“Cleanup” means the removal of the hazardous wastes or substances to a place where the waste will not cause any danger to persons or the environment, in accordance with state rules therefor, or the treatment of the material as defined herein to eliminate the hazardous condition, including the restoration of the area to a general good appearance without noticeable odor, as far as practicable.

“Hazardous condition” means the same as set out in Iowa Code, Section 455B.381(4).

“Hazardous substance” means those wastes which are included by the definition in Iowa Code, Section 455B.411(2).

“Hazardous waste” means those wastes which are included by the definition in Iowa Code, Section 455B.411(3).

“Responsible person” means a person having control over a hazardous substance or hazardous wastes, who at any time produces, handles, stores, uses, transports, refines, or disposes of a hazardous substance, the release of which creates a hazardous condition, whether on public ways or grounds or on private property. “Responsible person” includes bailees, carriers, and any other person in control of a hazardous substance when a hazardous condition occurs, whether the person owns the hazardous substance or is operating under a lease, contract, or other agreement with the legal owner (or other person) of the hazardous substance.

“Treatment” means a method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of a hazardous substance so as to neutralize it or to render the substance nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or to reduce it in volume. Treatment includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of a hazardous substance to render the waste nonhazardous. [Ord. 460 § 2, 1997; Code 1975 § 3-5.0102.]