(a) Alarm means an audible or visible means of indicating to the controller that equipment or processes are outside operator-defined, safety-related parameters.

(b) Barrel means a unit of measure equal to 42 U.S. standard gallons.

For this Part, department shall mean the Department of Public Service, Office of Electric, Gas and Water, Pipeline Safety Section, or its successor, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223-1350, (518) 474-5453, [email protected].

(d) Hazardous liquid means petroleum, petroleum products, anhydrous ammonia, or ethanol.

(e) Liquid petroleum means crude oil, natural gasoline, natural gas liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquid petroleum products, and any other such flammable liquids.

(f) Liquid petroleum pipeline corporation or corporation means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association owning and operating one or more liquid petroleum pipelines in the State of New York, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.

(g) Maximum operating pressure means the maximum pressure at which a pipeline may be operated as determined in accordance with section 258.8 of this Part.

(h) Municipality means a city, county, village, or other political subdivision of New York State.

(i) Pipeline means all parts of those physical facilities through which liquid petroleum moves in transportation, including line pipe, valves and other appurtenances connected to the line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein.

(j) Pipeline facility means new and existing pipe, rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of liquid petroleum.

(k) Production facility means all wells, flowlines, piping, separation equipment, storage facilities, and auxiliary equipment used in the extraction of liquid petroleum from the ground.

(l) Transportation of liquid petroleum means the gathering or delivery of liquid petroleum by pipeline.