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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="15-101" title_number="15" title_name="Gas Pipeline Safety" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Commission” means the Public Service Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Gas pipeline” means an intrastate transmission line or any portion of an interstate transmission line located within the State that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>transports gas from a gathering line or storage facility to a distribution center, storage facility, or large volume customer that is not downstream from a distribution center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>operates at a hoop stress of 20% or more of the specified minimum yield strength of the pipeline; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>transports gas within a storage field.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Gas pipeline” does not mean any transmission line or distribution line constructed, owned, or operated by a public service company as defined in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Gas transmission company” means a person that owns or operates a gas pipeline regulated under this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Gas transmission company” does not include a person that is primarily in the business of local gas distribution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
