Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 685 - PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT OF OIL TRANSFER FEES
Section 096-685-2 - Definitions
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
The following terms as used in this rule have the following meaning:
A. Department. "Department" means the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
B. Exported. "Exported" means directly transported from an oil terminal facility to a location outside the borders of this state such that no oil is stored within the state except at the licensed oil terminal facility.
C. Licensee. "Licensee" means a person licensed to operate an oil terminal facility under 38 M.R.S. §545 and chapter 600 of the Department's rules.
D. M.R.S. "M.R.S." means the Maine Revised Statutes.
E. Oil. "Oil" means oil, oil additives, petroleum products and their by-products of any kind and in any form including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other non-hazardous waste, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity.
F. Oil terminal facility. "Oil terminal facility" means any facility of any kind and related appurtenances, located in, on or under the surface of any land or water, including submerged lands, that is used or capable of being used for the purpose of transferring, processing or refining oil, or for the purpose of storing the same, but does not include any facility used or capable of being used to store no more than 1500 barrels or 63,000 gallons, nor any facility not engaged in the transfer of oil to or from waters of the State.
G. Oil storage facility. "Oil storage facility" means any aboveground or underground oil storage tank or tanks, together with associated piping, transfer and dispensing facilities, at single location for more than 4 months per year.
H. Oil transfer fees. "Oil transfer fees" means the fees assessed under 38 M.R.S. §551, sub-§ 4 on oil transferred by an oil terminal licensee or transported by a registered oil transporter.
I. Registered oil transporter. "Registered oil transporter" means a person required to register under 38 M.R.S. §545-B.
NOTE: Section 545-B provides: "Effective October 1, 1988, any person who transports by rail or highway more than 25 barrels of oil into Maine at any one time must register annually with the commissioner."
J. Transferred. "Transferred" means both onloading and offloading between terminal and vessel and vessel to vessel.
