16:53C-2.1 Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Common carrier" means that entity providing railroad transportation for compensation and which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Facilities" means track, ties, roadbed, and related structures used or usable for rail freight operations.
"Rail line" means a section of track certificated by the United States Surface Transportation Board.
"Routine maintenance" means inspection and light repairs and the planned program of periodic maintenance necessary to keep a line at its existing condition but not below specified Federal Railroad Administration safety standards.
"Sponsor" means an applicant that has been awarded and has accepted financial assistance pursuant to this chapter.
Amended by R. 1993 d. 277, effective June 7, 1993. See: 25 N.J.R. 1481(a), 25 N.J.R. 2503(a). Amended by R. 1998 d. 196, effective April 20, 1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 535(a), 30 N.J.R. 1424(a). Deleted "Maintenance"; and inserted "Routine maintenance". Amended by R. 2003 d. 379, effective October 6, 2003. See: 35 N.J.R. 1846(a), 35 N.J.R. 4731(a). Deleted "Core Rail Freight System" and "Substitute service assistance"; added "Demonstration project". Recodified from N.J.A.C. 16:53C-1.1 and amended by R. 2009 d. 54, effective February 17, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 5533(a), 41 N.J.R. 888(a). Deleted definitions "Acquisition assistance", "Cash", "Demonstration project", "Rail facility construction assistance", "Rehabilitation or improvement assistance" and "State Rail Plan"; added definitions "Department", "Rail line" and "Sponsor"; and in definition "Routine maintenance", deleted "(FRA)" following "Administration". Former N.J.A.C. 16:53C-2.1, General provisions, recodified to N.J.A.C. 16:53C-4.1.