58:10-23.11f10. Definitions
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3. As used in this act:
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Division" means the Division of Purchase and Property within the Department of the Treasury.
"Engineering services" means services or creative work such as consultation, investigation, the evaluation, planning, and design of engineering works and systems, planning the use of land and water, engineering studies, and the administration of construction for the purpose of determining compliance with drawings and specifications, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience, and the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences.
"Hazardous substance" means a hazardous substance as defined in section 3 of P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11b).
"Remediation" means the cleanup, removal, mitigation, control or management of a discharge of a hazardous substance.
"Response action contract" or "contract" means a contract entered into by a response action contractor with the department, or any other agency of the State, or with the division on behalf of the department to provide services or work for, or relating to, the remediation, or attempted remediation, of a hazardous substance, or to prevent or mitigate damages to the public health, safety, or welfare, including damages to public or private property, pursuant to P.L.1976, c.141 (C.58:10-23.11 et seq.), which services or work shall include evaluation, planning, engineering, surveying, design, construction, or other related services or work.
"Response action contractor" or "contractor" means a person, including an employee or subcontractor of a person, who enters into a response action contract, and, for the purposes of indemnification by the department, a surety that issues a bid, performance, or payment bond for the contractor on the response action contract, and who begins activities to meet the obligations under such bond but only in connection with such activities or obligations.
L.1991,c.373,s.3; per s.22, section expired January 10, 1995.