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This term does not include line pipe and breakout tanks of an interstate pipeline regulated under the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 or the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended.\n\t\t“Containment and cleanup” means abatement, containment, removal and disposal of oil and, to the extent possible, the restoration of the environment to its existing state prior to an oil discharge.\n\t\t“Discharge” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping.\n\t\t“Facility” means any development or installation within the Commonwealth that deals in, stores or handles oil, and includes a pipeline.\n\t\t“Oil” means oil of any kind and in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum and petroleum by-products, fuel oil, lubricating oils, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity.\n\t\t“Operator” means any person who owns, operates, charters, rents or otherwise exercises control over or responsibility for a facility or a vehicle or vessel.\n\t\t“Person” means any firm, corporation, association or partnership, one or more individuals, or any governmental unit or agency thereof.\n\t\t“Pipeline” means all new and existing pipe, rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of oil, including, but not limited to, line pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout tanks.\n\t\t“Tank” means a device designed to contain an accumulation of oil and constructed of nonearthen materials, such as concrete, steel or plastic, which provide structural support. This term does not include flow-through process tanks as defined in 40 CFR Part 280.\n\t\t“Tank vessel” means any vessel used in the transportation of oil as cargo.\n\t\t“Vehicle” means any motor vehicle, rolling stock or other artificial contrivance for transport whether self-propelled or otherwise, except vessels.\n\t\t“Vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used as a means of transporting on water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and shall include barges and tugs.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":293868,"text":"As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Aboveground storage tank” means any one or combination of tanks, including pipes, used to contain an accumulation of oil at atmospheric pressure, and the volume of which, including the volume of the pipes, is more than ninety percent above the surface of the ground. 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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 417 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1976, chapter 51; in 1978, chapter 816; in 1990, chapter 917; in 1992, chapter 456; in 1994, chapter 277<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 737<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71434,"section_number":"19.2-8","catch_line":"Limitation of prosecutions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-8\/"},{"id":56006,"section_number":"62.1-44.15","catch_line":"Powers and duties; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15\/"},{"id":60658,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:4.1","catch_line":"Listing and notice of confirmed oil releases and discharges","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_4.1\/"},{"id":75515,"section_number":"62.1-44.34:11","catch_line":"Virginia Petroleum Storage Tank Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.34_11\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":269221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82013,"identifier":"62.1-44.34:14","token":"62.1\/3.1\/11\/62.1-44.34_14","url":"\/62.1-44.34_14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.34_14\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/11\/62.1-44.34_14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.34:14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Aboveground storage tank<\/span>” means any one or combination of tanks<\/span>, including pipes, used to contain an accumulation of oil<\/span> at atmospheric pressure, and the volume of which, including the volume of the pipes, is more than ninety percent above the surface of the ground. This term does not include line pipe and breakout tanks<\/span> of an interstate pipeline<\/span> regulated under the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline<\/span> Safety Act of 1979 or the Natural Gas Pipeline<\/span> Safety Act of 1968, as amended.\n\t\t“Containment and cleanup<\/span>” means abatement, containment, removal and disposal of oil<\/span> and, to the extent possible, the restoration of the environment to its existing state prior to an oil<\/span> discharge<\/span>.\n\t\t“Discharge<\/span>” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping.\n\t\t“Facility<\/span>” means any development or installation within the Commonwealth that deals in, stores or handles oil<\/span>, and includes a pipeline<\/span>.\n\t\t“Oil<\/span>” means oil<\/span> of any kind and in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum and petroleum by-products, fuel oil<\/span>, lubricating oils<\/span>, sludge, oil<\/span> refuse, oil<\/span> mixed with other wastes<\/span>, crude oils<\/span> and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity.\n\t\t“Operator<\/span>” means any person<\/span> who owns, operates, charters, rents or otherwise exercises control over or responsibility for a facility<\/span> or a vehicle<\/span> or vessel.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means any firm, corporation, association or partnership, one or more individuals, or any governmental unit or agency thereof.\n\t\t“Pipeline<\/span>” means all new and existing pipe, rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility<\/span>, or building used in the transportation of oil<\/span>, including, but not limited to, line pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout tanks<\/span>.\n\t\t“Tank” means a device designed to contain an accumulation of oil<\/span> and constructed of nonearthen materials<\/span>, such as concrete, steel or plastic, which provide structural support. This term does not include flow-through process tanks<\/span> as defined in 40 CFR Part 280.\n\t\t“Tank vessel<\/span>” means any vessel used in the transportation of oil<\/span> as cargo.\n\t\t“Vehicle<\/span>” means any motor vehicle<\/span>, rolling stock or other artificial contrivance for transport whether self-propelled or otherwise, except vessels<\/span>.\n\t\t“Vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used as a means of transporting on water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and shall include barges and tugs.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 62.1-44.34:14)\n\nAs used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Aboveground storage tank” means any one or combination of tanks,\nincluding pipes, used to contain an accumulation of oil at atmospheric pressure,\nand the volume of which, including the volume of the pipes, is more than ninety\npercent above the surface of the ground. This term does not include line pipe\nand breakout tanks of an interstate pipeline regulated under the Hazardous\nLiquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 or the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of\n1968, as amended.\n\t\t“Containment and cleanup” means abatement, containment, removal\nand disposal of oil and, to the extent possible, the restoration of the\nenvironment to its existing state prior to an oil discharge.\n\t\t“Discharge” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,\nemitting, emptying or dumping.\n\t\t“Facility” means any development or installation within the\nCommonwealth that deals in, stores or handles oil, and includes a pipeline.\n\t\t“Oil” means oil of any kind and in any form, including, but not\nlimited to, petroleum and petroleum by-products, fuel oil, lubricating oils,\nsludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other wastes, crude oils and all other liquid\nhydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity.\n\t\t“Operator” means any person who owns, operates, charters, rents or\notherwise exercises control over or responsibility for a facility or a vehicle\nor vessel.\n\t\t“Person” means any firm, corporation, association or partnership,\none or more individuals, or any governmental unit or agency thereof.\n\t\t“Pipeline” means all new and existing pipe, rights-of-way, and any\nequipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of oil, including,\nbut not limited to, line pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to line\npipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units,\nmetering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout\ntanks.\n\t\t“Tank” means a device designed to contain an accumulation of oil\nand constructed of nonearthen materials, such as concrete, steel or plastic,\nwhich provide structural support. This term does not include flow-through\nprocess tanks as defined in 40 CFR Part 280.\n\t\t“Tank vessel” means any vessel used in the transportation of oil\nas cargo.\n\t\t“Vehicle” means any motor vehicle, rolling stock or other\nartificial contrivance for transport whether self-propelled or otherwise, except\nvessels.\n\t\t“Vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other\ncontrivance used as a means of transporting on water, whether self-propelled or\notherwise, and shall include barges and tugs.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 417; 1976, c. 51; 1978, c. 816; 1990, c. 917; 1992, c. 456;\n1994, c. 277; 1996, c. 737.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}