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As used in this chapter:

Acute hazardous waste” means a waste listed in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sec. 261.31, 261.32, or 261.33(e), as amended.

Consumer commodity” has the meaning given that term in 49 CFR Sec. 171.8, as amended.

Extremely hazardous substance” means a substance listed in the Appendices to 40 CFR Part 355, as amended.

Facility” means any land, building, equipment, structure, stationary item, or combination thereof, not a transshipment facility, that is located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites owned, leased, operated or otherwise controlled by the same person, other than a residential dwelling, as defined in the most current edition of the Uniform Building Code.

Handles” means disposes of, generates, processes, stores, treats, or uses.

Hazard category” has the meaning given that term in 40 CFR Sec. 370.2, as amended.

Hazard class” has the meaning given that term in 49 CFR Sec. 171.8, as amended.

Hazardous chemical” has the meaning given that term in 29 CFR Sec. 1910.1200(c), as amended.

Hazardous material” means a material subject to 49 CFR Parts 171 through 180, as amended, but also includes any other substance determined by the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Prevention, to pose a significant health and safety hazard. “Hazardous material” does not include food, drug, alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, tobacco, or tobacco products intended for personal consumption.

Hazardous waste” has the meaning given that term in 40 CFR Sec. 261.3, as amended.

Person” means the owner, operator, or manager of any entity or any other individual in charge of handling hazardous materials, hazardous chemicals, or hazardous wastes, and includes, but is not limited to, individuals, trusts, corporations (including government corporations), partnerships, joint ventures, or a state or political subdivision thereof.

Tier II inventory form” means the Tier II emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form set out in 40 CFR Sec. 370.41, as amended.

Threshold planning quantity” has the meaning given that term in 40 CFR Sec. 355.20, as amended.

Transshipment facility” means a building, dock, yard, or other area at which hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, or hazardous wastes are held, or are transferred from one vehicle, vessel, or container to another, for the purpose of reshipment within interstate, intrastate, or international commerce, if the handling of hazardous chemicals, materials, or wastes is the principal business of the owner, lessee, or possessor of the facility.