109 Part 116—Designation of Hazardous Substances
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Environmental Protection Agency § 116.3 (i) Remove or removal means the re- tion 311 of the Act, as limited by this moval of the oil from the water and subpart. shorelines or the taking of such other actions as the Federal On-Scene Coor- PART 116—DESIGNATION OF dinator may determine to be necessary HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, including but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, Sec. 116.1 Applicability. and public and private property, shore- 116.2 Abbreviations. lines, and beaches. 116.3 Definitions. Additionally, the terms not otherwise 116.4 Designation of hazardous substances. defined herein shall have the meanings assigned them by section 311(a) of the AUTHORITY: Secs. 311(b)(2)(A) and 501(a), Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 Act. U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). § 113.4 Size classes and associated li- ability limits for fixed onshore oil § 116.1 Applicability. storage facilities, 1,000 barrels or This regulation designates hazardous less capacity. substances under section 311(b)(2)(A) of Unless the United States can show the Federal Water Pollution Control that oil was discharged as a result of Act (the Act). The regulation applies to willful negligence or willful mis- discharges of substances designated in conduct within the privity and knowl- Table 116.4. edge of the owner or operator, the fol- [43 FR 10474, Mar. 13, 1978] lowing limits of liability are estab- lished for fixed onshore facilities in the § 116.2 Abbreviations. classes specified: (a) Aboveground storage. ppm=parts per million mg=milligram(s) Size class Capacity (bar- Limit kg=kilogram(s) rels) (dollars) mg/l=milligrams(s) per liter= (approx.) ppm I .................................................... Up to 10 ........ 4,000 mg/kg=milligram(s) per kilogram= (approx.) II ................................................... 11 to 170 ....... 60,000 ppm III .................................................. 171 to 500 ..... 150,000 IV .................................................. 501 to 1,000 .. 200,000 [43 FR 10474, Mar. 13, 1978] (b) Belowground storage. § 116.3 Definitions. Capacity (bar- Limit As used in this part, all terms shall Size class rels) (dollars) have the meaning defined in the Act and as given below: I .................................................... Up to 10 ........ 5,200 II ................................................... 11 to 170 ....... 78,000 The Act means the Federal Water III .................................................. 171 to 500 ..... 195,000 Pollution Control Act, as amended by IV .................................................. 501 to 1,000 .. 260,000 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92– § 113.5 Exclusions. 500), and as further amended by the This subpart does not apply to: Clean Water Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95– (a) Those facilities whose average 217), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; and as fur- daily oil throughout is more than their ther amended by the Clean Water Act fixed oil storage capacity. Amendments of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–676); (b) Vehicles and rolling stock. Animals means appropriately sen- sitive animals which carry out respira- § 113.6 Effect on other laws. tion by means of a lung structure per- Nothing herein shall be construed to mitting gaseous exchange between air limit the liability of any facility under and the circulatory system; State or local law or under any Federal Aquatic animals means appropriately law other than section 311 of the Act, sensitive wholly aquatic animals which nor shall the liability of any facility carry out respiration by means of a gill for any charges or damages under structure permitting gaseous exchange State or local law reduce its liability between the water and the circulatory to the Federal Government under sec- system; 109 VerDate jul<14>2003 11:14 Aug 05, 2003 Jkt 200157 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\200157T.XXX 200157T § 116.3 40 CFR Ch. I (7–1–03 Edition) Aquatic flora means plant life associ- swamps, marshes, bogs and similar ated with the aquatic eco-system in- areas; the term adjacent means bor- cluding, but not limited to, algae and dering, contiguous or neighboring; higher plants; (2) Tributaries of navigable waters of Contiguous zone means the entire the United States, including adjacent zone established or to be established by wetlands; the United States under article 24 of (3) Interstate waters, including wet- the Convention of the Territorial Sea lands; and and the Contiguous Zone; (4) All other waters of the United Discharge includes, but is not limited States such as intrastate lakes, rivers, to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, streams, mudflats, sandflats and wet- pouring, emitting, emptying or dump- lands, the use, degradation or destruc- ing, but excludes (A) discharges in tion of which