California Government Code § 51010.5

As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Pipeline” includes every intrastate pipeline used for the transportation of hazardous liquid substances, carbon dioxide, or highly volatile liquid substances, including a common carrier pipeline, and all piping containing those substances located within a refined products bulk loading facility that is owned by a common carrier and is served by a pipeline of that common carrier, and the common carrier owns and serves by pipeline at least five of these facilities in the state. “Pipeline” does not include any of the following: (1) An interstate pipeline subject to Part 195 (commencing with Section 195.0) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (2) A pipeline for the transportation of a hazardous liquid substance in a gaseous state. (3) Transportation of petroleum in onshore gathering lines located in rural areas. (4) A pipeline for the transportation of a hazardous liquid substance offshore located upstream from the outlet flange of each facility on the Outer Continental Shelf where hydrocarbons are produced or where produced hydrocarbons are first separated, dehydrated, or otherwise processed, whichever facility is farther downstream. (5) Transportation of a hazardous liquid by a flow line. (6) A pipeline for the transportation of a hazardous liquid substance through an onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facility, including a storage or inplant piping system associated with that facility. (7) Transportation of a hazardous liquid substance by vessel, aircraft, tank truck, tank car, or other vehicle or terminal facilities used exclusively to transfer hazardous liquids between those modes of transportation. (8) Transportation of carbon dioxide through piping or equipment used in the production, including flow lines, extraction, recovery, lifting, stabilization, separation, or treatment of carbon dioxide necessary for the preparation of carbon dioxide for transportation by pipeline at production, including flow lines, refining, or manufacturing facilities. (b) “Emergency planning zone” means the area within two miles of either side of a pipeline used to transport carbon dioxide, measured from the centerline of the pipeline. (c) “Flow line” means a pipeline that transports hazardous liquid substances from the wellhead to a treating facility or production storage facility. (d) “Hydrostatic testing” means the application of internal pressure above the normal or maximum operating pressure to a segment of pipeline, under no-flow conditions for a fixed period of time, utilizing a liquid test medium. (e) “Local agency” means a city, county, or fire protection district. (f) “Rural area” means a location that lies outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city or city and county, or other residential or commercial area, such as a subdivision, a business, a shopping center, or a community development. (g) “Gathering line” means a pipeline eight inches or less in nominal diameter that transports petroleum from a production facility. (h) “Production facility” means piping or equipment used in the production, extraction, recovery, lifting, stabilization, separation, or treatment of petroleum or associated storage or measurement. To be a production facility under this definition, piping or equipment must be used in the process of extracting petroleum from the ground and transporting it by pipeline. (i) “Public drinking water well” means a wellhead that provides drinking water to a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that is regulated by the State Department of Public Health and that is subject to Section 116455 of the Health and Safety Code. (j) “GIS mapping system” means a geographical information system that will collect, store, retrieve, analyze, and display environmental geographical data in a database that is accessible to the public. (k) “Motor vehicle fu

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