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Section 15-64 Hazardous waste.

It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, deposit, pour, or infiltrate any hazardous waste as solid waste that may cause or significantly contribute to serious illness or death or that poses a substantial threat to human health or the environment when improperly managed into either trash piles, garbage containers, sewers, streams, landfill areas, or any other undesignated areas. Hazardous wastes are among the leavings of a highly technological society and come from many segments of that society, including industry, hospitals, research laboratories, and all levels of government. The substances and materials prohibited by this section are any solid wastes which have been identified and treated as a hazardous waste by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 by enactment by the Congress of the United States. To further identify such substances, the substances in question must not contain any one (1) or more of the following characteristics:

(1) Ignitability, which identifies wastes that pose a fire hazard during routine management;

(2) Corrosivity, which identifies wastes requiring special containers because of their ability to corrode standard materials or requiring segregation from other wastes because of their ability to dissolve toxic contaminants;

(3) Reactivity or explosiveness, which identifies wastes that, during routine management, tend to react spontaneously, to react vigorously with air or water, to be unstable to shock or heat, to generate toxic gases, or to explode; and

(4) Toxicity, which identifies wastes that, when improperly managed, may release toxicants in sufficient quantities to pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment.

(Code 1958, 12-8.2; Ord. of 2-22-88, 1(12-8.2))