Or. Admin. Code § 345-027-0210 - General
(1) A person may not construct a gas storage
testing pipeline unless the certificate holder of the Council certified
facility to which the pipeline would connect obtains, before construction, the
approval of the Department for the construction, operation and retirement of
the proposed pipeline as required under ORS
469.405(3).
(2) For the purposes of OAR 345-027-0510
through 345-027-0540:
(a) "Gas storage testing
pipeline" means a pipeline, but not a temporary pipeline, that is less than 16
inches in diameter and less than five miles in length, that is used to test or
maintain an underground gas storage reservoir, and that would connect to a
Council certified facility if the storage reservoir proves feasible for
operational use;
(b) "Temporary
pipeline" means a pipeline that has no potential for operational use;
(c) "Council certified facility" means an
energy facility for which the Council has issued a site certificate that is
either a surface facility related to an underground gas storage reservoir or a
gas pipeline;
(d) "Connect" means
join for the purpose of operational use;
(e) "Test or maintain" means transporting gas
to an underground gas storage reservoir for the purposes of determining whether
the reservoir is feasible for operational use or maintaining the gas storage
capacity of the reservoir but does not include operational use;
(f) "Operational use" means transporting gas
to an underground gas storage reservoir for the purpose of storing gas until it
is needed for sale or for withdrawing gas from an underground gas storage
reservoir for the purpose of sale;
(g) "Council substantive standards" means the
following standards:
(A) Structural Standard,
OAR 345-022-0020;
(B) Soil Protection, OAR
345-022-0022;
(C) Protected Areas, OAR
345-022-0040(1)
but excluding (2) and (3);
(D)
Retirement and Financial Assurance, OAR
345-022-0050;
(E) Fish and Wildlife Habitat, OAR
345-022-0060;
(F) Threatened and Endangered Species, OAR
345-022-0070
(G) Scenic Resources, OAR
345-022-0080;
(H) Historic, Cultural and Archaeological
Resources, OAR 345-022-0090;
(I) Recreation, OAR
345-022-0100;
(J) Public Services, OAR
345-022-0110;
(K) Waste Minimization, OAR
345-022-0120; and
(L) Public Health and Safety, OAR
345-024-0030(2), (3) and
(4);
(h) "Information requirements" means
information that would support the findings described in OAR
345-024-0030(2)
and the information described in OAR
345-022-0020(4),
345-022-0022(2)(b),
345-022-0160(1)(a), 345-022-0040(5),
345-022-0050(4),
345-022-0060(3),
345-022-0070(3),
345-022-0080(5),
345-022-0090(4),
345-022-0100(5),
345-022-0110(4)(a),
345-022-0115,
345-022-120(4).
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469.405
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 469.405
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(1) A person may not construct a gas storage testing pipeline unless the certificate holder of the Council certified facility to which the pipeline would connect obtains, before construction, the approval of the Department for the construction, operation and retirement of the proposed pipeline as required under ORS 469.405(3).
(2) For the purposes of OAR 345-027-0510 through 345-027-0540:
(a) "Gas storage testing pipeline" means a pipeline, but not a temporary pipeline, that is less than 16 inches in diameter and less than five miles in length, that is used to test or maintain an underground gas storage reservoir, and that would connect to a Council certified facility if the storage reservoir proves feasible for operational use;
(b) "Temporary pipeline" means a pipeline that has no potential for operational use;
(c) "Council certified facility" means an energy facility for which the Council has issued a site certificate that is either a surface facility related to an underground gas storage reservoir or a gas pipeline;
(d) "Connect" means join for the purpose of operational use;
(e) "Test or maintain" means transporting gas to an underground gas storage reservoir for the purposes of determining whether the reservoir is feasible for operational use or maintaining the gas storage capacity of the reservoir but does not include operational use;
(f) "Operational use" means transporting gas to an underground gas storage reservoir for the purpose of storing gas until it is needed for sale or for withdrawing gas from an underground gas storage reservoir for the purpose of sale;
(g) "Council substantive standards" means the following standards:
(A) Structural Standard, OAR 345-022-0020;
(B) Soil Protection, OAR 345-022-0022;
(C) Protected Areas, OAR 345-022-0040(1) but excluding (2) and (3);
(D) Retirement and Financial Assurance, OAR 345-022-0050;
(E) Fish and Wildlife Habitat, OAR 345-022-0060;
(F) Threatened and Endangered Species, OAR 345-022-0070
(G) Scenic Resources, OAR 345-022-0080;
(H) Historic, Cultural and Archaeological Resources, OAR 345-022-0090;
(I) Recreation, OAR 345-022-0100;
(J) Public Services, OAR 345-022-0110;
(K) Waste Minimization, OAR 345-022-0120; and
(L) Public Health and Safety, OAR 345-024-0030(2), (3) and (4);
(h) "Information requirements" means information that would support the findings described in OAR 345-024-0030(2) and the information described in OAR 345-021-0010(1)(h), (i), (j), (L), (m), (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v) and (w).
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469.405
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 469.405