Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 17 > Title 10 - Control of the Bulk Storage of Petroleum

• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Facility: means a single property or contiguous or adjacent properties used for a common purpose which are owned or operated by the same person on or in which are located:
  
  a. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-1003
• leak: means any escape of petroleum from the ordinary containers employed in the normal course of storage, transfer, processing or use. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-1003
• Operator: means any person who leases, operates, controls or supervises a facility. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-1003
• Owner: means any person who has legal or equitable title to a facility. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-1003
• Petroleum: means :
  
  a. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-1003
• tank: includes all associated pipes, lines, fixtures and other ancillary equipment. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-1003