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KANSAS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
AGENCY 82 KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION
ARTICLE 11. NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
82-11-3. Transportation of natural and other gas by pipeline; annual reports and incident reports.
The federal rules and regulations titled "transportation of natural and other gas by pipeline; annual reports, incident reports, and safety-related condition reports," 49 C.F.R. Part 191, as in effect on October 1, 2006, with the exception of portions that include jurisdiction beyond the state of Kansas; including off-shore pipelines, the outer continental shelf, and states other than Kansas, are adopted by reference with the following exceptions, deletions, additions, and modifications:
(a) The following sentence shall be deleted from 49 C.F.R. 191.3: "Administrator means the Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or his or her delegate."
(b) 49 C.F.R. 191.5(b) shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "(b) Each notice required by paragraph (a) of this section shall be made by telephone to the gas pipeline safety section and to the U.S. department of transportation. Both notices shall include the following information:
(1) The names of the operator and the person making the report and their telephone numbers;
(2) the location of the incident;
(3) the time of the incident;
(4) the number of fatalities and personal injuries, if any; and
(5) all other significant facts known by the operator that are relevant to the cause of the incident or extent of the damages."
(c) 49 C.F.R. 191.7 shall be deleted.
(d) 49 C.F.R. 191.9(a) shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, each operator of a distribution pipeline system shall submit U.S. department of transportation form PHMSA F 7100.1 to the commission as soon as practicable but not more than 30 calendar days after detection of an incident required to be reported under 49 C.F.R. 191.5."
(e) 49 C.F.R. 191.9(b) is deleted and replaced by the following: "(b) If additional relevant information is required after the report is submitted under paragraph (a), each operator shall submit to the commission a written report providing the additional information pertaining to the incident within 15 calendar days of the commission's request."
(f) 49 C.F.R. 191.11(a) shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each operator of a distribution pipeline system shall submit an annual report in duplicate for that system to the commission on U.S. department of transportation form PHMSA F 7100.1-1. This report shall be submitted to the gas pipeline safety section of the commission not later than March 1 of each year, for the preceding calendar year."
(g) 49 C.F.R. 191.15(a) shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, each operator of a transmission or a gathering pipeline system shall submit U.S. department of transportation form PHMSA F 7100.2 to the commission as soon as practicable but not more than 30 calendar days after detection of an incident required to be reported under 49 C.F.R. 191.5."
(h) 49 C.F.R. 191.15(b) shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "(b) If additional relevant information is required by the commission after the report is submitted under paragraph (a), each operator shall submit to the commission a written report providing the additional information pertaining to the incident within 15 calendar days of the commission's request."
(i) 49 C.F.R. 191.17(a) shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each operator of a transmission or gathering pipeline system shall submit an annual report in duplicate for that system to the commission on U.S. department of transportation form PHMSA F 7100.2-1. This report shall be submitted to the gas pipeline safety section not later than March 1 of each year, for the preceding calendar year."
(j) 49 C.F.R. 191.19 shall be deleted and replaced by the following: "Report Forms: The prescribed report forms are available without charge upon request from the gas pipeline safety section, Topeka, Kansas. Reproduced copies of the forms may be used if they are of the same size and kind of paper."
(k) 49 C.F.R. 191.21 shall be deleted.
(l) The term "Associate Administrator, OPS," as used in 49 C.F.R. 191.25, means commission.
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