California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 1 - General › Section 5050.3 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter only:
(a) "Accidental release" means an
				  unanticipated emission of a regulated substance or other extremely hazardous
				  substance into the ambient air from a stationary source.
(b) "Administrative controls" means written
				  procedural mechanisms used for hazard control.
(c) "Administrator" means the administrator
				  of the USEPA.
(d) "Agency" means
				  the California Environmental Protection Agency.
(e) "AIChE/CCPS" means the American Institute
				  of Chemical Engineers/Center for Chemical Process Safety.
(f) "API" means the American Petroleum
				  Institute.
(g) "Article" means a
				  manufactured item, as defined under Section
				  of Title
				  85189 of Title 8 of the California Code of
				  Regulations (CCR), that is formed to a specific shape or design during
				  manufacture, that has end use functions dependent in whole or in part upon the
				  shape or design during end use, and that does not release or otherwise result
				  in exposure to a regulated substance under normal conditions of processing and
				  use.
(h) "ASME" means the American
				  Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(i) "Cal OSHA" means the California
				  Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
(j) "CAS" means the Chemical Abstracts
				  Service.
(k) "CFR" means the Code
				  of Federal Regulations.
(l)
				  "Catastrophic release" means a major uncontrolled emission, fire, or explosion,
				  involving one or more regulated substances that presents an imminent and
				  substantial endangerment to public health and the environment.
(m) "Change" means any alteration in process
				  chemicals, technology, procedures, equipment, facilities or organization that
				  could affect a process. A change does not include
				  replacement-in-kind.
(n)
				  "Classified information," as defined in the Classified Information Procedures
				  Act, Appendix 3 of Section
				  1(a) of Title 18 of the United States
				  Code, means "any information or material that has been
				  determined by the United States Government pursuant to an executive order,
				  statute, or regulation, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure
				  for reasons of national security."
(o) "Condensate" means hydrocarbon liquid
				  separated from natural gas that condenses due to changes in temperature,
				  pressure, or both, and remains liquid at standard conditions.
(p) "Covered process" means a process that
				  has a regulated substance present in more than a threshold quantity as
				  determined under Section
				  5130.2 of this chapter.
(q) "Crude oil" means any naturally
				  occurring, unrefined petroleum liquid.
(r) "Damage mechanism" means the mechanical,
				  chemical, physical, or other process that results in equipment or material
				  degradation.
(s) "DOT" means the
				  United States Department of Transportation.
(t) "Employee representative" means a union
				  representative, where a union exists, or an employee designated representative
				  in the absence of a union that is on-site and qualified for the task. The term
				  is to be construed broadly, and may include the local union, the international
				  union, or an individual designated by these parties, such as the safety and
				  health committee representative at the site.
(u) "Environmental receptor" means natural
				  areas such as national or state parks, forests, or monuments; officially
				  designated wildlife sanctuaries, preserves, refuges, or areas; and Federal
				  wilderness areas, that could be exposed at any time to toxic concentrations,
				  radiant heat, or overpressure greater than or equal to the endpoints provided
				  in Section
				  5080.2(a), as a
				  result of an accidental release and that can be identified on local United
				  States Geological Survey maps.
(v)
				  "Feasible" means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a
				  reasonable period of time taking into account health, safety, economic,
				  environmental, legal, social, and technological factors.
(w) "Field gas" means gas extracted from a
				  production well before the gas enters a natural gas processing plant.
(x) "Hierarchy of Hazard Control" means
				  prevention and control measures, in priority order, to eliminate or minimize a
				  hazard. Hazard prevention and control measures ranked from most effective to
				  least effective are: First Order Inherent Safety, Second Order Inherent Safety,
				  and passive, active and procedural protection layers.
(y) "Highly hazardous material" means a
				  flammable liquid, flammable gas, toxic or reactive substance as those terms are
				  defined:
(1) flammable gas, as defined in
				  California Code of Regulation (CCR) Title 8, §
											5194, Appendix B,
(2) flammable liquid, as defined in CCR Title
				  8, §
											5194, Appendix B,
(3) toxic substances as acute toxicity is
				  defined in CCR Title 8, §
											5194, Appendix A, and
(4) reactive substance as self-reactive
				  chemical, as defined in CCR Title 8, §
											5194, Appendix B. Highly hazardous
				  material includes all regulated substances listed in Tables 1, 2, and 3 of this
				  Chapter.