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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 11.05.02.02" title_num="11" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="02" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“CFR” means the Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Citation” means a charging document:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Issued by an authorized member of the Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) Police, which specifies the offense for which the person stands accused; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Which is in the following form:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>For the purpose of traffic offenses under Transportation Article, §6-211, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Uniform Traffic Summons or Citation form is sufficient, when properly completed; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>For the purpose of any other offense, the MdTA Police's standard citation form is sufficient, when properly completed.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Commodities requiring notification” means those hazardous materials which can be introduced into the Port without a specific permit, including those shipments in the waterborne mode.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Commodities requiring permits” means hazardous materials which present a high risk to the safety of persons or property at MPA port facilities, including those shipments in the waterborne mode.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Director of Security” means the MPA official in charge of security at the Maryland Port Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Maryland Port Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Fissile Material.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Fissile material” means (as defined in 49 CFR §173.403) plutonium 238, 239, or 241, or uranium 233 or 235, or any combination of these radionuclides.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Fissile material” does not mean:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Material containing fissile nuclides;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Unirradiated natural uranium and unirradiated depleted uranium;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Natural uranium or depleted uranium that has been irradiated in thermal uranium;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Depleted uranium that has been irradiated in thermal reactors only; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Material listed in 49 CFR §173.453.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Hazardous material” means a substance or material including a hazardous substance which has been designated by the United States Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Hazardous materials incident” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An actual release of hazardous materials from the packaging or containment used for its transport or storage;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The imminent danger of an actual release of hazardous materials from the packaging or containment used for its transport or storage; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The imminent danger of injury to persons or property due to the method of transportation or the place of storage of hazardous materials.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“IMDG Code” means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Introduce in the Port” means the transporting, handling, storing, off-loading from, or loading on to a vessel, or having on board a vessel as cargo or via any means of transportation causing to be present at an MPA port facility any materials regulated there.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Manager, Safety, Environment, and Risk Management (SERM)” means the MPA official in charge of regulating the transportation and storage of hazardous materials, or the Manager's designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“MdTA” means the Maryland Transportation Authority.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“MdTA Police” has the meaning stated in COMAR 11.05.03.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“MPA” means the Maryland Port Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“MPA port facility” means any one or more or combination of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Lands, piers, docks, wharves, warehouses, sheds, transit sheds, buildings, structures, and other facilities, appurtenances, and equipment used for or designed for use in connection with the operation of a port;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Every kind of terminal or storage structure or facility used for or designed for use in handling, storing, loading, or unloading freight or passengers at marine terminals;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Every kind of transportation facility used for or designed for use in connection with any of these.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>“Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, broker, freight forwarder, agent, or representative of any kind, and any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, sole proprietorship, or any other entity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>“Prohibited commodities” means hazardous materials which are barred from transportation by land or water carrier by either the US DOT regulations or the IMDG Code, or which present unacceptable risks to the safety of life and property in the Port of Baltimore as determined by the Manager, SERM or the Manager's designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>“Terminal operator” means the person controlling the land use of a marine terminal including railroads and lessees of facilities from the MPA.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>“US DOT regulations” means the United States Department of Transportation regulations contained in CFR, Titles 33, 46, and 49, which are incorporated by reference.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>“Vessel” means the vessel and those in charge of the vessel.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>