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GA Code § 46-4-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-51. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Gas" means natural gas or manufactured gas, or a combination of both.   "Gas utility" means any individual, firm, corporation, organization, or other entity holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission authorizing the transportation, distribution, or sale of gas.   "Underground reservoir" means any subsurface sand, strata, formation, aquifer, cavern, or void, whether natural or artificially created, which is suitable for the injection and storage of gas therein and for the withdrawal of gas therefrom.    (Code 1933, § 93-802, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   19B Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Pipelines, § 13.
GA Code § 46-4-52 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-52. Declaration of Public Purpose

 The underground storage of gas, which permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, will promote the economic development of the State of Georgia and provide for more economical distribution of gas to the domestic, commercial, and industrial consumers of this state, thereby serving the public interest. Therefore, the underground storage of gas by a gas utility is recognized and declared to be affected with a public interest; and all of the property used in such underground storage is recognized and declared to be devoted to public use.   (Code 1933, § 93-803, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-53 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-53. Application to Commission by Gas Utility for Order Approving Utilization or Operation of Underground Reservoir; Hearing on Application Generally; Giving Notice of Hearing

  Any gas utility desiring to utilize or operate an underground reservoir shall first apply to the Public Service Commission for an order approving the proposed project. The application shall include:   A legal description of the roads, grounds, waters, buildings, and other improvements of any kind under which such underground reservoir is proposed, together with a map thereof;   A map showing the location of existing and proposed stations, wells, fixtures, machinery, and other facilities necessary for the construction, maintenance, and operation of such underground reservoir;   A map prepared by a qualified engineer or geologist showing the location, extent, and depth of the proposed underground reservoir and of all wells drilled or proposed to be drilled to such reservoir; and   Such other information as will provide a clear and concise presentation of the matters relevant to the application.     Upon the filing of the application, the commission shall fix a date for a hearing thereon, and the applicant shall thereupon cause notice of such hearing and a copy of the application to be filed with the Department of Natural Resources, accompanied by an examination fee of $200.00. Notice of such hearing and a copy of the application shall be served upon the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources and upon the state geologist of the Geologic Surveys Branch of the Environmental Protection Division. The applicant shall also cause notice of such hearing to be given by publishing notice thereof at least once each week for three successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties wherein the gas is proposed to be stored, the first such publication to be made at least 21 days prior to the date of the hearing.    (Code 1933, § 93-805, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-54 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-54. Investigation by State Geologist of Site of Proposed Storage Project; Procedures Involving State Geologist; Investigation of Proposed Storage Project by Director of Environmental Protection Division; Procedures Involving Director; Investigation of Proposed Storage Project by Commission

  Upon receiving the notice of the hearing and the copy of the application, the state geologist shall immediately initiate an investigation of the site of the proposed storage project for the purpose of determining the facts involved in the findings which the Public Service Commission is required to consider in preparing an order under Code Section 46-4-55 and for the purpose of such other matters as the state geologist or the Public Service Commission may deem relevant in evaluating the feasibility and safety features of the proposed underground storage project. The gas utility shall make available to the state geologist for his consideration and evaluation all geological and reservoir engineering studies and other information in the utility's possession concerning the proposed underground storage project. The state geologist shall complete his investigation and shall file a written report of same with the Public Service Commission prior to the date of the hearing. The state geologist and any members of his staff having knowledge of the investigation may be called as witnesses at the hearing.   Upon receiving the notice of the hearing and the copy of the application, the director of the Environmental Protection Division shall immediately initiate an investigation of the proposed storage project for the purpose of determining whether such project will injure, pollute, or contaminate any usable fresh-water resources. The director shall complete his investigation and shall file a written report of same with the Public Service Commission prior to the date of the hearing. The director and any member of his staff having knowledge of the investigation may be called as witnesses at the hearing.   At any time after the filing of the application under Code Section 46-4-53, but prior to the time of entering an order approving or disapproving same, the commission may conduct an investigation of the site of the proposed underground storage project for the purpose of determining any matters relevant to the consideration of such application or may cause such investigation to be made by an independent qualified engineer or geologist, or both, selected by the commission and paid by the gas utility.    (Code 1933, § 93-806, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-55 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-55. Receipt and Recording of Evidence at Hearing on Application; Order of Commission Approving or Disapproving Underground Storage Project

