Definitions.
In this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings:
CLEAN UP AND REMOVAL COSTS
All costs incurred by the Borough or a volunteer services
company in (1) the removal or attempted removal of any hazardous substance;
or (2) the taking of reasonable measure to prevent or mitigate damage
to public health, safety or welfare, including but not limited to
public and private property, surface waters, subsurface waters, water
columns and bottom sediments, soils and other affected property, including
wildlife and other natural resources.
COSTS
All costs incurred by the Borough or a volunteer services
company, including but not limited to the following: actual labor
costs of personnel, including workers' compensation benefits, fringe
benefits and administrative overhead; cost of equipment operation;
cost of materials; and the cost of any outside contract for labor
and materials. Said costs shall be in accordance with the FEMA fee
schedule and/or the actual purchase price of the materials used.
DISCHARGE
Any intentional or unintentional action or omission resulting
in the releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying
or dumping of any hazardous substances into the water, onto the land
or into the air.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE
Any elements and compounds, including petroleum products,
which are defined as such by the Department of Environmental Protection
of the State of New Jersey or as are defined in the N.F.P.A. Guide
of Hazardous Materials, or as are set forth in the list of hazardous
substances adopted by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency,
or as defined on the list of toxic pollutants designated by Congress
or the Environmental Protection Agency. This definition shall also
include substances that the Borough Emergency Management Coordinator
has reason to believe may be hazardous substances.
MATERIALS
All materials, including but not limited to firefighting
foam, chemical extinguishing agents, absorbent material, sand recovery
drums and specialized protective equipment such as acid suits, acid
goggles and protective clothing.
PERSON
Any public or private corporation, company, association,
society, firm, partnership, joint stock company, individual or other
entity.
PETROLEUM PRODUCT
Oil or petroleum of any kind and in any form, including but
not limited to oil, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, oil sludge,
oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, crude oils and substantives
or additives utilized in the refining or blending of crude, petroleum
or petroleum stock.