2019 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 71 - Enforcement
Title 19 - Enforcement of Titles 1 Through 11 and 15 Through 21 Inclusive of Article 17 and Spills of Bulk Liquids
71-1932 - Definitions.

§ 71-1932. Definitions.
As  used  in  section 71-1933 of this title, the following terms shall
  have the following meanings:
1. "Hazardous substance" means any substance which:
a. is identified or listed as a hazardous  waste  or  acute  hazardous
  waste  in  regulations  promulgated  pursuant to section 27-0903 of this
  chapter and all amendments thereto, regardless of whether at the time of
  release the substance was actually a waste; or
b. appears on the list of substances hazardous or acutely hazardous to
  public  health,  safety  or  the  environment  promulgated  pursuant  to
  paragraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of subdivision one of section 37-0103 of this
  chapter and all amendments thereto.
2. "Organization" means a  legal  entity,  other  than  a  government,
  established  or  organized  for  any  purpose, including, a corporation,
  company,  association,   firm,   partnership,   joint   stock   company,
  foundation,  institution, trust, society, union or any other association
  of persons.
3. "Person"  means  an  individual,  public  or  private  corporation,
  responsible corporate officer, political subdivision, government agency,
  department  or  bureau of the state or federal government, municipality,
  industry, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any  other
  legal entity whatsoever.
4.  "Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue,
  sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical  wastes,  biological
  materials,  radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment,
  rock, sand and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste.
5. "Serious bodily injury" means "serious physical injury" as  defined
  in subdivision ten of section ten of the penal law.
6.  "Sewer system" means pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations, and
  force mains,  and  all  other  constructions,  devices,  and  appliances
  appurtenant  thereto,  used  for  conducting sewage, industrial waste or
  other wastes to a point of ultimate disposal.
7. "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon,  pumping
  station, constructed drainage ditch or surface water intercepting ditch,
  incinerator,  area  devoted  to  sanitary  landfills,  or other work not
  specifically mentioned herein, installed for the  purpose  of  treating,
  neutralizing,  stabilizing, or disposing of sewage, industrial wastes or
  other wastes.