Or. Admin. Code § 340-163-0010 - Definitions
As used in this Division, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Commission' means the
Environmental Quality Commission.
(2) "Confirmed Release' means petroleum
contamination observed in soil or groundwater as a sheen, stain, or petroleum
odor, or petroleum contamination detected in soil by the Northwest Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Identification Analytical Method (NWTPH-HCID, DEQ,
December, 1996), or analytical results of 50 mg/kg or greater for Diesel/Lube
Oil Range Hydrocarbons by Method NWTPH-Dx (DEQ, December, 1996), or detected in
groundwater having concentrations detected by any appropriate analytical method
specified in OAR 340-122-0218.
(3) "Corrective Action' has the same meaning
as given in ORS 466.706.
(4) "Decommissioning' means to remove an
underground heating oil tank from operation by an approved method specified in
OAR 340-177-0025, such as
abandonment in place (e.g. cleaning and filling with an inert material) or by
removal from the ground.
(5)
"Department' means the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
(6) "Fee' means a fixed charge or service
charge.
(7) "Firm' means any
business, including but not limited to corporations, limited partnerships, and
sole proprietorships, engaged in the performance of heating oil tank
services.
(8) "Heating Oil' means
petroleum that is No. 1, No. 2, No. 4-heavy, No. 5-light, No. 5-heavy, and No.
6 - technical grades of fuel oil: other residual fuel oils (including Navy
Special Fuel oil and Bunker C); and other fuels when used as substitutes for
one of these fuel oils.
(9)
"Heating Oil Tank' means any one or combination of underground tanks and above
ground or underground pipes connected to the tank, which is used to contain
heating oil used for space heating a building with human habitation or, water
heating not used for commercial processing.
(10) "Heating Oil Tank Services' means the
decommissioning of a heating oil tank or the performance of corrective action
necessary as a result of a release of oil from an underground heating oil
tank.
(11) "Licensed' means that a
firm or an individual with supervisory responsibility for the performance of
heating oil tank services has met the Department's qualification requirements
to offer or perform such services and has been issued a license by the
Department.
(12) "Responsible
Person' means "owner or operator' as defined in ORS
465.200(19) and
any other person liable for or voluntarily undertaking remediation under
465.200, and is used synonymously with the term "tank owner' in this
Division.
(13) "Service Provider'
is a firm licensed to offer and perform heating oil tank services on
underground heating oil tanks in Oregon.
(14) "Supervisor' means a licensed individual
who is charged with the responsibility for directing and overseeing the
performance of heating oil tank services at a tank site.
Notes
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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 466.706 - 466.895 & 466.995
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 466.706 & 466.750
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