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t ~ ? ~ (g) Responsible Parties. The following described persons shall be jointly and severally liable to the City for the payment of all costs incurred by the City as a result of any activity undertaken by the City pursuant to subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e): (1) The person or persons whose act or omission caused such release, discharge or deposit without regard to fault or proximate cause; and (2) The person or persons who owned or had custody or had control of the material at the time of such release, discharge, or deposit, without regard to fault or proximate cause; and (3) The person or persons who owned or had custody or had control of the container which held such material at the time of or immediatelyprior to such release, discharge or deposit, without regard to fault or proximate cause; and (4) The person or persons who own any property interest in the property or facilities where such release, discharge or deposit of hazardous material has occurred. (h) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "hazardous material" means any material that, because of quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health or safety or to the environment if released into the work-place or the environment. "Hazardous material" includes, but is not limited to, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, and any material which the Fire Department has a reasonable basis for believing would be injurious to the health and safety of persons or harmful to the environment if released into the work place or the environment. (2) as used in subsections (b) and (e), "other material" shall mean any material, whether or not in fact a hazardous material, which is unidentified or unidentifiable at the time of the Fire Department's response and which the Fire Chief or his or her designee reasonably believes may be hazardous material. s