Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 133v - State Board of Examiners of Environmental Professionals › Section 22a-133v-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of section 22a-133v-1 through
				22a-133v-8,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(a) "Accredited college or university" means
			 a college or university which is fully accredited by a nationally recognized
			 regional accrediting association.
(b) "Applicant" means an individual who
			 submits an application to the Board.
(c) "Application" means an application for a
			 license or for renewal of a license or for reinstatement of a license which was
			 revoked.
(d) "Board" means the
			 State Board of Examiners of Environmental Professionals established pursuant to
			 section
			 22a-133v
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(e) "Client" means any person, other than an
			 employer, who retains a licensed environmental professional to provide
			 professional services.
(f) "College
			 or advanced degree level course" means a course offered by an accredited
			 college or university, provided that such course may be taken for a grade and
			 the course meets on a regular weekly schedule on a semester, trimester or
			 quarterly basis.
(g) "Commissioner"
			 means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his designated
			 agent.
(h) "Contingent fee
			 arrangement" means any arrangement whereby the payment or non-payment of a fee
			 or compensation of any kind, in whole or in part, is paid or provided to a
			 licensed environmental professional dependent upon a specified finding or the
			 outcome of a matter.
(i) "Course"
			 means a body of prescribed studies taken by any means including, but not
			 limited to, distance learning.
(j)
			 "Day" means a calendar day.
(k)
			 "Department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental
			 Protection.
(l) "Distance learning"
			 means structured study administered by a provider of a continuing education
			 course as described in section
			 22a-133v-2(e)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, that is based on audio,
			 audio-visual, written, on-line, or other media, and does not include live
			 instruction, transmitted in person or otherwise, during which the student may
			 communicate and interact with the instructor and other students.
(m) "Distance learning provider" or
			 "provider" is a person or organization that has been approved by the Board or a
			 sponsor to offer continuing education in the form of distance learning
			 courses.
(n) "Distance learning
			 sponsor" or "sponsor" is a person or organization that has been approved by the
			 Board to approve a provider or the number of continuing education credits to be
			 awarded to a course offered by a provider.
(o) "Employee" means an individual who is a
			 full or part-time staff member on the payroll of an employer.
(p) "Examination" means a licensing test
			 administered by the State Board of Examiners of Environmental
			 Professionals.
(q) "Hazardous
			 waste" means hazardous waste as defined in section
			 22a-134
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(r) "Individual" means a natural
			 person.
(s) "License" means a
			 license issued by the Commissioner under section
			 22a-133v
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes to provide services as a licensed
			 environmental professional.
(t)
			 "Licensed environmental professional" or "licensee" means an environmental
			 professional who is licensed pursuant to section
			 22a-133v
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(u) "Parcel" means a piece, tract or lot of
			 land, together with the buildings and other improvements situated thereon, a
			 legal description of which piece, parcel, tract or lot is contained in a deed
			 or other instrument of conveyance.
(v) "Person" means a person as defined in
			 section
			 22a-423
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(w) "Individual placed on a list of
			 environmental professionals" means an individual placed on a list of
			 environmental professionals by the Commissioner as provided for in section
			 22a-133v
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(x) "Petroleum" means petroleum as defined in
			 section
			 22a-449a of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(y)
			 "Pollution" means pollution as defined in section
			 22a-423
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(z) "Professional services" means the
			 providing of environmental services including, but not limited to, services
			 relating to the investigation or remediation of the release of hazardous waste
			 or petroleum products into soil or groundwater, preparing studies or reports
			 regarding any such investigation or remediation, or rendering of a verification
			 or the production of other documents pertaining to any verification by a
			 licensed environmental professional.
(aa) "Remediate" means remediate as defined
			 in section
			 22a-134
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(bb) "Remediation standards" means sections
			 22a-133k-1 through
			 22a-133k-3,
			 inclusive, and section
			 22a-133q-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(cc) "Technical advisor" means a provider of
			 technical advice or assistance to the independent testing service that is
			 developing or has developed the Board's licensing examination.
(dd) "Verification" means verification as
			 defined in section
			 22a-134
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes or any written opinion which a licensed
			 environmental professional is authorized by law to render (i) regarding an
			 investigation, remediation, environmental land use restriction or (ii) pursuant
			 to sections
			 22a-133o,
			 22a-133x,
			 22a-133y,
			 and
			 22a-134a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, sections
			 22a-133k-1 through
			 22a-133k-3,
			 inclusive, and 22a-133q-1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or
			 any other law, regulation, order, permit, license or approval.