In an order approving the construction, operation and
retirement of a gas storage testing pipeline, the Department may impose
conditions it finds necessary to ensure compliance with the Council substantive
standards it identified as applicable in the letter described in OAR
345-027-0520(2). In addition, the Department shall impose the following
conditions:
(1) The certificate holder
must design, construct, operate and retire the gas storage testing pipeline in
compliance with applicable Council rules and applicable federal, state and
local laws, rules and ordinances in effect at the time the Department issues
the order;
(2) The certificate
holder must design, construct, operate and retire the gas storage testing
pipeline substantially as described in representations in the request for
approval and supporting record that the Department finds to be binding
commitments made by the certificate holder;
(3) The certificate holder must prevent the
development of any conditions in the area of the gas storage testing pipeline
that would preclude restoration of the area to a useful, non-hazardous
condition to the extent that prevention of such conditions is within the
control of the certificate holder;
(4) Upon completion of construction of the
pipeline, the certificate holder must dispose of all refuse and remove all
temporary structures not needed to test or maintain an underground gas storage
reservoir;
(5) The certificate
holder must notify the Department of Energy, the State Building Codes Division
and the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries promptly if investigations
or trenching in the area of the pipeline reveal soil or geological conditions
that differ significantly from those described in the request for
approval;
(6) The certificate
holder must submit to the Department copies of all incident reports involving
the gas storage testing pipeline required under
49
CFR §
191.15;
(7) The certificate holder must allow
properly identified representatives of the Council or Department to inspect the
pipeline at any time, including all materials, activities, premises and records
pertaining to design, construction, operation or retirement of the
pipeline;
(8) The certificate
holder must notify the Department when it begins construction, must keep the
Department informed of construction progress and any unusual events or
circumstances, and must notify the Department when it begins to use the
pipeline for reservoir testing or maintenance;
(9) The certificate holder must notify the
Department if it terminates use of the gas storage testing pipeline;
and
(10) If the certificate holder
decides to convert the gas storage testing pipeline to operational use, the
certificate holder must notify the Department and, if required under OAR
345-027-0350, submit a request
to amend the site certificate.
