WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 709

(III)(2) "OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, AND THEIR
BY PRODUCTS" DOES NOT INCLUDE:

1. (I) LIQUID LIQUEFIED PROPANE; OR

(II) LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; OR

2. (III) ANY EDIBLE OILS.

(3)(I) (G) (1) "OIL STORAGE FACILITY" MEANS ANY

INSTALLATION, STRUCTURE, OR PREMISES, ABOVEGROUND OR

UNDERGROUND , FACILITY IN WHICH OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, OR
THEIR BY PRODUCTS ARE IS STORED.

(II)(2) "OIL STORAGE FACILITY" DOES NOT
INCLUDE A FARM OR PRIVATE RESIDENCE TANK WHICH STORES 1,100
GALLONS OR LESS OF OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, OR THEIR
BY PRODUCTS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL OR PERSONAL USE.

4-411.

(a) In this section the following words and phrases have
the meaning indicated.

(1) ["Discharge" means any spilling, leaking,
pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping.

(2)] "Fund" means the Maryland Oil Disaster
Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund.

[(3) (i) "Oil, petroleum products, and their

by-products" means oil of any kind and in any liquid form
including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil
refuse, oil mixed with other waste, crude oils and every other
nonedible, liquid hydrocarbon regardless of specific gravity.

(ii) "Oil, petroleum products, and their
by-products" does not include any edible oil.]

[(4)] (2) "Transfer" means the offloading of oil in
the State from any commercial vessel, tank truck, tank car,
pipeline, or any other means used for transporting oil.

[(5)] (3) "Barrel" means any measure of petroleum
products or its by-products which consists of 42.0 U.S. gallons
of liquid measure.

4-411.1.

(B) (A) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1 OF EACH YEAR JULY 1, 1990,
THE OWNER, OPERATOR, OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF AN UNDERGROUND OIL
STORAGE FACILITY SHALL REGISTER THE UNDERGROUND OIL STORAGE
FACILITY WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

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