42 U.S.C. § 6991: Definitions and exemptions

The term “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community that is recognized as being eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. The term “Indian tribe” includes an Alaska Native village, as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and 1 1 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period and the word “and” probably should not appear. The term “nonoperational storage tank” means any underground storage tank in which regulated substances will not be deposited or from which regulated substances will not be dispensed after November 8, 1984 . The term “operator” means any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of the underground storage tank. in the case of an underground storage tank in use on November 8, 1984 , or brought into use after that date, any person who owns an underground storage tank used for the storage, use, or dispensing of regulated substances and in the case of any underground storage tank in use before November 8, 1984 , but no longer in use on November 8, 1984 , any person who owned such tank immediately before the discontinuation of its use. The term “person” has the same meaning as provided in section 6903(15) of this title , except that such term includes a consortium, a joint venture, and a commercial entity, and the United States Government. The term “petroleum” means petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is liquid at standard conditions of temperature and pressure (60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute). any substance defined in section 9601(14) of this title (but not including any substance regulated as a hazardous waste under subchapter III), and petroleum. The term “release” means any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing from an underground storage tank into ground water, surface water or subsurface soils. The term “Trust Fund” means the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund established by section 9508 of title 26 . farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes, tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored, septic tank, which is regulated under chapter 601 of title 49, or which is an intrastate pipeline facility regulated under State laws as provided in chapter 601 of title 49, surface impoundment, pit, pond, or lagoon, storm water or waste water collection system, flow-through process tank, liquid trap or associated gathering lines directly related to oil or gas production and gathering operations, or storage tank situated in an underground area (such as a basement, cellar, mineworking, drift, shaft, or tunnel) if the storage tank is situated upon or above the surface of the floor. that is used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances; and the volume of which (including the volume of any connected pipe) is located wholly above the surface of the ground. The term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term ‘Denali Commission’ means the commission established by section 303(a) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 [ Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title III ] ( 42 U.S.C. 3121 note). the Oil Pollution Control Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.); the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or any other Federal law that is applicable to the release into the environment of a regulated substance, as determined by the Administrator. The term ‘Native village’ has the meaning given the term in section 11(b) in Public Law 92–203 ( 85 Stat. 688 ) [ 43 U.S.C. 1610(b) ]. The term ‘program’ means the Aboveground Storage Tank Grant Program established by subsection (b)(1). The term ‘regulated substance’ has the meaning given the term in section 9001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6991 ). The term ‘State’ means the State of Alaska. There is established a grant program to be known as the ‘Aboveground Storage Tank Grant Program’ the State, on behalf of a Native village; or the Denali Commission. leaks or poses an imminent threat of leaking, as certified by the Administrator, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, or any other appropriate Federal or State agency (as determined by the Administrator); and the median household income of which is less than 80 percent of the median household income in the State; a unit of the National Park System; a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; or a National Forest; or on public land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management; or that receives payments from the Federal Government under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as ‘payments in lieu of taxes’). the Administrator; the Committee on Resources [now Committee on Natural Resources] of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and such sums as are necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.”