39E.020 Definitions for chapter.

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Page 1 of 1 39E.020 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: <br>(1) &quot;Commission&quot; means the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission and those persons appointed by the Governor to implement provisions of Title III, Pub. L. No. <br>99-499 and this chapter. (2) &quot;Local emergency planning committee,&quot; hereafter referred to as the &quot;local committee,&quot; means those persons appointed by the commission to assist in the <br>implementation of Title III, Pub. L. No. 99-499 and this chapter. (3) &quot;Release&quot; means, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or <br>disposing into the environment, including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, <br>containers and other closed receptacles, of any hazardous substance. (4) &quot;Reportable quantity&quot; means an amount of hazardous substances released which requires notification to local and state warning points. (5) &quot;Hazardous substance&quot; means a substance specified by Title III, Pub. L. No. 99-499, subsequent federal regulations, this chapter, and subsequent administrative <br>regulations as requiring notification if released or if stored, manufactured, or used. (6) &quot;Warning point&quot; means that location, operated by state or local government, and identified by the state commission or local committee, and which is continuously <br>staffed, and which has the capability or responsibility to contact governmental <br>emergency response organizations and, if capability exists, to warn the public of <br>hazards which may affect them. (7) &quot;Emergency response organization&quot; means a unit of local government or a unit authorized by local government which may be called to make a response because of <br>a release of a hazardous substance, and whose responsibilities are included in plans <br>developed under this chapter. (8) &quot;Facility&quot; means all buildings, equipment structures, and other stationary items which are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and which are <br>owned or operated by the same person, or by any person which controls, is <br>controlled by, or under common control with such person, and which manufactures, <br>stores, or uses substances covered under this chapter. For purposes of KRS <br>39E.190, the term includes motor vehicles, rolling stock, and aircraft. Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 59, effective July 15, 1998.