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Environmental Protection Agency § 112.2
<br /> States, and any facility of any kind Petroleum oil means petroleum in any
<br /> that is subject to the jurisdiction of form, including but not limited to
<br /> the United States and is located in, on, crude oil, fuel oil, mineral oil, sludge,
<br /> or under any other waters. oil refuse, and refined products.
<br /> Oil means oil of any kind or in any Production facility means all struc-
<br /> form, including, but not limited to: tures (including but not limited to
<br /> fats, oils, or greases of animal, fish, or wells, platforms, or storage facilities),
<br /> marine mammal origin; vegetable oils, piping (including but not limited to
<br /> including oils from seeds, nuts, fruits, flowlines or gathering lines), or equip-
<br /> or kernels; and, other oils and greases, ment (including but not limited to
<br /> including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, workover equipment, separation equip-
<br /> synthetic oils, mineral oils, oil refuse, ment, or auxiliary non-transportation-
<br /> or oil mixed with wastes other than related equipment) used in the produc-
<br /> dredged spoil. tion, extraction, recovery, lifting, sta-
<br /> Oil Spill Removal Organization means bilization, separation or treating of oil,
<br /> an entity that provides oil spill re- or associated storage or measurement,
<br /> sponse resources, and includes any for- and located in a single geographical oil
<br /> profit or not-for-profit contractor, co- or gas field operated by a single oper-
<br /> operative, or in-house response re- ator.
<br /> sources that have been established in a Regional Administrator means the Re-
<br /> geographic area to provide required re- gional Administrator of the Environ-
<br /> sponse resources. mental Protection Agency, in and for
<br /> Onshore facility means any facility of the Region in which the facility is lo-
<br /> any kind located in, on, or under any cated.
<br /> land within the United States, other Repair means any work necessary to
<br /> than submerged lands. maintain or restore a container to a
<br /> Owner or operator means any person condition suitable for safe operation,
<br /> owning or operating an onshore facility other than that necessary for ordinary,
<br /> or an offshore facility, and in the case day-to-day maintenance to maintain
<br /> of any abandoned offshore facility, the the functional integrity of the con-
<br /> person who owned or operated or main- tainer and that does not weaken the
<br /> tained the facility immediately prior container.
<br /> to such abandonment. Spill Prevention, Control, and Counter-
<br /> Partially buried tank means a storage measure Plan;SPCC Plan, or Plan means
<br /> container that is partially inserted or the document required by §112.3 that
<br /> constructed in the ground, but not en- details the equipment, workforce, pro-
<br /> tirely below grade, and not completely cedures, and steps to prevent, control,
<br /> covered with earth, sand, gravel, as- and provide adequate countermeasures
<br /> phalt, or other material. A partially to a discharge.
<br /> buried tank is considered an above- Storage capacity of a container means
<br /> ground storage container for purposes the shell capacity of the container.
<br /> of this part. Transportation-related and non-trans-
<br /> Permanently closed means any con- portation-related, as applied to an on-
<br /> tainer or facility for which: shore or offshore facility, are defined
<br /> (1) All liquid and sludge has been re- in the Memorandum of Understanding
<br /> moved from each container and con- between the Secretary of Transpor-
<br /> necting line; and tation and the Administrator of the
<br /> (2) All connecting lines and piping Environmental Protection Agency,
<br /> have been disconnected from the con- dated November 24, 1971, (Appendix A
<br /> tainer and blanked off, all valves (ex- of this part).
<br /> cept for ventilation valves) have been United States means the States, the
<br /> closed and locked, and conspicuous District of Columbia, the Common-
<br /> signs have been posted on each con- wealth of Puerto Rico, the Common-
<br /> tainer stating that it is a permanently wealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
<br /> closed container and noting the date of lands, Guam, American Samoa, the
<br /> closure. U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Is-
<br /> Person includes an individual, firm, land Governments.
<br /> corporation, association, or partner- Vegetable oil means a non-petroleum
<br /> ship. oil or fat of vegetable origin, including
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