Idaho Statutes Title 39. Health and Safety § 39-7203. General definitions

(1) “Board” means the board of environmental quality.

(2) “Department” means the department of environmental quality.

(3) “Eligible property owner” means any individual, association, partnership, firm, joint stock company, trust, estate, private corporation, or any other nonpublic entity that is the current owner of a contaminated property, but that did not cause, contribute, or consent to the release that led to the contamination or own the property at the time of the release that led to the contamination. An eligible property owner shall not include any individual, association, partnership, firm, joint stock company, trust, estate, private corporation, or any other nonpublic entity that is:

(4) “Hazardous substance” has the meaning set forth in section 101(14) of the comprehensive environmental, response, compensation and liability act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601 (14) as amended.

(5) “Person” means any individual, association, partnership, firm, joint stock company, trust, estate, political subdivision, public or private corporation, state or federal governmental department, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal entity which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.

(6) “Petroleum” includes petroleum asphalt and crude oil or any part of petroleum asphalt or crude oil that is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure (sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit and fourteen and seven-tenths (14.7) pounds per square inch absolute).

(7) “Qualifying remediation costs” means reasonable costs incurred performing remediation activities integral to achieving the cleanup goals identified in a remediation work plan approved by the department.

(8) “Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment, including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, or other closed receptacles containing any hazardous substance or petroleum.

(9) “Remediation” means any of the following:

(10) “Site” means a parcel of real estate for which an application has been submitted under section 39-7204, Idaho Code.

(11) “Technical professional” means a professional geologist or professional engineer registered in the state of Idaho.