[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR109.2]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 109_CRITERIA FOR STATE, LOCAL AND REGIONAL OIL REMOVAL 
CONTINGENCY PLANS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  109.2  Definitions.

    As used in these guidelines, the following terms shall have the 
meaning indicated below:
    (a) Oil means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not 
limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with 
wastes other than dredged spoil.
    (b) Discharge includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, 
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping.
    (c) Remove or removal refers to the removal of the oil from the 
water and shorelines or the taking of such other actions as may be 
necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or 
welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, and 
public and private property, shorelines, and beaches.
    (d) Major disaster means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high 
water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, fire, or 
other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the 
determination of the President, is or threatens to become of sufficient 
severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal 
Government to supplement the efforts and available resources of States 
and local governments and relief organizations in alleviating the 
damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.

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    (e) United States means the States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
    (f) Federal Act means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended, 33 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.