8.12.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
A. “Carcinogen” means a substance for which:
1. The International Agency for Research on Cancer states that there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in animals, or that there is a potential of human carcinogenicity, or that the substance is a confirmed human carcinogen; or
2. The National Cancer Institute has found in an animal bioassay that there is positive evidence of carcinogenesis in animals or humans.
B. “CAS number” means the unique identification number assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service to specific chemical substances.
C. “Chemical name” means the scientific designation of a substance in accordance with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or the system developed by the Chemical Abstract Service.
D. “Common name” means any designation or identification, such as a code name, code number, trade name, or brand name used to identify the substance other than by its chemical name.
E. “Coordinator” shall be designated by the city council.
F. “Disclosure form” means the form and information submitted by the user or handler of hazardous materials to the coordinator.
G. “EPA waste stream code” means the identification number assigned pursuant to the regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to specific types of hazardous wastes.
H. “Hazardous materials” mean and include any of the following:
1. A hazardous substance;
2. A radioactive material;
3. A carcinogen;
4. A hazardous waste; or
5. Any material ordered added to the list of hazardous materials by the coordinator with the approval of the council based on the findings that the material, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical characteristics, poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if released into the community.
I. “Hazardous substance” means any substance or product:
1. For which the manufacturer or producer is required to prepare an MSDS for the substance or product pursuant to the Hazardous Substance Information and Training Act (commencing with Section 6360 of Chapter 2.5 of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Labor Code of the state) or pursuant to any applicable federal law or regulation; or
2. Which is listed as radioactive material set forth in Chapter 1 of Title 10, Appendix B, maintained and updated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
J. “Hazardous waste” means hazardous or extremely hazardous waste as defined by Sections 25115 and 25117 of the Health and Safety Code of the state and set forth in Sections 66680 and 66685 of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code.
K. “Handle” means to generate, treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste in any fashion.
L. “MSDS” means a material safety data sheet prepared pursuant to Section 6390 of the Labor Code of the state.
M. “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, partnership, association, city, county, district, or the state or any department or agency thereof.
N. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injection, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing into the environment.
O. “Use” means and includes the handling, processing, or storage of a hazardous substance.
P. “Physician” means any person who holds a valid certificate from the state to practice medicine.
Q. “User” means any person who uses a hazardous substance or handles a hazardous waste. (Ord. 90-6 (part), 1990)