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* § 27-2301. Definitions.    As used in this title:    1.  "Container"  shall mean any portable device in which a material is  stored, transported, treated, disposed of or otherwise handled.    2. "Contingency plan" means a document describing  organized,  planned  and  technically  coordinated and financially feasible courses of action  to be followed in case of emergency or other special conditions.    3. "Discharge" shall mean  the  accidental  or  intentional  spilling,  leaking,  pumping,  pouring,  emitting, emptying or dumping of any solid  waste, or solid waste constituent, including leachate, into  or  on  any  air, land or water.    4.  "End of life vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle sold, given, or  otherwise disposed of as junk or salvage.    5. "Good condition" shall mean no severe rusting, apparent  structural  defects or deteriorations and not leaking.    6.  "Groundwater"  shall  mean  water  below  the  land  surface  in a  saturated zone of soil or rock. This includes  perched  water  separated  from the main body of groundwater by an unsaturated zone.    7. "Leak-resistant" or "leak-proof" shall mean designed and maintained  to  prevent  the  escape  of  contained  liquids or other materials when  appropriately closed regardless of container orientation (i.e., upright,  tipped over).    8. "Mercury containing devices" shall mean any device or material into  which elemental mercury or mercury  compounds  are  intentionally  added  during  the manufacture of such devices and which the continued presence  of mercury is required to provide a specific characteristic,  appearance  or quality or to perform a specific function. Such items include but are  not limited to convenience lighting switches, antilock brake assemblies,  and high intensity discharge head lamps.    9.  "Surface  water" shall mean lakes, bays, sounds, ponds, impounding  reservoirs, perennial streams and springs,  rivers,  creeks,  estuaries,  marshes,  inlets,  canals,  the  Atlantic  ocean  within the territorial  limits of New York state, and all  other  perennial  bodies  of  surface  water,  natural  or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public  or private, pursuant to article 15 of this chapter.    10. "Vector" shall mean a carrier that is capable  of  transmitting  a  pathogen  from  one  organism  to another including, but not limited to,  flies and other insects, rodents, birds and vermin.    11. "Vehicle dismantler" shall mean any person or  entity  engaged  in  the  business of acquiring motor vehicles or trailers for the purpose of  dismantling the same for parts or reselling such vehicles as scrap,  but  shall not include a person that receives no more than twenty-five end of  life  vehicles  per year and stores less than fifty end of life vehicles  on site at any one time.    * NB There are 2 § 27-2301's

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* § 27-2301. Definitions.    As used in this title:    1.  "Container"  shall mean any portable device in which a material is  stored, transported, treated, disposed of or otherwise handled.    2. "Contingency plan" means a document describing  organized,  planned  and  technically  coordinated and financially feasible courses of action  to be followed in case of emergency or other special conditions.    3. "Discharge" shall mean  the  accidental  or  intentional  spilling,  leaking,  pumping,  pouring,  emitting, emptying or dumping of any solid  waste, or solid waste constituent, including leachate, into  or  on  any  air, land or water.    4.  "End of life vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle sold, given, or  otherwise disposed of as junk or salvage.    5. "Good condition" shall mean no severe rusting, apparent  structural  defects or deteriorations and not leaking.    6.  "Groundwater"  shall  mean  water  below  the  land  surface  in a  saturated zone of soil or rock. This includes  perched  water  separated  from the main body of groundwater by an unsaturated zone.    7. "Leak-resistant" or "leak-proof" shall mean designed and maintained  to  prevent  the  escape  of  contained  liquids or other materials when  appropriately closed regardless of container orientation (i.e., upright,  tipped over).    8. "Mercury containing devices" shall mean any device or material into  which elemental mercury or mercury  compounds  are  intentionally  added  during  the manufacture of such devices and which the continued presence  of mercury is required to provide a specific characteristic,  appearance  or quality or to perform a specific function. Such items include but are  not limited to convenience lighting switches, antilock brake assemblies,  and high intensity discharge head lamps.    9.  "Surface  water" shall mean lakes, bays, sounds, ponds, impounding  reservoirs, perennial streams and springs,  rivers,  creeks,  estuaries,  marshes,  inlets,  canals,  the  Atlantic  ocean  within the territorial  limits of New York state, and all  other  perennial  bodies  of  surface  water,  natural  or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public  or private, pursuant to article 15 of this chapter.    10. "Vector" shall mean a carrier that is capable  of  transmitting  a  pathogen  from  one  organism  to another including, but not limited to,  flies and other insects, rodents, birds and vermin.    11. "Vehicle dismantler" shall mean any person or  entity  engaged  in  the  business of acquiring motor vehicles or trailers for the purpose of  dismantling the same for parts or reselling such vehicles as scrap,  but  shall not include a person that receives no more than twenty-five end of  life  vehicles  per year and stores less than fifty end of life vehicles  on site at any one time.    * NB There are 2 § 27-2301's

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* § 27-2301. Definitions.    As used in this title:    1.  "Container"  shall mean any portable device in which a material is  stored, transported, treated, disposed of or otherwise handled.    2. "Contingency plan" means a document describing  organized,  planned  and  technically  coordinated and financially feasible courses of action  to be followed in case of emergency or other special conditions.    3. "Discharge" shall mean  the  accidental  or  intentional  spilling,  leaking,  pumping,  pouring,  emitting, emptying or dumping of any solid  waste, or solid waste constituent, including leachate, into  or  on  any  air, land or water.    4.  "End of life vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle sold, given, or  otherwise disposed of as junk or salvage.    5. "Good condition" shall mean no severe rusting, apparent  structural  defects or deteriorations and not leaking.    6.  "Groundwater"  shall  mean  water  below  the  land  surface  in a  saturated zone of soil or rock. This includes  perched  water  separated  from the main body of groundwater by an unsaturated zone.    7. "Leak-resistant" or "leak-proof" shall mean designed and maintained  to  prevent  the  escape  of  contained  liquids or other materials when  appropriately closed regardless of container orientation (i.e., upright,  tipped over).    8. "Mercury containing devices" shall mean any device or material into  which elemental mercury or mercury  compounds  are  intentionally  added  during  the manufacture of such devices and which the continued presence  of mercury is required to provide a specific characteristic,  appearance  or quality or to perform a specific function. Such items include but are  not limited to convenience lighting switches, antilock brake assemblies,  and high intensity discharge head lamps.    9.  "Surface  water" shall mean lakes, bays, sounds, ponds, impounding  reservoirs, perennial streams and springs,  rivers,  creeks,  estuaries,  marshes,  inlets,  canals,  the  Atlantic  ocean  within the territorial  limits of New York state, and all  other  perennial  bodies  of  surface  water,  natural  or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or salt, public  or private, pursuant to article 15 of this chapter.    10. "Vector" shall mean a carrier that is capable  of  transmitting  a  pathogen  from  one  organism  to another including, but not limited to,  flies and other insects, rodents, birds and vermin.    11. "Vehicle dismantler" shall mean any person or  entity  engaged  in  the  business of acquiring motor vehicles or trailers for the purpose of  dismantling the same for parts or reselling such vehicles as scrap,  but  shall not include a person that receives no more than twenty-five end of  life  vehicles  per year and stores less than fifty end of life vehicles  on site at any one time.    * NB There are 2 § 27-2301's