Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14: Definitions
As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Discharge: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
- Facility: means any development or installation within the Commonwealth that deals in, stores or handles oil, and includes a pipeline. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
- Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
- Oil: means oil of any kind and in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum and petroleum by-products, fuel oil, lubricating oils, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
- Other wastes: means decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, lime, garbage, refuse, ashes, offal, tar, oil, chemicals, and all other substances except industrial wastes and sewage which may cause pollution in any state waters. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.3
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means any firm, corporation, association or partnership, one or more individuals, or any governmental unit or agency thereof. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
- Pipeline: means all new and existing pipe, rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of oil, including, but not limited to, line pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout tanks. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
- Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
- Vehicle: means any motor vehicle, rolling stock or other artificial contrivance for transport whether self-propelled or otherwise, except vessels. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
- Vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used as a means of transporting on water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and shall include barges and tugs. See Virginia Code 62.1-44.34:14
“Aboveground storage tank” means any one or combination of tanks, including pipes, used to contain an accumulation of oil at atmospheric pressure, and the volume of which, including the volume of the pipes, is more than ninety percent above the surface of the ground. This term does not include line pipe and breakout tanks of an interstate pipeline regulated under the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 or the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended.
“Containment and cleanup” means abatement, containment, removal and disposal of oil and, to the extent possible, the restoration of the environment to its existing state prior to an oil discharge.
“Discharge” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping.
“Facility” means any development or installation within the Commonwealth that deals in, stores or handles oil, and includes a pipeline.
“Oil” means oil of any kind and in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum and petroleum by-products, fuel oil, lubricating oils, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity.
“Operator” means any person who owns, operates, charters, rents or otherwise exercises control over or responsibility for a facility or a vehicle or vessel.
“Person” means any firm, corporation, association or partnership, one or more individuals, or any governmental unit or agency thereof.
“Pipeline” means all new and existing pipe, rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of oil, including, but not limited to, line pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout tanks.
“Tank” means a device designed to contain an accumulation of oil and constructed of nonearthen materials, such as concrete, steel or plastic, which provide structural support. This term does not include flow-through process tanks as defined in 40 C.F.R. part 280.
“Tank vessel” means any vessel used in the transportation of oil as cargo.
“Vehicle” means any motor vehicle, rolling stock or other artificial contrivance for transport whether self-propelled or otherwise, except vessels.
“Vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used as a means of transporting on water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and shall include barges and tugs.
1973, c. 417; 1976, c. 51; 1978, c. 816; 1990, c. 917; 1992, c. 456; 1994, c. 277; 1996, c. 737.