(a) “Commission” means the California State Lands Commission.

(b) “Staff” means the Executive Officer or other duly authorized member of the staff of the State Lands Commission.

(c) “Oil” means any kind of petroleum, liquid, hydrocarbons, or petroleum products or any fraction or residues therefrom, including, but not limited to, crude oil, bunker fuel, gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, oil sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with waste, and liquid distillates from unprocessed natural gas.

(d) “Spill” or “discharge” means any release or discharge of oil or other refuse of any kind from any well or facility into marine waters not authorized by any federal, state, or local government entity.

(e) “Marine waters” means those waters subject to tidal influence, except for waters in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers and Delta upstream from a line running north and south through the point where Contra Costa, Sacramento, and Solano Counties meet.