Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.11. Section 25299.11.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions [25299.11. - 25299.25.]
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 2.
in effectCal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.11.5. Section 25299.11.5.
“Adjudicative proceeding” has the same meaning as defined in Section 11405.20 of the Government Code.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.12. Section 25299.12.
“Bodily injury” has the same meaning as used in Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States Code and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.13. Section 25299.13.
“Claim” means a submittal to the fund for the reimbursement of costs incurred due to an occurrence. A claim consists of several documents, including, but not limited to, the fund application, reimbursement requests, and verification documents.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.14. Section 25299.14.
“Corrective action” includes, but is not limited to, evaluation and investigation of an unauthorized release, initial corrective actions measures, as specified in the federal act, and any actions necessary to investigate and remedy any residual effects remaining after the initial corrective action. Except as provided in the federal act, “corrective action” does not include actions to repair or replace an underground storage tank or its associated equipment.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.15. Section 25299.15.
“Environmental impairment liability insurance” means liability insurance against liability for bodily injury, as defined in Section 25299.12, and for property damage, as defined in Section 25299.23, arising from an occurrence, as defined in Section 25299.19.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.16. Section 25299.16.
“Federal act” means Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as added by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-616), or as it may subsequently be amended or supplemented, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.17. Section 25299.17.
“Fund” means the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund created pursuant to Section 25299.50.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.18. Section 25299.18.
“MTBE” means methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.19. Section 25299.19.
“Occurrence” means an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to conditions, which results in an unauthorized release of petroleum from an underground storage tank. Unauthorized releases at the same site which require only a single site investigation shall be considered as one occurrence. An unauthorized release subsequent to a previous unauthorized release at the same site shall only be considered a separate occurrence if an initial site investigation has been completed for the prior unauthorized release.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.20. Section 25299.20.
“Operator” means any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of an underground storage tank containing petroleum. “Operator” includes any city, county, or district, or any agency or department thereof, but does not include the state or any agency or department thereof, or the federal government.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.21. Section 25299.21.
“Owner” means the owner of an underground storage tank containing petroleum.
“Owner” includes any city, county, or district, or any agency or department thereof, but does not include the state or any agency or department thereof, or the federal government.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.22. Section 25299.22.
“Petroleum” means crude oil, or any fraction thereof, which is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure, which means at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.23. Section 25299.23.
“Property damage” has the same meaning as used in Subchapter IX (commencing with Section 6991) of Chapter 82 of Title 42 of the United States Code and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.23.1. Section 25299.23.1.
(a)
“Site” means the parcel of real property at which an underground storage tank is located.
(b)
If underground storage tanks are located at adjacent parcels of real property, the adjacent parcels together constitute one site if both of the following apply:
(1)
The underground storage tanks are, or have been, operated by the same person.
(2)
The adjacent parcels are under common ownership or control.
(c)
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board may consider a parcel of real property as consisting of multiple sites, corresponding to the number of distinct underground storage tank operations at the parcel, if the board makes both of the following findings:
(1)
There is more than one underground storage tank located at the parcel.
(2)
Each separately operated underground storage tank or group of underground storage tanks is not, and has not been, operated by a person who is operating or has operated another underground storage tank at the same parcel.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.24. Section 25299.24.
“Tank,” “underground storage tank,” “underground tank system,” and “tank system” have the same meaning as defined in Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280), except as follows:
(a)
These terms mean only those tanks that contain only petroleum or, consistent with the federal act, a mixture of petroleum with de minimis quantities of other regulated substances.
(b)
These terms include all of the following components that are connected either directly or indirectly to the tank:
(1)
Spill containment structures that are substantially or totally beneath the surface of the ground.
(2)
Those portions of vent lines, vapor recovery lines, and fill pipes that are beneath the surface of the ground.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 25299.25. Section 25299.25.
For purposes of this chapter, “board,” “regional board,” “local agency,” “person,” “unauthorized release,” and “facility” shall have the same meanings as defined in Section 25281. Any other term used in this chapter which is not defined by this article has the same meaning as defined in Section 25281.
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