Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-75 - Hazardous liquid pipelinesSafety › GENERAL RULES › Section 480-75-100 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Backfill"
means the material filled over the
				  pipe after the pipe is lowered into a trench.
"Bedding"
means the material placed in the
				  bottom of a trench prior to laying a pipe.
"Breakout tank"
means a tank that is used to
				  relieve surges in a hazardous liquid pipeline system, or a tank used to receive
				  and store hazardous liquid transported by a pipeline for reinjection and
				  continued transportation by pipeline.
"Hazardous liquid"
means (a) petroleum,
				  petroleum products, or anhydrous ammonia as those terms are defined in 49
				  C.F.R. Part 195 and (b) carbon dioxide.
"Hazardous liquid pipeline"
or
"pipeline"
means all parts of a pipeline facility through which
				  hazardous liquid moves in transportation, including, but not limited to, line
				  pipe, valves, and other appurtenances connected to line pipe, pumping units,
				  fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery
				  stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout tanks. It does not
				  include all parts of a pipeline facility through which a hazardous liquid moves
				  in transportation through refining or manufacturing facilities or storage or
				  in-plant piping systems associated with such facilities, a pipeline subject to
				  safety regulations of the United States Coast Guard, or a pipeline that serves
				  refining, manufacturing, or truck, rail or vessel terminal facilities, if the
				  pipeline is less than one mile long, measured outside facility grounds, and
				  does not cross an offshore area or a waterway used for commercial
				  navigation.
"Hazardous liquid pipeline company"
or
"pipeline company"
means a person or entity constructing, owning,
				  or operating a hazardous liquid pipeline, but does not include excavation
				  contractors or other contractors that contract with a hazardous liquid pipeline
				  company.
"Independent level alarm"
means an alarm
				  function actuated by a primary level sensing device that is separate and
				  independent from any tank gauging equipment on the tank.
"Line pipe"
or
"pipe"
means a tube,
				  usually cylindrical, through which a hazardous liquid is transported from one
				  point to another.
"Major construction"
means any change in
				  pipeline routing, either horizontally or depth, or replacement of existing pipe
				  of one hundred feet or more in length.
"Maximum operating pressure (MOP)"
means the
				  maximum operating pressure at which a pipeline may be operated under 49 C.F.R.
				  Part 195.
"New pipeline"
means a new hazardous liquid
				  pipeline that did not previously exist, or an extension of an existing pipeline
				  of one hundred feet or longer.
"Person"
means an individual, partnership,
				  franchise holder, association, corporation, a state, a city, a county, or any
				  political subdivision or instrumentality of a state, and its employees, agents,
				  or legal representatives.
"Release"
means when hazardous liquid escapes
				  from the pipeline.
"Subsoiling"
means the agricultural practice of
				  breaking compact subsoil.
"Telephonic notification"
means verbal
				  notification by telephone to the Washington utilities and transportation
				  commission, pipeline safety division using the pipeline safety incident
				  notification telephone number (1-888-321-9144).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040,
					 80.04.060,
					 81.88.040. 08-12-045 (Docket
					 PL-070974, General Order R-548), § 480-75-100, filed 5/30/08, effective
					 6/30/08. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 02-18-032 (Docket No.
					 TO-000712, General Order No. R-500), § 480-75-100, filed 8/26/02,
					 effective 9/26/02.