Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 29 - Utility facilities on department of transportation railroad property › Appendix 1 - Federal regulations and procedures adopted by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation › RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DOT › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 193.2007 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this part:
"Administrator" means the Administrator of the Research
						and Special Programs Administration or any person to whom authority in the
						matter concerned has been delegated by the Secretary of Transportation.
"Ambient vaporizer" means a vaporizer which derives heat
						from naturally occurring heat sources, such as the atmosphere, sea water,
						surface waters, or geothermal waters.
"Cargo transfer system" means 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" means 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" means a component other than piping that
						contains a hazardous fluid.
"Control system" means 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" means an emergency where
						reasonable and prudent action can prevent harm to people or property.
"Design pressure" means 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" means 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" means the perimeter of an impounding space forming
						a barrier to prevent liquid from flowing in an unintended direction.
"Emergency" means a deviation from normal operation, a
						structural failure, or severe environmental conditions that probably would
						cause harm to people or property.
"Exclusion zone" means an area surrounding an LNG
						facility in which an operator or government agency legally controls all
						activities in accordance with § 193.2057 and § 193.2059 for as long
						as the facility is in operation.
"Fail-safe" means 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" means 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" means gas or hazardous liquid.
"Hazardous liquid" means LNG or a liquid that is
						flammable or toxic.
"Heated vaporizer" means a vaporizer which derives heat
						from other than naturally occurring heat sources.
"Impounding space" means 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" means natural gas or
						synthetic gas having methane (CH4) as its major constituent which has been
						changed to a liquid or semisolid.
"LNG facility" means a pipeline facility that is used for
						liquefying or solidifying natural gas or synthetic gas or transferring,
						storing, or vaporizing liquefied natural gas.
"LNG plant" means an LNG facility or system of LNG
						facilities functioning as a unit.
"m3" means a volumetric unit which is one cubic metre,
						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" means the maximum
						gage pressure permissible at the top of the equipment, containers or pressure
						vessels while operating at design temperature.
"Normal operation" means functioning within ranges of
						pressure, temperature, flow, or other operating criteria required by this
						part.
"Operator" means a person who owns or operates an LNG
						facility.
"Person" means 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" means 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" means pipe, tubing, hoses, fittings, valves,
						pumps, connections, safety devices or related components for containing the
						flow of hazardous fluids.
"Storage tank" means a container for storing a hazardous
						fluid, including an underground cavern.
"Transfer piping" means 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" means an addition of thermal energy
						changing a liquid or semisolid to a vapor or gaseous state.
"Vaporizer" means a heat transfer facility designed to
						introduce thermal energy in a controlled manner for changing a liquid or
						semisolid to a vapor or gaseous state.
"Waterfront LNG plant" means 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.
( 49 U.S.C. 1674 a;
						49 CFR
						1.53 and Appendix A of Part
						1)