N.Y. Public Service Law 120 – Definitions
§ 120. Definitions. Where used in this article, the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Service Law 120
- Appurtenant facilities: means installations (excluding gas compressors) which are merely auxiliary or appurtenant to a fuel gas transmission line such as: valves; drips; measuring and regulating equipment; yard and station piping; cathodic protection equipment; gas cleaning; cooling and dehydration equipment; residual refining equipment; water pumping; treatment and cooling equipment; electrical and communication equipment; and buildings. See N.Y. Public Service Law 120
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Municipality: means a county, city, town or village in the state. See N.Y. Public Service Law 120
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
1. "Municipality" means a county, city, town or village in the state.
2. "Major utility transmission facility" means: (a) an electric transmission line of a design capacity of one hundred twenty-five kilovolts or more extending a distance of one mile or more, or of one hundred kilovolts or more and less than one hundred twenty-five kilovolts, extending a distance of ten miles or more, including associated equipment, but shall not include any such transmission line located wholly underground in a city with a population in excess of one hundred twenty-five thousand or a primary transmission line approved by the federal energy regulatory commission in connection with a hydro-electric facility; and (b) a fuel gas transmission line extending a distance of one thousand feet or more to be used to transport fuel gas at pressures of one hundred twenty-five pounds per square inch or more, excluding appurtenant facilities, but shall not include any such transmission line which is located wholly underground in a city or wholly within the right of way of a state, county or town highway or village street as those terms are defined in Article 1 of the highway law and Article 6 of the village law, or which replaces an existing transmission line, including appurtenant facilities, and extends a distance of less than one mile.
3. "Person" means any individual, corporation, public benefit corporation, political subdivision, governmental agency, municipality, partnership, co-operative association, trust or estate.
4. "Appurtenant facilities" means installations (excluding gas compressors) which are merely auxiliary or appurtenant to a fuel gas transmission line such as: valves; drips; measuring and regulating equipment; yard and station piping; cathodic protection equipment; gas cleaning; cooling and dehydration equipment; residual refining equipment; water pumping; treatment and cooling equipment; electrical and communication equipment; and buildings.
5. "Landowner" means the holder of any right, title, or interest in real property subject to a proposed site or right of way as identified from the most recent tax roll of the appropriate city or county.