California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 4 - Office of Spill Prevention and Response › Chapter 7 - Compliance › Subchapter 2 - Determining Amount of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Recovered › Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 877.2 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions provided by Section
						  790 of Title 14, the following
						  definitions shall govern this subchapter. These definitions shall supersede any
						  duplication in Section
						  790, Title 14:
(a) "API" refers to the American Petroleum
						Institute. The American Petroleum Institute, in conjunction with the American
						Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American National Standards Institute
						(ANSI), British Standards Institute (BSI) and the Institute of Petroleum (IP),
						has developed standardized methods and formulas to calculate measured
						quantities of petroleum fluids regardless of point of origin, destination or
						unit of measure used by custom or statute.
(b) "ASTM" refers to the American Society for
						Testing and Materials. It is a scientific and technical organization formed for
						the development of standards on characteristics and performance of materials,
						products systems and services.
(c)
						"EPA" refers to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(d) "EPA Method 8015A" is a procedure used to
						determine the concentration of various volatile organic compounds. EPA Method
						8015A, Nonhalogenated Volatile Organics by Gas Chromatography, July 1992, is
						hereby incorporated by reference.
(e) "EPA Method 8270B" is a procedure used to
						determine the concentration of semi-volatile organic compounds. EPA Method
						8270B, Semi-volatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer
						(GC/MS): Capillary Column Technique, September 1994, is hereby incorporated by
						reference.
(f) "EPA Method 3550A"
						is a procedure used for extracting non-volatile and semi-volatile organic
						compounds from solids such as soils, sludges and wastes. EPA Method 3550A,
						Ultrasonic Extraction, September 1994, is hereby incorporated by
						reference.
(g) "EPA Method 3540B"
						is a procedure used for extracting non-volatile and semi-volatile organic
						compounds from solids such as soils, sludges and wastes. EPA Method 3540B,
						Soxhlet Extraction, September 1994, is hereby incorporated by
						reference.
(h) "Flame Ionization
						Detector (FID)" is a detector, used in combination with a Gas Chromatograph, to
						analyze for saturated hydrocarbons, alkanes, alkenes and unsaturated
						hydrocarbons.
(i) "Gas
						Chromatography (GC)" is an analytical technique used to determine the sample
						concentration of organic constituents including total petroleum hydrocarbons
						(TPH) in environmental media.
(j)
						"Gauge" refers to the act of manually measuring the height of liquid in a tank
						expressed in feet, inches and fractions of inches or other appropriate
						units.
(k) "Recover" or "Recovered"
						refers to the amount of oil either removed or taken out of the environment
						after a spill. This does not include material lost to natural evaporation, or
						dispersion, in situ burning, or the use of chemical dispersants.
(l) "Sorbents" refers to manmade substances
						or materials that preferentially absorb or adsorb petroleum hydrocarbons.
						Sorbents typically include but are not limited to booms and pads.
(m) "TPH" refers to total petroleum
						hydrocarbons. It is a term used to describe the amount of petroleum
						hydrocarbons which are contained in a solid sample or sediment as a number that
						may be converted to units of volume or mass.
1. New
						  section filed 7-23-97; operative 8-22-97 (Register 97, No. 30).
2.
						  Repealer of subsection (k) and subsection relettering filed 5-14-2009;
						  operative 6-13-2009 (Register 2009, No. 20).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 8670.67.5,
							 Government Code. Reference: Section
							 8670.67.5,
							 Government Code.