Terms Used In Utah Code 19-7-105

  • Administrative proceeding: means an adjudicatory proceeding conducted by the department or other government entity with authority to enforce any environmental law, including any notice of violation proceeding, any department proceeding listed in Section 19-1-305, or any proceeding conducted pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act. See Utah Code 19-7-103
  • Environmental audit report: means any document, information, report, finding, communication, note, drawing, graph, chart, photograph, survey, suggestion, or opinion, whether in preliminary, draft, or final form, prepared as the result of or in response to an environmental self-evaluation. See Utah Code 19-7-103
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
     An environmental audit report is privileged in accordance with and to the extent provided by Utah Rules of Evidence, Rule 508, Environmental Self-Evaluation Privilege, in any administrative proceeding.

Enacted by Chapter 304, 1995 General Session