Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection › Subchapter 29 - Fertilizer › Part 1 - GENERAL › Section 35:30-29-21 - Fertilizer terminology

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter,
					 shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Approved"
means approval by the Board or the
					 Department.
"Aqua ammonia"
means an aqueous solution of
					 anhydrous ammonia generally containing from 18 to 30 percent ammonia (NH3) by
					 weight and having a vapor pressure ranging from 0 to 10 psig at 104 degrees
					 F.
"Commercial storage facility"
means a licensed
					 location storing liquid, dry, or anhydrous ammonia fertilizer.
"Control official"
means the authorized agents
					 responsible for enforcing the fertilizer laws and rules.
"Discharge"
means any accidental release of
					 anhydrous ammonia or spilled fertilizer in a quantity exceeding 55 US gallons
					 of liquid or 200 pounds of dry bulk fertilizer.
"Dry bulk fertilizer"
means non-liquid
					 fertilizer in an undivided quantity exceeding 200 pounds.
"Elephant ring"
means an open topped storage
					 container serving as a secondary containment vessel and holding smaller primary
					 storage tanks.
"Field operations"
means the application of
					 fertilizer to soil or plants through normal agricultural or horticultural
					 practices.
"Liquid bulk fertilizer"
means fluid
					 fertilizer in an undivided quantity exceeding 55 US gallons.
"Liquid fertilizer"
means fertilizer in fluid
					 form and includes solutions, emulsions, suspensions, and slurries. Liquid
					 fertilizer does not include anhydrous ammonia.
"Low pressure nitrogen solutions"
means an
					 aqueous solution of ammonium nitrate and/or urea and/or other nitrogen
					 carriers, containing various quantities of free ammonia exceeding 2% by weight.
					 Aqua ammonia and non-pressure nitrogen solutions commonly referred to as 28%,
					 30%, or 32% nitrogen solutions are excluded from this definition.
"Non-commercial storage facility"
means any
					 storage tank or facility used by an individual who neither sells nor
					 distributes any type of fertilizer to another person.
"Operational area"
means an area or areas at a
					 fertilizer storage facility where fertilizers are transferred, loaded,
					 unloaded, mixed, or where fertilizers are cleaned or washed from application
					 equipment, storage containers, or transportation equipment.
"Operational area containment"
means any
					 structure or system designed and constructed to effectively intercept and
					 contain operational spills including container or contaminated wash water and
					 rainwater and to prevent runoff or leaching from a storage facility.
"Primary containment"
means the storage of
					 liquid or dry bulk fertilizer in storage containers at a storage
					 facility.
"Secondary containment"
means any structure
					 used to contain product spills from bulk storage tanks and prevent runoff or
					 leaching.
Added at 17 Ok Reg
					 2857, eff 7-13-00