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| A pit built under the oil filled equipment to collect any accidental discharge of oil from that piece of equipment. |
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| Shock cooling by immersion of liquid or molten material in a cooling medium (crushed stones in collecting pits). |
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A discharge of oil that:
1. violates applicable water quality standards
2. Causes a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface of the water or adjoining shorelines
3. Causes a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines |
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| Any leak or spillage of oil, regardless of volume and including those that do not reach navigable waters. A discharge includes but is not limited to any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping of oil. |
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| A discharge of oil into or upon navigable waters or shorelines in harmful quantities. |
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| The drainage characteristic of soil that denotes its capacity to conduct or discharge fluids under a given hydraulic gradient. |
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| A tank or enclosure designed for continuous containment of oil for operating or storage purposes. |
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| A pit designed to retain (hold) oil contaminated liquids. |
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| Secondary Oil Containment |
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| A system designed to contain the oil discharged from an oil filled piece of equipment in situations of primary oil containment failure. |
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| The volume of the void spaces between stones divided by the total volume occupied by the stones in a stone filled collecting pit. |
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A system designed to collect and retain oil in order to prevent:
1. Its migration beyond the boundaries of the system
2. The contamination of navigable waters |
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