Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 48 - SPILL REPORTING
Section 28-48-1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-48-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024

In addition to the terms defined in K.S.A. 65-171v and amendments thereto, each of the following terms, as used in this article of the department's regulations, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:

(a) "Department" means Kansas department of health and environment.

(b) "Discovery" means the act of finding a release or acquiring knowledge that a release has occurred.

(c) "Person responsible for the release" means either or both of the following:

(1) The person producing, handling, storing, transporting, refining, disposing of, or otherwise in control of a pollutant when the release of that pollutant occurred; or

(2) the person who owns or owned the property upon which the release occurred at the time the release occurred, if that person leased the property to the person meeting the criteria of paragraph (c)(1) at the time of the release.

(d) "Secretary" means secretary of the Kansas department of health and environment.

(e) "24-hour spill reporting telephone number" means the telephone number, designated by the department pursuant to K.S.A. 65-171v and amendments thereto, to call to notify the department of a release.

(f) "Waters of the state" has the meaning specified in K.S.A. 65-161, and amendments thereto.

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