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
(B) Any other substance or pollutant designated by rules of the Director of the Division of Emergency Management promulgated under this chapter;
(4) “HAZMAT” means the abbreviation of “hazardous and toxic materials”;
(5) “Incident” or “accident” means the spilling, leaking, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of hazardous and toxic materials into the environment;
(6) “System for notification” means those communications facilities currently existing, or that may be later established, for direction, warning, and control of emergency response and recovery forces at the federal, state, and local levels;
(7) “Transport” means the movement of any hazardous and toxic material regardless of the mode of transportation from one place to another place and any lo
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-79-103
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12-79-103. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) [Repealed.]
(2) “Fixed facility” means any refinery, factory, storage site, assembly plant, warehouse, wholesaler, retailer, or other facility which receives, stores, processes, or ships hazardous and toxic materials;
(3) “Hazardous and toxic materials” means:
(A) Those substances, except natural gas, manufactured, refined, or found in their natural state which, when released into the environment, by any means, have an immediate or potential threat to human, animal, or plant life and meet other criteria established under federal regulations, guidelines, or laws defining hazardous and toxic substances in a quantity and form which may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property when transported in commerce, and which is designated as “hazardous material” in regulations prescribed by the United States Secretary of Transportation under Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
(B) Any other substance or pollutant designated by rules of the Director of the Division of Emergency Management promulgated under this chapter;
(4) “HAZMAT” means the abbreviation of “hazardous and toxic materials”;
(5) “Incident” or “accident” means the spilling, leaking, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of hazardous and toxic materials into the environment;
(6) “System for notification” means those communications facilities currently existing, or that may be later established, for direction, warning, and control of emergency response and recovery forces at the federal, state, and local levels;
(7) “Transport” means the movement of any hazardous and toxic material regardless of the mode of transportation from one place to another place and any loading, unloading, and storage incidental thereto; and
(8) “Transporter” means any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity who transports or ships in a motor vehicle, rail freight car, freight container, cargo tank, rail tank car, pipeline other than a natural gas pipeline, aircraft, vessel, or other means of transportation any hazardous and toxic materials as a common carrier, contract carrier, or carrier for private use.
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