Terms Used In Iowa Code 455H.302

  • Participant: means any person who enrolls property pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 455H.103
  • Protected party: means any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 455H.103
  • Release: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment of a hazardous substance, including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing any hazardous substance, but excludes all of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 455H.103
  • Response action: includes , but is not limited to, investigation, excavation, removal, disposal, cleansing of groundwaters or surface waters, natural biodegradation, institutional controls, technological controls, or site management practices. See Iowa Code 455H.103
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 Upon issuance of a no further action letter pursuant to section 455H.301, a covenant not to sue arises by operation of law. The covenant releases the participant and each protected party from liability to the state, in the state’s capacity as a regulator administering environmental programs, to perform additional environmental assessment, remedial activity, or response action with regard to the release of a hazardous substance for which the participant and each protected party has complied with the requirements of this chapter.
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