# 258.2 Definitions. **Citation:** 16 NYCRR 258.2 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** New York State Public Service Commission **Effective:** Not stated **Published:** Not stated Transportation of Liquid Petroleum (Hazardous Liquid Pipelines). As used in this Part: (a) Alarm means an audible or visible means of indicating to the controller that equipment or processes are outside operator-defined, safety-related parameters. (b) Barrel means a unit of measure equal to 42 U.S. standard gallons. For this Part, department shall mean the Department of Public Service, Office of Electric, Gas and Water ## Document text As used in this Part: (a) Alarm means an audible or visible means of indicating to the controller that equipment or processes are outside operator-defined, safety-related parameters. (b) Barrel means a unit of measure equal to 42 U.S. standard gallons. For this Part, department shall mean the Department of Public Service, Office of Electric, Gas and Water, Pipeline Safety Section, or its successor, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-5453, [email protected]. (d) Hazardous liquid means petroleum, petroleum products, anhydrous ammonia, or ethanol. (e) Liquid petroleum means crude oil, natural gasoline, natural gas liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquid petroleum products, and any other such flammable liquids. (f) Liquid petroleum pipeline corporation or corporation means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association owning and operating one or more liquid petroleum pipelines in the State of New York, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. (g) Maximum operating pressure means the maximum pressure at which a pipeline may be operated as determined in accordance with section 258.8 of this Part. (h) Municipality means a city, county, village, or other political subdivision of New York State. (i) Pipeline means all parts of those physical facilities through which liquid petroleum moves in transportation, including line pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to the line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein. (j) Pipeline facility means new and existing pipe, rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of liquid petroleum. (k) Production facility means all wells, flowlines, piping, separation equipment, storage facilities, and auxiliary equipment used in the extraction of liquid petroleum from the ground. (l) Transportation of liquid petroleum means the gathering or delivery of liquid petroleum by pipeline. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ny-dps-nycrr` - SHA-256: `1181bcd5658674893b28b330a54815ad9d996df1ddc652d216a38217f3d0239c` - Retrieved: 2026-08-12T06:20:40.894Z - Exported: 2026-08-22T19:20:45.106Z - Document slug: `ny-nycrr-258-2` ### Source metadata ```json { "jurisdiction": "US-NY", "title": 16, "part": "258", "partTitle": "Transportation of Liquid Petroleum (Hazardous Liquid Pipelines)", "scopeKind": "hazardous-liquid-pipeline-safety", "tocPath": [ "Part 258 Transportation of Liquid Petroleum" ], "legalScope": "Complete current terminal legal unit exposed by the DPS-designated Title 16 NYCRR pipeline-safety part inventory.", "applicabilityCaveat": "Applicability depends on the part and section, Commission jurisdiction, commodity and facility type, intrastate or interstate status, operator and activity, exemptions, waivers, federal preemption, Commission orders, and incorporated law. DPS inspects portions of interstate systems for PHMSA, but PHMSA retains federal enforcement authority. DPS states that all jurisdictional Part 256 gas-holder and Part 257 LPG-plant facilities have been decommissioned even though those regulations remain unrepealed.", "incorporationCaveat": "These parts incorporate or rely on federal pipeline regulations, federal and New York statutes, Commission rules and orders, and privately authored technical standards. Part 10 supplies incorporation details. References metadata preserves explicit citations but does not reproduce external material, determine licensing rights, or decide whether a particular incorporation is static or dynamic.", "publicationCaveat": "The New York Department of Public Service identifies these eleven Title 16 NYCRR parts as its state pipeline-safety regulations and links to the public DOS/Westlaw NYCRR reading copy. That site labels the online text unofficial and directs users needing evidentiary accuracy to the Official NYCRR maintained by the Department of State Division of Administrative Rules. Each section's 'Current through' date is the most recent official NYCRR supplement covering that section, not a uniform corpus-wide amendment date.", "rights": "New York government-edict text is preserved with DPS, Department of State, and publisher attribution. 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