Pipeline-safety definitions

(a)The following definitions shall apply to Chapters 2 and 3:#

(xi)Class 1 Location: any location that has 10 or fewer buildings intended for human occupancy within 660 feet of the pipeline in a running mile;#

(xxvi)Good utility practice: any of the practices, methods and acts engaged in or generally approved by the utility industry during the relevant time period, or any of the practices, methods and acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, in light of the facts known at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices, reliability and safety. Good utility practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method, or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods, or acts generally accepted in the industry.#

(xli)Major utility facility:#

(A)An electric generating plant and associated facilities, utilizing any source of energy;#

(B)An electric transmission line or an electric distribution line of more than three miles, designed for operation at 69 kV or above;#

(C)An electric substation or a switching station designed to operate at 69 kV or above;#

(D)A natural or manufactured gas transmission pipeline, a natural or manufactured gas processing plant, a natural or manufactured gas compressor station or a natural or manufactured gas storage system, any part of which is designed for or capable of transporting or storing natural or manufactured gas at pressures in excess of 125 pounds per square inch gauge for a distance of greater than three miles in length in Class 1 Locations not designated as a High Consequence Area or one mile in length in all other locations;#

(E)A crude oil trunk transmission line, a liquid petroleum or refined products trunk transmission line or associated processing or pumping facilities, any part of which is designed for or capable of processing or transporting crude oil, liquid petroleum or refined products, excluding well head facilities;#

(F)A coal gasification plant and associated facilities or a plant and associated facilities for in situ utilization of coal for gas;#

(G)A major water transmission line, water pumping station, water storage facilities or water diversion facilities, not including construction accomplished in the regular course of business.#

(xlix)PHMSA: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration;#

(lxi)Service line: a distribution line that transports gas from a common source of supply to the connection to a customer's piping, where it first enters the building wall or to the building wall or roof top or other exterior connection;#

(lxii)SIRT: Service Interruption Reporting Telephone#

(lxv)Utility: a public utility as defined by W.S. § 37-1-101(a)(vi);#