The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:     
       (1) Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission.      
       (2) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.      
       (3) Director--The director of the right of way division of the department or the director's designee.      
       (4) District--One of the 25 geographical district offices of the department.      
       (5) District administrator--The chief executive officer in charge of a District.      
       (6) Executive director--The executive director of the department or the executive director's designee not below the level of deputy executive director.      
       (7) Premises--The area within a right of way being leased by a saltwater pipeline operator for the installation, operation and maintenance of a saltwater pipeline facility.      
       (8) Right of way--An interest in real property that is held or controlled by the department for a highway purpose.      
       (9) Saltwater pipeline facility--A pipeline facility that conducts water that contains salt and other substances and that is intended to be used in drilling or operating a well used in the exploration for or production of oil or gas, including an injection well used for enhanced recovery operations, or that is produced during drilling or operating an oil, gas, or other type of well. The term includes a pipeline facility that conducts flowback and produced water from an oil or gas well on which a hydraulic fracturing treatment has been performed to an oil and gas waste disposal well for disposal.      
       (10) Saltwater pipeline operator--A person, who owns, installs, manages, operates, leases, or controls a saltwater pipeline facility.      
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §21.962 adopted to be effective October 12, 2014, 39 TexReg 7946; amended to be effective April 20, 2016, 41 TexReg 2777