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.

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 one of the highway

law and article six 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.