Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-814 - ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS › Section 62-814.200 - Electric and Magnetic Fields; Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Words, terms and phrases used in this chapter, unless
				  otherwise indicated, shall have the meaning set forth in the Standards
				  Dictionary of Electrical and Electronic Terms (ANSI/IEEE Standards No.
				  100-1988) adopted by reference in rule
				   62-814.300, F.A.C. In addition,
				  the following words or terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the
				  following indicated meanings:
(1)
				"ANSI" means the American National Standards Institute.
(2) "Balanced Current" means currents in
				three-phase electrical systems which are equal in amplitude and separated by a
				phase angle of 120 degrees.
(3)
				"Balanced Voltage" means voltages in a three-phase system which are equal in
				amplitude and separated by a phase angle of 120 degrees.
(4) "Commence Construction" means, as applied
				to the construction of a new transmission line, or new substation supplied by a
				new transmission line, or new distribution line, that the facility owner has
				begun a continuous program of actual on-site construction or physical
				modification of the electrical facility, to be completed within a reasonable
				period of time.
(5) "Department"
				means the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
(6) "Distribution Line" means a system of
				conductors used to transport electrical energy at voltages of less than 69 kV
				including service drops from transformers to residences or
				businesses.
(7) "Electrical
				Facility" means the components of an electrical transmission line, distribution
				line or substation that produce or affect electric and magnetic
				fields.
(8) "Facility Owner" means
				an owner or operator of an electrical facility.
(9) "Gauss" means the unit of magnetic flux
				density that will induce an electromotive force of 1 x 10 to the -8 volt in
				each linear centimeter of a wire moving laterally with a speed of one
				centimeter per second at right angles to the magnetic flux.
(10) "Hertz" means the unit of frequency of
				an electrical facility equivalent to a cycle per second.
(11) "Highest Operating Voltage" means the
				maximum voltage value set forth for a particular transmission line on Table 1,
				ANSI C 84.1-1982, or ANSI C 92.2-1981, or the maximum operating voltage as
				established by the facility owner.
(12) "IEEE" means the Institute of Electrical
				and Electronic Engineers.
(13)
				"Kilovolts/meter" means a unit of measurement of electric field strength
				generally measured at a point one meter above the ground and expressed as
				kV/m.
(14) "Maximum Current Rating"
				or "MCR" means the maximum quantity of electric current, expressed in amperes,
				that can be continuously carried on the conductors of an electrical circuit as
				determined by the facility owner.
(15) "Maximum Electric Field Strength" means
				the amplitude (Root Mean Square) of the electric field produced by an
				electrical facility operating at the highest operating voltage expressed in
				kV/m at a height of one meter above ground level.
(16) "Maximum Magnetic Field" means the
				amplitude (Root Mean Square) of the magnetic flux density produced by an
				electrical facility operating at MCR measured in Gauss one meter above the
				earth's surface.
(17) "Minimum
				Conductor Height" means the minimum vertical distance from the earth's surface
				to the geometric center of the conductor or conductor bundle at MCR.
(18) "Modified" as it relates to electrical
				facilities means a transmission line or substation that is altered or upgraded
				to operate at a higher nominal voltage or current after March 21,
				1989.
(19) "New Distribution Line"
				means a distribution line that commenced construction after March 21,
				1989.
(20) "New Electrical
				Facility" means an electrical facility which commenced construction after March
				21, 1989.
(21) "New Substation"
				means a substation that commenced construction after March 21, 1989, that is
				built to connect new transmission lines of 69 kV or larger with other
				electrical facilities, or a substation into which a new transmission line is
				built.
(22) "New Transmission Line"
				means a transmission line upon which construction commenced after March 21,
				1989, or an existing transmission line which commences construction for the
				purpose of reinsulating to operate at a higher nominal voltage or
				reconductoring to operate at a higher MCR after March 21, 1989. This does not
				include transmission lines which are relocated or rebuilt unless such lines are
				modified. This also does not include conductors used to connect existing
				transmission lines to substations unless a new edge of right-of-way is created
				on or immediately adjacent to private property.
(23) "NESC" means the National Electrical
				Safety Code.
(24) "Nominal Voltage"
				means the voltage classification as defined in Table 1, ANSI C 84.1-1982 or
				ANSI C 92.2-1981.
(25)
				"Residential, Commercial or Industrial Building" means a structure that persons
				use for their residence, for commercial transactions, or for manufacturing a
				product. It includes structures used by providers of private and governmental
				services. It does not include buildings visited by people for short periods of
				time on a non-daily basis.
(26)
				"Right-of-Way" (ROW), as used herein, is a term intended to be used only for
				purposes of determining the appropriate points for compliance with this rule,
				and not for the purpose of determining a legal interest in property.
				"Right-of-way" means the area between two edges of ROW. Each edge of the ROW
				shall be identified as the farthermost point located by application of the
				following methods:
(a) The boundary of land
				where the facility owner has a property interest, such as, but not limited to,
				an easement, prescriptive easement, or fee simple title, and which is used or
				designated for construction, operation and maintenance of transmission
				lines.
(b) In areas where the
				facility owner does not have a property interest in the land where the
				transmission line or distribution line will be located, the ROW will be assumed
				to extend to the closer of:
1. The edge of the
				nearest residential, commercial or industrial building in existence prior to
				the date the electrical facility commenced construction or obtained a permit,
				whichever is sooner, or
2. Fifty
				feet from the point beneath the conductor closest to the edge of the ROW being
				determined.
(c) In areas
				where the transmission line or distribution line is adjacent to or within the
				property boundary of a linear easement of a railroad, utility pipeline,
				communication line, or public utility linear facility, or public road or canal,
				the ROW will be assumed to extend to the closer of:
1. The farthermost edge of the linear
				easement, or 50 feet from the point beneath the conductor closest to the edge
				of the ROW being determined, whichever is farther, or
2. The edge of the nearest residential,
				commercial or industrial building in existence prior to the date the electrical
				facility commenced construction or obtained a permit, whichever is sooner.
				OR
(d) In areas where the
				transmission line or distribution line is adjacent to or within property owned
				by federal, state, regional or local governmental agencies, the ROW will be
				assumed to extend to the closer of:
1. The
				edge of the nearest residential, commercial or industrial building in existence
				prior to the date the electrical facility commenced construction or obtained a
				permit, whichever is sooner, or
2.
				Fifty feet from the point beneath the conductor closest to the edge of the ROW
				being determined.