§ 6991. Definitions and exemptions
In this subchapter:
(1)
Indian tribe.—
(2)
The term “nonoperational storage tank” means any underground storage tank in which regulated substances will not be deposited or from which regulated substances will not be dispensed after November 8, 1984.
(3)
The term “operator” means any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of the underground storage tank.
(4)
The term “owner” means—
(5)
The term “person” has the same meaning as provided in section
6903
(15) of this title, except that such term includes a consortium, a joint venture, and a commercial entity, and the United States Government.
(6)
The term “petroleum” means petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure (60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute).
(7)
The term “regulated substance” means—
(8)
The term “release” means any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing from an underground storage tank into ground water, surface water or subsurface soils.
(9)
Trust fund.—
The term “Trust Fund” means the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund established by section
9508 of title
26.
(10)
The term “underground storage tank” means any one or combination of tanks (including underground pipes connected thereto) which is used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances, and the volume of which (including the volume of the underground pipes connected thereto) is 10 per centum or more beneath the surface of the ground. Such term does not include any—
(A)
farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes,
(D)
pipeline facility (including gathering lines)—
(ii)
which is an intrastate pipeline facility regulated under State laws as provided in chapter
601 of title
49,
and which is determined by the Secretary to be connected to a pipeline or to be operated or intended to be capable of operating at pipeline pressure or as an integral part of a pipeline,
(H)
liquid trap or associated gathering lines directly related to oil or gas production and gathering operations, or
(I)
storage tank situated in an underground area (such as a basement, cellar, mineworking, drift, shaft, or tunnel) if the storage tank is situated upon or above the surface of the floor.
The term “underground storage tank” shall not include any pipes connected to any tank which is described in subparagraphs (A) through (I).
[1] So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period and the word “and” probably should not appear.