New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Chapter VII - PROVISIONS AFFECTING TWO OR MORE KINDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE › Subchapter D - Records And Reports › Part 730 - Pcb Inventory Reports › Section 730.1 - Filing of reports

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Every gas
				  or electric corporation having equipment containing 500 parts per million (ppm)
				  or greater of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including but not limited to
				  capacitors and transformers, shall file, in accordance with the requirements of
				  section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, a PCB inventory report to the commission semiannually.
(b) The inventory reports shall be filed on
				  September 1st each year, for the reporting period January 1st through June 30th
				  preceding, and on March 1st each year, for the period July 1st through December
				  31st preceding.
(c) Each gas
				  corporation, as set forth herein, shall file with the secretary, in accordance
				  with the requirements of section
				  3.5 
				  of this Title, a report of each discovery in the gas distribution system of
				  materials containing PCBs in concentrations of 50 ppm or greater, such as
				  materials collected at custody transfer points, and the PCB concentrations
				  found in such materials. The report shall be submitted annually by February 1st
				  of the year following the calendar year for which the report is
				  rendered.
(d) The inventory reports
				  referred to in subdivision (a) of this section shall include two parts: one
				  covering PCB equipment in service as of the last day of the reporting period
				  and one covering PCB equipment retired, stored, processed, or shipped during
				  the reporting period.
(e) Each gas
				  or electric corporation filing the inventory reports referred to in subdivision
				  (a) of this section shall also submit to the chief executive of each county and
				  city located in its service territory a report containing the information
				  presented for equipment and PCBs located in or transported through the county
				  or city receiving the report.
(f)
				  The following provisions apply in connection with the inventory reports:
(1) The term equipment means devices such as
				  transformers, capacitors, compressors, or other equipment designed to contain
				  oil or other fluids necessary for their operation. The term does not include
				  items on the gas distribution system that were not designed to contain oil
				  necessary for operation such as drips, valves, or pipelines.
(2) Materials means liquids, particulate
				  matter, rags or other items containing PCBs.
(3) Political jurisdiction may be reported by
				  any of the following: town, village, city, each borough of New York City, or
				  tax district. If the report is by tax district, it shall be made clear which
				  political jurisdiction or jurisdictions comprise each tax district.
(4) The location of PCB equipment in service
				  may be reported by any of the following: street address, building name, line
				  and pole number, line and vault number, pole number with street and
				  cross-street, vault number with street and cross-street or, for gas utility
				  equipment, by pipeline mile post, engineering station, or geographic feature.
				  If the location is reported by pole and line number or vault number, additional
				  information shall be available to indicate the exact location of the line or
				  equipment. For substations and power plants, additional information shall be
				  available to indicate the location of the equipment within each substation or
				  power plant. The location of storage and processing facilities shall be
				  reported by postal address and shall include, as a minimum, the political
				  jurisdiction in which the facility is located.
(5) Size shall be expressed as volume of PCB
				  fluid, and the PCB concentration (ppm) shall be reported. The fluid, if a
				  dielectric, shall be identified (i.e., mineral oil, Askarel, pure
				  PCB).
(6) Service date may be
				  reported by any of the following: date of purchase, date of first installation,
				  date of last installation, date of capitalization, or date of manufacture. Date
				  of manufacture may be reported by serial number if a key is provided which
				  cross-references serial number to date of manufacture. For capacitors, the
				  reported service date may be the service date for the oldest capacitor in a
				  bank or the date that the bank was first installed. For transformers located in
				  substations, the reported service date may be the service date for the oldest
				  transformer installed at each substation. Each inventory report shall specify
				  whether the reported service date is the purchase date, date of capitalization,
				  or date of manufacture.
(7)
				  Quantity means the number of individual units. Capacitors may be reported by
				  bank if the number of units per bank is stated.
(8) The term in-service applies to equipment
				  used electrically under loaded conditions, and to other equipment, such as gas
				  compressors, on gas distribution systems. In-service equipment may also be
				  identified as equipment recorded in the Electric Plant In Service or Gas Plant
				  In Service accounts.
(9) The last
				  in-service location is the last location at which the PCB equipment was in
				  service, or the location (i.e., service center or treatment storage and
				  disposal facility) at which the electrical equipment or material was first
				  determined to contain 500 ppm or greater of PCBs.
(10) The retirement date reported shall be
				  either the date on which the equipment is no longer in service or the date on
				  which the equipment was removed from the Electric Plant In Service or Gas Plant
				  In Service accounts.
(11) The New
				  York State portion of the shipping route shall be described for all shipments
				  of PCBs between storage and processing facilities and for all shipments out of
				  State. The route description shall identify the highways used and shall
				  identify all cities and counties traversed by the route. Shipping routes within
				  New York City shall identify the borough or boroughs traversed.