(1) "Asbestos abatement entity" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or other business concern as well as any governmental, religious, or social organization or union with one or more employees or members which performs asbestos removal or encapsulation.
(2) "Asbestos project" means any activity involving the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, renovation, repair, demolition, or other disturbance of friable asbestos containing materials.
(3) "Contractor" means any individual partnership, corporation, or other business concern that performs asbestos abatement for a building owner but that is not a permanent employee of the building owner.
(4) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.