Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XIII - Office of Conservation-Pipeline Safety › Subpart 3 - Transportation of Natural Gas or Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Safety Standards [49 CFR Part 192] › Chapter 27 - Operations [49 CFR Part 192 Subpart L] › Section XIII-2715 - Emergency Plans [49 CFR 192.615]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each operator shall establish written
				  procedures to minimize the hazard resulting from a gas pipeline emergency. At a
				  minimum, the procedures must provide for the following: [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)]
1. receiving, identifying, and classifying
				  notices of events which require immediate response by the operator; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(1)]
2. establishing and maintaining adequate
				  means of communication with appropriate public safety answering point (i.e.,
				  9-1-1 emergency call center), where direct access to a 9-1-1 emergency call
				  center is available from the location of the pipeline, and fire, police, and
				  other public officials. Operators may establish liaison with the appropriate
				  local emergency coordinating agencies, such as 9-1-1 emergency call centers or
				  county emergency managers, in lieu of communicating individually with each
				  fire, police, or other public entity. An operator must determine the
				  responsibilities, resources, jurisdictional area(s), and emergency contact
				  telephone number(s) for both local and out-of-area calls of each Federal,
				  State, and local government organization that may respond to a pipeline
				  emergency, and inform such officials about the operator's ability to respond to
				  a pipeline emergency and the means of communication during emergencies.
				  [49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(2)]
3. prompt and effective response to a notice
				  of each type of emergency, including the following: [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(3)]
a. gas detected inside or near a building; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(3)(i)]
b. fire located near or directly involving a
				  pipeline facility; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(3)(ii)
				  ]
c. explosion occurring near or
				  directly involving a pipeline facility; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(3)(iii)
				  ]
d. natural disaster; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(3)(iv)
				  ]
4. the availability of
				  personnel, equipment, tools, and materials, as needed at the scene of an
				  emergency; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(4)]
5. actions directed toward protecting people
				  first and then property; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(5)]
6. Taking necessary actions, including but
				  not limited to, emergency shutdown, valve shut-off, or pressure reduction, in
				  any section of the operator's pipeline system, to minimize hazards of released
				  gas to life, property, or the environment. [49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(6)]
7. making safe any actual or potential hazard
				  to life or property; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(7)]
8. notifying the appropriate public safety
				  answering point (i.e., 9-1-1 emergency call center) where direct access to a
				  9-1-1 emergency call center is available from the location of the pipeline, and
				  fire, police, and other public officials, of gas pipeline emergencies to
				  coordinate and share information to determine the location of the emergency,
				  including both planned responses and actual responses during an emergency. The
				  operator must immediately and directly notify the appropriate public safety
				  answering point or other coordinating agency for the communities and
				  jurisdictions in which the pipeline is located after receiving a notification
				  of potential rupture, as defined in §503, to coordinate and share
				  information to determine the location of any release, regardless of whether the
				  segment is subject to the requirements of §§1139, 2734, or 2736.
				  [49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(8)]
9. safely restoring any service outage; [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(9)]
10. beginning action under §2717, if
				  applicable, as soon after the end of the emergency as possible. [
				49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(10)]
11. actions required to be taken by a
				  controller during an emergency in accordance with the operator's emergency
				  plans and requirements set forth in §§2731, 2734, and 2736.
				  [49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(11)]
12. Each operator must develop written
				  rupture identification procedures to evaluate and identify whether a
				  notification of potential rupture, as defined in §503, is an actual
				  rupture event or a non-rupture event. These procedures must, at a minimum,
				  specify the sources of information, operational factors, and other criteria
				  that operator personnel use to evaluate a notification of potential rupture and
				  identify an actual rupture. For operators installing valves in accordance with
				  §1139 E,
				  §1139 F, or
				  that are subject to the requirements in §2734, those procedures must
				  provide for rupture identification as soon as practicable. [49 CFR
				  192.615(a)(12)]