16-219 C.M.R. ch. 34, § 7 - SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR REPORTING OIL DISCHARGES AT ABOVEGROUND FLAMMABLE LIQUID STORAGE FACILITIES

1. An owner or operator of an aboveground flammable liquid storage facility containing oil, or any person who causes or is responsible for a discharge of oil or who has custody or control of the oil at the time of the discharge at such a facility, must report a discharge prohibited by 38 M.R.S.A. §543 within two hours to the Department of Environmental Protection.

2. For the purposes of this chapter "Aboveground flammable liquid storage facility" means any aboveground storage tank or tanks containing flammable liquids, together with associated piping, transfer and dispensing facilities.

3. For the purposes of this chapter "Flammable liquid" means either a combustible liquid having a flash point at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit or any volatile liquid having a flash point below 100º Fahrenheit.

4. For the purpose of this section, "discharge" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying or dumping.

5. For the purpose of this section, "oil" means oil, oil additives, petroleum products and their byproducts of any kind and in any form including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other nonhazardous waste, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity.

6. This section does not apply to the storage of oil regulated by the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation under Title 32.

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16-219 C.M.R. ch. 34, § 7