[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: 40CFR113.3]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 113_LIABILITY LIMITS FOR SMALL ONSHORE
STORAGE FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart A_Oil Storage Facilities
 
Sec.  113.3  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart, the following terms shall have the meanings 
indicated below:
    (a) Aboveground storage facility means a tank or other container, 
the bottom of which is on a plane not more than 6 inches below the 
surrounding surface.
    (b) Act means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 
33 U.S.C. 1151, et seq.
    (c) Barrel means 42 United States gallons at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
    (d) Belowground storage facility means a tank or other container 
located other than as defined as ``Aboveground''.
    (e) Discharge includes, but is not limited to any spilling, leaking, 
pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping.
    (f) Onshore Oil Storage Facility means any facility (excluding motor 
vehicles and rolling stock) of any kind located in, on, or under, any 
land within the United States, other than submerged land.
    (g) On-Scene Coordinator is the single Federal representative 
designated pursuant to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances 
Pollution Contingency Plan and identified in approved Regional Oil and 
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plans.
    (h) 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.

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    (i) Remove or removal means the removal of the oil from the water 
and shorelines or the taking of such other actions as the Federal On-
Scene Coordinator may determine to 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.

Additionally, the terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the 
meanings assigned them by section 311(a) of the Act.