Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 37-B > Chapter 13 > Subchapter 3-A - Coordination and Administration of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

• CERCLA hazardous substance: means a substance on the list defined in the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, Public Law 96-510, Section 101(14), as amended. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Emergency management: means the coordination and implementation of an organized effort to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from a disaster. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703
• Facility: includes sites where motor vehicles, watercraft, rolling stock and aircraft are present for more than 12 hours. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791
• Hazardous chemical: means all hazardous chemicals as defined under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 355. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Mitigation: means those activities that actually eliminate or reduce the chance of occurrence or the effects of a disaster. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Political subdivision: means counties, cities, towns, villages, townships, districts, authorities and other public corporations and entities organized and existing under charter or general law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Reportable quantity: means for any CERCLA hazardous substance or extremely hazardous substance, the reportable quantity established in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 302, Table 302. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 791
• Response: means those activities designed to provide emergency assistance to victims of a disaster and reduce the likelihood of secondary damage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 703
• Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72