Salt Cavern Waste Disposal Facility

Salt Cavern Waste Disposal Facility

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Salt Cavern Waste Disposal Facility

Salt Cavern Waste Disposal Facility―any public, private, or commercial property, including surface and subsurface lands and appurtenances thereto, used for receiving, storing, and/or processing oil and gas exploration and production waste for disposal into a solution-mined salt cavern. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Securing Force

Securing Force

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Securing Force

Securing force means the force required to close the hook manually. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.81(70), Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances, 11 December 1998, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Secretary-General

Secretary-General

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Secretary-General

"Secretary-General". The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. Legislation  

Secretary-General

“Secretary-General” means the Secretary-General of the Organization. Source: International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships,2001. Legislation Source: International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001. Legislation Source: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004. Legislation Source: International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990. Legislation
Search and Rescue Unit

Search and Rescue Unit

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Search and Rescue Unit

"Search and rescue unit". A unit composed of trained personnel and provided with equipment suitable for the expeditious conduct of search and rescue operations. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Search and Rescue Facility

Search and Rescue Facility

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Search and Rescue Facility

"Search and Rescue facility". Any mobile resource, including designated search and rescue units, used to conduct search and rescue operations. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Search and Rescue Region

Search and Rescue Region

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Search and Rescue Region

"Search and rescue region". An area of defined dimensions associated with a rescue co-ordination centre within which search and rescue services are provided. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Search and Rescue Service

Search and Rescue Service

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Search and Rescue Service

"Search and rescue service". The performance of distress monitoring, communication, co-ordination and search and rescue functions, including provision of medical advice, initial medical assistance, or medical evacuation, through the use of public and private resources including co-operating aircraft, vessels and other craft and installations. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Search

Search

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Search

"Search". An operation, normally co-ordinated by a rescue co-ordination centre or rescue sub-centre, using available personnel and facilities to locate persons in distress. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.70(69), adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979, 18 May 1998, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Source Water Protection Area

Source Water Protection Area

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Source Water Protection Area

Source Water Protection Area―the surface and subsurface area surrounding a source of drinking water  (a water well, a well field, or a surface intake), supplying a public water system, through which contaminants are reasonably likely to move toward and reach the source of drinking water. The Source Water Protection Program is under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Slurry Fracture Injection

Slurry Fracture Injection

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Slurry Fracture Injection

Slurry Fracture Injection―a process by which solid waste is ground, if necessary, and mixed with water or another liquid. The resulting slurry is then deposited into fractures created in the receiving formation by the hydraulic force of injection. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Submerged Wetland Area

Submerged Wetland Area

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Submerged Wetland Area

Submerged Wetland Area―a wetland area which is normally inundated with water and where only levee material is available for mixing with waste fluids during closure of a pit. Source: Natural Resources, Office of Conservation – General Operations, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 43, Part XIX, March 2013. Regulations  
Span Calibration Gas

Span Calibration Gas

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Span Calibration Gas

Span calibration gas is a gas mixture of known concentration used for calibration/adjustment of the gas analysis unit. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1343, amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual, 24 May 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1370, Guidelines for the design, construction and testing of fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems, 22 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Sampling Point

Sampling Point

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Sampling Point

Sampling point is the entrance to a sampling pipe inside a ballast or void space. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1343, amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual, 24 May 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1370, Guidelines for the design, construction and testing of fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems, 22 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance  

Sampling Point

“Sampling Point” means that place in the ballast water piping where the sample is taken. Source: Source: Resolution MEPC.173(58), Guidelines for ballast water sampling (G2), 10 October 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Sampling Pipes

Sampling Pipes

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Sampling Pipes

Sampling pipes are the means by which gas is conveyed from the spaces being monitored to the gas analysis unit, including any fittings, valves or filters. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1343, amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual, 24 May 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1370, Guidelines for the design, construction and testing of fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems, 22 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Ship Reporting System

Ship Reporting System

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Ship Reporting System (SRS)

Reporting systems which contribute to safety of life at sea, safety and efficiency of navigation and/or protection of the marine environment. They are established under SOLAS regulation V/11 or for SAR purposes under chapter 5 of the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1343, amendments to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual, 24 May 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Semi-Standardized Cargo

Semi-Standardized Cargo

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Semi-Standardized Cargo

Semi-standardized cargo means cargo for which the ship is provided with a securing system capable of accommodating a limited variety of cargo units, such as vehicles, trailers, etc. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1353, Revised Guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual, 30 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Standardized Cargo

Standardized Cargo

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Standardized Cargo

Standardized cargo means cargo for which the ship is provided with an approved securing system based upon cargo units of specific types. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1353, Revised Guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo Securing Manual, 30 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Stringers

Stringers

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Stringers

Stringers are the uprights or sides of a ladder. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1352, amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code), 30 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance  

Stringer

Stringer means: .1 the frame of a ladder; or .2 the stiffened horizontal plating structure fitted on the side shell, transverse bulkheads and/or longitudinal bulkheads in the space. For the purpose of ballast tanks of less than 5 m width forming double side spaces, the horizontal plating structure is credited as a stringer and a longitudinal permanent means of access, if it provides a continuous passage of 600 mm or more in width past frames or stiffeners on the side shell or longitudinal bulkhead. Openings in stringer plating utilized as permanent means of access shall be arranged with guard rails or grid covers to provide safe passage on the stringer or safe access to each transverse web. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.158(78), amendments to the Technical provisions for means of access for inspections (Resolution MSC.133(76)), 20 May 2004, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Securing

