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As used in the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act:

1. "Affected property owners" means all real property owners within one (1) mile of the outer perimeter of a proposed hazardous waste site;

2. "Affiliated person" means:

  • a.any officer, director or partner of the applicant,
  • b.any person employed by the applicant as a general or key manager who directs the operations of the site or facility which is the subject of the application, and
  • c.any person owning or controlling more than five percent (5%) of the applicant's debt or equity;

3. "Council" means the Hazardous Waste Management Advisory Council;

4. "Demonstrated pattern of prohibited conduct" means a series of conduct of the same or like character in violation of state or federal environmental laws which, as a result of the applicant's or affiliated person's reckless disregard thereof, actually endangers, or reasonably has the potential to endanger, human health or the environment;

5. "Disclosure statement" means a written statement by the applicant which contains:

  • a.the full name, business address, and social security number of the applicant, and all affiliated persons,
  • b.the full name and address of any legal entity in which the applicant holds a debt or equity interest of at least five percent (5%), or which is a parent company or subsidiary of the applicant, and a description of the on-going organizational relationships as they may impact operations within the state,
  • c.a description of the experience and credentials of the applicant, including any past or present permits, licenses, certifications, or operational authorizations relating to environmental facility regulation,
  • d.a listing and explanation of any administrative, civil or criminal legal actions against the applicant or any affiliated person which resulted in a final agency order or final judgment by a court of record including, but not limited to, final orders or judgments on appeal in the ten (10) years immediately preceding the filing of the application relating to the generation, transportation, storage, treatment, recycling or disposal of "hazardous waste" as defined by the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Such actions shall include, without limitation, any permit denial or any sanction imposed by a state regulatory authority or the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and
  • e.a listing of any federal environmental agency and any state environmental agency outside this state that has or has had regulatory responsibility over the applicant;

6. "Disposal" means the final disposition of hazardous waste;

7. "Disposal site" means the location where any final disposition of hazardous waste occurs. Disposal sites include but are not limited to injection wells and surface disposal sites;

8. "Guarantor" means any person other than the owner or operator, who provides evidence of financial responsibility for an owner or operator pursuant to the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act;

9. "Hazardous waste" means waste materials and byproducts, either solid or liquid or containerized gas, which are:

  • a.to be discarded by the generator or recycled,
  • b.toxic to human, animal, aquatic or plant life, and
  • c.generated in such quantity that they cannot be safely disposed of in properly operated, state-approved solid waste landfills or waste, sewage or wastewater treatment facilities.

The term "hazardous waste" may include but is not limited to explosives, flammable liquids, spent acids, caustic solutions, poisons, containerized gases, sludges, tank bottoms containing heavy metallic ions, toxic organic chemicals, and materials such as paper, metal, cloth or wood which are contaminated with hazardous waste. The term "hazardous waste" shall not include domestic sewage;

10. "Hazardous waste facility" means and includes storage and treatment facilities and disposal sites;

11. "History of noncompliance" means any past operations by an applicant or affiliated persons which clearly indicate a reckless disregard for environmental regulation or demonstrate a pattern of prohibited conduct which could reasonably be expected to result in endangerment to human health or the environment if a permit were issued, as evidenced by findings, conclusions and rulings of any final agency order or final order or judgment of a court of record;

12. "Multi-user on-site treatment facility" means a treatment facility for hazardous waste generated by the co-owners of the facility and which meets the criteria specified by the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act;

13. "Off-site treatment, storage, recycling or disposal" means the treatment, storage, recycling or disposal at a hazardous waste facility of hazardous waste not generated by the owner of the facility;

14. "On-site treatment, storage, recycling or disposal" means the treatment, storage, recycling or disposal at a hazardous waste facility of hazardous waste generated by the owner of the facility;

15. "Person" means any individual, corporation, industry, firm, partnership, association, venture, trust, institution, federal, state or local governmental instrumentality, agency or body or any other legal entity however organized;

16. "Recycling" means the reuse, processing, treating, neutralizing or rerefining of hazardous waste into a product which is being reused or which has been sold for beneficial use. Hazardous waste which is intended for fuel is not deemed to be recycled until it is actually burned;

17. "Regeneration" or "regenerated" means the regeneration of spent activated carbon to render it reusable, and any treatment, storage or disposal associated therewith;

18. "Site" or "proposed site" means the surface area of a disposal site, or other hazardous waste facility, as applied for in the application for a permit for the facility;

19. "Storage facility" means any location where the temporary holding of hazardous waste occurs, including any tank, pit, lagoon, pond, or other specific place or area;

20. "Treatment" means the detoxification, neutralization, incineration or biodegradation of hazardous waste in order to remove or reduce its harmful properties or characteristics; and

21. "Treatment facility" means any location where treating or recycling of hazardous waste occurs.

Laws 1976, c. 251, § 2; Laws 1978, c. 260, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978; Laws 1981, c. 322, § 1, eff. July 1, 1981. Renumbered from § 2752 by Laws 1981, c. 322, § 18, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 51, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 296, § 1, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 173, § 1; Laws 1992, c. 201, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 403, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 145, § 86, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-2002 by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 359, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 20, § 2, emerg. eff. April 5, 2005.


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