Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 76 > Chapter 7 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501. See Montana Code 76-7-103
• easement: means an easement created under this chapter that burdens an environmental control site, that runs with the land, and that is binding on the owner and subsequent owners, lessees, and other users of the land. See Montana Code 76-7-103
• Federal public entity: means the United States of America, the United States environmental protection agency, or any other federal government agency or authority and its successors or assigns. See Montana Code 76-7-103
• Hazardous wastes or substances: means those hazardous or toxic substances, wastes, materials, pollutants, or contaminants that are subject to regulation by federal, state, or local environmental protection laws or that are defined pursuant to 75-10-403, 75-10-602, and 75-10-702. See Montana Code 76-7-103
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Public body: means the state, counties, cities, towns, and other municipalities. See Montana Code 76-7-103
• Qualified private organization: means a private organization:

  (a)competent to own interests in real property;

  (b)that qualifies and holds a general tax exemption under the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U. See Montana Code 76-7-103

• site: means any site, including the surface and subsurface of the land and the surface and subsurface resources in, upon, or under the land, including, without limitation, minerals and water that may contain hazardous wastes or substances or that may require remediation, reclamation, or restoration pursuant to federal, state, or local law or regulation. See Montana Code 76-7-103
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203