What is the definition of hazardous substance and petroleum?
Recipients are awarded EPA Brownfields funding to address hazardous substances and/or petroleum contamination at brownfield properties. Hazardous substance and petroleum are defined as follows: Hazardous substance is defined under CERCLA as: “…any substance designated pursuant to section 311(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(2)(A)], (B) (PDF) (130 pp, 1.2M, About PDF) any element, compound, mixture, solution, or substance designated pursuant to section 9602 of this title, (C) any hazardous waste having the characteristics identified under or listed pursuant to section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (PDF) (163 pp, 420K, About PDF) [42 U.S.C. 6921] (but not including any waste the regulation of which under the Solid Waste Disposal Act [42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.] has been suspended by Act of Congress),(D) any toxic pollutant listed under section 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1317(a)], (E) any hazardous air pollutant
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