Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-807 - NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE SITING › Section 62-807.200 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Words, terms, and phrases used in this chapter, unless
				  otherwise indicated, have the meaning set forth in Section
				   403.9403, F.S. In addition, the
				  following words, when used in these rules, have the indicated meanings:
(1) "Act" means the Natural Gas Transmission
				Pipeline Siting Act, Sections 403.9401-.9425, F.S.
(2) "Access roads" means roads constructed
				within the pipeline right-of-way. Nothing in this Act prohibits an applicant
				from constructing a road to support construction, operation or maintenance of
				the pipeline that lies outside the pipeline right-of-way.
(3) "Alternate corridor" means an area
				proposed by a party under Section
				 403.9412, F.S., within which all
				or part of an associated pipeline right-of-way is to be located and that is
				different from the pipeline corridor proposed by the applicant. Any alternate
				corridor proposed by the applicant shall be treated as an amendment to the
				application. The width of the alternate corridor proposed for certification for
				a pipeline may be the width of the proposed right-of-way or a wider boundary
				not to exceed the width referenced in Section
				 403.94055(2),
				F.S.
(4) "Clerk of the Siting
				Board" means the person designated as the clerk of the Department.
(5) "Construction" means any clearing of
				land, erection of structures, excavation or other action by the applicant which
				would alter the physical environment or ecology of a pipeline right-of-way.
				Construction does not include those activities essential for surveying,
				preliminary corridor evaluation, or environmental studies, including trimming
				of vegetation necessary for such activities, or activities on the right-of-way
				not associated with the certified facility.
(6) "Corridor" means the proposed area within
				which the pipeline right-of-way, including access roads if certified, is to be
				located. The area within the corridor in which a right-of-way may be located
				may be further restricted by a condition of certification. After all property
				interests required for the pipeline right-of-way and access roads have been
				acquired by the applicant, the boundaries of the area certified shall narrow to
				only that land within the boundaries of the pipeline right-of-way. The
				corridors proper for certification shall be those addressed in the application,
				in amendments to the application filed under Section
				 403.9413, F.S., and in notices
				of acceptance of proposed alternate corridors filed by an applicant and the
				Department pursuant to Section
				 403.9412, F.S., for which the
				required information for the preparation of agency supplemental reports was
				filed. Where a primary corridor and secondary corridors are designated, a
				primary corridor means the corridor which the applicant prefers to have
				certified, and secondary corridors means corridor segments proposed for
				certification by the applicant which are alternate to the primary corridor but
				also are acceptable. A secondary corridor does not refer to a lateral pipeline
				corridor which may also have a secondary corridor segment.
(7) "Maintenance" means the act of physically
				maintaining the natural gas transmission pipeline including the right-of-way,
				and includes activities such as vegetation control, compressor servicing,
				roadway upkeep, but does not include construction of additional pipeline
				facilities.
(8) "Precertification
				amendments" means documentation submitted by the applicant during the
				application review period pursuant to Section
				 403.9413(2),
				F.S., that reflects changes proposed by the applicant to the designs or plans
				contained in its previously submitted application. It does not mean responses
				to requests for additional information to make the application complete as
				determined by reviewing agencies.
(9) "Postcertification amendments" means
				documentation that reflects changes in the certified project under the
				provisions of subsection
				 62-807.600(2),
				F.A.C.
(10) "Secretary" means the
				Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, or the duly authorized
				designee.
Rulemaking Authority
					 403.9404(1),
					 (2) FS. Law Implemented
					 403.94055,
					 403.9408,
					 403.941,
					 403.9411,
					 403.9412,
					 403.9413,
					 403.9416
					 FS.
New 8-12-93, Formerly 17-807.200, Amended
					 3-3-15.