75-26-301. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Board" means the board of environmental review provided for in 2-15-3502.

(2) "Decommission" or "decommissioning" means:

(a) the removal of an aboveground wind turbine tower after the end of a wind generation facility's useful life or abandonment;

(b) except as provided in 75-26-304(2), the removal of buildings, cabling, electrical components, roads, or any other associated facilities; and

(c) except as provided in 75-26-304(2), reclamation of surface lands to the previous grade and to comparable productivity in order to prevent adverse hydrologic effects.

(3) "Department" means the department of environmental quality provided for in 2-15-3501.

(4) "Owner" means a person who owns a wind generation facility used for the generation of electricity.

(5) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, company, association, corporation, city, town, or local governmental entity or any other state, federal, or private entity, whether organized for profit or not.

(6) "Repurposed" means having made a significant investment in an existing wind generation facility to extend the useful life of the facility by more than 5 years.

(7) "Wind generation facility" means any combination of a physically connected wind turbine or turbines, associated prime movers, and other associated property, including appurtenant land and improvements and personal property, that are normally operated together to produce electric power from wind that have a nameplate capacity greater than or equal to 25 megawatts.