PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1303 (16) "new liquefied natural gas pipeline facility" means a liquefied natural gas pipeline facility except an existing liquefied natural gas pipeline facility. (17) "person", in addition to its meaning under section 1 of title 1 (except as to societies), includes a State, a municipality, and a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of a person. (18) "pipeline facilit)^" means a gas pipeline facility and a hazardous liquid pipeline facility. (19) "pipeline transportation" means transporting gas and transporting hazardous liquid. (20) "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. (21) "transporting gas"— (A) means the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline, or the storage of gas, in interstate or foreign commerce; but (B) does not include gathering gas in a rural area outside a populated area designated by the Secretary as a nonrural area. (22) "transporting hazardous liquid"— (A) means the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, or the storage of hazardous liquid incidental to the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; but (B) does not include moving hazardous liquid through— (i) gathering lines in a rural area; (ii) onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities; or (iii) storage or in-plant piping systems associated with onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities. (b) GATHERING LINES. — (1)(A) Not later than October 24, 1994, Regulations, the Secretary shall define by regulation the term "gathering line". (B) In defining "gathering line" for gas, the Secretary— (i) shall consider functional and operational characteristics of the lines to be included in the definition; and (ii) is not bound by a classification the Commission establishes under the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.). (2)(A) Not later than October 24, 1995, the Secretary shall define by regulation the term "regulated gathering line". In defining the term, the Secretary shall consider factors such as location, length of line from the well site, operating pressure, throughput, and the composition of the transported gas or hazardous liquid, as appropriate, in deciding on the types of lines that functionally are gathering but should be regulated under this chapter because of specific physical characteristics. (B)(i) The Secretary also shall consider diameter when defining "regulated gathering line" for hazardous liquid. (ii) The definition of "regulated gathering line" for hazardous liquid may not include a crude oil gathering line that has a nominal diameter of not more than 6 inches, is operated at low pressure, and is located in a rural area that is not unusually sensitive to environmental damage.
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