As used in this chapter:
(a) “Agency” means the Environmental Affairs Agency.
(b) “Handle” means to use, generate, process, produce, package, treat, store, or dispose of a hazardous material in any fashion.
(c) “Hazardous material” means any of the following materials:
(1) A material listed in subdivision (b) of Section 6382 of the Labor Code.
(2) A material defined in Section 25115, 25117, or 25316.
(3) Any other material which the director determines, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if released into the community.
(d) “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment.
(e) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Environmental Affairs Agency.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1559, Sec. 1. Effective October 2, 1985. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)