PART III. DEPARTMENT RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR PETROLEUM

RELEASES

 

Cross References

 

  Environmental response law, see chapter 128D.

 

§342L-50  Definitions.  For the purposeof this part:

“Exposure assessment” means a determinationregarding the extent of exposure of, or potential for exposure of, individualsto petroleum from a release from an underground storage tank or tank system. This assessment shall be based on factors such as the nature and extent ofcontamination, the existence of or potential for pathways of human exposure(including ground or surface water contamination, air emissions, dermalexposure, soil ingestion, and food chain contamination), the size of thecommunity or communities within the likely pathways of exposure, an analysis ofexpected human exposure levels with respect to short-term and long-term healtheffects associated with identified contaminants, and any available recommendedexposure or tolerance limits for the contaminants.

“Facility” means, with respect to any owner oroperator, a single parcel of property (or any contiguous or adjacent property),including improvements, in or upon which all underground storage tanks or tanksystems used for the storage of petroleum that are owned or operated by theowner or operator are located.

“Fund” means the leaking underground storagetank fund.

“Owner” means any person who falls within thedefinition of owner contained within part I but excluding a person who does notparticipate in the management of an underground storage tank or tank system andis otherwise not engaged in petroleum production, refining, and marketing butholds indicia of ownership primarily to protect a security interest in the tankor tank system. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §6; am L 1992, c 259, §29]