Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 126 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Division 01 - Pipeline Safety Section › Rule 126.01.17-001 - CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS OF WORDS/PHRASES USED IN THE ARKANSAS GAS PIPELINE
				CODE
Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
Abandoned
means permanently
				removed from service.
Active Corrosion
means continuing
				corrosion that, unless controlled, could result in a condition that is
				detrimental to public safety.
Administrator
means the
				Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or
				any person to whom authority in the matter concerned has been delegated by the
				U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
Alarm
means an audible or visible
				means of indicating to the controller that equipment or processes are outside
				operator-defined, safety-related parameters.
Business District
means a
				location where gas mains are utilized to serve customers that are predominately
				commercial in nature, and where the street and/or sidewalk paving generally
				extends from the centerline of a thoroughfare to the established building line
				on either side.
Change
to a segment of pipeline
				means a physical change in the pipeline or significant changes in operating
				pressure.
Commission
means, unless the
				context otherwise requires, the Arkansas Public Service Commission or any
				person or entity to whom the Commission has delegated authority in the matter
				concerned.
Control Room
means an operations
				center staffed by personnel charged with the responsibility for remotely
				monitoring and controlling a pipeline facility.
Controller
means a qualified
				individual who remotely monitors and controls the safety-related operations of
				a pipeline facility via a SCADA system from a control room, and who has
				operational authority and accountability for the remote operational functions
				of the pipeline facility.
Customer Meter
means the meter
				that measures the transfer of gas from an operator to a consumer.
Distribution Line
means a
				pipeline other than a gathering or transmission line.
Electrical Survey
means a series
				of closely spaced pipe-to-soil readings over pipelines which are subsequently
				analyzed to identify locations where a corrosive current is leaving the
				pipeline.
Gas
means natural, manufactured,
				liquefied natural, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive.
Gathering Line
means a pipeline
				that transports gas from a current production facility to a transmission line
				or main.
High Pressure Distribution System
means a distribution system in which the gas pressure in the
				main is higher than the pressure provided to the customer.
Key Valves
means shut off valves
				in a distribution system or transmission line which may be necessary to isolate
				segments of a system or line for emergency purposes.
Line Section
means a continuous
				run of transmission line between adjacent compressor stations, between a
				compressor station and storage facilities, between a compressor station and a
				block valve, or between adjacent block valves.
Listed Specification
means a
				specification listed in Section I of Appendix B to Part 192.
Low-Pressure Distribution System
means a distribution system in which the gas pressure in the
				main is substantially the same as the pressure provided to the customer.
Main
means a distribution line
				that serves as a common source of supply for more than one service line.
Master Meter System
means a
				pipeline system for distributing gas within, but not limited to, a definable
				area, such as a mobile home park, housing project, or apartment complex, where
				the operator purchases metered gas from an outside source for resale through a
				gas distribution pipeline system. The gas distribution pipeline system supplies
				the ultimate consumer who either purchases the gas directly through a meter or
				by other means, such as the payment of rent.
Maximum Actual Operating Pressure
means the maximum pressure that occurs during normal operations over a period
				of one year.
Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP)
means the maximum pressure at which a pipeline or segment of a
				pipeline may be operated under this code.
Mobile Home Park
means two or
				more mobile homes located on a contiguous tract of land.
Municipality
means a city, county
				or any other political subdivision of the State of Arkansas.
Offshore
means beyond the line of ordinary low
				water along that portion of the coast of the United States that is in direct
				contact with the open seas and beyond the line marking the seaward limit of
				inland waters.
Operator
means a person
				who:
(1) Engages in the transportation
			 of gas; or
(2) Operates a
			 distribution system within a mobile home park, public housing authority, or
			 multiple building complex if:
(A) The system:
(i) Is not owned, nor the responsibility of a
			 public or municipal utility; and
(ii) Is used to transport gas from a master
			 meter or a public/municipal utility main to consumers who may or may not be
			 metered; and