[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR195.2]
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TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
PART 195--TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE--Table of Contents
Subpart A--General
Sec. 195.2 Definitions.
As used in this part--
Abandoned means permanently removed from service.
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.
Barrel means a unit of measurement equal to 42 U.S. standard
gallons.
Breakout tank means a tank used to (a) relieve surges in a hazardous
liquid pipeline system or (b) receive and store hazardous liquid
transported by a pipeline for reinjection and continued transportation
by pipeline.
Carbon dioxide means a fluid consisting of more than 90 percent
carbon dioxide molecules compressed to a supercritical state.
Component means any part of a pipeline which may be subjected to
pump pressure including, but not limited to, pipe, valves, elbows, tees,
flanges, and closures.
Computation Pipeline Monitoring (CPM) means a software-based
monitoring tool that alerts the pipeline dispatcher of a possible
pipeline operating anomaly that may be indicative of a commodity
release.
Corrosive product means ``corrosive material'' as defined by
Sec. 173.136 Class 8-Definitions of this chapter.
Exposed pipeline means a pipeline where the top of the pipe is
protruding above the seabed in water less than 15 feet (4.6 meters)
deep, as measured from the mean low water.
Flammable product means ``flammable liquid'' as defined by
Sec. 173.120 Class 3-Definitions of this chapter.
Gathering line means a pipeline 219.1 mm (8\5/8\ in) or less nominal
outside diameter that transports petroleum from a production facility.
Gulf of Mexico and its inlets means the waters from the mean high
water mark
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of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets open to the sea
(excluding rivers, tidal marshes, lakes, and canals) seaward to include
the territorial sea and Outer Continental Shelf to a depth of 15 feet
(4.6 meters), as measured from the mean low water.
Hazard to navigation means, for the purpose of this part, a pipeline
where the top of the pipe is less than 12 inches (305 millimeters) below
the seabed in water less than 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep, as measured
from the mean low water.
Hazardous liquid means petroleum, petroleum products, or anhydrous
ammonia.
Highly volatile liquid or HVL means a hazardous liquid which will
form a vapor cloud when released to the atmosphere and which has a vapor
pressure exceeding 276 kPa (40 psia) at 37.8 deg. C (100 deg. F).
In-plant piping system means piping that is located on the grounds
of a plant and used to transfer hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide
between plant facilities or between plant facilities and a pipeline or
other mode of transportation, not including any device and associated
piping that are necessary to control pressure in the pipeline under
Sec. 195.406(b).
Interstate pipeline means a pipeline or that part of a pipeline that
is used in the transportation of hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide in
interstate or foreign commerce.
Intrastate pipeline means a pipeline or that part of a pipeline to
which this part applies that is not an interstate pipeline.
Line section means a continuous run of pipe between adjacent
pressure pump stations, between a pressure pump station and terminal or
breakout tanks, between a pressure pump station and a block valve, or
between adjacent block valves.
Low-stress pipeline means a hazardous liquid pipeline that is
operated in its entirety at a stress level of 20 percent or less of the
specified minimum yield strength of the line pipe.
Nominal wall thickness means the wall thickness listed in the pipe
specifications.
Offshore means beyond the line of ordinary low water along that
portion of the coast of the United States that is in direct contact with
the open seas and beyond the line marking the seaward limit of inland
waters.
Operator means a person who owns or operates pipeline facilities.
Outer Continental Shelf means all submerged lands lying seaward and
outside the area of lands beneath navigable waters as defined in Section
2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301) and of which the subsoil
and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its
jurisdiction and control.
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.
Petroleum means crude oil, condensate, natural gasoline, natural gas
liquids, and liquefied petroleum gas.
Petroleum product means flammable, toxic, or corrosive products
obtained from distilling and processing of crude oil, unfinished oils,
natural gas liquids, blend stocks and other miscellaneous hydrocarbon
compounds.
Pipe or line pipe means a tube, usually cylindrical, through which a
hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide flows from one point to another.
Pipeline or pipeline system means all parts of a pipeline facility
through which a hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide 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.
Pipeline facility means new and existing pipe, rights-of-way and any
equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of hazardous
liquids or carbon dioxide.
Production facility means piping or equipment used in the
production, extraction, recovery, lifting, stabilization, separation or
treating of petroleum or carbon dioxide, or associated storage or
measurement. (To be a production facility under this definition, piping
or equipment must be used in
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the process of extracting petroleum or carbon dioxide from the ground or
from facilities where CO2 is produced, and preparing it for
transportation by pipeline. This includes piping between treatment
plants which extract carbon dioxide, and facilities utilized for the
injection of carbon dioxide for recovery operations.)
Rural area means outside the limits of any incorporated or
unincorpated city, town, village, or any other designated residential or
commercial area such as a subdivision, a business or shopping center, or
community development.
Specified minimum yield strength means the minimum yield strength,
expressed in p.s.i. (kPa) gage, prescribed by the specification under
which the material is purchased from the manufacturer.
Stress level means the level of tangential or hoop stress, usually
expressed as a percentage of specified minimum yield strength.
Surge pressure means pressure produced by a change in velocity of
the moving stream that results from shutting down a pump station or
pumping unit, closure of a valve, or any other blockage of the moving
stream.
Toxic product means ``poisonous material'' as defined by
Sec. 173.132 Class 6, Division 6.1-Definitions of this chapter.
Unusually Sensitive Area (USA) means a drinking water or ecological
resource area that is unusually sensitive to environmental damage from a
hazardous liquid pipeline release, as identified under Sec. 195.6.
[Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981; 47 FR 32721, July 29, 1982,
as amended by Amdt. 195-33, 50 FR 15898, Apr. 23, 1985; 50 FR 38660,
Sept. 24, 1985; Amdt. 195-36, 51 FR 15007, Apr. 22, 1986; Amdt. 195-45,
56 FR 26925, June 12, 1991; Amdt. 195-47, 56 FR 63771, Dec. 5, 1991;
Amdt. 195-50, 59 FR 17281, Apr. 12, 1994; Amdt. 195-52, 59 FR 33395,
33396, June 28, 1994; Amdt. 195-53, 59 FR 35471, July 12, 1994; Amdt.
195-59, 62 FR 61695, Nov. 19, 1997; Amdt. 195-62, 63 FR 36376, July 6,
1998; Amdt. 195-63, 63 FR 37506, July 13, 1998; Amdt. 195-69, 65 FR
54444, Sept. 8, 2000; Amdt. 195-71, 65 FR 80544, Dec. 21, 2000]