Florida Administrative Code › 25 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › 25 - Departmental › Chapter 25-12 - SAFETY OF GAS TRANSPORTATION BY PIPELINE › Section 25-12.004 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Definitions contained in codes or standards adopted by these
				  rules are applicable to the rules and the adopted codes or standards with the
				  following exceptions:
(1)
				"Commission". Unless a different intent clearly appears from the context, the
				word "Commission" shall mean the Florida Public Service Commission, 2540
				Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0850, area code (850)
				413-6770.
(2) "Utility" or
				"Operator". Except where a different meaning clearly appears from the context,
				the word "Utility" or "Operator" shall be every person, corporation,
				partnership, association, public agency, municipality, cooperative gas district
				or other legal entity and their lessees, trustees, or receivers, now or
				hereafter owning, operating, managing or controlling any gas transmission or
				distribution facility transporting gas as defined herein and not specifically
				exempt from state jurisdiction by the Pipeline Inspection, Protection,
				Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006 (PIPES Act),
				Pub. L.
				109-468 (codified as amended at
				49 U.S.C. §
										60101 (2006)).
(3) "Gas". Gas as used herein shall mean
				natural, manufactured, liquefied petroleum gas with air admixture, or any
				similar gaseous substances, but shall not include liquefied petroleum gas in
				either the liquid or gaseous form except when stored or used for peak shaving
				or standby fuels in conjunction with an operator's system.
(4) "Inspector". The term "Inspector" shall
				apply to a person designated by the utility vested with the authority to
				initiate action to assure compliance with the adopted codes.
(5) "Distribution System". As used in these
				rules shall mean any group of interconnected pipe and facilities operating at a
				hoop stress of less than 20 percent specified minimum yield strength which
				transports gas from a common source of supply or storage facility to a
				customer.
(6) "Low Pressure
				Distribution System" is a gas distribution piping system or portion thereof
				which supplies gas to more than 10 customers through a common pressure reducing
				device(s) at a pressure substantially the same as the pressure provided to the
				customer.
(7) "Fusion" means the
				union of two plastic surfaces that have been heated, or have had solvents
				applied, sufficiently to melt and fuse them together.
(8) "Gas Meter" means an instrument
				manufactured primarily for use in measuring, and indicating or recording the
				measurement of, the volume of gas that has moved through the
				instrument.
(9) "Master Meter
				System" means a pipe system that receives gas through a gas meter and
				transports that gas to or for the public, with the gas being delivered through
				another gas meter prior to consumption.
(10) "Pipeline" means all parts of those
				physical facilities through which gas moves in transportation, including pipe,
				valves, and other appurtenances attached to pipe, compressor units, metering
				stations, regulator stations, delivery stations, holders, and fabricated
				assemblies. "Pipeline, " for the purposes of these rules, unless stated
				otherwise, includes mains and service lines.
(11) "Main" means a distribution pipeline
				that serves as a common source of supply for more than one service
				line.
(12) "Service line" means a
				distribution pipeline that transports gas from a common source of supply to a
				gas meter prior to consumption.
(13) "Weld" means the union of metals which
				have been heated sufficiently to melt and fuse them
				together.
Rulemaking Authority
					 368.05(2) FS.
					 Law Implemented 368.03
					 FS.
New 6-24-67, Amended 3-7-70, 11-14-70, 9-21-74,
					 Repromulgated 10-7-75, Amended 10-2-84, Formerly 25-12.04, Amended 1-7-92,
					 12-15-09.