§ 299J.02 — Definitions
Plain-Language Summary
This section defines key terms used in the pipeline safety law, including what counts as a pipeline, an operator, a hazardous liquid, and a release.
299J.02 DEFINITIONS.
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Subdivision 1.Applicability.
The definitions in this section apply to sections 299J.01 to 299J.17. §
Subd. 2.Commissioner.
“Commissioner” means the commissioner of public safety. §
Subd. 3.Director.
“Director” means the director of the Office of Pipeline Safety. §
Subd. 4.Emergency.
“Emergency” means a condition that poses a clear and immediate danger to life or health or that threatens a significant loss of property. §
Subd. 5.Emergency release.
“Emergency release” means a release that poses a clear and immediate danger to life or health or that threatens a significant loss of property. §
Subd. 6.Emergency responder.
“Emergency responder” means a fire department or company, a law enforcement official or office, an ambulance or other emergency rescue service, or the Division of Emergency Management created by section 12.04, subdivision 1. §
Subd. 7.Gas.
“Gas” has the meaning given it in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 192.3. §
Subd. 8.Hazardous liquid.
“Hazardous liquid” means “hazardous liquid” and “highly volatile liquid” as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 195.2. §
Subd. 8a.LNG; liquefied natural gas.
“LNG” or “liquefied natural gas” means natural gas or synthetic gas having as its major constituent methane that has been changed to a liquid or semisolid. §
Subd. 8b.LNG facility.
“LNG facility” means a pipeline facility that is used for liquefying or solidifying natural gas or synthetic gas or transferring, storing, or vaporizing liquefied natural gas. §
Subd. 9.Local governmental unit.
“Local governmental unit” means a county, town, or statutory or home rule charter city. §
Subd. 10.Person.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other business entity or a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of any of them. §
Subd. 11.Pipeline.
“Pipeline” means:
(1) pipe with a nominal diameter of six inches or more, located in the state, that is used to transport hazardous liquids, but does not include pipe used to transport a hazardous liquid by gravity, and pipe used to transport or store a hazardous liquid within a refining, storage, or manufacturing facility; or
(2) pipe operated at a pressure of more than 275 pounds per square inch that carries gas. §
Subd. 12.Pipeline operator.
“Pipeline operator” means a person who owns or operates a pipeline or LNG facility. §
Subd. 13.Release.
“Release” means a spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, leaching, dumping, disposing, flowing, or any other uncontrolled escape of a hazardous liquid or gas from a pipeline or gas from a LNG facility.
History:
1987 c 71 s 2; 1987 c 353 s 23; 1992 c 386 s 1-4
History: History: 1987 c 71 s 2; 1987 c 353 s 23; 1992 c 386 s 1-4