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Environmental Protection Agency §112.2
<br /> currents within the area in which the (1) A written contractual agreement
<br /> systems or equipment is intended to with an oil spill removal organization
<br /> function. that identifies and ensures the avail-
<br /> Alteration means any work on a con- ability of the necessary personnel and
<br /> tainer involving cutting, burning, equipment within appropriate response
<br /> welding, or heating operations that times; and/or
<br /> changes the physical dimensions or (2) A written certification by the
<br /> configuration of the container. owner or operator that the necessary
<br /> Animal fat means a non-petroleum personnel and equipment resources,
<br /> oil, fat, or grease of animal, fish, or owned or operated by the facility
<br /> marine mammal origin. owner or operator, are available to re-
<br /> Breakout tank means a container used spond to a discharge within appro-
<br /> to relieve surges in an oil pipeline sys- priate response times; and/or
<br /> tem or to receive and store oil trans- (3) Active membership in a local or
<br /> ported by a pipeline for reinjection and regional oil spill removal organization
<br /> continued transportation by pipeline. that has identified and ensures ade-
<br /> Bulk storage container means any con- quate access through such membership
<br /> tainer used to store oil. These con- to necessary personnel and equipment
<br /> tainers are used for purposes including, to respond to a discharge within appro-
<br /> but not limited to, the storage of oil priate response times in the specified
<br /> prior to use, while being used, or prior geographic area; and/or
<br /> to further distribution in commerce. (4) Any other specific arrangement
<br /> Oil-filled electrical, operating, or man- approved by the Regional Adminis-
<br /> ufacturing equipment is not a bulk trator upon request of the owner or op-
<br /> erator.
<br /> storage container. Discharge includes, but is not limited
<br /> Bunkered tank means a container to, any spilling, leaking, pumping,
<br /> constructed or placed in the ground by pouring, emitting, emptying, or dump-
<br /> cutting the earth and re-covering the ing of oil, but excludes discharges in
<br /> container in a manner that breaks the compliance with a permit under sec-
<br /> surrounding natural grade, or that lies tion 402 of the CWA; discharges result-
<br /> above grade, and is covered with earth, ing from circumstances identified, re-
<br /> sand, gravel, asphalt, or other mate- viewed, and made a part of the public
<br /> rial. A bunkered tank is considered an record with respect to a permit issued
<br /> aboveground storage container for pur- or modified under section 402 of the
<br /> poses of this part. CWA, and subject to a condition in
<br /> Completely buried tank means any such permit; or continuous or antici-
<br /> container completely below grade and pated intermittent discharges from a
<br /> covered with earth, sand, gravel, as- point source, identified in a permit or
<br /> phalt, or other material. Containers in permit application under section 402 of
<br /> vaults, bunkered tanks, or partially the CWA, that are caused by events oc-
<br /> buried tanks are considered above- curring within the scope of relevant op-
<br /> ground storage containers for purposes erating or treatment systems. For pur-
<br /> of this part. poses of this part, the term discharge
<br /> Complex means a facility possessing a shall not include any discharge of oil
<br /> combination of transportation-related that is authorized by a permit issued
<br /> and non-transportation-related compo- under section 13 of the River and Har-
<br /> nents that is subject to the jurisdiction bor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 407).
<br /> of more than one Federal agency under Facility means any mobile or fixed,
<br /> section 3110) of the CWA. onshore or offshore building, structure,
<br /> Contiguous zone means the zone es- installation, equipment, pipe, or pipe-
<br /> tablished by the United States under line (other than a vessel or a public
<br /> Article 24 of the Convention of the Ter- vessel) used in oil well drilling oper-
<br /> ritorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, that ations, oil production, oil refining, oil
<br /> is contiguous to the territorial sea and storage, oil gathering, oil processing,
<br /> that extends nine miles seaward from oil transfer, oil distribution, and waste
<br /> the outer limit of the territorial area. treatment, or in which oil is used, as
<br /> Contract or other approved means described in Appendix A to this part.
<br /> means: The boundaries of a facility depend on
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