This section defines terms used in the chapter, including hazardous waste, disposal, storage, treatment, transportation, transfer facility, manifest, and waste.
§2173. Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context of use clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Abandoned site fund" shall mean the Abandoned Hazardous Waste Site Fund as created by R.S. 30:2205. (2) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such waste, or any constituent thereof, may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. (3) "Hazardous waste" means any waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, physical, or chemical 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, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Such definition shall be applied only to those wastes identified and designated as such by the department, consistent with applicable federal laws and regulations. (4) "Manifest" means the system and forms used for identifying the quantity, composition, origin, routing, and destination of hazardous wastes during its transportation from the point of generation to any point of disposal, treatment, or storage. (5) "Pollution source" means the site or location of a discharge or potential discharge, including such surrounding property necessary to secure or quarantine the area from access by the general public. (6) "Processing, treatment, or disposal facility" means any facility or location where any treatment, incineration, processing, or deposition of hazardous waste occurs or is contained. (7) "Reusable material" means any waste material which is destined for reuse or reprocessing, but which because of quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics may: (a) Cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (b) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed and which have been designated by the department as requiring special handling and tracking due to their hazardous characteristics and the danger caused by improper handling. (8) "Storage" means the containment of hazardous waste on a temporary basis, for such time as may be permitted by regulations, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such hazardous waste. (9) "Transfer facility" means any transportation-related facility designed and constructed to be used exclusively for the handling of regulated hazardous wastes including loading docks, parking areas, storage areas, and other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation. (10) "Transportation" means the movement of hazardous wastes from the point of generation or storage to the point of treatment, storage, or disposal by any means of commercial or private transport. The term does not apply to the movement of hazardous wastes on the premises of a hazardous waste generator or on the premises of a permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility. (11) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such waste or render it nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery or storage, or reduced in volume. The term includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of hazardous waste to render it nonhazardous. (12) "Waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under R.S. 30:2074, or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by R.S. 30:2103. Acts 1979, No. 449, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 194, §12; Acts 1982, No. 800, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982; Acts 1984, No. 826, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 669, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1012, §1.