OAR 250-010-0700: Flotation Encapsulation Rules; Definitions

For the purposes of OAR 250-010-0700 to 250-010-0715 the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Bonded" means an effective and permanent means of physical or chemical adhesion. (2) "Dock" means an individual, unenclosed, structure, which may either be secured to the adjacent or underlying land or that floats, that is used for mooring boats and for similar recreational uses such as sunbathing or as a swimming platform. A structure does not lose its designation as a dock if it has an unenclosed recreation area, or includes a second level that may be used for a recreational purpose such as a viewing platform or sunbathing deck. (3) "Float" or “Floating Structure" means a structure supported by polystyrene foam flotation and held in place by piling and mooring devices, including but not limited to boathouses, floating homes, marinas, and walkways, boarding floats or combination thereof. (4) "Fuel Float" means any floating structure used to dispense any form of fuel or any floating structure used to store, maintain or repair boat engines. (5) "Mil" means one-one thousand of an inch of thickness or 0.001 of an inch. (6) "Repair or Maintenance" means the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing floating structure for the purpose of its maintenance. (7) "Polystyrene Foam Flotation" means all products manufactured from expanded polystyrene foam beads with cell diameters of 0.125" or larger used as flotation.