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2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 46 IRRIGATION AND REGULATION OF WATER
46-1502 Terms, defined.

46-1502. Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Wellhead Protection Area Act:

(1) Controlling entity means a city, a village, a natural resources district, a rural water district, any other entity, including, but not limited to, a privately owned public water supply system, or any combination thereof operating under an agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act that operates a public water supply system;

(2) Department means the Department of Environmental Quality;

(3) Director means the Director of Environmental Quality; and

(4) Wellhead protection area means the surface and subsurface area surrounding a water well or well field, supplying a public water system, through which contaminants are reasonably likely to move toward and reach such water well or well field.

Source
    Laws 1998, LB 1161, § 3;
    Laws 1999, LB 87, § 73.

Cross References
    Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.
    Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.


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