### Question
How does SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL define release?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 6991*, **release** is defined as:

> any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing from an underground storage tank into ground water, surface water or subsurface soils

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 6991*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 82-SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL > SUBCHAPTER IX-REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS**

