TITLE 20. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The following amendments are exempt from the Virginia Administrative Process Act pursuant to § 2.2-4002 C of the Code of Virginia, which provides that minor changes to regulations published in the Virginia Administrative Code under the Virginia Register Act, Chapter 41 (§ 2.2-4100 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia, made by the Virginia Code Commission pursuant to § 30-150 of the Code of Virginia, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Administrative Process Act.
Title of Regulation: 20VAC5-308. Rules Governing the Safety of Intrastate Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems (amending 20VAC5-308-10).
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13 and 56-555 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: December 10, 2018.
Agency Contact: Aaron Campbell, Associate General Counsel, State Corporation Commission, P.O. Box 1197, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 371-9117, or email aaron.campbell@scc.virginia.gov.
Summary:
The amendments correct the name of the referenced division of the State Corporation Commission.
20VAC5-308-10. Safety of intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline systems.
A. These rules are adopted pursuant to § 56-555 of the Code of Virginia to establish safety and inspection requirements for intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline systems as defined by federal regulation promulgated under 49 USC § 60101.
B. Parts 195 and 199 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations are hereby adopted by reference as the minimum pipeline safety regulations applicable to intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline systems within the commission's jurisdiction.
C. Telephonic notices regarding incidents involving hazardous liquid pipeline systems shall be made, at the earliest practicable moment following discovery of the incident, to the commission's Division of Energy Regulation Utility and Railroad Safety during the division's daily hours and to the commission's Manager of Pipeline Safety (telephone number (804) 343-0863) during all other times. Such notices shall include the information listed in 49 CFR 195.52(b)(1) through (b)(6).
D. The commission's Division of Energy Regulation Utility and Railroad Safety may require certain written reports from the jurisdictional hazardous liquid pipeline systems to aid the commission staff in administering an effective pipeline safety program.
E. The commission's Division of Energy Regulation Utility and Railroad Safety shall be empowered to submit and sign on behalf of the commission, such forms and applications as necessary to assure participation in hazardous liquid pipeline safety programs, as deemed advisable by the commission to assure an effective safety program in Virginia, but that the commission comptroller shall be empowered to sign on behalf of the commission those applications and forms pertaining to grants or reimbursement of expenses incurred by the commission in conducting the pipeline safety program in Virginia.
VA.R. Doc. No. R19-5769; Filed November 29, 2018, 12:32 p.m.