Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 334 - UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS
Subchapter F - ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS
Section 334.122 - Definitions for Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs)
Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 334.122
Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the words and terms used in this subchapter have the meanings prescribed in § 334.2 of this title (relating to Definitions), unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(b) The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter only, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Aboveground storage tank--A nonvehicular
device (including any associated piping) that is made of nonearthen materials;
located on or above the surface of the ground, or on or above the surface of
the floor of a structure below ground, such as a mineworking, basement, or
vault; and designed to contain an accumulation of petroleum products.
(2) Associated piping--All underground pipes
or aboveground pipes (including related valves, elbows, joints, flanges,
connectors, and other fittings) which are directly associated with an AST
storing petroleum products, which are located at the AST facility, and through
which petroleum products flow or in which petroleum products are contained or
stored.
(3) Bulk facility--A
facility, including pipeline terminals, refinery terminals, rail and barge
terminals, and associated underground and ASTs, connected or separate, from
which petroleum products are withdrawn from bulk and delivered into a cargo
tank or barge used to transport those products.
(4) Electric generating facility--A plant or
facility where on-site equipment is used to generate electrical power on a
continuous or regular basis. This term does not include emergency generators,
as defined in §
334.2 of
this title.
(5) Nonearthen
materials--Man-made materials designed to provide structural support and
containment, such as concrete, steel, or plastic.
(6) Nonvehicular device--A fixed, stationary,
or moveable storage vessel which is not affixed or mounted to any
self-propelled, towable, or pushable vehicle (e.g., wagon, truck, trailer,
railcar, aircraft, boat, or barge).
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