[Ord. 844, 2/11/2002, § 1]
BUSINESS — Any person, corporation, partnership or other entity engaged in the buying, selling, storing, transferring, transporting, manufacturing or processing of properties, merchandise, chemicals, fuels, waste products or any other goods or services for compensation.
DANGEROUS INCIDENT
Any incident which creates a dangerous condition requiring immediate and emergency action in order to prevent injury to persons or damage to property and necessitates either or both of the following responses:
A. 
The intervention of the Town of Bloomsburg Police Department or Bloomsburg Fire Department or any of the emergency agencies or services which may service the Town of Bloomsburg including, but not limited to, fire companies or rescue squads operating in the Town of Bloomsburg.
B. 
The need for cleanup or abatement measures to be performed by Town employees or the need for any responsive action resulting in expense to the Town.
HAZARDOUS ACCIDENT
Any accident that occurs from the storage, transportation, use, manufacturing, processing or discharging of any substance potentially dangerous to the public health and welfare at large which necessitates either or both of the following responses:
A. 
The intervention of the Town of Bloomsburg Police Department or Bloomsburg Fire Department or any of the emergency agencies or services which may assist the Town of Bloomsburg including, but not limited to, fire companies or rescue squads operating in the Town of Bloomsburg.
B. 
The need for cleanup or abatement measures to be performed by Town employees or the need for any responsive action resulting in expense to the Town.
PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE
Bridges. State highways, County roads. Town streets, any navigable waterways or other roadways or watercourses owned by a governmental unit or a privately owned street, parking lot or accessway to which the public has access.
[Ord. 844, 2/11/2002, § 2]
1. 
The business which owns or leases the premises on which a hazardous accident occurs shall be responsible for all costs that occur as a direct or consequential result of a hazardous accident. In the event a hazardous accident occurs during the transportation on a public thoroughfare or in delivery to an entity other than a business ad defined in § 1-1001 hereinabove, the entity who owns or has custody or control of the vehicle or substance involved in the hazardous accident shall be responsible for all costs that occur as a direct or consequential result of such accident. Nothing contained herein shall prevent such business or entity from recovering any costs from a third party whose negligence may have cause such hazardous accident.
2. 
In the event that any person undertakes, either voluntarily or upon order of an official of the Town of Bloomsburg, to clean up or abate the effects of any hazardous accident, the Town may take such action as deemed necessary to supervise or verify the adequacy of the cleanup or abatement. The business or entity described in subsection (1) hereinabove shall be liable to the Town for all costs incurred as a result of such supervision or verification.
3. 
For the purposes of this Part, costs of a hazardous accident shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. 
Expenses incurred by police, fire or emergency medical services.
B. 
Actual labor costs of Town personnel, including benefits and administrative overhead.
C. 
Costs of consultants or others preparing reports concerning the hazardous accident.
D. 
Cost of equipment operations.
E. 
Costs of materials obtained directly by the Town.
F. 
Costs of any contractual labor and materials for cleanup or abatement.
G. 
Costs of the Town Solicitor or Town Engineer connected with the hazardous accident.
H. 
Costs to replace or repair any damage caused to equipment utilized by the Town or any service agency which responded to the accident.
4. 
The costs resulting from the hazardous accident shall be paid directly to the Town within 30 days from the date on which the Town issues an invoice or other appropriate demand for such costs. Interest shall accrue on any unpaid invoice at the rate of 1 1/2% per month commencing after the expiration of the thirty-day grace period.
[Ord. 844, 2/11/2002, § 3]
1. 
Any entity which owns or has custody or control of any motor vehicle or other instrumentality that creates a dangerous incident, as defined by this Part, or any entity which owns or leases any real property upon which a dangerous incident takes place, shall be responsible for all costs of any emergency response that arises as a direct or consequential result of such incident. Nothing contained herein shall prevent such entity from recovering any costs from a third party whose negligence may have caused such dangerous incident.
2. 
In the event that any person undertakes, either voluntarily or upon order of any official of the Town of Bloomsburg, to cleanup or abate the effects of any dangerous incident, the Town may take such action as deemed necessary to supervise or verify the adequacy of the cleanup or abatement. The entity described in subsection (1) hereinabove shall be liable to the Town for all costs incurred as a result of such supervision or verification.
3. 
For the purpose of this Part, costs of a dangerous incident shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. 
Expenses incurred by police, fire or emergency medical services.
B. 
Actual labor costs of Town personnel, including benefits and administrative overhead.
C. 
Costs of consultants or other preparing reports concerning the dangerous incident.
D. 
Costs of equipment operations.
E. 
Costs of materials obtained directly by the Town.
F. 
Costs of any contractual labor and materials for cleanup or abatement.
G. 
Costs of the Town Solicitor and Town Engineer connected with the dangerous incident.
H. 
Costs to replace or repair any damage caused to equipment utilized by the Town or any other service agency which responded to the incident.
4. 
The costs resulting from the dangerous incident shall be paid directly to the Town within 30 days from the date on which the Town issues an invoice or other appropriate demand for such costs. Interest shall accrue on any unpaid invoice at the rate of 1 1/2% per month commencing after the expiration of the thirty-day grace period.
[Ord. 844, 2/11/2002, § 4]
1. 
The Town of Bloomsburg hereby recognizes the authority of and authorizes the Fire Department to recover the reasonable costs of equipment and materials involved in any hazardous material incident, environmental incident or any safety and rescue incident or operation, including structure and non-structure fires and vehicle accidents, from a person's or entity's or entities insurance company.
2. 
Said reasonable costs may be recovered directly by the Fire Department or through a third party agency agreement.
3. 
In addition to the aforementioned reasonable costs, the Fire Department shall be authorized to collect reasonable interest, administrative fees and any and all additional fees as may be authorized by the Hazardous Material and Emergency Planning and Response Act or as authorized by any other statutes or laws.