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<chapter num="01" heading="General Regulations" title_num="20" subtitle_num="57">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>The regulations in this subtitle provide the enforcement authority and penalties which are available to the Maryland Public Service Commission for achieving and maintaining pipeline safety.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Chief engineer” means the head of the Engineering Division of the Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Commission” means the Public Service Commission of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Compliance order” means a document issued by the Engineering Division to a gas company or gas master meter operator directing compliance.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Consent order” means a document executed jointly by the Engineering Division and a gas company or gas master meter operator under COMAR 20.57.02.07 for the disposition of a case.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Division” means the Engineering Division of the Public Service Commission of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“Gas” means artificial, natural, or liquified petroleum gas.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>“Gas company” has the meaning stated in Public Utilities Article, §1-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>“Gas master meter operator” has the meaning stated in Public Utilities Article, §1-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>“Hazardous facility notice” means an order issued by the Division requiring corrective action by the gas company or gas master meter operator.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>“Incident” has the meaning stated in COMAR 20.55.01.04B(9).</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>“NOPV” means a notice of probable violation issued under COMAR 20.57.02.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-117(a), 2-121, 5-101, 5-304, 11-102, 12-101—12-113, and 13-203, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: December 9, 1991 (18:24 Md. R. 2645)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>