  At the hearing on an application made pursuant to Code Section 46-4-53, the commission shall receive, hear, and make a record of such relevant evidence on the issues as may be offered by any person directly interested and shall enter an order either approving or disapproving the proposed underground storage project.   Any order approving a proposed underground storage project shall contain and be based on findings that:   The proposed underground storage of gas is in the public interest and welfare;   The underground reservoir is reasonably practicable and suitable for the underground storage of gas, and the applicant has complied with all applicable conservation laws of the State of Georgia;   The underground reservoir is nonproductive of economically recoverable valuable minerals or materials or of oil or gas in commercial quantities under either primary or secondary recovery methods and nonproductive of fresh water in commercial quantities with feasible and reasonable pumping lift;   The underground storage project will not injure, pollute, or contaminate any usable fresh-water resources;   The underground storage project will not injure, interfere with, or endanger any mineral resources or the development or extraction thereof; and   The gas utility carries public liability insurance, or has deposited collateral in amounts satisfactory to the commission, or has furnished a financial statement showing assets in an amount satisfactory to the commission, so as to demonstrate the ability of the gas utility to secure payment of any liability resulting from any reasonably anticipated occurrence which may arise out of or be caused by the operation or use of any underground reservoir or facilities incidental thereto.     The issuance of an order of approval by the commission shall be a condition precedent to the utilization or operation of an underground gas storage project. The commission may attach to the order such terms, conditions, and restrictions as it deems appropriate in the public interest.    (Code 1933, § 93-807, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-56 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-56. Judicial Review of Commission's Order

 Any party appearing at the hearing who is directly affected by an order of the commission approving or disapproving a proposed underground storage project considered at such hearing shall have the right to judicial review of the order by filing a petition with the Superior Court of Fulton County within 30 days after the entry of the order by the commission. In the event no such petition is filed within such time, the order of the commission shall be final and conclusive. In such action the burden of proof shall be upon the party complaining of such order, and such order shall be deemed prima facie valid. Any person directly interested in the subject matter may, in the discretion of the court, be permitted to intervene in such action. Any party to such action may offer in evidence all or any part of the record of the hearing before the commission and any other relevant evidence. The practice, pleading, and proceedings in such action shall be equitable in nature. The court shall have jurisdiction to enter a decree affirming or setting aside such order or remanding the cause to the commission with directions to modify such order so that it shall conform to this article. Such action shall have precedence over other matters before the court. Appeals may be taken by any party to such action in the same manner and to the same extent as in other civil actions.   (Code 1933, § 93-808, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-58 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-58. Determination of Ownership of Gas Injected Into Underground Storage Reservoir; Protection of Rights of Owners of Other Interests in the Land

 All gas which has previously been reduced to possession and which is subsequently injected into an underground storage reservoir shall at all times be deemed the property of the injector, its heirs, successors, or assigns; and in no event shall such gas be subject to any right of the owner of the surface of the land under which such underground reservoir lies, or of the owner of any mineral interest therein, or of any person other than such injector, its heirs, successors, or assigns, to release, produce, take, reduce to possession, or otherwise interfere with or exercise any control thereof; provided, however, that the right of condemnation granted by Code Section 46-4-57 shall be without prejudice to the right of the owner of the condemned land or the owner of any other right or interest therein to drill or bore through the underground reservoir in such a manner as will protect the underground reservoir against pollution and against the escape of gas and as will comply with the order of the commission and the rules and regulations of the Department of Natural Resources issued for the purpose of protecting underground storage; provided, further, that the right of condemnation granted by Code Section 46-4-57 shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of such land or the owner of any other right or interest therein as to all other uses thereof.   (Code 1933, § 93-811, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Extent of surface owner's title downward and upward, §§ 44-1-2,51-9-9.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gas and Oil, § 14.   ALR.   - Rights and liabilities with respect to natural gas reduced to possession and subsequently stored in natural reservoir, 94 A.L.R.2d 543.
GA Code § 46-4-59 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-59. Effect of Abandonment of Reservoir by Gas Utility; Evidence of Abandonment; Approval of Abandonment by Commission

