Iowa Admin. Code r. 199-10.10 - [Effective 7/16/2025] Standards for construction, operation, and maintenance
(1) All pipelines, underground storage
facilities, and equipment shall be designed, constructed, operated, and
maintained in accordance with the following standards:
a. 49 CFR Part 191, "Transportation of
Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline; Annual, Incident, and Other
Reporting."
b. 49 CFR Part 192,
"Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety
Standards."
c. 49 CFR Part 199,
"Drug and Alcohol Testing."
d. ASME
B31.8 - 2022, "Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems."
e. 199-Chapter 9, "Restoration of
Agricultural Lands During and After Pipeline Construction."
f. At railroad crossings, rule
199-42.7 (476), "Engineering
standards for pipelines."
Conflicts between the standards established in paragraphs 10.10(1)"a" through "f" or between the requirements of rule 199-10.10 (479) and other requirements that are shown to exist by appropriate written documentation filed with the commission shall be resolved by the commission.
(2) If
review of Exhibit C, or inspection of facilities that are the subject of a
permit petition, finds noncompliance with the standards adopted in this rule,
the pipeline company shall provide satisfactory evidence showing the
noncompliance has been corrected prior to the commission taking final action on
the petition or will be corrected as a result of the commission taking final
action on the petition.
(3)
Pipelines in tilled agricultural land shall be installed with a minimum cover
of 48 inches.
Notes
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(1) Permit expenses. The pipeline company shall pay the actual unrecovered cost incurred by the commission attributable to the informational meeting, processing, investigation, hearing, and inspection related to a petition requesting a pipeline permit or any other activity of the commission related to a pipeline permit.
(2) Construction inspection. The pipeline company shall reimburse the commission for the actual unrecovered expenses incurred due to inspection of pipeline construction or testing activities following from the granting of a pipeline permit.