For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms or words used herein
are defined as follows:
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Commercial agricultural activities, including but not limited to
irrigation of crops, watering of livestock, and food production, processing
or packaging.
A geological formation, group of formations or part of a formation
capable of a sustainable yield of significant amount of water to a well or
spring.
To clean up, mitigate, correct, abate, minimize, eliminate, control,
or prevent a release of a regulated substance into the environment, in order
to protect the present or future health, safety, welfare or the environment,
including preliminary actions to study or assess the release.
To apply engineering measurers, such as capping or treatment, or
institutional measures, such as deed restrictions, to sites with contaminated
media.
Water below the land surface in a zone of saturation.
Commercial, manufacturing, public utility, mining or any other activity
done to further either the development, manufacturing or distribution of goods
and services, intermediate and final products and solid waste created during
such activities, including but not limited to administration of business activities,
research and development, warehousing, shipping, transport, remanufacturing,
stockpiling of raw materials, storage, repair and maintenance of commercial
machinery and equipment and solid waste management.
A measure undertaken to limit or prohibit certain activities that
may interfere with the integrity of a remedial action or result in exposure
to regulated substances at a site. These include, but are not limited to,
fencing or restrictions on the future use of a site.
Any remediation action performed by a person prior to or during implementation
of a remediation plan with the intent to protect human health and the environment.
Medium-specific concentration.
A township, borough, city, incorporated village or home rule municipality.
This term shall not include a county.
The extent of contamination originating within the property boundaries
and all areas in close proximity to the contamination necessary for the implementation
of remediation activities to be conducted under Pennsylvania Act 2 of 1995.
