Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIII - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Safety › Subpart 5 - Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards › Chapter 67 - General [49 CFR Part 193 Subpart A] › Section XIII-6707 - Definitions [49 CFR 193.2007]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used
				  in this part: [
				49
				  CFR 193.2007]
Commissioner
-the commissioner of
					 conservation or any person to whom he has delegated authority in the matter
					 concerned.
Ambient Vaporizer
-a vaporizer which
					 derives heat from naturally occurring heat sources, such as the atmosphere, sea
					 water, surface waters, or geothermal waters.
Cargo Transfer System
-a component, or
					 system of components functioning as a unit, used exclusively for transferring
					 hazardous fluids in bulk between a tank car, tank truck, or marine vessel and a
					 storage tank.
Component
-any part, or system of parts
					 functioning as a unit, including, but not limited to, piping, processing
					 equipment, containers, control devices, impounding systems, lighting, security
					 devices, fire control equipment, and communication equipment, whose integrity
					 or reliability is necessary to maintain safety in controlling, processing, or
					 containing a hazardous fluid.
Container
-a component other than piping
					 that contains a hazardous fluid.
Control System
-a component, or system of
					 components functioning as a unit, including control valves and sensing,
					 warning, relief, shutdown, and other control devices, which is activated either
					 manually or automatically to establish or maintain the performance of another
					 component.
Controllable Emergency
-an emergency where
					 reasonable and prudent action can prevent harm to people or property.
Design Pressure
-the pressure used in the
					 design of components for the purpose of determining the minimum permissible
					 thickness or physical characteristics of its various parts. When applicable,
					 static head shall be included in the design pressure to determine the thickness
					 of any specific part.
Determine
-make an appropriate
					 investigation using scientific methods, reach a decision based on sound
					 engineering judgment, and be able to demonstrate the basis of the
					 decision.
Dike
-the perimeter of an impounding space
					 forming a barrier to prevent liquid from flowing in an unintended
					 direction.
Emergency
-a deviation from normal
					 operation, a structural failure, or severe environmental conditions that
					 probably would cause harm to people or property.
Exclusion Zone
-an area surrounding an LNG
					 facility in which an operator or government agency legally controls all
					 activities in accordance with LAC 43:XIII.6957 and LAC 43:XIII.6959 for as long
					 as the facility is in operation.
Fail-Safe
-a design feature which will
					 maintain or result in a safe condition in the event of malfunction or failure
					 of a power supply, component, or control device.
g
-the standard acceleration of gravity of
					 9.806 meters per second2 (32.17 feet per
					 second2).
Gas
-except when designated as inert, means
					 natural gas, other flammable gas, or gas which is toxic or corrosive.
Hazardous Fluid
-gas or hazardous
					 liquid.
Hazardous Liquid
-LNG or a liquid that is
					 flammable or toxic.
Heated Vaporizer
-a vaporizer which derives
					 heat from other than naturally occurring heat sources.
Impounding Space
-a volume of space formed
					 by dikes and floors which is designed to confine a spill of hazardous
					 liquid.
Impounding System
-includes an impounding
					 space, including dikes and floors for conducting the flow of spilled hazardous
					 liquids to an impounding space.
Liquefied Natural Gas
or
LNG
-natural gas or synthetic gas having methane
					 (CH4) as its major constituent which has been changed to
					 a liquid.
LNG Facility
-a pipeline facility that is
					 used for liquefying natural gas or synthetic gas or transferring, storing, or
					 vaporizing liquefied natural gas.
LNG Plant
-an LNG facility or system of LNG
					 facilities functioning as a unit.
m
3-a volumetric
					 unit which is one cubic meter, 6.2898 barrels, 35.3147
					 ft.3, or 264.1720 U.S. gallons, each volume being
					 considered as equal to the other.
Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
-the
					 maximum gage pressure permissible at the top of the equipment, containers or
					 pressure vessels while operating at design temperature.
Normal Operation
-functioning within ranges
					 of pressure, temperature, flow, or other operating criteria required by this
					 part.
Operator
-a person who owns or operates an
					 LNG facility.
Person
-any individual, firm, joint
					 venture, partnership, corporation, association, state, municipality,
					 cooperative association, or joint stock association and includes any trustee,
					 receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.
Pipeline Facility
-new and existing piping,
					 rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the
					 transportation of gas or in the treatment of gas during the course of
					 transportation.
Piping
-pipe, tubing, hoses, fittings,
					 valves, pumps, connections, safety devices or related components for containing
					 the flow of hazardous fluids.
Storage Tank
-a container for storing a
					 hazardous fluid.
Transfer Piping
-a system of permanent and
					 temporary piping used for transferring hazardous fluids between any of the
					 following: Liquefaction process facilities, storage tanks, vaporizers,
					 compressors, cargo transfer systems, and facilities other than pipeline
					 facilities.
Transfer System
-includes transfer piping
					 and cargo transfer system.
Vaporization
-an addition of thermal energy
					 changing a liquid to a vapor or gaseous state.
Vaporizer
-a heat transfer facility
					 designed to introduce thermal energy in a controlled manner for changing a
					 liquid to a vapor or gaseous state.
Waterfront LNG Plant
-an LNG plant with
					 docks, wharves, piers, or other structures in, on, or immediately adjacent to
					 the navigable waters of the United States or Puerto Rico and any shore area
					 immediately adjacent to those waters to which vessels may be secured and at
					 which LNG cargo operations may be conducted.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:551.C.