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A. As used in the Environmental Crimes Act:

1. "Waste" means at least twenty-eight (28) gallons or two hundred twenty (220) pounds, whether liquid or solid, of discarded or abandoned materials and by-products including but not limited to trash, refuse, garbage, biomedical waste, sewage, ash, sludge, deleterious substances, oil field wastes, commercial and industrial waste and chemical waste; and

2. "Hazardous waste" means:

  • a.waste that is subject to regulation as a hazardous waste under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Title 42 U.S.C., Section 6901 et seq., and regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
  • b.waste that is subject to regulation as a hazardous waste under the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act, or
  • c.waste that is ignitable, corrosive, reactive or toxic as determined by testing for the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity as provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 261.21 through 261.24.

B. The minimum quantity requirements in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall not apply to chemical wastes used or intended for use in the manufacture of controlled substances in violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act and shall not apply to hazardous wastes in circumstances involving unlawful disposal or concealment of hazardous waste as prohibited in Sections 1230.6 and 1230.7 of this title.

C. The term hazardous waste shall not include the handling, hauling, storage and disposition of salt water, mineral brines, waste oil and other deleterious substances produced from or obtained or used in connection with the drilling, development, producing and processing of oil and gas, including reclaiming of oil from tank bottoms located on leases and tank farms located outside the boundaries of a refinery.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 339, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 386, § 3, eff. July 1, 2001.


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