New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 7 - NATURAL GAS PIPELINES › Subchapter 1 - CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION NATURAL GAS PIPELINES › Section 14:7-1.1A - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and
				  terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this chapter can be found at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  14:3-1.1 and at
				  49 CFR
				  190.3,
				  191.3,
				  192.3,
				  193.3,
				  198.3, and
				  199.3, which are incorporated by
				  reference herein.
"Administrative Order and Notice of Civil Administrative
				  Penalty Assessment" or "AONOCAPA", means the written notice provided under
				  14:7-2.6, to alert an alleged
				  violator of the violation and the potential penalty for the violation.
"Automatically controlled valve" means a valve that does not
				  require personnel to activate. It closes in response to a pressure loss or flow
				  rate increase that exceeds a pre-set level. The valve operator is powered by
				  electricity, by the gas pressure in the pipeline, or by another power source.
				  Automatically controlled valves are intended to provide timely closure whenever
				  there is an abnormal pressure loss on the pipeline.
"Bureau" means the Bureau of Pipeline Safety in the Division
				  of Reliability and Security, in the New Jersey Board of Public
				  Utilities.
"Class 3" means the Federal Class 3 location as described in
				  49 C.F.R.
				  192.5.
"Class 4" means the Federal Class 4 location as described in
				  49 C.F.R.
				  192.5.
"Covered task" means an activity, identified by the operator,
				  that is performed on a pipeline facility and affects the operation, safety, or
				  integrity of the pipeline.
"Distribution line" has the meaning assigned to this term in
				  the Federal code at
				  49
				  CFR 192.3.
"Division" means the Division of Reliability and Security in
				  the Board of Public Utilities.
"Federal Code" means the Pipeline Safety Regulations of the
				  United States Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
				  Safety Administration, set forth at
				  49 CFR
				  190,
				  191,
				  192,
				  193,
				  198 and
				  199.
"Flowable fill" means a self-compacting cementitious slurry
				  or controlled low strength material used as a fill or backfill in lieu of
				  compacted clean soil backfill.
"Gas" means the same as that term is defined at
				  49 CFR
				  192.3.
"Lower explosive limit" or "LEL" means the lower limit of the
				  combustible range of gas concentration in the air that will burn in the
				  presence of an ignition source. LEL is expressed as a percentage of the minimum
				  concentration for the gas to ignite as measured by the operator's leak
				  detection device.
"Main" has the meaning assigned to this term in the Federal
				  code at
				  49
				  CFR 192.3. A main is a type of distribution
				  line.
"Notice of civil administrative penalty assessment" or
				  "NOCAPA", means the written notice provided under
				  N.J.A.C.
				  14:7-2.6, to alert an alleged violator of the
				  violation and the potential penalty for the violation.
"Pipeline" has the meaning assigned to this term in the
				  Federal code at
				  49
				  CFR 192.3.
"Pipeline operator" or "operator" means a person that owns,
				  operates, manages or controls an intrastate natural gas pipeline, including a
				  public utility as that term is defined in
				  48:2-13 or a natural gas pipeline
				  utility as that term is defined in
				  48:10-3.
"Remotely controlled valve" means a valve that is operated by
				  personnel from a location that is remote from where the valve is installed. The
				  location is usually at the pipeline control or dispatching center. A remotely
				  controlled valve consists of the valve itself and a valve operator that is
				  attached to the valve to open or close it. The valve operator is powered by
				  electricity, by the gas pressure from the pipeline, or by another power source.
				  The communications linkage between the remote location and the remotely
				  controlled valve may be by fiber optics, microwave, telephone lines, or
				  satellite.
"Service line" has the meaning assigned to this term in the
				  Federal code at
				  49
				  CFR 192.3. A gas service line is a type of
				  distribution line.
"Transmission line" has the meaning assigned to this term in
				  the Federal code at
				  49
				  CFR 192.3.
"Transmission pipeline" refers to any segment of a pipeline
				  system that meets the criteria of a "transmission line" as defined in
				  49
				  C.F.R. 192.3.