Contaminant definition

Contaminant means any waste, pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos in any form or condition, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), or any constituent of any such substance or waste.
Contaminant means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
Contaminant means a computer virus, worm, lock, mole, time bomb, Trojan horse, rootkit, spyware, keystroke logger, or any other malicious code or instruction which may modify, delete, damage, disable, or disrupt the operation of any computer software or hardware.

Examples of Contaminant in a sentence

  • If the permittee determines that the “Toxic Air Contaminant Statute” will be satisfied for the above changes, the Ohio EPA will not consider the change(s) to be a "modification" under OAC rule 3745-31-01 solely due to a non-restrictive change to a parameter or process operation, where compliance with the “Toxic Air Contaminant Statute”, ORC 3704.03(F), has been documented.

  • Modeling to demonstrate compliance with, the “Toxic Air Contaminant Statute”, ORC 3704.03(F)(4)(b), was not necessary because the emissions unit’s maximum annual emissions for each toxic air contaminant, as defined in OAC rule 3745-114-01, will be less than 1.0 ton per year.

  • The permittee shall maintain a record of any change made to a parameter or value used in the dispersion model, used to demonstrate compliance with the “Toxic Air Contaminant Statute”, ORC 3704.03(F), through the predicted 1-hour maximum ground-level concentration.

  • The “Toxic Air Contaminant Statute”, ORC 3704.03(F), was applied to this/these emissions unit(s) for each toxic air contaminant listed in OAC rule 3745-114-01, using data from the permit application; and modeling was performed for each toxic air contaminant(s) emitted at over one ton per year using an air dispersion model such as SCREEN3, AERMOD, or ISCST3, or other Ohio EPA approved model.

  • Chemicals for which primary Maximum Contaminant Levels have been stablished and adopted under Sections 64431 or 64444 of Chapter 15 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.


More Definitions of Contaminant

Contaminant means any waste, pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos in any form or condition, polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"), or any constituent of any such substance or waste.
Contaminant means any material, substance or waste that is classified, regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including any petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls.
Contaminant means any waste, pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"), or any constituent of any such substance or waste, and includes but is not limited to these terms as defined in Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law.
Contaminant means any material, substance, chemical, constituent, waste, contaminant or pollutant, including, without limitation, any petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
Contaminant means any pollutant, dangerous, toxic or Hazardous Substance or waste of any description whatsoever, hazardous materials or contaminants, all as defined in any Environmental Law, but excludes cleaning and related products used in the operation and maintenance of the Business which are normally used by reasonable professional operators of similar businesses.
Contaminant means those substances or materials that are defined as hazardous or toxic or that are regulated by or form the basis of liability under any Environmental Law, including without limitation asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), and radioactive substances, or any other material or substance that constitutes a health, safety or environmental hazard to any person or property.
Contaminant means any pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, PCBs, lead, pesticides or radioactive materials or any constituent of any such substance or waste, including any such substance identified or regulated under any Environmental Law. “Environmental Laws” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651, et seq., and all other federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations, rules, orders, decisions, permits, and the like, which are directed at the protection of human health or the Environment. “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset. “Environment” means any surface water, drinking water, ground water, land surface, subsurface strata, river sediment, buildings, structures, and ambient, workplace and indoor air. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, emanating or disposing of any Contaminant into the Environment, including, without limitation, the abandonment or discard of barrels, containers, tanks or other receptacles containing or previously containing any Contaminant or any release, emission or discharge as those terms are defined or used in any Environmental Law.