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n: (RSPA) a DOT agency that oversees the Office of Pipeline Safety, intermodal containers, highway portable tanks, railroad cars, and anything used in interstate or international commerce not regulated by the coast guard. Under OPA, RSPA has authority over onshore oil and hazardous materials pipelines that are used in interstate commerce. Address: 400 7th Street SW;Washington, DC 20590;(202) 366-4433.

n: a federal entity such as a department, a bureau, a corporation, a commission, or a division under the US government that is charged by Congress to administer, implement, and enforce US law. agglomerate n: the groups of larger individual particles usually originating in sieving or drying operations.

n: the distribution of oil or gas produced from a well per unit of time. In a state using proration, this figure is established monthly by its conservation agency.

the process of determining ownership of hydrocarbons delivered to the meter or LACT unit on a lease.

n: the amount of oil or gas that can be produced legally from a well. In a state using proration, this figure is established monthly by its conservation agency. See proration.

the production limit set on a specific well by a government regulatory body. Rarely seen.

n: natural gas that overlies and contacts crude oil in a reservoir. Where reservoir conditions are such that the production of associated gas does not substantially affect the recovery of crude oil in the reservoir, such gas may also be reclassified as non-associated gas by a regulatory agency. Also called associated free gas. See gas cap.

the natural gas which occurs with crude oil. It may be free or dissolved. When it occurs as free gas, it may be called unassociated gas.

n: (BLM) an agency within the Department of the Interior (DOI) that is responsible for managing the nations public lands and resources in a combination of ways that best serves the needs of the American people. The resources on public lands under BLM authority include recreation;forestry;fish and wildlife;range;timber;minerals;water-shed;wilderness;and natural, scientific, and cultural values. Address: Dept. of the Interior, Main Interior Bldg.;Washington, DC 20240;Directors Office (202) 452- 5125.

n: a category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and that have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency when implementing NEPA regulations. Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

n: (CFR) an annual paperback set of all the final and permanent agency rules and regulations published in the Federal Register. The CFR is divided into 50 titles, which represent broad areas subject to federal regulation.

n: (CEQ) a council established under NEPA as the agency responsible for ensuring that other federal agencies comply with the pro- visions stated in NEPA.

n pi: requirements, usually set by a regulatory agency, concerning the characteristics and manner of covering a pipeline.