Securing

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Securing

Securing includes lashing and unlashing. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1352, amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code), 30 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
SATLs

SATLs

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SATLs

SATLs are semi-automatic twistlocks. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1352, amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code), 30 June 2010, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Surface Water Supply Area

Surface Water Supply Area

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Surface Water Supply Area

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY AREA shall mean the classified water supply segments within five (5) stream miles upstream of a surface water intake on a classified water supply segment. Surface Water Supply Areas shall be identified on the Public Water System Surface Water Supply Area Map or through use of the Public Water System Surface Water Supply Area Applicability Determination Tool described in Rule 317B.b. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Surface Water Intake

Surface Water Intake

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Surface Water Intake

SURFACE WATER INTAKE shall mean the works or structures at the head of a conduit through which water is diverted from a classified water supply segment and/or source (e.g., river or lake) into the treatment plant. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Spill

Spill

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Spill

In sections 25 to 28, “spill” means a discharge, emission or escape of petroleum, other than one that is authorized under the regulations or any other federal law or that constitutes a discharge from a vessel to which Part 8 or 9 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 applies or a ship to which Part 6 of the Marine Liability Act applies. Source: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Legislation

Spill

“Spill” means a discharge, emission or escape of petroleum, other than one that is authorized under the regulations or any other federal law or that constitutes a discharge from a vessel to which Part 8 or 9 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 applies or a ship to which Part 6 of the Marine Liability Act applies. Source: Drilling and Production Guidelines, The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board and Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, March 31, 2011. Regulatory Guidance  

Spill

Any discharge of petroleum (including but not limited to crude oil, natural gas, condensate, lubricants, hydraulic oils, fuels, petroleum based synthetic drilling fluids, or any other refined petroleum product ) that enters the sea shall be reported as a spill. Note: AIANL 160, 161; AIANS 165, 166; Newfoundland Offshore Area Oil and Gas Operations Regulations Section 6; DPR 76(1); INST 70; GR 27, 28. Source: Incident Reporting and Investigation Guidelines, The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board and Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, November 30, 2012. Regulatory Guidance

Spill

SPILL shall mean any unauthorized sudden discharge of E&P waste to the environment. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Subsurface Disposal Facility

Subsurface Disposal Facility

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Subsurface Disposal Facility

SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL FACILITY means a facility or system for disposing of water or other oil field wastes into a subsurface reservoir or reservoirs. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Stratigraphic Well

Stratigraphic Well

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Stratigraphic Well

STRATIGRAPHIC WELL means a well drilled for stratigraphic information only. Wells drilled in a delineated field to known productive horizons shall not be classified as “stratigraphic.”  Neither the term “well”  nor “stratigraphic well”  shall include seismic holes drilled for the purpose of obtaining geophysical information only. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
Stormwater Runoff

Stormwater Runoff

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Stormwater Runoff

STORMWATER RUNOFF shall mean rain or snowmelt that flows over land and does not percolate into soil and includes stormwater that flows onto and off of an oil and gas location or facility. Source: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Practice and Procedure, Code of Colorado Regulations, 2 CCR 404-1, February 2013. Regulations  
SAR Convention

SAR Convention

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SAR Convention

SAR Convention means the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1251, Guidelines on the control of ships in an emergency, 19 October 2007, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Ship in Need of Assistance

Ship in Need of Assistance

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Ship in Need of Assistance

Ship in need of assistance means a ship in a situation, apart from one requiring an operation co-ordinated by a MRCC in accordance with one of the three emergency phases; uncertainty, alert and distress phase, that could give rise to loss of the vessel or an environmental or navigational hazard. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1251, Guidelines on the control of ships in an emergency, 19 October 2007, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance  

Ship in Need of Assistance

Ship in need of assistance means a ship in a situation, apart from one requiring rescue of persons on board, that could give rise to loss of the vessel or an environmental or navigational hazard. Source: IMO Resolution A.949(23), Guidelines on places of refuge for ships in need of assistance, 5 March 2004, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Stability Instrument

Stability Instrument

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Stability Instrument

A stability instrument is an instrument installed on board a particular ship by means of which it can be ascertained that stability requirements specified for the ship in Stability Booklet are met in any operational loading condition. A stability instrument comprises hardware and software. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1229, Guidelines for the approval of stability instruments, 11 January 2007, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO resolution MSC.267(85), International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code), 4 December 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance Source: IMO Resolution MSC.267(85), adoption of the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code), 4 December 2008, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance
Supporting Hull Structure

Supporting Hull Structure

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Supporting Hull Structure

Supporting hull structure means that part of the ship structure on/in which the shipboardfitting is placed and which is directly submitted to the forces exerted on the shipboard fitting. The hull structure supporting capstans, winches, etc. used for the normal towing and mooring operations mentioned above should also be subject to this guidance. Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1175, guidance on shipboard towing and mooring equipment, 24 May 2004, International Maritime Organization. Regulatory Guidance