42 USC 6232 – Definitions
As used in this part and part C:
(1) Repealed. Pub. L. 106-469, title I, §103(5)(A), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2029.
(2) The term “importer” means any person who owns, at the first place of storage, any petroleum product imported into the United States.
(3) Repealed. Pub. L. 106-469, title I, §103(5)(A), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2029.
(4) The term “interest in land” means any ownership or possessory right with respect to real property, including ownership in fee, an easement, a leasehold, and any subsurface or mineral rights.
(5) The term “readily available inventories” means stocks and supplies of petroleum products which can be distributed or used without affecting the ability of the importer or refiner to operate at normal capacity; such term does not include minimum working inventories or other unavailable stocks.
(6) The term “refiner” means any person who owns, operates, or controls the operation of any refinery.
(7) Repealed. Pub. L. 106-469, title I, §103(5)(A), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2029.
(8) The term “related facility” means any necessary appurtenance to a storage facility, including pipelines, roadways, reservoirs, and salt brine lines.
(9) The term “Reserve” means the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
(10) The term “storage facility” means any facility or geological formation which is capable of storing significant quantities of petroleum products.
(11) The term “Strategic Petroleum Reserve” means petroleum products stored in storage facilities pursuant to this part.
Terms Used In 42 USC 6232
- importer: means any person who owns, at the first place of storage, any petroleum product imported into the United States. See 42 USC 6232
- person: includes (A) any individual, (B) any corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, trust, joint venture, or joint stock company, and (C) the government and any agency of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof. See 42 USC 6202
- petroleum product: means crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product (including any natural liquid and any natural gas liquid product). See 42 USC 6202
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- refiner: means any person who owns, operates, or controls the operation of any refinery. See 42 USC 6232
- Reserve: means the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. See 42 USC 6232
- storage facility: means any facility or geological formation which is capable of storing significant quantities of petroleum products. See 42 USC 6232
- United States: when used in the geographical sense means all of the States and the Outer Continental Shelf. See 42 USC 6202