Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 13 - REGULATIONS FOR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) › Subchapter B - GENERAL RULES FOR COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) EQUIPMENT QUALIFICATIONS › Section 13.25 - Filings Required for Stationary CNG Installations

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. In addition to NFPA
				  52 §7.3.1, and NFPA 55 §4.1, no CNG container shall be placed into
				  CNG service or an installation operated or used in CNG service until the
				  requirements of this section, as applicable, are met and the facility is in
				  compliance with the rules in this chapter and all applicable statutes, in
				  addition to any applicable requirements of the municipality or the county where
				  an installation is or will be located.
(b) Installations with an aggregate storage
				  capacity of 84,500 standard cubic feet or more. The storage capacity of each
				  container is based on the container's operating pressure.
(1) For installations with an aggregate
				  storage capacity of 84,500 standard cubic feet or more, the licensee shall
				  submit the following information to AFS at least 30 days prior to construction:
(A) CNG Form 1500;
(B) CNG Form 1500A with all applicable
				  documents;
(C) a plat drawing from
				  the appropriate appraisal district identifying:
(i) the facility's property
				  boundaries;
(ii) the names of all
				  real property owners within 500 feet; and
(iii) a 500-foot radius measured from the
				  proposed container location on the site;
(D) a site plan of sufficient scale that
				  identifies:
(i) the location, types, and
				  sizes of all CNG containers and compression and dispensing equipment already on
				  site or proposed to be on site;
(ii) the distances from the containers,
				  compression equipment, dispensing equipment, and material handling equipment to
				  property lines, buildings on the same property, any electric transmission
				  lines, and railroads. If the area where the container and/or compression
				  equipment will be installed is a leased area or utility easement, the site plan
				  shall indicate the boundaries of the leased area or utility easement,
				  regardless of the size of the property in which the lease or easement
				  lies;
(iii) any known potential
				  hazards;
(iv) the location of CNG
				  dispensers and their distance from any proposed container (the nearest
				  container if more than one), property lines, buildings on the same property,
				  roadways, and railroad track centerlines;
(v) the location of the nearest public
				  sidewalk, highway, street, or road and its distance to containers and
				  equipment;
(vi) the location of all
				  sources of ignition;
(vii) the
				  location of other types of aboveground fuel containers, the type of fuel
				  stored, and the distance to CNG containers and dispensing equipment;
				  and
(viii) the location of other
				  types of fuel dispensers, the type of fuel dispensed, and the distance to CNG
				  containers and dispensing equipment;
(E) a nonrefundable fee of $50 for the
				  initial application, or a nonrefundable fee of $30 for a resubmission;
				  and
(F) if the facility is accessed
				  by cargo tanks from a public highway under the jurisdiction of the Texas
				  Department of Transportation, a statement or permit from the Texas Department
				  of Transportation showing that the driveway is of proper design and
				  construction to allow safe entry and egress of the CNG cargo tanks.