N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.40.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Accessible" means having access to; may require the removal of a panel, door or similar covering of the item described.

B. "Approved" means acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.

C. "Authority having jurisdiction" means the New Mexico LP gas bureau.

D. "Bulk plant" means storage facilities for liquid LP gas awaiting transfer.

E. "Bureau" means the liquefied petroleum and compressed gas bureau of the division.

F. "Certified" means "listed" or "labeled".

G. "Certificate of competence" means a written certificate issued by the LP gas bureau to an LP gas installer based on evidence of competence.

H. "Clearance" means the distance between the appliance, chimney, vent chimney or vent connector, or plenum and the nearest surface.

I. "Code" means NFPA 52, NFPA 54, NFPA 57, NFPA 58 and NFPA 1192 and other codebooks adopted as amended by the commission.

J. "Commission" means the construction industries commission.

K. "Compressed natural gases" and "CNG" means mixtures of hydrocarbon gases and vapors consisting principally of methane in gaseous form, which has been compressed for vehicular fuel.

L. "Concealed LP gas piping" means all LP gas piping and fittings which, when in place in the finished building, would require removal of permanent construction to gain access to the piping.

M. "Connector, gas appliance" means a connector, used to convey fuel gas three feet or less in length (six feet or less for gas ranges), between a gas shut off valve and gas appliance in the same room.

N. "Consumer's LP gas system" means any arrangement of LP gas piping, extending from the point of delivery to and including all outlets, appliances and appurtenances, installed under the provisions of the code, which the consumer is responsible to maintain in a serviceable condition, exclusive of piping, tanks, regulators, valves, fittings, etc. owned by the gas company.

O. "Distributing plant" means a facility with the primary purpose of distribution of LP gas, which receives LP gas in tank car, truck transport or truck lots, and distributes such LP gas to end-users by delivery tank truck or through gas piping; such plants have bulk storage of 2,000 gallons water capacity or more, and usually have container-filling and truck-loading facilities on the premises.

P. "Distributing point" means a facility other than a distributing plant which normally receives gas by tank truck and which fills small containers or the engine fuel tank of motor vehicles on the premises. (An LP gas service station is one type of distributing point).

Q. "Disqualifying criminal conviction" has the same meaning as defined in Subsection E of Section 61-1-36 NMSA 1978.

R. "Division" means the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department.

S. "Energy efficient water heater" means any LP gas automatic storage water heater that meets or exceeds ASHREA 90-75 standards for energy efficiency.

T. "Fuel gas piping system" means the arrangement of piping, tubing, fittings, connectors, valves and devices designed and intended to supply or control the flow of fuel gas to the appliances.

U. "Gas company" means any LP gas company or LP gas distributor.

V. "Gas supply connection" means the terminal end or connection to which a gas supply connector is attached.

W. "Gas supply connector" means tubing or piping connecting the mobile home to the gas supply source.

X. "Gas vents" means factory-built vent piping and vent fittings listed by an approved testing agency, that are assembled and used in accordance with the terms of their listings, for conveying flue gases to the outside atmosphere.

Y. "Heat producing appliance" means all heating and cooking appliances and all fuel burning appliances.

Z. "Heating appliance" means an appliance for comfort heating or for water heating of a manufactured home.

AA. "House piping" means the LP gas piping from the point where it enters the building or foundation, up to and including the outlets.

BB. "Input rating" means the LP gas-burning capacity of an appliance in BTU's per hour as specified by the manufacturer.

CC. "Inspector" means a person hired by the bureau to enforce under administrative direction the laws and safety rules and regulations of the LP gas industry and the enforcement of the codes used in CNG, LNG and LCNG in motor vehicles.

DD. "Labeled" means equipment or materials to which has been attached a label, symbol or other identifying mark of an organization acceptable to the "authority having jurisdiction" and concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicate compliance with appropriate standards or performance in specified manner.

EE. "Liquefied natural gases", "liquefied compressed natural gases", "LNG" and "LCNG" means a fluid in the liquid state composed predominantly of methane and that can contain minor quantities of ethane, propane, nitrogen, or other components normally found in natural gas.

FF. "Liquefied petroleum gases", "LPG" and "LP gas" means any material that is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of them: propane, propylene, butane (normal butane or ISO-butane) and butylenes.

GG. "Liquid transfer" means the transfer of LP gas in a liquid form from an approved container into another approved container.

HH. "Liquid withdrawal" means an approved LP gas container designed for the withdrawal of LP gas for utilization in an approved means.

II. "Listed" means equipment or materials included in a list published by an organization acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials and whose listing states either that the equipment or material meets appropriate standards or has been tested and found suitable for use in a specified manner.

JJ. "LP gas installation" means the installation of materials, fixtures, appliances or equipment that utilize LP gas, which is installed by a licensee of the LP gas bureau.

KK. "Manufactured homes" means a movable or portable housing structure over 32 feet in length or over eight feet in width constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy as a residence and which may include one or more components that can be retracted for towing purposes and subsequently expanded for additional capacity or may be two or more units separately towable but designed to be joined into one integral unit, as well as a single unit. Manufactured homes do not include recreational vehicles or modular or pre-manufactured homes, built to building code standards, designed to be permanently affixed to real property.

LL. "Manufactured home site" means a designated portion of a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home and its accessory buildings or structures for the exclusive use of the occupants.

MM. "Manufactured home park" means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land which has been so designated and improved so that it contains two or more manufactured home sites available to the general public for the placement thereon of manufactured homes for occupancy.

NN. "Military service member" has the same meaning as defined in Paragraph (3) of Subsection F of Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978.

OO. "Outlet" means a threaded connection or bolted flange in a pipe system to which an LP gas-burning appliance is or may be attached; such outlet must be located in the room or space where the appliance is or may be installed.

PP. "Point of delivery" means the initial junction of the consumer's gas piping with the gas company's piping, at the outlet side of the first regulator, regardless of whether it is a single-stage regulator system or the first stage regulator of a two-stage regulator system.

QQ. "Product" or "products" of liquefied petroleum gases, compressed natural gases or liquefied natural gas are considered to be liquefied petroleum gases or compressed natural gases or liquefied natural gases respectively.

RR. "Qualified instructor" means an employee who has passed the required examination and performed for at least one year the work being taught.

SS. "Readily accessible" means having direct access without the necessity of removing any panel, door or similar obstruction.

TT. "Regulator" means a device for controlling and maintaining a uniform pressure to the manifold of gas equipment.

UU. "Riser" means that portion of the yardline, which protrudes through the grade level of the ground.

VV. "Roof jack" that portion of venting system, including the cap, insulating means, flashing and ceiling plate, located in and above the roof.

WW. "Sealed combustion/direct vent system appliance", "direct vent system appliance" means an appliance which by its inherent design is constructed so that all air supplied for combustion to the combustion system of the appliance, and all products of combustion are completely isolated from the atmosphere of the space in which it is installed, and all flue gases are discharged to the outside.

XX. "Substantially equivalent" means the determination by the construction industries division that the education, examination, and experience requirements contained in the statutes and rules of another jurisdiction are comparable to, or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements of the LP & CNG Act.

YY. "Yardline" means a buried line servicing utilities from the on-site utility terminal to the manufactured home.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.40.7

19.15.40.7 NMAC - Rp, 19.15.40.7 NMAC, 2-1-06, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 23, December 13, 2022, eff. 1/13/2023