Definitions. The following definitions shall be applicable in this
section:
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Director of the Department of Public Works of the Village
of East Troy, or designated officer.
DISPOSAL
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking
or placing of any hazardous material or waste into or on any land
or water, so that this hazardous waste or any constituent thereof
may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged
into any waters, including groundwater.
GENERATION
The act or process of producing hazardous waste.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Any element, compound or combination thereof which is flammable,
corrosive, etc., and which, because of handling, storage, processing
or packaging, may have detrimental effects on operating and emergency
personnel, the public, equipment and/or the environment.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any waste or combination of wastes of liquid, gaseous or
semisolid form which, because of its quantities, concentration or
physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or significantly
contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible
or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a substantial present
or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly
treated, stored, transported or disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Such wastes include, but are not limited to, those which are toxic,
carcinogenic, flammable, irritants, or strong sensitizers or which
generate pressure though decomposition, heat or other means, as well
as containers and receptacles previously used in the transportation,
storage, use or application of substances described as hazardous waste.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation (including a government
corporation), trust, association, firm, joint-stock company, organization,
commission, the Village or federal government or other entity.
STORAGE
Containment in such manner as not to constitute disposal.
TRANSPORT
The movement from the point of production, generation or
use to any intermediate site and finally to the point of ultimate
storage or disposal.
TREATMENT
Any method, technique or process, including neutralization,
designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character
or composition of hazardous waste, so as to neutralize or render it
nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery or storage,
or reduced in volume.
TREATMENT FACILITY
A location for treatment, including an incinerator or a facility
where generation has occurred.