definiens: means any public or elected oﬃcial or oﬃcer, employee ( regardless of rank ), or person acting on behalf of anational, provincial, or local government, including a department, agency, instrumentality, state - owned or state – controlled company, public internationalorganization ( such as the United Nations or World Bank ), or non - U.S. political party, non - U.S. party oﬃcial or any candidate for political oﬃce . Oﬃcers, employees ( regardless of rank ), or persons acting on behalf of an entity that is ﬁnanced in large measure through public appropriations, is widelyperceived to be performing government functions, or has its key oﬃcers and directors appointed by a government will also be considered means any pollutant or contaminant or any hazardous, radioactive or toxic materials, substances or wastes, orany substance, waste or material having any constituent elements displaying any hazardous, toxic or radioactive characteristics, including petroleumproducts or byproducts, friable asbestos, radioactive materials or substances, per- and polyﬂuoroalkyl substances and polychlorinated biphenyls, including any substance or material regulated as such under Environmental Laws