Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 455E - Groundwater Protection

• Active cleanup: means removal, treatment, or isolation of a contaminant from groundwater through the directed efforts of humans. See Iowa Code 455E.2
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Commission: means the environmental protection commission created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455E.2
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Contaminant: means any chemical, ion, radionuclide, synthetic organic compound, microorganism, waste, or other substance which does not occur naturally in groundwater or which naturally occurs at a lower concentration. See Iowa Code 455E.2
• Contamination: means the direct or indirect introduction into groundwater of any contaminant caused in whole or in part by human activities. See Iowa Code 455E.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455E.2
• Director: means the director of the department. See Iowa Code 455E.2
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Groundwater: means any water of the state, as defined in section 455B. See Iowa Code 455E.2
• Manufacturing: means physical or chemical modification of one or more materials to produce packaging or packaging components. See Iowa Code 455D.19
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• 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
• Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1