Development Guidance System Ordinance, 2009 - Hardin County ...

DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM• HazardousMaterialA material which is defined in one or more of thefollowing categories:Ignitable: A gas, liquid or solid which may causefires through friction, absorption of moisture, orwhich has low flash points. Examples: whitephosphorous and gasoline.Carcinogenic: A gas, liquid, or solid which isnormally considered to be cancer causing ormutagenic. Examples: PCB's in some wasteoils.Explosive: A reactive gas, liquid or solid which willvigorously and energetically react uncontrollablyif exposed to heat, shock, pressure orcombinations thereof. Examples: dynamite,organic peroxides and ammonium nitrate.Highly Toxic: A gas, liquid, or solid so dangerousto man as to afford an unusual hazard to life.Example: chlorine gas.Moderately Toxic: A gas, liquid or solid whichthrough repeated exposure or in a single largedose can be hazardous to man.• KarstTopography• PrimaryContainmentFacilIty• ReleaseCorrosive: Any material, whether acid or alkaline,which will cause severe damage to humantissue, or in case of leakage might damage ordestroy other containers of hazardous materialsand cause the release of their contents.Examples: battery acid and phosphoric acid.A type of landscape that is formed over limestone,dolomite, or gypsum by dissolution andcharacterized by sinkholes, caves andunderground drainage.A tank, pit, container, pipe or vessel of firstcontainment of a liquid or chemical.Any unplanned or improper discharge, leak, orspill of a potential contaminant including ahazardous material.DEFINTIONS 26