 When a gas utility which has exercised the power of eminent domain pursuant to Code Section 46-4-57 permanently abandons the entire underground reservoir for the storage of gas, the condemned property shall revert to the then owners of the land, the mineral rights, royalties, and other interests relating to the property in proportion to their several ownership interests. Good faith exploration or development work relative to a proposed or approved underground gas storage project shall be conclusive evidence that such project has not been abandoned. No gas utility shall abandon an underground reservoir for the storage of gas without first receiving an order of the commission approving such abandonment.   (Code 1933, § 93-812, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gas and Oil, § 13.   ALR.   - Rights and liabilities with respect to natural gas reduced to possession and subsequently stored in natural reservoir, 94 A.L.R.2d 543.
GA Code § 46-4-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-60. Adoption by Board of Natural Resources of Rules and Regulations Governing Construction, Installation, Utilization, and Operation of Underground Reservoirs and Stations, Wells, Fixtures, and Other Facilities; Enforcement of Rules and Regulations; Inspection and Examination

  The Board of Natural Resources shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing minimum standards reasonably necessary for the protection of the health, welfare, and safety of the public. Such rules and regulations shall govern the construction, installation, utilization, and operation of underground reservoirs and the stations, wells, fixtures, machinery, and other facilities used in connection therewith, and shall govern the condition in which such reservoirs and facilities are to be kept. The commissioner of natural resources or any other interested party may commence a civil action for the enforcement of such rules and regulations against any offending gas utility or other party by filing a complaint in the superior court of any county where the whole or any part of a violation of such rules and regulations occurs.   The Department of Natural Resources, shall from time to time inspect and examine the methods of construction, maintenance, utilization, and operation exercised in connection with all underground reservoirs and the stations, wells, fixtures, machinery, and other facilities used in connection therewith, and shall inspect and examine the condition of all such reservoirs and facilities. One such inspection and examination shall be made each calendar year (at a time selected by the commissioner) by an independent qualified engineer employed by the gas utility and approved by the commissioner. A written report of such inspection and examination shall be filed with the commissioner and the Public Service Commission within 30 days after the time selected for the inspection and examination. Whenever the commissioner determines that any such underground reservoir or facility used in connection therewith is unsafe and dangerous, he shall immediately issue a written order to the gas utility responsible therefor directing it to correct such unsafe and dangerous condition within the time specified in the order. If the gas utility fails to comply with such order within the time prescribed, the commissioner may commence an action in the superior court of the county where the whole or any part of such unsafe or dangerous condition exists to compel the correction of same. If the court finds that such order is reasonable and just, it shall enter an appropriate decree compelling obedience to and compliance with such order and may grant such other relief as may be just and proper.    (Code 1933, § 93-809, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Liability of gas company for injury or damage by escaping gas, 25 A.L.R. 262; 29 A.L.R. 1250; 47 A.L.R. 488; 90 A.L.R. 1082; 138 A.L.R. 870.   Gasoline or other fuel storage tanks as nuisance, 50 A.L.R.3d 209.
GA Code § 46-4-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-61. Adoption by Commission of Rules, Regulations, and Orders Necessary for Enforcement and Administration of Article; Enforcement by Injunction, Mandamus, and Other Relief

