Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 59 - GAS SERVICE › SERVICE AND FACILITIES › Section 59.33 - Safety

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Responsibility.
Each public utility shall at all times use
					 every reasonable effort to properly warn and protect the public from danger,
					 and shall exercise reasonable care to reduce the hazards to which employees,
					 customers and others may be subjected to by reason of its equipment and
					 facilities.
(b)
Safety
					 code.
The minimum safety standards for all natural gas and hazardous
					 liquid public utilities in this Commonwealth shall be those issued under the
					 pipeline safety laws as found in
					 49 U.S.C.A. §
												§
												60101-60503 and as implemented at
					 49 CFR Parts
					 191-193,
					 195 and
					 199, including all subsequent
					 amendments thereto. Future Federal amendments to
					 49 CFR Parts
					 191-193,
					 195 and
					 199, as amended or modified by the
					 Federal government, shall have the effect of amending or modifying the
					 Commission's regulations with regard to the minimum safety standards for all
					 natural gas and hazardous liquid public utilities. The amendment or
					 modification shall take effect 60 days after the effective date of the Federal
					 amendment or modification, unless the Commission publishes a notice in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
stating that the amendment or
					 modification may not take effect.
(c)
Definition.
For the
					 purposes of this section, "hazardous liquid public utility" means a person or
					 corporation now or hereafter owning or operating in this Commonwealth equipment
					 or facilities for transporting or conveying crude oil, gasoline, petroleum or
					 petroleum products, by pipeline or conduit, for the public for
					 compensation.
(d)
Enforcement.
Each public utility shall be subject to
					 inspections as may be necessary to assure compliance with this section. The
					 facilities, books and records of each public utility shall be accessible to the
					 Commission and its staff for the inspections. Each public utility shall provide
					 the Commission or its staff the reports, supplemental data and information as
					 it shall from time to time request in the administration and enforcement of
					 this section.
(e)
Records.
Each public utility shall keep adequate records as
					 required for compliance with the code in subsection (b). The records shall be
					 accessible to the Commission and its staff.
The provisions of this §
													59.33 issued and amended under the
						  Public Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														102,
						  331,
						  501,
						  1501,
						  1504,
						  1507 and
						  1508.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													59.34 (relating to leakage surveys
						  of customer-owned service lines); 52 Pa. Code §
													59.35 (relating to increasing
						  pressure in distribution facilities and transmission facilities); and 52 Pa.
						  Code §
													59.36 (relating to abandonment of
						  inactive service lines).