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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 261<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":250497,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82782,"identifier":"56-555.1","token":"56\/21.1\/56-555.1","url":"\/56-555.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-555.1\/","token":"56\/21.1\/56-555.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-555.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Administration<\/span>” means the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials<\/span> Administration<\/span>.\n\t\t“Federal Act<\/span>” means the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, P.L. 90-481, as amended, including natural gas pipeline safety regulations set forth in 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 193, and 199 and federal rules adopted pursuant thereto.\n\t\t“Gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas.\n\t\t“Gas pipeline facility<\/span>” includes a pipeline, a right of way, a facility, a building, or equipment used in transporting gas or treating gas during its transportation.\n\t\t“Interstate gas pipeline facility<\/span><\/span>” means a gas pipeline facility<\/span> that is used to transport gas and is subject to jurisdiction<\/span> of the Secretary<\/span> under the federal Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 717 et seq.\n\t\t“Secretary<\/span>” means the U.S. Secretary<\/span> of Transportation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 56-555.1)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Administration” means the U.S. Department of\nTransportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration.\n\t\t“Federal Act” means the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of\n1968, P.L. 90-481, as amended, including natural gas pipeline safety regulations\nset forth in 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 193, and 199 and federal rules adopted\npursuant thereto.\n\t\t“Gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas.\n\t\t“Gas pipeline facility” includes a pipeline, a right of way, a\nfacility, a building, or equipment used in transporting gas or treating gas\nduring its transportation.\n\t\t“Interstate gas pipeline facility” means a gas pipeline facility\nthat is used to transport gas and is subject to jurisdiction of the Secretary\nunder the federal Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 717 et seq.\n\t\t“Secretary” means the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 261.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}