Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-133v-1 - Definitions
For the purposes of section 22a-133v-1 through 22a-133v-8, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(a) "Accredited college or university" means
a college or university which is fully accredited by a nationally recognized
regional accrediting association.
(b) "Applicant" means an individual who
submits an application to the Board.
(c) "Application" means an application for a
license or for renewal of a license or for reinstatement of a license which was
revoked.
(d) "Board" means the
State Board of Examiners of Environmental Professionals established pursuant to
section
22a-133v
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(e) "Client" means any person, other than an
employer, who retains a licensed environmental professional to provide
professional services.
(f) "College
or advanced degree level course" means a course offered by an accredited
college or university, provided that such course may be taken for a grade and
the course meets on a regular weekly schedule on a semester, trimester or
quarterly basis.
(g) "Commissioner"
means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his designated
agent.
(h) "Contingent fee
arrangement" means any arrangement whereby the payment or non-payment of a fee
or compensation of any kind, in whole or in part, is paid or provided to a
licensed environmental professional dependent upon a specified finding or the
outcome of a matter.
(i) "Course"
means a body of prescribed studies taken by any means including, but not
limited to, distance learning.
(j)
"Day" means a calendar day.
(k)
"Department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection.
(l) "Distance learning"
means structured study administered by a provider of a continuing education
course as described in section
22a-133v-2(e)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, that is based on audio,
audio-visual, written, on-line, or other media, and does not include live
instruction, transmitted in person or otherwise, during which the student may
communicate and interact with the instructor and other students.
(m) "Distance learning provider" or
"provider" is a person or organization that has been approved by the Board or a
sponsor to offer continuing education in the form of distance learning
courses.
(n) "Distance learning
sponsor" or "sponsor" is a person or organization that has been approved by the
Board to approve a provider or the number of continuing education credits to be
awarded to a course offered by a provider.
(o) "Employee" means an individual who is a
full or part-time staff member on the payroll of an employer.
(p) "Examination" means a licensing test
administered by the State Board of Examiners of Environmental
Professionals.
(q) "Hazardous
waste" means hazardous waste as defined in section
22a-134
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(r) "Individual" means a natural
person.
(s) "License" means a
license issued by the Commissioner under section
22a-133v
of the Connecticut General Statutes to provide services as a licensed
environmental professional.
(t)
"Licensed environmental professional" or "licensee" means an environmental
professional who is licensed pursuant to section
22a-133v
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(u) "Parcel" means a piece, tract or lot of
land, together with the buildings and other improvements situated thereon, a
legal description of which piece, parcel, tract or lot is contained in a deed
or other instrument of conveyance.
(v) "Person" means a person as defined in
section
22a-423
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(w) "Individual placed on a list of
environmental professionals" means an individual placed on a list of
environmental professionals by the Commissioner as provided for in section
22a-133v
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(x) "Petroleum" means petroleum as defined in
section
22a-449a of the
Connecticut General Statutes.
(y)
"Pollution" means pollution as defined in section
22a-423
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(z) "Professional services" means the
providing of environmental services including, but not limited to, services
relating to the investigation or remediation of the release of hazardous waste
or petroleum products into soil or groundwater, preparing studies or reports
regarding any such investigation or remediation, or rendering of a verification
or the production of other documents pertaining to any verification by a
licensed environmental professional.
(aa) "Remediate" means remediate as defined
in section
22a-134
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(bb) "Remediation standards" means sections
22a-133k-1 through
22a-133k-3,
inclusive, and section
22a-133q-1
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(cc) "Technical advisor" means a provider of
technical advice or assistance to the independent testing service that is
developing or has developed the Board's licensing examination.
(dd) "Verification" means verification as
defined in section
22a-134
of the Connecticut General Statutes or any written opinion which a licensed
environmental professional is authorized by law to render (i) regarding an
investigation, remediation, environmental land use restriction or (ii) pursuant
to sections
22a-133o,
22a-133x,
22a-133y,
and
22a-134a
of the Connecticut General Statutes, sections
22a-133k-1 through
22a-133k-3,
inclusive, and 22a-133q-1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or
any other law, regulation, order, permit, license or approval.
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