Kansas Statutes 65-34,142. Definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Chlorinated drycleaning solvent: means any drycleaning solvent which contains a compound which has a molecular structure containing the element chlorine. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corrective action: means those activities described in subsection (a) of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Department: means the department of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Discharge: means and includes leakage, seepage or other release. See Kansas Statutes 65-3471
- 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
- Drycleaning facility: means a commercial establishment that operates, or has operated in the past, in whole or in part for the purpose of cleaning garments or other fabrics utilizing a process that involves any use of drycleaning solvents. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Drycleaning solvent: means any and all nonaqueous solvents used or to be used in the cleaning of garments and other fabrics at a drycleaning facility and includes but is not limited to perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene, and petroleum-based solvents, and the products into which such solvents degrade. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Fund: means the drycleaning facility release trust fund. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- 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
- Release: means any spill, leak, emission, discharge, escape, leak or disposal of drycleaning solvent from a drycleaning facility into the soils or waters of the state. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Reportable quantity: means a known release of a chlorinated drycleaning solvent in excess of one quart over a 24-hour period or a known release of a nonchlorinated drycleaning solvent in excess of one gallon over a 24-hour period. See Kansas Statutes 65-34,142
- Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
- Waters of the state: means all streams and springs, and all bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the state. See Kansas Statutes 65-3402
As used in this act:
(a) “Chlorinated drycleaning solvent” means any drycleaning solvent which contains a compound which has a molecular structure containing the element chlorine.
(b) “Corrective action” means those activities described in subsection (a) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-34,148.
(c) “Corrective action plan” means a plan approved by the secretary to perform corrective action at a drycleaning facility.
(d) “Department” means the department of health and environment.
(e) “Drycleaning facility” means a commercial establishment that operates, or has operated in the past, in whole or in part for the purpose of cleaning garments or other fabrics utilizing a process that involves any use of drycleaning solvents. Drycleaning facility includes all contiguous land, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used in connection with a drycleaning facility but does not include prisons or governmental entities.
(f) “Drycleaning solvent” means any and all nonaqueous solvents used or to be used in the cleaning of garments and other fabrics at a drycleaning facility and includes but is not limited to perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene, and petroleum-based solvents, and the products into which such solvents degrade.
(g) “Drycleaning unit” means a machine or device which utilizes drycleaning solvents to clean garments and other fabrics and includes any associated piping and ancillary equipment and any containment system.
(h) “Fund” means the drycleaning facility release trust fund.
(i) “Immediate response to a release” means containment and control of a known release in excess of a reportable quantity and notification to the department within 48 hours of any known release in excess of a reportable quantity.
(j) “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.
(k) “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint venture, consortium, joint-stock company, corporation, partnership, association or limited liability company. Person does not include any governmental organization.
(l) “Release” means any spill, leak, emission, discharge, escape, leak or disposal of drycleaning solvent from a drycleaning facility into the soils or waters of the state.
(m) “Reportable quantity” means a known release of a chlorinated drycleaning solvent in excess of one quart over a 24-hour period or a known release of a nonchlorinated drycleaning solvent in excess of one gallon over a 24-hour period.
(n) “Retailer” means any business that: (1) Is registered for purposes of the Kansas retailers sales tax act and provides drycleaning, or drycleaning and laundry, services to final consumers; or (2) has provided a drycleaning, or drycleaning and laundry, facility with a resale exemption certificate and is responsible for charging and collecting retailers’ sales tax from final consumers of drycleaning or laundry services.
(o) “Secretary” means the secretary of health and environment.