 The commission is authorized to adopt such rules, regulations, and orders as it deems necessary in the enforcement or administration of this article. The commission is further authorized to enforce this article and the rules, regulations, and orders adopted thereunder by instituting actions for injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate relief.   (Code 1933, § 93-810, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 3 - Underground Storage of Gas|§ 46-4-62. Effect of Article on Authority of Department of Natural Resources

 No provision of this article shall in any way be construed to impair or interfere with the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to prevent or abate injury, pollution, or contamination of any usable fresh-water resources.   (Code 1933, § 93-813, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 463, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 4 - Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia|§ 46-4-80. Legislative Findings; Declaration of Need

 The General Assembly finds that certain political subdivisions of this state now own and operate gas distribution systems to serve their citizens, inhabitants, and customers by providing them with gas for all purposes; and if such political subdivisions are to furnish, and if the members of the public in the areas they serve are to receive, adequate service, such political subdivisions must have adequate, dependable, and economical sources of gas supplies. The General Assembly declares that there exists in this state a need for an authority to function without profit in developing and promoting for the public good in this state adequate, dependable, and economical sources and supplies of gas for the purposes expressed in this Code section, and to assist in the financing of additions and other expenditures for the municipal gas systems of such political subdivisions.    (Code 1981, §46-4-80, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 745, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 4 - Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia|§ 46-4-82. Creation of Authority; Principal Office; Legal Situs

  There is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia, which shall be a public corporation of the State of Georgia and which shall have perpetual existence. The authority, however, shall not be a political subdivision of the state but shall be an instrumentality of the state, a mere creature of the state, having distinct corporate entity and being exempt from Article 2 of Chapter 17 of Title 50.   The authority shall have its principal office either in Fulton County or in a county contiguous to Fulton County. The authority's residence for the purposes of this article shall be either Fulton County or such other county contiguous to Fulton County. If the authority designates a county other than Fulton County as its principal office, notice of such designation shall be given in writing to the Secretary of State and the address of such designated office shall be available for public inspection in the office of the Secretary of State.     (Code 1981, §46-4-82, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 745, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 471, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-84 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 4 - Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia|§ 46-4-84. Authority Members - Representation of Political Subdivisions; Eligibility of Election Committee Members; Successive Terms

 Each member of the authority shall be a resident of one of the political subdivisions represented on the election committee; provided, however, that an employee of the gas department or utility commission of a political subdivision represented on the election committee shall be qualified to be a member of the authority even though not a resident of one of the political subdivisions so represented for so long as he or she remains such an employee; but, insofar as is mathematically possible, no two members shall be residents or employees of the same political subdivision.Representatives to the election committee shall be eligible for membership on the authority. Members shall be eligible to succeed themselves.    (Code 1981, §46-4-84, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 745, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1055, § 1.)
GA Code § 46-4-85 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 4 - Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia|§ 46-4-85. Authority Members - Terms of Office

 Upon the expiration of the terms of the first members of the authority, members shall be elected for three-year terms, provided that in the year in which a member's term is to expire, the term shall not expire until the adjournment of the annual meeting for that year and until a successor is elected. The election committee shall meet at a date not more than 30 days prior to each annual meeting of the authority and shall elect members to fill the terms which will expire at the conclusion of such annual meeting.    (Code 1981, §46-4-85, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 745, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 46.)
GA Code § 46-4-86 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation|Chapter 4 - Distribution, Storage, and Sale of Gas|Article 4 - Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia|§ 46-4-86. Election Committee Members

  Each political subdivision contracting with the authority for all or a substantial portion of its gas supply (other than short-term purchases) following the election of the first nine members of the authority shall designate a representative to the election committee no more than 30 days following the execution of such contract by and between the authority and such political subdivision. The term of such additional representative shall begin with the next meeting of the election committee.   Representatives to the election committee shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of the political subdivision which appointed them.     (Code 1981, §46-4-86, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 745, § 1.)