New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS › Part 40 - NEW MEXICO LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS STANDARD › Section 19.15.40.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Accessible"
means having access to; may require the removal of a
				panel, door or similar covering of the item described.
B.
"Approved"
means acceptable
				to the authority having jurisdiction.
C.
"Authority having
				jurisdiction"
means the New Mexico LP gas bureau.
D.
"Bulk plant"
means storage
				facilities for liquid LP gas awaiting transfer.
E.
"Bureau"
means the liquefied
				petroleum and compressed gas bureau of the division.
F.
"Certified"
means "listed" or
				"labeled".
G.
"Certificate of
				competence"
means a written certificate issued by the LP gas bureau to
				an LP gas installer based on evidence of competence.
H.
"Clearance"
means the
				distance between the appliance, chimney, vent chimney or vent connector, or
				plenum and the nearest surface.
I.
"Code"
means NFPA 52, NFPA 54, NFPA 57, NFPA 58 and NFPA 1192 and
				other codebooks adopted as amended by the commission.
J.
"Commission"
means the
				construction industries commission.
K.
"Compressed natural gases"
and
"CNG"
means mixtures of hydrocarbon gases and vapors
				consisting principally of methane in gaseous form, which has been compressed
				for vehicular fuel.
L.
"Concealed LP gas piping"
means all LP gas piping and fittings
				which, when in place in the finished building, would require removal of
				permanent construction to gain access to the piping.
M.
"Connector, gas appliance"
means a connector, used to convey fuel gas three feet or less in length (six
				feet or less for gas ranges), between a gas shut off valve and gas appliance in
				the same room.
N.
"Consumer's
				LP gas system"
means any arrangement of LP gas piping, extending from
				the point of delivery to and including all outlets, appliances and
				appurtenances, installed under the provisions of the code, which the consumer
				is responsible to maintain in a serviceable condition, exclusive of piping,
				tanks, regulators, valves, fittings, etc. owned by the gas company.
O.
"Distributing plant"
means a
				facility with the primary purpose of distribution of LP gas, which receives LP
				gas in tank car, truck transport or truck lots, and distributes such LP gas to
				end-users by delivery tank truck or through gas piping; such plants have bulk
				storage of 2,000 gallons water capacity or more, and usually have
				container-filling and truck-loading facilities on the premises.
P.
"Distributing point"
means a
				facility other than a distributing plant which normally receives gas by tank
				truck and which fills small containers or the engine fuel tank of motor
				vehicles on the premises. (An LP gas service station is one type of
				distributing point).
Q.
"Disqualifying criminal conviction"
has the same meaning as
				defined in Subsection E of Section
				61-1-36 NMSA 1978.
R.
"Division"
means the
				construction industries division of the regulation and licensing
				department.
S.
"Energy
				efficient water heater"
means any LP gas automatic storage water heater
				that meets or exceeds ASHREA 90-75 standards for energy efficiency.
T.
"Fuel gas piping system"
means the arrangement of piping, tubing, fittings, connectors, valves and
				devices designed and intended to supply or control the flow of fuel gas to the
				appliances.
U.
"Gas
				company"
means any LP gas company or LP gas distributor.
V.
"Gas supply connection"
means
				the terminal end or connection to which a gas supply connector is
				attached.
W.
"Gas supply
				connector"
means tubing or piping connecting the mobile home to the gas
				supply source.
X.
"Gas
				vents"
means factory-built vent piping and vent fittings listed by an
				approved testing agency, that are assembled and used in accordance with the
				terms of their listings, for conveying flue gases to the outside
				atmosphere.
Y.
"Heat
				producing appliance"
means all heating and cooking appliances and all
				fuel burning appliances.
Z.
"Heating appliance"
means an appliance for comfort heating or for
				water heating of a manufactured home.
AA.
"House piping"
means the LP
				gas piping from the point where it enters the building or foundation, up to and
				including the outlets.
BB.
"Input rating"
means the LP gas-burning capacity of an appliance
				in BTU's per hour as specified by the manufacturer.
CC.
"Inspector"
means a person
				hired by the bureau to enforce under administrative direction the laws and
				safety rules and regulations of the LP gas industry and the enforcement of the
				codes used in CNG, LNG and LCNG in motor vehicles.
DD.
