(a) Title to hazardous waste transported, stored, treated or disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations and standards adopted thereunder, shall vest with the owner of the hazardous waste management facility in which the waste is located, unless specific contractual arrangements are otherwise provided with the generator or contractor. Hazardous waste disposed of in ways other than in accordance with the provisions of this act remain the property of the generator and the generator is liable for removal of the waste, restoration of the area in which the wastes were disposed and the disposal of the waste in accordance with this act.

(b) A generator who transfers hazardous waste to a hazardous waste transporter for transport to an approved hazardous waste facility shall be relieved of liability for cleanup or disposal for such waste, except as otherwise provided in this act. This subsection shall not operate to relieve any contractual obligation owing to the operator of the approved hazardous waste facility or to the transporter by the generator.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-3442

  • Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any water. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
  • Generator: means any person who produces or brings into existence solid waste. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Owner: means any person who owns or leases, or has owned or leased, a drycleaning facility and who is or has been responsible for the operation of drycleaning operations at such drycleaning facility. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
  • Person: means individual, partnership, firm, trust, company, association, corporation, individual or individuals having controlling or majority interest in a corporation, institution, political subdivision, state agency or federal department or agency. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
  • Property: means real property. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,178
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(c) If a generator utilizes or arranges for unapproved transportation, storage, disposal or treatment, the generator and any person aiding or abetting the generator shall be liable for all costs resulting from cleanup, disposal or treatment of the waste.

(d) The duties, responsibilities and liabilities of this section shall apply to both intrastate and interstate shipments of hazardous waste by a generator located in the state of Kansas.