When a release of a substance covered under Title III, Pub. L. No. 99-499 and administrative regulations promulgated under this chapter occurs in a reportable quantity, the owner or operator of the facility where the release occurs, or the owner or operator of the vehicle transporting the hazardous substance, shall notify the local and state warning points within times established by administrative regulation. These regulations shall also specify information to be provided upon initial report and in written follow-up reports.
Effective: July 15, 1998

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 39E.190

  • Facility: means all buildings, equipment structures, and other stationary items which are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and which are owned or operated by the same person, or by any person which controls, is controlled by, or under common control with such person, and which manufactures, stores, or uses substances covered under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 39E.020
  • Hazardous substance: means a substance specified by Title III, Pub. See Kentucky Statutes 39E.020
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Release: means , but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment, including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles, of any hazardous substance. See Kentucky Statutes 39E.020
  • Reportable quantity: means an amount of hazardous substances released which requires notification to local and state warning points. See Kentucky Statutes 39E.020
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 76, effective July 15, 1998.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 39E Contents