[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR190.3]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 190_PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS AND RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 190.3  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Administrator means the Administrator, Research and Special Programs 
Administration or his or her delegate.
    Hearing means an informal conference or a proceeding for oral 
presentation. Unless otherwise specifically prescribed in this part, the 
use of ``hearing'' is not intended to require a hearing on the record in 
accordance with section 554 of title 5, U.S.C.
    OPS means the Office of Pipeline Safety, which is part of the 
Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation.
    Person means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, 
corporation,

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association, State, municipality, cooperative association, or joint 
stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or 
personal representative thereof.
    Presiding Official means the person who conducts any hearing 
relating to civil penalty assessments, compliance orders or hazardous 
facility orders.
    Regional Director means the head of any one of the Regional Offices 
of the Office of Pipeline Safety, or a designee appointed by the 
Regional Director. Regional Offices are located in Washington, DC 
(Eastern Region); Atlanta, Georgia (Southern Region); Kansas City, 
Missouri (Central Region); Houston, Texas (Southwest Region); and 
Lakewood, Colorado (Western Region).
    Respondent means a person upon whom the OPS has served a notice of 
probable violation.
    RSPA means the Research and Special Programs Administration of the 
United States Department of Transportation.
    State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

[Amdt. 190-6, 61 FR 18513, Apr. 26, 1996, as amended at 68 FR 11749, 
Mar. 12, 2003]