| (24) Texas offshore--This term embraces the area in
the Gulf of Mexico seaward of the coast line of Texas comprised of:
(A) the three league area confirmed to the State of
Texas by the Submerged Land Act (43 United States Code §§1301-1315);
and
(B) the area seaward of such three league area owned
by the United States.
(25) Transportation or to transport--The movement of
any crude petroleum oil or products of crude petroleum oil or the
products of either from any receptacle in which any such crude petroleum
or products of crude petroleum oil or the products of either has been
stored to any other receptacle by any means or method whatsoever,
including the movement by any pipeline, railway, truck, motor vehicle,
barge, boat, or railway tank car. It is the purpose of this definition
to include the movement or transportation of crude petroleum oil and
products of crude petroleum oil and the products of either by any
means whatsoever from any receptacle containing the same to any other
receptacle anywhere within or from the State of Texas, regardless
of whether or not possession or control or ownership change.
(26) Transporter or transporting agency--Includes any
common carrier by pipeline, railway, truck, motor vehicle, boat, or
barge, and/or any person transporting oil or a product by pipeline,
railway, truck, motor vehicle, boat, or barge.
(27) Underground source of drinking water--An aquifer
or its portion which is not an exempt aquifer as defined in 40 Code
of Federal Regulations §146.4 and which:
(A) supplies any public water system; or
(B) contains a sufficient quantity of ground water
to supply a public water system; and
(i) currently supplies drinking water for human consumption;
or
(ii) contains fewer than 10,000 milligrams per liter
(mg/l) total dissolved solids.
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