Oklahoma § 21-1230.2 - Definitions
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 21-1230.2 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1230.2. Definitions
A. As used in the Environmental Crimes Act:
1. "Waste" means at least twenty-eight (28) gallons or two
hundred twenty (220) pounds, whether liquid or solid, of discarded
or abandoned materials and by-products including but not limited to
trash, refuse, garbage, biomedical waste, sewage, ash, sludge,
deleterious substances, oil field wastes, commercial and industrial
waste and chemical waste; and
2. "Hazardous waste" means:
a.
waste that is subject to regulation as a hazardous
waste under the federal Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, Title 42 U.S.C., Section 6901 et seq.,
and regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
b.
waste that is subject to regulation as a hazardous
waste under the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management
Act, or
c.
waste that is ignitable, corrosive, reactive or toxic
as determined by testing for the characteristics of
ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity as
provided in 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections
261.21 through 261.24.
B. The minimum quantity requirements in paragraph 1 of
subsection A of this section shall not apply to chemical wastes used
or intended for use in the manufacture of controlled substances in
violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act and
shall not apply to hazardous wastes in circumstances involving
unlawful disposal or concealment of hazardous waste as prohibited in
Sections 1230.6 and 1230.7 of this title.
C. The term hazardous waste shall not include the handling,
hauling, storage and disposition of salt water, mineral brines,
waste oil and other deleterious substances produced from or obtained
or used in connection with the drilling, development, producing and
processing of oil and gas, including reclaiming of oil from tank
bottoms located on leases and tank farms located outside the
boundaries of a refinery.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 363, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992. Amended
by Laws 1993, c. 145, § 339, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 386, §
3, eff. July 1, 2001.
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