174.405 Definitions.

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Page 1 of 1 174.405 Definitions. As used in KRS 174.400 to 174.425: <br>(1) &quot;Carrier&quot; means a person engaged in the commercial transportation of passengers or property, except for pipelines and railways, by: <br>(a) Land, as a common, contract, or private carrier; or <br>(b) Civil aircraft. (2) &quot;Hazardous material&quot; means a substance designated hazardous by the Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Law (49 U.S.C. sec. 5101 et seq.) and <br>regulations issued pursuant thereto, including but not limited to hazardous and <br>radioactive waste, but shall not include agricultural wastes, coal mining wastes, <br>utility waste (fly ash, bottom ash, scrubber sludge), sludge from water treatment and <br>sewage treatment facilities, cement kiln dust, gas and oil drilling muds, oil <br>production brines or waste oil. (3) &quot;Hazardous waste&quot; means a substance or material defined as hazardous waste by KRS Chapter 224 and regulations issued pursuant thereto. (4) &quot;Radioactive material&quot; means any material or combination of material, which spontaneously emits ionizing radiation. Materials in which the estimated specific <br>activity is not greater than 0.002 microcuries per gram of material, and in which the <br>radioactivity is essentially uniformly distributed, are not considered to be <br>radioactive materials. (5) &quot;Radioactive waste&quot; means any waste substance or combination of substances, in any form which because of its radioactive material content may create a threat to <br>public health or to animal, plant, and aquatic life forms. (6) &quot;Vehicle&quot; means any device or contrivance for carrying or conveying persons, property, or substances, including conveyance by highways or by airway. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 10, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 384, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980.