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Eugene Code Responsible Party . The current owner or operator; any owner or operator at or during the time of the acts or omissions that resulted in the release; any owner or operator who became the owner or operator after the time of the acts or omissions that resulted in the release, and who knew or reasonably should have known of the release when the person first became the owner or operator; any owner or operator who obtained actual knowledge of the release at the facility during the time the person was the owner or operator of the facility and then subsequently transferred ownership or operation of the facility to another person without disclosing such knowledge; any person who unlawfully hinders or delays entry to, investigation of or removal action at a facility; and any person who, by any acts or omissions, caused, contributed to, or exacerbated the release, unless the acts or omissions were in material compliance with applicable laws, standards, regulations, licenses or permits. Underground storage tank . Any one or combination of tanks and underground pipes connected to the tank, used to contain an accumulation of a regulated substance, and the volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes connected to the tank, is ten percent or more beneath the surface of the ground. Waters . Includes lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, canals, and all other bodies of surface or underground waters, natural or artificial, public or private, which are wholly or partially within the city or within its jurisdiction. (Section 6.340 added by Ordinance No. 19862, enacted June 22, 1992, effective July 22, 1992; and amended by Ordinance No. 20301, enacted November 10, 2003, effective December 10, 2003.) 6.345 Hazardous Substance - Purpose . The release of hazardous substances into the environment may present imminent and substantial threats to the public health, safety and welfare. In some, but not all cases, the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality become involved to ensure cleanup of contamination. It is not the intent of sections 6.345 to 6.380 of this code to have the city become involved where the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Quality are involved. Due to the limited resources of the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Quality, however, those agencies do not always have the ability to immediately respond to the release or identification of hazardous substances which threaten the public health, safety and welfare. The purpose of sections 6.345 to 6.380 is to minimize those threats by ensuring: (a) Prompt identification of discharges or threats of discharges into the environment of hazardous substances which present imminent risks to the public health, safety and welfare; and (b) Implementation of removal actions.