California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 4 - Office of Spill Prevention and Response
Chapter 2 - Financial Responsibility
Section 791 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 791

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

In addition to the definitions in section 790 the following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter.

(a) "Certificant" means an owner or operator or a person accepting responsibility for the oil who has been issued a certificate of financial responsibility under this chapter.

(b) "Large Tank Barge" for the purposes of determining financial responsibility, means a tank barge with a cargo capacity of 150,000 or more barrels of oil.

(c) "Small Tank Barge" for the purposes of determining financial responsibility, means a tank barge with a cargo capacity of less than 150,000 barrels of oil.

1. New section filed 8-15-91 as an emergency; operative 8-15-91 (Register 92, No. 3). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 12-1-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Repealed by operation of law and new section filed 12-13-91 as an emergency; operative 12-14-91 (Register 92, No. 12). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 4-13-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-13-91 order including amendment of NOTE and amendment of subsections (b)(5), (c), (d) and (f), repealer of subsections (c)(1) and (d)(1), and subsection renumbering transmitted to OAL 4-10-92 and filed 5-22-92 (Register 92, No. 22).
4. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE and subsection renumbering filed 3-23-95; operative 4-24-95 (Register 95, No. 12).
5. Amendment filed 6-23-95; operative 7-23-95 (Register 95, No. 25).
6. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former chapter 1 to chapter 2, renumbering and amending former section 790 to section 791, and renumbering and amending former section 791 to new section 791.7 filed 7-12-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 28).
7. Amendment of first paragraph, subsection (a) and NOTE filed 11-13-97; operative 11-13-97 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 97, No. 46).
8. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 12-28-99; operative 2-3-2000 (Register 99, No. 53).
9. New subsections (c) and (d), subsection relettering, amendment of newly designated subsection (e) and amendment of NOTE filed 2-4-2000 as an emergency; operative 2-4-2000 (Register 2000, No. 5). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-5-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
10. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 2-4-2000 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2000, No. 31).
11. Amendment of subsection (c) and amendment of NOTE filed 12-21-2000 as an emergency; operative 12-21-2000 (Register 2000, No. 51). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-20-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
12. Amendment of subsection (c) and amendment of NOTE refiled 4-16-2001 as an emergency; operative 4-16-2001 (Register 2001, No. 16). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-14-2001 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
13. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-16-2001 order, including further amendment of section, transmitted to OAL 8-3-2001 and filed 9-17-2001 (Register 2001, No. 38).
14. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a) and amending NOTE filed 6-24-2002 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2002, No. 26).
15. Amendment of NOTE filed 6-26-2003; operative 6-26-2003 (Register 2003, No. 26).
16. Repealer of subsection (c), subsection relettering, new subsection (d), repealer of subsection (f) and amendment of NOTE filed 10-9-2008; operative 11-8-2008 (Register 2008, No. 41).
17. New subsections (a) and (c), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsection (b) filed 7-14-2011; operative 8-13-2011 (Register 2011, No. 28).
18. Amendment of subsections (c) and (f) and amendment of NOTE filed 9-3-2015 as an emergency; operative 9-3-2015. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 8670.7.5, which provides that the regulation shall be deemed an emergency, shall be exempt from describing facts showing the need for immediate action, shall not be subject to OAL review, and shall remain in effect for twelve months or until readopted, whichever is earlier (Register 2015, No. 36).
19. Amendment of subsections (c) and (f) and amendment of NOTE refiled 9-1-2016 as an emergency; operative 9-1-2016. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 8670.7.5, which provides that the regulation shall be deemed an emergency, shall be exempt from describing facts showing the need for immediate action, shall not be subject to OAL review, and shall remain in effect for twelve months or until readopted, whichever is earlier (Register 2016, No. 36).
20. Amendment of subsections (c) and (f) and amendment of NOTE refiled 8-7-2017 as an emergency; operative 8-7-2017. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 8670.7.5, which provides that the regulation shall be deemed an emergency, shall be exempt from describing facts showing the need for immediate action, shall not be subject to OAL review, and shall remain in effect for twelve months or until readopted, whichever is earlier (Register 2017, No. 32).
21. Amendment of subsections (c) and (f) and amendment of NOTE refiled 7-30-2018 as an emergency, including amendment of subsection (b); operative 7-30-2018. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 8670.7.5, which provides that the regulation shall be deemed an emergency and not subject to OAL review, and shall remain in effect for twelve months or until readopted, whichever is earlier (Register 2018, No. 31).
22. Certificate of Compliance as to 7-30-2018 order, including repealer of subchapter 1 heading and amendment of section and NOTE, transmitted to OAL 10-31-2018 and filed 12-17-2018; amendments effective 1-1-2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 51).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 8670.7.5, 8670.37.53, 8670.37.54 and 8670.58, Government Code. Reference: Sections 8670.3, 8670.37.51, 8670.37.52, 8670.37.53, 8670.37.54, 8670.37.55, 8670.37.56, 8670.37.57 and 8670.37.58, Government Code.

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