(1) set forth criteria for identifying a hazardous substance or acutely hazardous substance;

(2) set forth a list of hazardous substances;

(3) identify reportable quantities for the spill or release of hazardous substances;

(4) prohibit the unauthorized release of hazardous substances; and

(5) establish requirements for reporting of releases of hazardous substances.

(1) Authorized means the possession of a valid license, permit, or certificate issued by an agency of the State of New York or the Federal government, or an order issued by the department or United States Environmental Protection Agency under applicable statutes, rules or regulations regarding the possession or release of hazardous substances or otherwise engaging in conduct which is exempt under applicable statutes, rules or regulations from the requirements of possessing such a license, permit, certificate or order.

(2) Chemical Abstracts Service number or CAS number is the unique identifier for a chemical substance assigned by the CAS division of the American Chemical Society.

(3) Continuous when referring to a release means a release which occurs without interruption or abatement, or that is routine, anticipated, and intermittent and incidental to normal operations.

(4) Department means the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

(5) Dermal LD₅₀ (rabbit) toxicity means a calculated dose of a substance which is expected to cause the death of 50 percent of an experimental rabbit population when applied to the skin.

(6) Environment means any water, water vapor, any land including land surface or subsurface, air, fish, wildlife, biota, and all other natural resources.

(7)

(8) Hazardous substance mixture means:

(9) Inhalation LC₅₀ (rat) toxicity means a calculated concentration of a substance in air, exposure to which is expected to cause the death of 50 percent of an experimental rat population when inhaled.

(10) Oral LD₅₀ (rat) toxicity means a calculated dose of a substance which is expected to cause the death of 50 percent of an experimental rat population when administered orally.

(11) Person or persons means any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, co-partnership, association, firm, consortium, joint venture, interstate body, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.

(12)

(13) Petroleum mixture means:

(14) Release means any unauthorized pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, overfilling, spilling, leaking, leaching or disposing, directly or indirectly, of a hazardous substance, or any other substance which results in the formation of a hazardous substance upon release, so that the substance or any related constituent thereof, or any degradation product of such a substance or of a related constituent thereof, may enter the environment.

(15) Reportable quantity means the minimum amount of a hazardous substance which must be reported to the department in the event of a spill or release. The reportable quantity for a particular hazardous substance is set forth next to its listing in tables 1 and 2 of section 597.3 of this Part and may be further defined in footnotes to the tables.

(16) Spill means any escape of a substance from a container employed in the normal course of storage, transfer, processing, or use.

(17) Stable in quantity and rate means a release that is predictable and regular in the amount and rate of release.