La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § IX-4767
Cooling Water- water used for contact or noncontact cooling, including water used for equipment cooling, evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or processes used or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Cooling water that is used in another industrial process either before or after it is used for cooling is considered process water rather than cooling water for the purposes of calculating the percentage of a new offshore oil and gas extraction facility's intake flow that is used for cooling purposes in accordance with LAC 33:IX.4763.C.
Existing Facility - any facility that commenced construction as described in 40 CFR 122.29(b)(4) on or before January 17, 2002 (or July 17, 2006, for an offshore oil and gas extraction facility), and any modification of, or any addition of, a unit at such a facility that does not meet the definition of a new facility in LAC 33:IX.4707.
Fixed Facility- a bottom-founded offshore oil and gas extraction facility permanently attached to the seabed or subsoil of the outer continental shelf (e.g., platforms, guyed towers, articulated gravity platforms) or a buoyant facility securely and substantially moored so that it cannot be moved without a special effort (e.g., tension leg platforms, permanently moored semi-submersibles) and which is not intended to be moved during the production life of the well. This definition does not include mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) (e.g., drill ships, temporarily moored semi-submersibles, jack-ups, submersibles, tender-assisted rigs, and drill barges).
Minimum Ambient Source Water Surface Elevation- the mean low tidal water level for estuaries or oceans. The mean low tidal water level is the average height of the low water over at least 19 years.
New Offshore Oil and Gas Extraction Facility- any building, structure, facility, or installation that meets the definition of a new facility in LAC 33:IX.4707 and is regulated by the Offshore or Coastal Subcategories of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category Effluent Guidelines incorporated by reference in LAC 33:IX.4903, but only if it commences construction after July 17, 2006.
Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal- any facility located in waters defined in the federal regulations incorporated by reference in LAC 33:IX.4903 that liquefies, re-gasifies, transfers, or stores liquefied natural gas.
Sea Chest- the underwater compartment or cavity within the facility or vessel hull or pontoon through which sea water is drawn in (for cooling and other purposes) or discharged.
Seafood Processing Vessel- any offshore or nearshore, floating, mobile facility engaged in the processing of fresh, frozen, canned, smoked, salted, or pickled seafood or seafood paste, mince, or meal.
La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § IX-4767