Wisconsin § 292.01 - Definitions.

§ 292.01. Definitions.

In this chapter: 292.01(1) (1) “Approved facility” has the meaning given in s. 289.01 (3) . 292.01(1m) (1m) “Approved mining facility” has the meaning given in s. 289.01 (4) and includes a mining waste site, as defined in s. 295.41 (31) . 292.01(1s) (1s) “Contaminated sediment” means sediment that contains a hazardous substance. 292.01(2) (2) “Department” means the department of natural resources. 292.01(3) (3) “Discharge” means, but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping. 292.01(3m) (3m) “Engineering control” means an object or action designed and implemented to contain contamination or to minimize the spread of contamination, including a cap, soil cover, or in-place stabilization, but not including a sediment cover. 292.01(4) (4) “Environmental pollution” means the contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the air, land or waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life. 292.01(5) (5) “Hazardous substance” means any substance or combination of substances including any waste of a solid, semisolid, liquid or gaseous form which may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or which may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics. This term includes, but is not limited to, substances which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers or explosives as determined by the department. 292.01(6) (6) “Hazardous waste” means any solid waste identified by the department as hazardous under s.