Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 345 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ENERGY FACILITY SITING COUNCIL › Division 27 - EXPIRATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF SITE CERTIFICATES, AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY APPROVAL OF GAS STORAGE TESTING PIPELINES › Section 345-027-0240 - Conditions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
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.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  469.405
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  469.405  & 469.992