Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection
Subchapter 29 - Fertilizer
Part 1 - GENERAL
Section 35:30-29-21 - Fertilizer terminology
The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Approved" means approval by the Board or the Department.
"Aqua ammonia" means an aqueous solution of anhydrous ammonia generally containing from 18 to 30 percent ammonia (NH3) by weight and having a vapor pressure ranging from 0 to 10 psig at 104 degrees F.
"Commercial storage facility" means a licensed location storing liquid, dry, or anhydrous ammonia fertilizer.
"Control official" means the authorized agents responsible for enforcing the fertilizer laws and rules.
"Discharge" means any accidental release of anhydrous ammonia or spilled fertilizer in a quantity exceeding 55 US gallons of liquid or 200 pounds of dry bulk fertilizer.
"Dry bulk fertilizer" means non-liquid fertilizer in an undivided quantity exceeding 200 pounds.
"Elephant ring" means an open topped storage container serving as a secondary containment vessel and holding smaller primary storage tanks.
"Field operations" means the application of fertilizer to soil or plants through normal agricultural or horticultural practices.
"Liquid bulk fertilizer" means fluid fertilizer in an undivided quantity exceeding 55 US gallons.
"Liquid fertilizer" means fertilizer in fluid form and includes solutions, emulsions, suspensions, and slurries. Liquid fertilizer does not include anhydrous ammonia.
"Low pressure nitrogen solutions" means an aqueous solution of ammonium nitrate and/or urea and/or other nitrogen carriers, containing various quantities of free ammonia exceeding 2% by weight. Aqua ammonia and non-pressure nitrogen solutions commonly referred to as 28%, 30%, or 32% nitrogen solutions are excluded from this definition.
"Non-commercial storage facility" means any storage tank or facility used by an individual who neither sells nor distributes any type of fertilizer to another person.
"Operational area" means an area or areas at a fertilizer storage facility where fertilizers are transferred, loaded, unloaded, mixed, or where fertilizers are cleaned or washed from application equipment, storage containers, or transportation equipment.
"Operational area containment" means any structure or system designed and constructed to effectively intercept and contain operational spills including container or contaminated wash water and rainwater and to prevent runoff or leaching from a storage facility.
"Primary containment" means the storage of liquid or dry bulk fertilizer in storage containers at a storage facility.
"Secondary containment" means any structure used to contain product spills from bulk storage tanks and prevent runoff or leaching.
Added at 17 Ok Reg 2857, eff 7-13-00
