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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 26.10.14.03" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="14" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The terms in §B of this regulation have the meanings indicated; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A term not defined in §B of this regulation has the meaning given to it in the relevant statutes and in COMAR 26.10.01.02 or, if not defined there, the meaning in the ordinary dictionary definition of the term.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Approved application” means an application that has been submitted by a qualified residential owner in accordance with Regulation .06 of this chapter and has been approved by the Department for a reimbursement allocation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of the Environment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Fund” means the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Occurrence” means the existence of contamination resulting from a spill, release, or discharge of oil from one or more residential heating oil tank systems at a site.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Oil” has the meaning stated in COMAR 26.10.01.02B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Reimbursement allocation” means an amount of money from the Fund set aside for an approved application to reimburse a residential owner for site rehabilitation costs incurred, or to be incurred, during the remediation of the site approved on the application as allowed under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Residential heating oil tank” means an aboveground or underground heating oil tank that meets the criteria under Environment Article, §4-401(e), Annotated Code of Maryland that is used to store heating oil for use as a fuel in heating a single-family residential property.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Residential heating oil tank system” means a residential heating oil tank and all associated piping, including, but not limited to, fill, vent, dispensing, and return line pipes.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“SDAT” means the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Site” means a single-family residential property where a person owns one or more residential heating oil tank systems that is the source of a spill, release, or discharge of oil, including any soil, groundwater, or surface water at the single-family residential property or a neighboring property affected by the spill, release, or discharge of oil.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Site Rehabilitation.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Site rehabilitation” means cleanup actions taken in response to a spill, release, or discharge of oil from a residential heating oil tank system.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Site rehabilitation” includes investigation, evaluation, planning, design, engineering, construction, or other services undertaken and expenses incurred to investigate or clean up affected soils, groundwater, or surface water.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Supervisor” has the meaning stated in Tax-Property Article, §1-101(mm), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Value” has the meaning stated in Tax-Property Article, §1-101(qq), Annotated Code of Maryland, as determined by the most recent SDAT assessment in accordance with Tax-Property Article, §§8-101—8-104, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>