Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 36-27-2 - Definitions2.1. "Coal Permit Holder" means the holder of an active coal mining permit issued by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.2.2. "Designated Mining Area" is an area of real property that is (i) subject to an active surface coal mining permit or the surface area of an active deep coal mine permit issued by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (a "Coal Permit") and (ii) where Excavation Work will be conducted within the following twelve (12) month period.2.3. "Excavation Work" shall mean work performed by motorized mining equipment where vegetation, timber, topsoil or overburden will be moved, removed or placed by surface mining operations and such surface impacts incident to underground coal mine operations.2.4. "High voltage powerline" means any uninsulated suspended power conductor carrying high voltage.2.5. "Lanyard" means a rope, suitable for supporting one person. One end is fastened to a safety belt or harness and the other end is secured to a substantial object or a safety line.2.6. "Lifeline" means a rope, suitable for supporting one person, to which a lanyard or safety belt (or harness) is attached.2.7. "Oil and Gas Operator" means any person or persons, firm, partnership, partnership association or corporation that proposes to or does locate, drill, operate or abandon any oil or gas well or engaged in the operation of pipeline facilities or the transportation of oil or gas.2.8. "Pipeline" means all parts of those physical facilities through which gas moves in transportation, including pipe, valves, and other appurtenance attached to pipe, compressor units, metering stations, regulator stations, delivery stations, holders, and fabricated assemblies.2.9. "Safety belt" means a device, usually worn around the waist, which, by reason of its attachment to a lanyard and lifeline for a structure, will prevent a worker from falling. 2.10. "Well" means any shaft or hole sunk, drilled, bored or dug into the earth or into underground strata for the extraction or injection or placement of any liquid or gas, or any shaft or hole sunk or used in conjunction with such extraction or injection or placement. The term "well" does not include any shaft or hole sunk, drilled, bored or dug into the earth for the sole purpose of core drilling or pumping or extracting therefrom potable, fresh or usable water for household, domestic, industrial, agricultural or public use.2.11. All other terms used in these rules and regulations, not defined herein, shall have the means set forth in W. Va. Code 22A-1-2.