Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 600 - OIL DISCHARGE PREVENTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL RULES FOR MARINE OIL TERMINALS, TRANSPORTATION PIPELINES AND VESSELS › Section 096-600-2 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following terms as used in this Chapter have the
				  following meanings:
A.
100-year
				floodplain.
"100-year floodplain" means the area which has a 1% or
				greater annual chance (1 in 100-year probability) of being inundated by a
				flood. 100-year floodplains are designated on the Federal Emergency Management
				Agency's (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) or Flood Hazard Boundary Maps,
				or determined by the flood of record, or in the absence of these, by soil types
				identified as recent floodplain soils.
B.
24-hour storm.
"24-hour
				storm" means a precipitation event with a specific probability of being equaled
				or exceeded during any twenty-four hour period during any given year, for
				example 4% (for a 25 year) or a 1% (for a 100 year).
C.
Abandoned.
"Abandoned" means
				a facility that no longer has an active marine oil facility license but that
				did not go through a closure process pursuant to Section (12)(D).
D.
Aboveground oil storage tank.
"Aboveground oil storage tank", also referred to as a "tank", means any
				stationary container, of which more than 90% is above the surface of the ground
				and that is used or intended to be used for the storage or supply of oil.
				Included in this definition are any tanks situated upon or above the surface of
				a floor in such a manner that they can be readily inspected. For the purpose of
				this Chapter, aboveground oil storage tanks do not include aboveground propane
				storage tanks.
E.
Adaptation.
"Adaptation" means taking actions that reduce the
				harmful effects from natural hazards to people and the environment.
F.
Alter.
"Alter" means any
				enlargement, upgrading, repair or removal of a storage tank system or any
				change in the configuration of any piping, tanks, or diking or the replacement
				of any tank. The term "alteration" has the same meaning.
G.
Approved.
"Approved" means
				approved by the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee in writing or
				orally with written confirmation as soon as practicable.
H.
Bulk.
"Bulk" means material
				in any quantity that is shipped, stored, or handled without benefit of package,
				label, mark or count and carried in integral or fixed independent
				tanks.
I.
Bulk oil or oil as
				cargo.
"Bulk oil" or oil as "cargo" means any oil not carried as fuel
				for bunkering or recovered incidental to oil spill response
				activities.
J.
Bunkering.
"Bunkering" means the act of supplying oil to a ship
				for its own use as fuel.
K.
Cathodically protected.
"Cathodically protected" means the use of
				a technique to prevent the corrosion of a metal surface by making that surface
				the cathode of an electrochemical cell.
NOTE: For example, a tank system can be protected against
				  corrosion through the application of either a galvanic or an impressed current
				  cathodic protection system.
L.
Cathodic protection
				assessment.
"Cathodic protection assessment" means an analysis to
				determine the need for cathodic protection in order to protect a tank bottom
				from corrosion. This assessment must be based upon a corrosion survey that
				includes soil analysis and resistivity measurements, operating records,
				corrosion history, corrosion allowance, prior test results with similar tank
				systems in similar environments and current and future plans for the
				tank.
M.
Cathodic protection
				tester.
"Cathodic protection tester" means a person certified as a
				Cathodic Protection Tester, Cathodic Protection Technician, Cathodic Protection
				Technologist, or Cathodic Protection Specialist by the National Association of
				Corrosion Engineers.
N.
Combustible liquid.
"Combustible liquid" means a liquid which has
				a flash point at or above 100° F (37.8° C). Combustible liquids are
				subdivided as follows:
(1) Class II liquids
				include those having flash points at or above 100° F (37.8° C) and
				below 140° F (60° C).
(2)
				Class III A liquids include those having flash points at or above 140° F
				(60° C) and below 200° F (93° C).
(3) Class III B liquids include those having
				flash points at or above 200° F (93° C).