a. “Contract modification” means alterations, deviations, additions to, or omissions from the provisions of a contract, or requiring the performance of extra work by a contractor, consultant or others, which, while not included in the original contract, is deemed proper for the completion of the whole work contemplated by the State.

b. “Construction” or “constructing” means, in addition to the usual meanings thereof, acts of construction, reconstruction, replacement, extension, improvement and betterment.

c. “Discharge” means the intentional releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping of hazardous substances into the waters or onto the lands of the State or into waters outside the jurisdiction of the State in accordance with procedures established pursuant to State or federal laws, rules or regulations or a plan approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

d. “Hazardous substances” means such elements and compounds, including petroleum products, which are defined as such by the Department of Environmental Protection, after public hearing, and which shall be consistent to the maximum extent possible with, and which shall include, the list of hazardous substances adopted by the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Pub.L. 92-500, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) and the list of toxic pollutants designated by Congress or the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 307 of that act; provided, however that sewage and sewage sludge shall not be considered as hazardous substances for purposes of this act.

e. “Person” means public or private corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships, joint stock companies, individuals, the United States, the State of New Jersey and any of its political subdivisions or agents.

f. “Petroleum” or “petroleum products” means oil or petroleum of any kind and in any form including, but not limited to, oil, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, oil sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, crude oils, and substances or additives to be utilized in the refining or blending of crude petroleum or petroleum stock in this State; however, any compound designated by specific chemical name to the list of hazardous substances adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the “Spill Compensation and Control Act,” P.L. 1976, c. 141 (C. 58:10-23.11 et seq.) shall not be considered petroleum or a petroleum product for the purposes of this act, unless such compound is to be utilized in the refining or blending of crude petroleum or petroleum stock in this State.

g. “Services” means work performed by a design or other expert consultant and the services of non-experts who perform work or technical functions on a project for public works, buildings or improvements, including work preliminary to the construction under a contract and work which results in or from a contract modification.

h. “State” means the State and any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of the State, but shall not, with the exception of New Jersey Transit Corporation, include any such entity which is statutorily authorized to sue and be sued.

i. “Waters” means the ocean and its estuaries to the seaward limit of the State’s jurisdiction, all springs, streams and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of this State.

L. 1987, c. 77, s. 1.