Chemical compounds such benzanthracene, benzoflouranthene, benzoperylene, benzopyrene, crysene and other similar compounds which are believed by competent authorities to pose risks to human health and other animal life.
It shall be a violation of this ordinance to use, apply or cause others to apply PAHs to pavement and other surfaces in the municipality. It shall likewise be a violation to fail or refuse to remove or encapsulate PAHs which are being leeched emitted or otherwise released at a harmful level from a surface on land in the municipality owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by an individual or entity. In the even of difference of opinion as to whether the level of release is harmful, the opinion of the property owner’s competent testing agency will generally be accepted. Removal shall include the obligation to control and remove dust or other residue of PAHs from such land and other downstream properties including during removal.