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(B) After a CUPA has been certified by the secretary, the unified program <br /> agency shall be the only agency authorized to enforce the requirements of this <br /> chapter. <br /> (C) This paragraph shall not be construed to limit the authority or <br /> responsibility granted to the board and the regional boards by this chapter. <br /> (d) "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of a <br /> tank facility. <br /> (e) "Owner" means the person who owns the tank facility or part of the tank <br /> facility. <br /> (f) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, <br /> corporation, including a government corporation, partnership, limited liability <br /> company, or association. "Person" also includes any city, county, district, the <br /> University of California, the California State University, the state, any <br /> department or agency thereof, and the United States, to the extent authorized <br /> by federal law. <br /> (g) "Petroleum" means crude oil, or any fraction thereof, which is liquid at <br /> 60 degrees Fahrenheit temperature and 14 .7 pounds per square inch absolute <br /> pressure. <br /> (h) "Regional board" means a California regional water quality control <br /> board. <br /> (i) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, <br /> emptying, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing into the environment. <br /> (j) "Secretary" means the Secretary for Environmental Protection. <br /> (k) "Storage" or "store" means the containment, handling, or treatment of <br /> petroleum, for any period of time, including on a temporary basis. <br /> (1) "Storage capacity" means the aggregate capacity of all aboveground tanks <br /> at a tank facility. <br /> (m) "Tank facility" means any one, or combination of, aboveground storage <br /> tanks, including any piping that is integral to the tank, that contains <br /> petroleum and that is used by a single business entity at a single location or <br /> site. For purposes of this chapter, a pipe is integrally related to an <br /> aboveground storage tank if the pipe is connected to the tank and meets any of <br /> the following; <br /> (1) The pipe is within the dike or containment area. <br /> (2) The pipe is between the containment area and the first flange or valve <br /> outside the containment area. <br /> (3) The pipe is connected to the first flange or valve on the exterior of <br /> the tank, if state or federal law does not require a containment area. <br /> 25270.3. A tank facility is subject to this chapter if the tank facility is <br /> subject to the oil pollution prevention regulations specified in Part 112 <br /> (commencing with Section 112. 1) of Subchapter D of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the <br /> Code of Federal Regulations or the tank facility has a storage capacity of <br /> 1,320 gallons or more of petroleum. <br /> 25270.4 . This chapter shall be implemented by the Unified Program Agency. If <br /> there is no UPA, the agency authorized pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section <br /> 25404 .3 shall be deemed to be the UPA for purposes of this chapter and shall <br /> implement this chapter. <br /> 25270.4 .5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) , each owner or operator of <br /> a storage tank at a tank facility subject to this chapter shall prepare a spill <br /> prevention control and countermeasure plan prepared in accordance with Part 112 <br /> (commencing with Section 112.1) of Subchapter D of Chapter I of Title 40 of the <br /> Code of Federal Regulations. Each owner or operator specified in this <br /> subdivision shall conduct periodic inspections of the storage tank to assure <br /> compliance with Section 112 (commencing with Section 112. 1) of Subchapter D of <br /> Chapter I of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In implementing the <br /> spill prevention control and countermeasure plan, each owner or operator <br /> specified in this subdivision shall fully comply with the latest version of the <br />