Bill > SB0743

This bill amends the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act by updating definitions and terminology in Section 20101, primarily focusing on technical changes and modernizing language. The amendments include updating department names (such as changing "environmental quality" to "environment, Great Lakes, and energy"), modifying references to specific laws and regulations, and making grammatical adjustments like replacing "who" with "that" throughout the text. The bill also updates various technical definitions related to environmental protection, including terms like "hazardous substance", "release", "background concentration", and "facility". Some notable changes include clarifying definitions for lenders, expanding the list of what constitutes a hazardous substance, and refining descriptions of environmental assessment processes. The bill appears to be primarily a housekeeping measure to ensure legal terminology is current and precise, with an enacting section that ties its implementation to the passage of a companion Senate bill (SB 739).