Code of Massachusetts Regulations
220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 220 CMR 114.00 - Uniform Gas Leaks Classification
Section 114.02 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 220 MA Code of Regs 220.114
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

For the purposes of 220 CMR 114.00, the terms set forth in 220 CMR 114.02 shall be defined as follows:

Annual Service Quality Report. A Company's annual report which compares its performance in the previous calendar year to the Department's service quality standards, as required by M.G.L. c. 164, § 1I.

Barhole. A small-diameter hole made in the ground along the route of a gas pipe that is used by the Gas Company to obtain a sub-surface gas-in-air reading.

Combustible Gas Indicator (CGI). A device used to detect flammable gas-in-air concentrations.

Department. Department of Public Utilities, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Flame Ionization Unit (FIU). A device used to detect flammable gas concentrations measured in parts per million.

FLUXbar. A barhole purger modified to gently vacuum air through a drillhole located over a leak while a CGI measures the percent of gas in that airflow.

Gas Company. Refers to every Gas Company, municipal gas department, or other person engaged in the distribution of natural gas, as provided in M.G.L. c. 164, §§ 1 and 34.

Gas System Enhancement Plan (GSEP). A Gas Company's annual gas system enhancement program plan to replace aging natural gas pipeline infrastructure, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 164, § 145.

Gas System Enhancement Plan Reconciliation (GREC). The Department's annual investigation and reconciliation of GSEP project costs pursuant to M.G.L. c. 164, § 145(f).

Leak Extent. An area in which a Gas Company has detected positive FIU readings or positive CGI readings surrounded by an area of negative FIU readings or negative CGI readings.

Pipeline. All parts of those physical facilities through which gas moves in transportation, including pipe, valves, and other appurtenance attached to pipe, compressor units, metering stations, regulator stations, delivery stations, holders, and fabricated assemblies, as defined in 49 CFR 192.3.

School Zone. On or within 50 feet of the real property comprising a public or private accredited preschool, accredited Head Start facility, elementary, vocational, or secondary school.

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