Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in § 59.131, this section and § § 59.133—59.143 (relating to hazardous liquid public utility safety standards), have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:#

API RP 1130—American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 1130—The term as defined in 49 CFR 195.3 (relating to what documents are incorporated by reference partly or wholly in this part?).#

API RP 1162—American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 1162—The term as defined in 49 CFR 195.3.#

Affected public—Residents (occupants, tenants, farmers, homeowners' associations or groups, neighborhood organizations and the like) and places of congregation (businesses, schools, places of worship, hospitals and other medical facilities, prisons, parks and recreational areas, day care facilities, playgrounds and the like) within 1,000 feet of the center of the pipeline or pipeline facility within the LFL, of a pipeline or pipeline facility, whichever is greater.#

As-called anomaly—In-line inspection predicted anomaly.#

As-found anomaly—Field-measured anomaly.#

CPM—Computation pipeline monitoring—The term as defined in 49 CFR 195.2 (relating to definitions).#

Construction task—An activity, identified by a hazardous liquid public utility, performed under 49 CFR 195 Subpart D (relating to construction) or § 59.137 (relating to construction).#

Covered task—The term as defined in 49 CFR 195.501 (relating to scope).#

Emergency responder—Local fire, local police and local emergency medical services; county hazmat teams, county departments of emergency services and county 911 centers; and other local, city, county or State emergency officials or representatives with emergency response or public safety jurisdiction, or both, within 1,000 feet of the center of the pipeline or pipeline facility.#

Ground patrol—A method of patrol that includes walking, driving, using a low-flying drone with sufficient optical resolution operated by a qualified drone operator with an altitude limit of 25 feet or other like non-aerial means of traversing a pipeline right-of-way.#

HCA—High consequence area—The term as defined in 49 CFR 195.450 (relating to definitions).#

HDD—Horizontal directional drilling—A trenchless construction methodology for installing pipelines, conduits or cable utilizing drilling fluid, often pressurized, and consisting of a directionally controlled (for example, steerable) pilot hole drilled along a predetermined path extending from grade at one end of drilled segment to grade at the opposite end; enlarging the pilot hole to a size which will accommodate a pipeline; pulling a pipeline/conduit into the enlarged hole; and a method accomplished using a horizontal drilling rig.#

HVL—Highly volatile liquid—The term as defined in 49 CFR 195.2.#

Hazardous liquid—Crude oil, gasoline, petroleum or petroleum products.#

Hazardous liquid public utility—A person or corporation now or hereafter owning or operating in this Commonwealth equipment or facilities for transporting or conveying crude oil, gasoline, petroleum or petroleum products, by pipeline or conduit, for the public for compensation.#

LFL—Lower flammability limit—Usually expressed in volume percent, the lower end of the concentration the range over which a flammable mixture of gas or vapor in the air can be ignited at a given temperature and pressure; and the flammability range is delineated by the upper and lower flammability limits.#

Land agent—A person who negotiates easements on behalf of a hazardous liquid public utility for use in connection with a pipeline.#

O&M—Operations and maintenance.#

OQ—Operator qualification—A process where an individual is determined to be qualified by a hazardous liquid public utility through training and evaluation of that individual's knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties required of an operator.#

PHMSA—Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration—The administration within the United States Department of Transportation responsible for the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials.#

Pipe—A tube that is used for the transportation of a hazardous liquid.#

Pipeline—Parts of a pipeline facility through which a hazardous liquid moves in transportation, including pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein and breakout tanks.#

Pipeline facility—New and existing pipe, rights of way, and any equipment, facility or building used in the transportation of hazardous liquids.#

Pipeline Safety Section—The section of the Safety Division within the Commission's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement responsible for pipeline safety.#

Public official—An elected or appointed local, city, county or state official having land use and street or road jurisdiction within 1,000 feet of the center of the pipeline or pipeline facility.#

Response drill—Interactive pipeline coordinated exercise training between pipeline operators, public officials and emergency responders to pre-plan for pipeline emergency response, using a local pipeline incident scenario to exchange resources and capabilities of all included.#

School—An institution with physical buildings and grounds, wherein children between the grades of nursery school through twelfth grade are educated within 1,000 feet of the center of a pipeline or pipeline facility. A school may be private or public. This term includes nursery schools but does not include virtual cyber schools.#

TT—Trenchless technology—A type of subsurface construction work that requires few trenches or no trenches which includes any trenchless construction methodology, including without limitation, horizontal direction drilling, guided auger bore, cradle bore, conventional auger bore, jack bore/hammer bore, guided bores and proprietary trenchless technology.#

Table-top drill—Discussion-based simulated exercise whereby utility personnel meet with county-level, city-level and municipality-level officials and local emergency responders in a classroom setting or in breakout groups to discuss and practice their respective roles during an emergency involving the hazardous liquid public utility's facilities and the recommended responses to an emergency situation.#