For the purposes of this article the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(b) "Department" means the State Department of Health Services.
(c) "Facility" means any one, or combination of, underground storage tanks used by a single business entity at a single location or site.
(d) "Hazardous substance" means any substance defined as hazardous in section 25281(g) of the California Health and Safety Code.
(e) "Local agency" means the Health and Environmental Control Section of the City of Vernon.
(f) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, including a government corporation, partnership and association. "Person" also includes any city, county, district, the state or any department or agency thereof.
(g) "Primary containment" means the first level of containment, such as the portion of a tank which comes into immediate contact on its inner surface with the hazardous substance being contained.
(h) "Product-tight" means impervious to the substance which is contained, or is to be contained, so as to prevent the seepage of the substance from the primary containment. To be product- tight, the tank shall not be subject to physical or chemical deterioration by the substance which it contains over the useful life of the tank.
(i) "Secondary containment" means the level of containment external to, and separate from, the primary containment.
(j) "Single-walled" means construction with walls made of only one thickness of material. For the purpose of this article, laminated, coated, or clad materials shall be considered single-walled.
(k) "Storage" or "store" means the containment, handling or treatment of hazardous substances, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years.
(l) "Unauthorized release" means any release or emission of any hazardous substance which does not conform to the provisions of this article.
(m) "Underground storage tank" means any one or combination of tanks, including pipes connected thereto, which is used for the storage of hazardous substances and which is substantially or totally beneath the surface of the ground.
(n) "Special inspectors" means a professional engineer, registered pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, who is qualified to attest, at a minimum, to structural soundness, seismic safety, the compatibility of construction materials with contents, cathodic protection, and the mechanical compatibility of the structural elements.
(o) "Owner" means the owner of an underground tank.
(p) "Operator" means the operator of an underground storage tank.
(q) "Pipe" means any pipeline or system of pipelines which is used in connection with the storage of hazardous substances and which are not intended to transport hazardous substances in interstate or intrastate commerce or to transfer hazardous materials in bulk to or from a marine vessel. (Ord. No. 944, § 3; Ord. No. 1044, § 2.)