affect interstate com- compliance with a permit under sec- merce including, but not limited to: tion 402 of this Act, (B) discharges re- (i) Intrastate lakes, rivers, streams, sulting from circumstances identified and wetlands which are utilized by and reviewed and made a part of the interstate travelers for recreational or public record with respect to a permit other purposes; and issued or modified under section 402 of (ii) Intrastate lakes, rivers, streams, this Act, and subject to a condition in and wetlands from which fish or shell- such permit, and (C) continuous or an- fish are or could be taken and sold in ticipated intermittent discharges from interstate commerce; and a point source, identified in a permit or (iii) Intrastate lakes, rivers, streams, permit application under section 402 of and wetlands which are utilized for in- this Act, which are caused by events dustrial purposes by industries in occurring within the scope of relevant interstate commerce. operating or treatment systems; Navigable waters do not include prior LC50 means that concentration of converted cropland. Notwithstanding material which is lethal to one-half of the determination of an area’s status the test population of aquatic animals as prior converted cropland by any upon continuous exposure for 96 hours other federal agency, for the purposes or less. of the Clean Water Act, the final au- Mixture means any combination of thority regarding Clean Water Act ju- two or more elements and/or com- risdiction remains with EPA. pounds in solid, liquid, or gaseous form Offshore facility means any facility of except where such substances have un- any kind located in, on, or under, any dergone a chemical reaction so as to of the navigable waters of the United become inseparable by physical means. States, and any facility of any kind Navigable waters is defined in section which is subject to the jurisdiction of 502(7) of the Act to mean ‘‘waters of the the United States and is located in, on, United States, including the territorial or under any other waters, other than seas,’’ and includes, but is not limited a vessel or a public vessel; to: Onshore facility means any facility (1) All waters which are presently (including, but not limited to, motor used, or were used in the past, or may vehicles and rolling stock) of any kind be susceptible to use as a means to located in, on, or under, any land with- transport interstate or foreign com- in the United States other than sub- merce, including all waters which are merged land; subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, Otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of and including adjacent wetlands; the the United States means subject to the term wetlands as used in this regula- jurisdiction of the United States by tion shall include those areas that are virtue of United States citizenship, inundated or saturated by surface or United States vessel documentation or ground water at a frequency and dura- numbering, or as provided for by inter- tion sufficient to support, and that national agreement to which the under normal circumstances do sup- United States is a party. port, a prevelance of vegetation typi- A discharge in connection with activi- cally adapted for life in saturated soil ties under the Outer Continental Shelf conditions. Wetlands generally include Lands Act or the Deepwater Port Act of 110 VerDate jul<14>2003 11:14 Aug 05, 2003 Jkt 200157 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\200157T.XXX 200157T Environmental Protection Agency § 116.4 1974, or which may affect natural re- the coast which is in direct contact sources belonging to, appertaining to, or with the open sea and the line marking under the exclusive management author- the seaward limit of inland waters, and ity of the United States (including re- extending seaward a distance of 3 sources under the Fishery Conservation miles. and Management Act of 1976), means: (1) Vessel means every description of A discharge into any waters beyond the watercraft or other artificial contriv- contiguous zone from any vessel or on- ance used, or capable of being used, as shore or offshore facility, which vessel a means of transportation on water or facility is subject to or is engaged in other than a public vessel; activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act or the Deepwater Port [43 FR 10474, Mar. 13, 1978; 43 FR 27533, June Act of 1974, and (2) any discharge into 26, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 10266, Feb. 16, any waters beyond the contiguous zone 1979; 58 FR 45039, Aug. 25, 1993] which contain, cover, or support any natural resource belonging to, apper- § 116.4 Designation of hazardous sub- stances. taining to, or under the exclusive man- agement authority of the United The elements and compounds appear- States (including resources under the ing in Tables 116.4 A and B are des- Fishery Conservation and Management ignated as hazardous substances in ac- Act of 1976). cordance with section 311(b)(2)(A) of Public vessel means a vessel owned or the Act.