[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: 49CFR198.3]

[Page 211]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 198_REGULATIONS FOR GRANTS TO AID STATE PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 198.3  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Administrator means the Administrator, Research and Special Programs 
Administration or his or her delegate.
    Adopt means establish under State law by statute, regulation, 
license, certification, order, or any combination of these legal means.
    Excavation activity means an excavation activity defined in Sec. 
192.614(a) of this chapter, other than a specific activity the State 
determines would not be expected to cause physical damage to underground 
facilities.
    Excavator means any person intending to engage in an excavation 
activity.
    One-call notification system means a communication system that 
qualifies under this part and the one-call damage prevention program of 
the State concerned in which an operational center receives notices from 
excavators of intended excavation activities and transmits the notices 
to operators of underground pipeline facilities and other underground 
facilities that participate in the system.
    Person means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, 
corporation, association, state, municipality, cooperative association, 
or joint stock association, and including any trustee, receiver, 
assignee, or personal representative thereof.
    Underground pipeline facilities means buried pipeline facilities 
used in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquid subject to the 
pipeline safety laws (49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.).
    Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation or any person to 
whom the Secretary of Transportation has delegated authority in the 
matter concerned.
    Seeking to adopt means actively and effectively proceeding toward 
adoption.
    State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

[55 FR 38691, Sept. 20, 1990, as amended by Amdt. 198-2, 61 FR 18518, 
Apr. 26, 1996; 68 FR 11750, Mar. 12, 2003]