170 IAC 5-3-4 - Reports to the division
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-22.5-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-114; IC 8-1-26
Sec. 4.
(a) An
operator shall notify the division by telephone at the division's emergency
contact number posted on the commission's website as soon as practicable but
not to exceed one (1) hour following discovery of the following:
(1) Accidents as defined in this
rule.
(2) Incidents as defined in
this rule.
(3) Other significant
events, including, but not limited to, situations involving:
(A) traditional media attention during the
event;
(B) high profile locations
as defined by the operator in writing;
(C) evacuations:
(i) of twenty (20) or more people;
(ii) ordered by public safety personnel
onsite;
(iii) requested by an
operator onsite; or
(iv) of a
school, hospital, or health care facility;
(D) rerouting of traffic or closing a roadway
by public safety personnel;
(E) an
over-pressure event that exceeds the maximum allowable operating pressure
(MAOP) plus allowable build-up (under
49 CFR
192.201);
(F) the possibility the same event will
reoccur in a short period of time, such as repeated gas odor calls;
(G) a service interruption described in
subsection (d)(1); or
(H) an event
reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA).
(b)
The notification in subsection (a) shall be followed by a written report upon
request by the division.
(c) The
written report as required in subsection (b) shall be provided within twenty
(20) days of the request and shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(1) The name of the
operator.
(2) The date and time of
the incident.
(3) A definite
location: street address or, if rural, locate definitely (not R.R.), 911
address.
(4) The number of
employees injured requiring inpatient hospitalization or fatalities, or both
(name, sex, age, and address).
(5)
The number of nonemployees injured requiring inpatient hospitalization or
fatalities, or both (name, sex, age, and address).
(6) The estimated value of total property
damage and a description of the damaged property.
(7) A description of the accident.
(8) The location and a description of the
operator's plant, including sketches or maps, if necessary, for
clarification.
(9) The condition of
the operator's plant as found on inspection.
(10) The extent of the investigation and
findings.
(11) Unless submitted
electronically, the signature of a responsible representative of the
operator.
(d) The
following are the requirements for interruption of service reports:
(1) Each operator shall keep a record of
interruptions of service affecting:
(A) its
entire system;
(B) a major division
of its system;
(C) one hundred
(100) or more customers at once; or
(D) when the operator deems the interruption
of service to be significant.
(2) The record required in subdivision (1)
shall include a statement of the:
(A)
time;
(B) duration;
(C) extent; and
(D) cause; of the interruption.
(3) Whenever the service is
intentionally interrupted for any purpose, the interruptions shall, except in
emergencies, be at a time that will cause the least inconvenience to customers.
Those customers who will be most seriously affected by the interruption shall,
so far as possible, be notified in advance.
(e) An operator shall submit the following
reports to the division:
(1) Annual reports,
as required by 49 CFR
191.11 and
191.17, shall be submitted to the
division not later than March 15 of each year.
(2) Annual reports as required by
49 CFR
195.49 shall be submitted to the division not
later than June 15 of each year.
(3) Each operator of a master meter, as
defined in 49 CFR
191.3, shall submit to the division, not
later than March 15 of each year, a report that shall include the following:
(A) The dates of completion for the previous
year of the:
(i) leak survey;
(ii) cathodic protection survey;
and
(iii) valve
inspection.
(B) The name
of the person who completed the inspections on behalf of the operator of a
master meter.
(C) The number of
unrepaired leak reports on January 1 of the preceding year.
(D) The number of leak reports received
during the preceding year.
(E) The
number of leaks repaired during the preceding year.
(F) The number of unrepaired leak reports at
the end of the preceding year.
(G)
Current information for the individual responsible for the gas system,
including the following:
(i) Name.
(ii) Title.
(iii) Address.
(iv) Phone number.
(v) Email address. The information required
in this subdivision shall be provided to the division on a form available on
the division's website at http://www.in.gov/iurc/2335.htm.
These reports shall include all known leak reports regardless of
classification, on the respective systems, up to and including the meter
outlet.
(4)
Each operator shall submit to the division notification of construction that is
significant to the operator, in a manner that facilitates unannounced
inspections. Examples may include:
(A) new
construction, replacement, or relocation of a jurisdictional:
(i) gas pipeline facility that is considered
transmission by definition under
49 CFR
192.3;
(ii) gas distribution main of a significant
footage for a single project, including a cast iron or bare steel replacement
project of any length;
(iii) gas
purchase point, regardless of number of customers served;
(iv) gas distribution center station that is
designed to serve at least one thousand (1,000) customers immediately or in the
future; or
(v) hazardous liquid or
carbon dioxide facility; or
(B) significant gas service replacement
project that encompasses at least twelve (12) city blocks or two hundred fifty
(250) services for a single project.
(5) The notification required under
subdivision (4) shall include the following:
(A) A description and location of
work.
(B) The type of
facility.
(C) The estimated start
date.
(D) The name and address of
the reporting company.
(E) The
name, address, and telephone number of the person to be contacted concerning
the project.
(F) All other
significant information concerning the project.
(6) An operator shall submit to the division
other reports as may be required by the division that are relevant to the safe
operation of the operator's system, including the following:
(A) Safety related condition reports as
required by 49 CFR
191.25.
(B) Safety related condition reports as
required by 49 CFR
195.56.
(7) An operator shall submit to the division
a report of damage to its facilities as defined in IC 8-1-26, and as further
described in
170 IAC 5-5-2.
(A) It is a violation of this rule for an
operator to knowingly submit inaccurate or falsified information to the
division in the initial submission of a damage report or follow-up information
related to the specific damage.
(B)
The operator shall provide the information required by this subdivision on the
form provided by the commission.
(f) The reports as listed and required in
this section shall not imply or be considered an admission of liability or
responsibility of the operator in connection with the accident or incident so
mentioned.
(g) An operator
submitting a document to the commission under this rule shall submit the
document in accordance with instructions on the commission's website.
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