220 CMR 114.08 - Reporting Requirements

(1) Each Gas Company shall, for the life of the pipeline, maintain records of and provide the following information in its Annual Service Quality Report or on March 1^st, annually, as applicable:

(a) the location of each Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3 leak existing as of the date of December 31^st;

(b) the date each Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3 leak was classified;

(c) the dates of repairs performed on each Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3 leak;

(d) leaks carried forward from previous calendar year;

(e) new leaks identified by classification during the calendar year;

(f) each leak repaired during the calendar year;

(g) each leak eliminated during the calendar year;

(h) leaks pending at end of calendar year;

(i) any change in leak classification during the calendar year;

(j) whether each Grade 3 leak is designated as environmentally significant;

(k) the date of designation as environmentally significant, as applicable; and

(l) the Leak Extent or Barhole reading for environmentally significant Grade 3 leaks, as applicable.

(2) Each Gas Company shall provide the following information to the Department for each quarter of each calendar year (i.e., by April 15^th, July 15^th, October 15^th, and January 15^th):

(a) leaks carried forward from previous quarter;

(b) new leaks identified by classification during the quarter;

(c) each leak repaired during the quarter;

(d) each leak eliminated by replacement during the quarter;

(e) leaks pending at end of quarter;

(f) any change in leak classification during the quarter;

(g) whether each Grade 3 leak is designated as environmentally significant;

(h) the date of designation as environmentally significant, as applicable; and

(i) the Leak Extent or Barhole reading for environmentally significant Grade 3 leaks, as applicable.

(3) Each Gas Company shall specify any reclassification or redesignation of previously identified leaks in its annual report. For each reclassified or redesignated leak, the Gas Company shall provide the following minimum information:

(a) the change in the gas-in-air or leak-extent readings;

(b) the leak migration pattern; and

(c) a justification for the change in classification or designation.

(4) Gas leak information, not otherwise available to the public on the Department's website, shall be made available to any municipal or state public safety official upon written request to the Department.

Notes

220 CMR 114.08

Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1387, eff. 3/22/2019. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1389, eff. 3/22/2019.