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Cal Pub Util Code § 7661
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CALIFORNIA CODES ANNOTATED
PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE
Division 4. Laws Relating to Utility Corporations and Their Employees
Chapter 1. Railroad Corporations
Article 7. Operation
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
§ 7661. Development of rapid communication protocol by railroad corporations with designated public safety agencies in cases of uncontrolled train movement threatening public health and safety; Contents of notification; Investigation of incident
(a) The commission shall require every railroad corporation operating in this state to develop, within 90 days of the effective date of the act adding this section, in consultation with, and with the approval of, the California Emergency Management Agency, a protocol for rapid communications with the agency, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and designated county public safety agencies in an endangered area if there is a runaway train or any other uncontrolled train movement that threatens public health and safety.
(b) A railroad corporation shall promptly notify the California Emergency Management Agency, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and designated county public safety agencies, through a communication to the Warning Center of the California Emergency Management Agency, if there is a runaway train or any other uncontrolled train movement that threatens public health and safety, in accordance with the railroad corporation's communications protocol developed pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) The notification required pursuant to subdivision (b) shall include the following information, whether or not an accident or spill occurs:
(1) The information required by subdivision (c) of Section 7673.
(2) In the event of a runaway train, a train list.
(3) In the event of an uncontrolled train movement or uncontrolled movement of railcars, a track list or other inventory document if available.
(d) The consumer protection and safety division shall investigate any incident that results in a notification required pursuant to subdivision (b), and shall report its findings concerning the cause or causes to the commission. The commission shall include the division's report in its report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 7711.
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