2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 15.110.010: Definitions. (Expires June 30, 2016.)

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     (1) "Applicant" means any political subdivision of the state, including port districts, counties, cities, towns, special purpose districts, and other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations. "Applicant" may also include federally recognized tribes and state institutions of higher education with appropriate research capabilities.

     (2) "Assistance" includes loans, leases, product purchases, or other forms of financial or technical assistance.

     (3) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

     (4) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture.

     (5) "Peer review committee" means a board, appointed by the director, that includes bioenergy specialists, energy conservation specialists, scientists, and individuals with specific recognized expertise.

     (6) "Project" means the construction of facilities, including the purchase of equipment, to convert farm products or wastes into electricity or gaseous or liquid fuels or other coproducts associated with such conversion. These specifically include fixed or mobile facilities to generate electricity or methane from the anaerobic digestion of organic matter, and fixed or mobile facilities for extracting oils from canola, rape, mustard, and other oilseeds. "Project" may also include the construction of facilities associated with such conversion for the distribution and storage of such feedstocks and fuels.

     (7) "Research and development project" means research and development, by an institution of higher education as defined in subsection (1) of this section, relating to:

     (a) Bioenergy sources including but not limited to biomass and associated gases; or

     (b) The development of markets for bioenergy coproducts.

[2006 c 171 § 2.]