The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) AFS--The Commission's Alternative Fuels Safety
department within the Commission's Oversight and Safety Division.
(2) Aggregate water capacity (AWC)--The sum of all
individual container capacities as measured by weight or volume of
water which are placed at a single installation location.
(3) ANSI--American National Standards Institute.
(4) ASME--American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(5) ASME Code--The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section I, Section IV, Section VIII,
and Section IX.
(6) Automatic fuel dispenser--A fuel dispenser which
requires transaction authorization.
(7) Certificate holder--An individual who has passed
the required management-level or employee-level examination pursuant
to §14.2019 of this title (relating to Examination Requirements
and Renewals) and paid the applicable fees.
(8) Certified--An individual who is authorized by the
Commission to perform the LNG activities covered by the certification
issued under §14.2019 of this title.
(9) Combustible material--A solid material which, in
the form in which it is used and under the conditions anticipated,
can be ignited and will burn, support combustion, or release flammable
vapors when subjected to fire or heat.
(10) Commercial installation--An LNG equipment installation
located on premises other than a single-family dwelling used primarily
as a residence.
(11) Commission--The Railroad Commission of Texas.
(12) Company representative--The individual designated
to the Commission by a license applicant or a licensee as the principal
individual in authority and actively supervising the conduct of the
licensee's LNG activities.
(13) Container--Any LNG vessel manufactured to the
applicable sections of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Code,
ASME Code, or DOT requirements in effect at the time of manufacture.
(14) Container appurtenances--Components installed
in container openings, including but not limited to pressure relief
devices, shutoff valves, backflow check valves, excess flow check
valves, internal valves, liquid level gauges, pressure gauges, and
plugs.
(15) Conversion--The changes made to a vehicle to allow
it to use LNG as a motor fuel.
(16) Dike--A structure used to establish an impounding
area.
(17) Director--The director of AFS or the director's
delegate.
(18) Dispensing system--That combination of valves,
meters, hoses, piping, electrical connections, and fuel connections
used to distribute LNG to mobile or motor fuel containers.
(19) DOT--The United States Department of Transportation.
(20) Employee--Any individual who renders or performs
any services or labor for compensation, including individuals hired
on a part-time or temporary basis, full-time or permanent basis, independent
contractors, and owner-employees.
(21) Final approval--The authority issued by AFS allowing
the introduction of LNG into a container and system.
(22) Ignition source--Any item, substance, or event
having adequate temperature and energy release of the type and magnitude
sufficient to ignite any flammable mixture of gases or vapors that
could occur at a site.
(23) Impounding area--An area defined through the use
of dikes or the topography at the site for the purpose of containing
any accidental spill of LNG.
(24) Interim approval order--The authority issued by
the Railroad Commission of Texas following a public hearing allowing
construction of an LNG installation.
(25) Labeled--The attachment to equipment or materials
of a label, symbol, or other identifying mark of a nationally recognized
testing laboratory or a Category 50 licensee which conducts product
evaluation, periodically inspects production of listed equipment or
materials, and which publishes its findings in a list indicating that
the equipment either meets appropriate standards or has been tested
and found suitable for use in a specified manner.
(26) Licensed--Authorized by the Commission to perform
LNG activities through the issuance of a valid license by AFS.
(27) Licensee--A person which has applied for and been
granted an LNG license by the Commission.
(28) LNG--Natural gas, consisting primarily of methane
in liquid or semisolid state.
(29) LNG system--A system of safety devices, containers,
piping, fittings, valves, regulators, and other LNG equipment intended
for use or used with a motor vehicle fueled by LNG and any system
or other facilities designed to be used or used in the sale, storage,
transportation for delivery, or distribution of LNG.
(30) LNG transport--Any vehicle or combination of vehicles
and LNG containers designed or adapted for use or used principally
as a means of moving or delivering LNG from one place to another,
including but not limited to any truck, trailer, semi-trailer, cargo
tank, or other vehicle used in the distribution of LNG.
(31) Mass transit vehicle--Any vehicle which is owned
or operated by a political subdivision of a state, city, or county,
and which is used primarily in the conveyance of the general public.
(32) Maximum allowable working pressure--The maximum
gauge pressure permissible at the top of completed equipment, containers,
or vessels in their operating position for a design temperature.
(33) Mobile fuel container--An LNG container mounted
on a vehicle to store LNG as the fuel supply for uses other than the
engine to propel the vehicle, including use in an auxiliary engine.
(34) Mobile fuel system--An LNG system to supply natural
gas fuel to an auxiliary engine other than the engine used to propel
the vehicle or for other uses on the vehicle.
(35) Motor fuel container--An LNG container mounted
on a vehicle and used to store LNG as the fuel supply to an engine
used to propel the vehicle.
(36) Motor fuel system--An LNG system to supply natural
gas as a fuel for an engine used to propel the vehicle.
(37) NEC--National Electrical Code (NFPA 70).
(38) NFPA--National Fire Protection Association.
(39) Noncombustible material--A solid material which
in no conceivable form or combination with other material will ignite.
(40) Operations supervisor--An individual who is certified
by the Commission to actively supervise a licensee's LNG activities
and who is authorized by the licensee to implement operational changes.
(41) Outlet--A site operated by an LNG licensee from
which any regulated LNG activity is performed.
(42) Person--An individual, partnership, firm, joint
venture, corporation, association, or any other business entity, a
state agency or institution, county, municipality, school district,
other governmental subdivision, or licensee.
(43) Point of transfer--The point at which a connection
is made to transfer LNG from one container to another.
(44) Pressure relief device--A device, including a
pressure relief valve, which is designed both to open automatically
to prevent a continued rise of internal fluid pressure in excess of
a specified value (set pressure) and to close when the internal fluid
pressure is reduced below the set pressure.
(45) Pressure vessel--A container or other component
designed in accordance with the ASME Code.
(46) Property line--The boundary which designates the
point at which one real property interest ends and another begins.
(47) PSIG--Pounds per square inch gauge.
(48) Public transportation vehicle--A vehicle for hire
to transport persons, including but not limited to taxis, buses (excluding
school buses, mass transit or special transit vehicles), and airport
courtesy cars.
(49) Pullaway--The accidental separation of a hose
from a cylinder, container, transfer equipment, or dispensing equipment,
which could occur on a cylinder, container, transfer equipment, or
dispensing equipment whether or not they are protected by a pullaway
or breakaway device.
(50) Registered manufacturer--A person who has applied
for and been granted a registration to manufacture LNG containers
by the Commission.
(51) Repair to container--The correction of damage
or deterioration to an LNG container, the alteration of the structure
of such a container, or the welding on such a container in a manner
which causes the temperature of the container to rise above 400 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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