Nebraska Statutes 66-1510. Petroleum, defined
Petroleum shall mean:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 66-1510
- Release: shall mean any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of petroleum from a tank or any overfilling of a tank into ground water, surface water, surface soils, or subsurface soils whether occurring before, on, or after May 27, 1989. See Nebraska Statutes 66-1512
- Remedial action: shall mean any immediate or long-term response to a release or suspected release in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department or the State Fire Marshal, including tank testing only in conjunction with a release or suspected release, site investigation, site assessment, cleanup, restoration, mitigation, and any other action ordered by the department or the State Fire Marshal which is reasonable and necessary. See Nebraska Statutes 66-1513
(1) For purposes of the fee provisions of section 66-1521 :
(a) Motor vehicle fuel as defined in section 66-482, except natural gasoline used as a denaturant by an ethanol facility as defined in section 66-1333 ; and
(b) Diesel fuel as defined in section 66-482, including kerosene which has been blended for use as a motor fuel; and
(2) For purposes of all provisions of the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Act other than the fee provisions of section 66-1521 :
(a) The fuels defined in subdivision (1) of this section; and
(b) A fraction of crude oil that is liquid at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of fourteen and seven-tenths pounds per square inch absolute, except any such fraction which is regulated as a hazardous substance under section 101(14) of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9601(14), as such act existed on January 1, 2005.