N.Y. Energy Law § 18-101: Definitions

§ 18-101. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context

otherwise requires:

1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of environmental

conservation.

2. "Board" means the state board on temporary nuclear waste repository

siting established by section 18-105 of this article.

3. "Application" means an application for a certificate.

4. "Certificate" means a temporary nuclear waste repository siting

certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this article.

5. "Person" means any individual, partnership, association,

corporation, public benefit corporation, municipality, political

subdivision, governmental agency (including any agency of the federal

government), trust, estate, or other legal entity.

6. "Municipality" means a county, city, town or village.

7. "Temporary nuclear waste repository" means any facility where spent

fuel rods from nuclear reactors are received on or after the effective

date of this article and are stored pending further or final disposal,

except a facility located in the immediate vicinity of a nuclear power

generating facility or an operating nuclear reactor which is used to

store, on an interim or temporary basis, spent nuclear fuel from nuclear

power generating facilities or operating nuclear reactors located in

this state.