Chapter Definitions

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “Damages” means damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of this state resulting from, arising out of, or related to the discharge or threatened discharge of oil;
  2. “Discharge” means any emission (other than natural seepage), intentional or unintentional, and includes, but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping;
  3. “Federal on-scene coordinator” means the federal official designated by the lead agency or predesignated by the environmental protection agency (EPA) or the coast guard to coordinate and direct responses under the National Contingency Plan;
  4. “National Contingency Plan” means the National Contingency Plan prepared and published under § 311(d) of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, codified in 33 U.S.C. § 1321(d), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, (101 P.L. 380, 104 Stat. 484), compiled in 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.;
  5. “Oil” means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil;
  6. “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state, or any interstate body;
  7. “Remove” or “removal” means containment and removal of oil or a hazardous substance from water and shorelines or the taking of other actions as may be necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, and public and private property, shorelines, and beaches;
  8. “Removal costs” means the costs of removal that are incurred after a discharge of oil has occurred or, in any case in which there is a substantial threat of a discharge of oil, the costs to prevent, minimize, or mitigate oil pollution from such an incident; and
  9. “Responsible party” means a responsible party as defined under § 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, codified in 33 U.S.C. § 2701.


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