Utah Code 19-1-602. Definitions
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As used in this part:
(1) “Environmental mitigation” means an action or activity intended to remedy, reduce, or offset known negative impacts to the environment.
Terms Used In Utah Code 19-1-602
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Utah Code 19-1-103
- Environmental mitigation: means an action or activity intended to remedy, reduce, or offset known negative impacts to the environment. See Utah Code 19-1-602
- Funding source: means an individual or entity that provides a monetary contribution to the Environmental Mitigation and Response Fund. See Utah Code 19-1-602
- Land: includes :(18)(a) land;(18)(b) a tenement;(18)(c) a hereditament;(18)(d) a water right;(18)(e) a possessory right; and(18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) “Environmental response action” means action taken to prevent, eliminate, minimize, investigate, monitor, clean up, or remove contaminants in the environment.(3) “Financial assurance” means a mechanism or instrument intended to provide funds if necessary to the department to conduct closure, monitoring, or cleanup of a specific facility or site in accordance with the applicable environmental requirements provided in this title.(4) “Funding source” means an individual or entity that provides a monetary contribution to the Environmental Mitigation and Response Fund.(5) “Natural resource damage” means damages to land, fish, wildlife, biota, air, water, ground water, drinking water supplies, and other resources that are held in trust for the public or otherwise controlled by the United States, the state, or local government.(6) “Unused funds” means the remaining funds from a specific funding source following the complete implementation of the environmental mitigation or response actions pursuant to the terms and conditions of the contribution.