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Hazardous Substance

 Used synonymously with the term "hazardous material," this includes any substance designated or reflected in 29 CFR 1910.120, to which exposure may result in adverse affects to the worker, public, or environment including: 1) any substance defined under Section 101(14) of CERCLA; 2) any biological agent and other disease-causing agent that after release into the environment and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or assimilation into any person, either directly from the environment or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, will or may reasonably be anticipated to cause death, disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutation, physiological malfunctions (including malfunction in reproduction), or physical deformations in such persons or their offsprings; 3) any substance listed by the U.S. Department of Transportation as hazardous materials under 49 CFR 172.101 and appendices; and 4) hazardous waste (i.e., a waste or combination of wastes as defined in 40 CFR 261.3 or substances defined as hazardous waste in 49 CFR 171.8).
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