Subd. 1. Definitions in chapters 18B, 18C, and 18D apply.

The definitions contained in this section and chapters 18B, 18C, and 18D apply to this chapter.

Subd. 2. Account.

"Account" means the agricultural chemical response and reimbursement account.

Subd. 3. Agricultural chemical.

"Agricultural chemical" means pesticide, fertilizer, plant amendment, or soil amendment but does not include nitrate and related nitrogen from a natural source.

Subd. 4. Board.

"Board" means the agricultural chemical response compensation board.

Subd. 5. Eligible person.

"Eligible person" means:

1. (1) a responsible party or an owner of real property, but does not include the state, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, except as provided in clause (2), the federal government, or an agency of the federal government;
2. (2) the owners of municipal airports in Minnesota where a licensed aerial pesticide applicator has caused an incident through storage, handling, or distribution operations for agricultural chemicals if (i) the commissioner has determined that corrective action is necessary and (ii) the commissioner determines, and the agricultural chemical response compensation board concurs, that based on an affirmative showing made by the owner, a responsible party cannot be identified or the identified responsible party is unable to comply with an order for corrective action; or
3. (3) a person involved in a transaction relating to real property who is not a responsible party or owner of the real property and who voluntarily takes corrective action on the property in response to a request or order for corrective action from the commissioner.

Subd. 6. Single site.

"Single site" for purposes of this chapter means all land and water areas, including air space, and all plants, animals, structures, buildings, contrivances, and machinery whether fixed or mobile including anything used for transportation within a one-half mile radius of a discovered or reported incident where agricultural chemical handling, storage, disposal, and distribution activities have occurred or are now occurring.