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The following terms shall have the stated meanings when used in Part 581:
(a)Act means the Adirondack Park Agency Act, Executive Law, article 27.
(b)Agency means the Adirondack Park Agency as defined in Executive Law, section 803.
(c)ECL means the New York State Environmental Conservation Law.
(d)Executive director means the executive director of the agency or his designee.
(e)FWA means the Freshwater Wetlands Act, ECL article 24.
(f)Hearing officer means an officer, employee or other designee of the agency who presides over administrative enforcement hearings and related proceedings.
(g)Order means any order issued by the agency or its designated agent.
(h)Permit means any permit or variance issued by the agency or its designated agent.
(i)Permit holder means any person or State agency that has been issued an agency permit or variance pursuant to the Act, the FWA, or the Rivers Act or any person or State agency that has assumed the benefits and obligations of an agency permit or variance pursuant to law, regulation, permit condition or property ownership.
(j)Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, trustee, municipality or other legal entity but shall not include the State or any State agency except for matters considered pursuant to the FWA and the Rivers Act.
(k)Respondent means any person receiving a notice of apparent violation, a notice of hearing or a notice of intent, a cease and desist order, or any other order pursuant to this Part, or who resolves a violation by agreement with the agency.
(l)SAPA means the State Administrative Procedure Act.
(m)Rivers Act means the Wild, Scenic & Recreational River Systems Act, ECL article 15, title 27.