Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-11-1 - Definitions
The following terms, as used in this article and in the identified sections of the federal regulations adopted by reference, shall be defined as specified in this regulation:
(a) "Area of residential development" means a
location in which over 25 residential customers are being, or are expected to
be, added over the period in which the area is to be developed.
(b) "Barhole" means a small hole made near
gas piping to extract air from the ground.
(c) "Combustible gas indicator" means a type
of leak detection equipment capable of detecting and measuring gas
concentrations in the atmosphere with minimum detection accuracy of 0.5% gas in
the air.
(d) "Commission" means
state corporation commission of Kansas.
(e) "Confined space" means any subsurface
structure, including vaults, tunnels, catch basins and manholes, that is of
sufficient size to accommodate a person and in which gas could
accumulate.
(f) "Construction
project" means the construction of either of the following:
(1) Any jurisdictional pipeline installation,
including new, replacement, or relocation projects, in which the total piping
installed during the project is in excess of 400 feet for small gas operators
or 1,000 feet for all other gas operators; or
(2) any other significant pipeline
installation that is subject to these safety standards.
(g) "Department of transportation" means U.S.
department of transportation.
(h)
"Exposed pipeline" means buried pipeline that has become uncovered due to
erosion, excavation, or any other cause.
(i) "Flame ionization" means a type of leak
detection equipment that uses a technology that continuously draws ambient air
through a hydrogen flame and thereby provides an indication of the presence of
hydrocarbons.
(j) "Gas-associated
structure" means a device or facility utilized by a gas company, including a
valve box, vault, test box, and vented casing pipe, that is not intended for
storing, transmitting, or distributing gas.
(k) "Gas pipeline safety section" means the
gas pipeline safety section of the state corporation commission of
Kansas.
(l) "Inspector" means an
employee of the gas pipeline safety section of the state corporation commission
of Kansas.
(m) "Leak detection
equipment" means a device, including a flame ionization unit, combustible gas
indicator, and other equipment as approved by the gas pipeline safety section,
that measures the amount of hydrocarbon gas in an ambient air sample.
(n) "Lower explosive limit" and "LEL" mean
the lowest percent of concentration of natural gas in a mixture with air that
can be ignited at normal ambient atmospheric temperature and
pressure.
(o) "Odorometer" means an
instrument capable of determining the percentage of gas in air at which the
odor of the gas becomes detectible to an individual with a normal sense of
smell.
(p) "Small gas operator"
means an operator who engages in the transportation or distribution of gas, or
both, in a system having fewer than 5,000 service lines.
(q) "Small substructure" means any subsurface
structure, other than a gas-associated structure, that is of sufficient size to
accommodate a person and in which gas could accumulate, including telephone and
electrical ducts and conduit, and nonassociated valve and meter
boxes.
(r) "Sniff test" means a
qualitative test performed by an individual with a normal sense of smell. The
test is conducted by releasing small amounts of gas in order to determine
whether an odorant is detectible.
(s) "Town border station" means a
pressure-limiting station that reduces the pressure of the gas stream delivered
downstream of the station, normally located within or immediately adjacent to
the gas purchase point, at which natural gas ownership passes from one party to
another, neither of which is the ultimate consumer.
(t) "Underground leak classification" means
the process of sampling the subsurface atmosphere for gas using a combustible
gas indicator in a series of available openings or barholes over, or adjacent
to, the gas facility. If applicable, the sampling pattern shall include sample
points that indicate sustained readings of 0% gas in air in the four cardinal
directions.
(u) "Utility division"
means the utility division of the state corporation commission of
Kansas.
(v) "Yard line" means the
buried, customer-owned, individually metered piping between the outlet of the
meter and the outside wall of a residential premises.
Notes
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