Section 17-17-501 - DefinitionsThe following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) "Applicant" means any person except a public agency applying for a permit to operate and/or construct a commercial nonhazardous solid waste management facility or commercial hazardous waste management facility. If a public agency applies for a permit and proposes to operate a facility by contract, the contractor shall also be required to file a disclosure statement as described in Section 17-17-503 and the permit board shall evaluate such statement as described in Section 17-17-505.(b) "Business concern" means any corporation, association, firm, partnership, trust, joint venture or other form of commercial organization.(c) "Key employee" means any person employed by an applicant in a management capacity and empowered to make operational or financial management decisions with respect to solid waste or hazardous waste management operations of the business concern as determined by the commission, but shall not include employees primarily engaged in the physical or mechanical treatment, processing, storage or disposal of solid or hazardous waste.(d) "Public agency" means any incorporated city or town, county, political subdivision, governmental district or unit, public corporation, public institution of higher learning, community college district, planning and development district or governmental agency created under the laws of the state.Laws, 1991, ch. 583, § 1, eff. 4/12/1991.