Glossary
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Construction Of A Facility
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Construction Of A Facility
Any activity conducted during the initial construction of a pipeline including the removal of earth, vegetation, or obstructions along the proposed pipeline right-of-way. The term does not include:- surveying or acquiring the right-of-way;
- clearing the right-of-way with the consent of the owner;
- repairing or maintaining an existing sour gas pipeline facility; or
- installing valves or meters or other devices or fabrications on an existing pipeline if such devices or fabrication do not result in an increase in the area of influence.
Area Of Influence
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Area Of Influence
Area along a sour gas pipeline facility represented by all possible areas of exposure using the 100 ppm radius. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. RegulationsArea Of Influence
The spatial extent of the project’s impact due to water abstraction and discharge. Source: Identifying and assessing water sources: Guidance document for the onshore oil and gas industry, International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA), 2014. Global StandardsApplication
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Application
Software program that performs specific functions initiated by a user command or a process event and that can be executed without access to system control, monitoring, or administrative privileges [9]. Source: ANSI/ISA–99.00.01–2007, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, Part 1: Terminology, Concepts, and Models, 29 October 2007. National StandardApplication
IT solution, including application software, application data and procedures, designed to help an organization’s users perform particular tasks or handle particular types of IT problems by automating a business process or function. [ISO/IEC 27034-1:2011] Source: ISO/IEC 27032:2015, Information technology — Security techniques — Guidelines for cybersecurity, First Edition, July 2012. Global StandardsApplication
Application for a Permit to Construct a Sour Gas Pipeline Facility, and all required attachments. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. RegulationsCore Hole
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Core Hole
Any hole drilled for the purpose of securing geological information to be used in the exploration or development of oil, gas, geothermal, or other mineral resources, except coal or uranium. For regulations governing coal exploratory wells, see Chapter 12 of this title (relating to Coal Mining Regulations), and for regulations governing uranium exploratory wells, see Chapter 11, Subchapter C of this title (relating to Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, Substantive Rules--Uranium Mining). Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. RegulationsSeismic Hole
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Seismic Hole
Any hole drilled for the purpose of securing geophysical information to be used in the exploration or development of oil, gas, geothermal, or other mineral resources. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. RegulationsCathodic Protection Well
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Cathodic Protection Well
Any well drilled for the purpose of installing one or more anodes to prevent corrosion of a facility associated with the production of oil, gas, or geothermal resources, such as a well casing, storage and separation facility, or pipeline. Source: Oil and Gas Division, Texas Administrative Code, Title 16, Chapter 3, February 2013. RegulationsWater (Bulk Shipment)
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Water (Bulk Shipment)
A device (such as a hydrostatic test water treatment unit) that:- is a tank or tank system comprising part of a wastewater treatment facility that is subject to regulation under either §§402 or 307(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 USC §§1342 or 1317(b); and
- receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater that is a hazardous waste, that generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste.
Wastewater Treatment Unit
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Wastewater Treatment Unit
A device (such as a hydrostatic test water treatment unit) that:- is a tank or tank system comprising part of a wastewater treatment facility that is subject to regulation under either §§402 or 307(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 USC §§1342 or 1317(b); and
- receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater that is a hazardous waste, that generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste.