Container

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006320",
  "term": "Container",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A box made of aluminum, steel or fiberglass used to transport cargo by ship, rail, truck or barge. Common dimensions are 20' x 8' x 8' (called a TEU or twenty-foot equivalent unit) or 40' x 8' x 8' (called an FEU or forty-foot equivalent unit).\n\n2. Receptacle, such as a can, vessel, tote, or tank, in which coatings, solvents or cleaning materials are held, stored, mixed, or carried.\n\n3. Used in the wastewater provisions, any portable waste management unit that has a capacity greater than or equal to 0.1 m3 in which a material is stored, transported, treated, or otherwise handled. Examples of containers are drums, barrels, tank trucks, barges, dumpsters, tank cars, dump trucks, and ships.\n\n4. Individual receptacle that holds the coating for storage and/or sale or distribution.\n\n5. Portable unit in which a material can be stored, transported, treated, disposed of or otherwise handled. Examples of containers include, but are not limited to, drums, pails, and portable cargo containers known as “portable tanks” or “totes.” Container does not include transport vehicles or barges. [40 CFR 63.12005 (CFR 2013)] [40 CFR 63.921 (CFR 2013)]\n\n6. As used in the wastewater provisions, means any portable waste management unit that has a capacity greater than or equal to 0.1 m3 in which a material is stored, transported, treated, or otherwise handled. Examples of containers are drums, barrels, tank trucks, barges, dumpsters, tank cars, dump trucks, and ships.\n\n7. Immediate vessel in which a controlled substance is stored or transported.\n\n8. Portable device in which a material is stored, transported, treated, disposed of, or otherwise handled. [40 CFR 260.10 (CFR 2020)]\n\n9. Device or portable device in which a CWA hazardous substance is processed, stored, used, transported, treated, disposed of, or otherwise handled.",
  "abbreviation": "Permanently Closed Container",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Ports Primer for Communities Glossary; Ports Primer Glossary",
    "40 CFR 63.3176 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1361 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 59.401 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.2406 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 63.1251 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 82.104 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 260.10 (CFR 2020)",
    "40 CFR 118.2 (CFR 2024)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/container/"
}