Alabama § 37-4-80 - Definitions.
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§ 37-4-80. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is expressly stated or clearly indicated by the context:
(1) PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity of any kind engaged in the transportation and sale of gas and shall include the State of Alabama, every county in the State of Alabama, every municipality in the State of Alabama, every public body or corporation of whatever kind in the State of Alabama, as well as every private or nonpublic entity, when engaged in the transportation and sale of gas.
(2) GAS. Natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive.
(3) TRANSPORTATION OF GAS. The gathering, transmission, distribution and storage of natural gas and the transmission and distribution by pipeline of all kinds of gas other than natural gas.
(4) PIPELINE SYSTEM. New and existing pipe rights-of-way and any pipeline, equipment, facility and building, or any of the foregoing, used by a public utility in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation; but “rights-of-way,” as used in this article does not authorize the commission to prescribe the location or routing of any pipeline, equipment, facility or building, or any of the foregoing.
(5) COMMISSION. The Alabama Public Service Commission.
(6) FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS. The minimum standards of safety adopted by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-481) or any amendments thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory agency of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
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