As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Chemical plant means a large integrated plant or that portion of such a
plant, other than either a plant in which flammable liquids are produced on a
commercial scale from crude petroleum, natural gasoline, or other hydrocarbon
sources or a plant or that portion of a plant where flammable liquids produced by
fermentation are concentrated and where the concentrated products may also be
mixed, stored, or packaged, where flammable liquids are produced by chemical
reactions or used in chemical reactions.
(1.5) Class B fire means a fire involving flammable liquids or gases,
including petroleum, paint, alcohol, solvent, oil, and tar.
(2) Class B firefighting foam means foam designed for flammable liquid
fires.
(3) Department means the department of public health and environment.
(3.3) Eligible entity means an entity identified by the department as an
entity that may qualify for the grant program.
(3.5) Eligible material means a material containing perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances that is identified by the department as eligible for
purchase under the take-back program.
(3.6) Executive director means the executive director of the department or
the executive director's designee.
(3.7) Fees means the fees imposed by section 8-20-206.5 (6).
(4) Fire department means the duly authorized fire protection organization
of a town, city, county, or city and county, a fire protection district, a metropolitan
district or county improvement district that provides fire protection, or a volunteer
fire department organized under section 24-33.5-1208.5.
(5) Firefighting personal protective equipment means any clothing,
including jackets, pants, shoes, gloves, helmets, and respiratory equipment,
designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by firefighting personnel in the
performance of their duties.
(5.5) Fund means the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances cash
fund created in section 8-20-206.5 (7).
(5.7) Grant program means the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances grant program created in section 25-5-1310.
(5.8) Intentionally added PFAS chemicals has the meaning set forth in
section 25-15-603 (12).
(6) Manufacturer means a person or entity that manufactures firefighting
agents or firefighting equipment and any agents of that person or entity, including
an importer, a distributor, an authorized servicer, a factory branch, and a distributor
branch.
(7) Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS chemicals
means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully
fluorinated carbon atom.
(7.5) Release means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of a chemical into
the environment.
(8) Take-back program means the program created in section 25-5-1311
that allows the department to purchase and dispose of materials that contain
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(9) Terminal means a facility that engages in the wholesale distribution of
crude petroleum and petroleum products, including liquified petroleum gas from
bulk liquid storage facilities.
(10) Water quality spills hotline means the phone system created and
maintained by the department for the reporting of spills or discharges into state
waters to the department.
Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1279), ch. 427, p. 3725, � 3,
effective August 2. L. 2020: (3.3), (3.5), (3.7), (5.5), (5.7), and (8) added, (SB 20-218),
ch. 141, p. 615, � 2, effective June 29. L. 2022: (1.5), (3.6), (5.8), (7.5), (9), and (10)
added, (HB 22-1345), ch. 338, p. 2433, � 3, effective June 3.