(1) A person who has completed a response action prior to May 5, 1997, at a site that would have been eligible for participation in the program under this chapter, may submit an application to the executive director under Section 19-8-107 for a certificate of completion under Section 19-8-111.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 19-8-118

  • Agreement: means a voluntary cleanup agreement under this chapter. See Utah Code 19-8-102
  • Applicant: means the person:
         (3)(a) who submits an application to participate in a voluntary cleanup agreement under this chapter; or
         (3)(b) who enters into a voluntary cleanup agreement made under this chapter with the executive director. See Utah Code 19-8-102
  • Completion: means , regarding property covered by an agreement:
         (4)(a) no further response actions are necessary; or
         (4)(b) the applicant is satisfactorily maintaining the engineering controls, remediation systems, postclosure care, and institutional controls to the extent required pursuant to the voluntary cleanup agreement. See Utah Code 19-8-102
  • Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Utah Code 19-1-103
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality or the executive director's representative. See Utah Code 19-8-102
  • Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103
  • Program: means the Voluntary Environmental Cleanup Program created under this chapter. See Utah Code 19-8-102
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Response action: means the cleanup or removal of a contaminant from the environment. See Utah Code 19-8-102
(2) The application shall include information required by department rules concerning the property addressed by the application and the response action conducted at the site.
(3) The executive director and applicant shall identify in the voluntary agreement any necessary studies to be conducted by the applicant to demonstrate the cleanup has been completed as provided in Section 19-8-110.
(4) Applications submitted under this section are subject to Sections 19-8-110 through 19-8-113 to the extent those sections are applicable.