Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 68 > Environmental Protection > Chapter 216 - Tennessee Oil Spill Cleanup and Environmental Preservation Act of 1995

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Damages: means damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of this state resulting from, arising out of, or related to the discharge or threatened discharge of oil. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• Discharge: means any emission (other than natural seepage), intentional or unintentional, and includes, but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• Federal on-scene coordinator: means the federal official designated by the lead agency or predesignated by the environmental protection agency (EPA) or the coast guard to coordinate and direct responses under the National Contingency Plan. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• National Contingency Plan: means the National Contingency Plan prepared and published under §. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• Oil: means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state, or any interstate body. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• removal: means containment and removal of oil or a hazardous substance from water and shorelines or the taking of other actions as may be necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, and public and private property, shorelines, and beaches. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• Removal costs: means the costs of removal that are incurred after a discharge of oil has occurred or, in any case in which there is a substantial threat of a discharge of oil, the costs to prevent, minimize, or mitigate oil pollution from such an incident. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• Responsible party: means a responsible party as defined under §. See Tennessee Code 68-216-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105