§ 35-9-152 — Definitions

(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Emergency responders" means public, state or
federal fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical
services, public health, public works including certified water
and wastewater operators, homeland security and other public
response services or agencies that would be involved in direct
actions to contain or control a hazardous material release,
weapons of mass destruction incident or clandestine laboratory
investigation. The term "emergency responders" does not include
private on-site facilities with immediate emergency response
capabilities unless formally requested to assist off the private
facility site by the state or a political subdivision of the
state;
(ii) "Emergency response" means a clandestine
laboratory investigation or a response to any occurrence,
including a weapon of mass destruction incident, which has
resulted, or may result, in a release of a hazardous material;
(iii) "Hazardous material" means any substance,
material, waste or mixture designated as hazardous material,
waste or substance as defined in 49 C.F.R. part 171.8, as
amended as of April 1, 2004;
(iv) "Incident" means the release, or imminent threat
of release, of a hazardous material, or a situation involving a
potential weapon of mass destruction that requires the emergency
action of responders to limit or prevent damage to life or
property. "Incident" also includes the discovery of hazardous
materials related to clandestine laboratory operations as
defined in W.S. 35-7-1058;
(v) "Incident commander" means the person in charge
of all responders at the site of an emergency response;
(vi) "Local emergency response authority" means the
single point of contact designated for a political subdivision
for coordinating responses to incidents;
(vii) "Political subdivision" means any county, city,
town or fire protection district of the state;
(viii) "Regional emergency response team" means any
group of local government emergency responders brought together
and supported by the state and confirmed by the director, office
of homeland security to assist an affected jurisdiction within
the different regions of the state with the intent to protect
life and property against the dangers of incidents and
emergencies involving hazardous materials or weapons of mass
destruction;
(ix) "Transporter" means an individual, firm,
copartnership, corporation, company, association or joint stock
association, including any trustee, receiver, assignee, or
similar representative, or a government or Indian tribe, or an
agency or instrumentality of any government or Indian tribe,
that transports a hazardous material to further a commercial
enterprise or offers a hazardous material for transportation in
commerce. "Transporter" does not include the following:
(A) The United States Postal Service;
(B) Any government or Indian tribe, or an agency
or instrumentality of any government or Indian tribe, that
transports hazardous material for a governmental purpose.
(x) "Director, office of homeland security" means as
defined in W.S. 19-13-102(a)(v);
(xi) "Unified command" means a system of command that
allows all parties with jurisdictional or functional
responsibility for the incident to work together to develop a
common set of incident objectives and strategies, share
information, maximize the utilization of available resources and
enhance the efficiency of the individual response organizations;
(xii) "Weapons of mass destruction" means as defined
in 18 U.S.C. 2332(a) as of April 1, 2004, or as subsequently
defined by rules and regulations of the director, office of
homeland security;
(xiii) "This act" means W.S. 35-9-151 through