"Labeled"
means equipment or
				materials to which has been attached a label, symbol or other identifying mark
				of an organization acceptable to the "authority having jurisdiction" and
				concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of
				production of labeled equipment or materials and by whose labeling the
				manufacturer indicate compliance with appropriate standards or performance in
				specified manner.
EE.
"Liquefied natural gases", "liquefied compressed natural gases",
				"LNG"
and
"LCNG"
means a fluid in the liquid state composed
				predominantly of methane and that can contain minor quantities of ethane,
				propane, nitrogen, or other components normally found in natural gas.
FF.
"Liquefied petroleum gases",
				"LPG"
and
"LP gas"
means any material that is composed
				predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of them:
				propane, propylene, butane (normal butane or ISO-butane) and
				butylenes.
GG.
"Liquid
				transfer"
means the transfer of LP gas in a liquid form from an approved
				container into another approved container.
HH.
"Liquid withdrawal"
means an
				approved LP gas container designed for the withdrawal of LP gas for utilization
				in an approved means.
II.
"Listed"
means equipment or materials included in a list published
				by an organization acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and
				concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of
				production of listed equipment or materials and whose listing states either
				that the equipment or material meets appropriate standards or has been tested
				and found suitable for use in a specified manner.
JJ.
"LP gas installation"
means
				the installation of materials, fixtures, appliances or equipment that utilize
				LP gas, which is installed by a licensee of the LP gas bureau.
KK.
"Manufactured homes"
means a
				movable or portable housing structure over 32 feet in length or over eight feet
				in width constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed to be
				installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy as a
				residence and which may include one or more components that can be retracted
				for towing purposes and subsequently expanded for additional capacity or may be
				two or more units separately towable but designed to be joined into one
				integral unit, as well as a single unit. Manufactured homes do not include
				recreational vehicles or modular or pre-manufactured homes, built to building
				code standards, designed to be permanently affixed to real property.
LL.
"Manufactured home site"
means a designated portion of a mobile home park designed for the accommodation
				of one mobile home and its accessory buildings or structures for the exclusive
				use of the occupants.
MM.
"Manufactured home park"
means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of
				land which has been so designated and improved so that it contains two or more
				manufactured home sites available to the general public for the placement
				thereon of manufactured homes for occupancy.
NN.
"Military service member"
has the same meaning as defined in Paragraph (3) of Subsection F of Section
				61-1-34 NMSA 1978.
OO.
"Outlet"
means a threaded
				connection or bolted flange in a pipe system to which an LP gas-burning
				appliance is or may be attached; such outlet must be located in the room or
				space where the appliance is or may be installed.
PP.
"Point of delivery"
means
				the initial junction of the consumer's gas piping with the gas company's
				piping, at the outlet side of the first regulator, regardless of whether it is
				a single-stage regulator system or the first stage regulator of a two-stage
				regulator system.
QQ.
"Product"
or
"products"
of liquefied petroleum gases,
				compressed natural gases or liquefied natural gas are considered to be
				liquefied petroleum gases or compressed natural gases or liquefied natural
				gases respectively.
RR.
"Qualified instructor"
means an employee who has passed the
				required examination and performed for at least one year the work being
				taught.
SS.
"Readily
				accessible"
means having direct access without the necessity of removing
				any panel, door or similar obstruction.
TT.
"Regulator"
means a device
				for controlling and maintaining a uniform pressure to the manifold of gas
				equipment.
UU.
"Riser"
means that portion of the yardline, which protrudes through the grade level of
				the ground.
VV.
"Roof
				jack"
that portion of venting system, including the cap, insulating
				means, flashing and ceiling plate, located in and above the roof.
WW.
"Sealed combustion/direct vent
				system appliance", "direct vent system appliance"
means an appliance
				which by its inherent design is constructed so that all air supplied for
				combustion to the combustion system of the appliance, and all products of
				combustion are completely isolated from the atmosphere of the space in which it
				is installed, and all flue gases are discharged to the outside.
XX.
"Substantially equivalent"
means the determination by the construction industries division that the
				education, examination, and experience requirements contained in the statutes
				and rules of another jurisdiction are comparable to, or exceed the education,
				examination, and experience requirements of the LP & CNG Act.
YY.
"Yardline"
means a buried
				line servicing utilities from the on-site utility terminal to the manufactured
				home.