California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 3 - State Property Operations › Chapter 1 - State Lands Commission › Article 4.7 - Performance Standards and Compliance Assessment for the Discharge of Ballast Water for Vessels Operating in California Waters › Section 2292 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following
					 definitions shall govern the construction of this Article:
(a) "Ballast Water Capacity" means the total
				  volumetric capacity of any tanks, spaces, or compartments on a vessel used for
				  carrying, loading or discharging ballast water, including any multi-use tank,
				  space or compartment designed to allow carriage of ballast water.
(b) "Ballast Water Sample" means a unit of
				  ballast water that may be collected for compliance assessment or research
				  purposes.
(c) "Ballast Water
				  Treatment System," also referred to as a "Ballast Water Management System,"
				  means any system that processes ballast water to remove, kill, or render
				  nonviable organisms in ballast water prior to discharge or to avoid the uptake
				  or discharge of organisms.
(d)
				  "Colony Forming Unit" means a measure of viable bacteria in a sample.
(e) "Commission" means the California State
				  Lands Commission.
(f) "Detailed
				  Analysis" means a direct measurement of the organism's concentration in a
				  representative sample to assess compliance with the discharge
				  standards.
(g) "Functionality
				  Monitoring" means monitoring of the applicable operational performance
				  parameters to verify that the ballast water treatment system is operating
				  according to the manufacturers' specifications.
(h) "Indicative Analysis" means a rapid
				  preliminary assessment of the organism concentration in a representative sample
				  of the ballast water volume of interest using biological, chemical, or physical
				  parameters.
(i) "mL" means
				  milliliter.
(j) "Public Water
				  System" is defined the same as in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
				  section 141.2 (7-1-20 Edition), which is
				  hereby incorporated by reference.
(k) "Sampling Port" means the equipment
				  installed in the ballast water piping through which representative samples of
				  the ballast water being discharged are extracted.
(l) "System Design Limitations" or "SDLs" are
				  the physical or operational parameters important to the proper operation of the
				  ballast water treatment system and designed to achieve the discharge
				  performance standards (for example, minimum and maximum flow rates, time
				  between ballast uptake and discharge, water quality limitations, operating
				  environmental conditions, filter pressure, or ultraviolet
				  transmittance).
(m) "Vessel" has
				  the same meaning as in Section
				  71200,
				  Public Resources Code, subdivision (r).
1. New
					 section filed 10-15-2007; operative 1-1-2008 (Register 2007, No.
					 42).
2. New subsections (b), (g), (h), (j) and (k) and subsection
					 relettering filed 10-1-2009; operative 10-31-2009 (Register 2009, No.
					 40).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 10-14-2021; operative
					 1-1-2022 (Register 2021, No. 42). Filing deadline specified in Government Code
					 section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
					 N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						71201.7
						and
						71205.3,
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						71200,
						71201.7,
						71204,
						71205.3
						and
						71206,
						Public Resources Code.