§486-50 - Definitions.
PART II.
PETROLEUM PRODUCT ACCOUNTING AND INSPECTION
Note
Part heading amended by L 1991, c 153, §19.
Cross References
Petroleum industry information reporting act, see chapter 486J.
§486-50 Definitions. As used in this
part, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Cubic foot" means that amount of
liquefied petroleum product, vapor, or natural gas vapor, or synthetic natural
gas vapor, or any blend of the above, which will occupy 1728 cubic inches when
its temperature is sixty degrees Fahrenheit at a pressure of 760 mm of Hg
(mercury). The density of the Hg shall be 13.5951 grams per cubic centimeter
per second, per second.
"Petroleum product" includes
automotive gasoline, diesel fuels, fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas both
liquid and vapor, residuals, distillates and fractions, kerosene, aviation
fuels, turbine fuels, solvent, hydro-carbons or synthetics, crude oil,
lubricating oil, or any other oil or distillate or blends of the above or any
other product or byproduct normally considered a petroleum product, and
synthetic natural gas or natural gas and manufactured gas or blends thereof.
"U.S. petroleum gallon" means that
amount of petroleum product which occupies 231 cubic inches exactly when its
temperature is sixty degrees Fahrenheit, or the expanded or contracted
equivalent thereto at any other temperature. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3]