(a) A pipeline shall file an appeal under this subchapter
in writing no later than one year after the pipeline receives the
invoice for or a similar written notice of the charge being appealed.
(b) The pipeline shall file the appeal with the director,
who shall assign a docket number. Thereafter, all documents relating
to the appeal shall include the assigned docket number and shall be
filed in the Docket Services Section.
(c) The pipeline shall mail or deliver a copy of the
appeal to the city attorney, the city secretary, or any other city
official authorized to receive service of process in civil proceedings
within 5 days of the date the pipeline files the appeal at the Commission.
(d) The city shall have 90 days from the date it receives
a copy of the company's appeal to the Commission to file its response
to the appeal, in writing, at the Commission. The city shall simultaneously
serve a copy of the response on the pipeline.
(e) The examiners may require the city to mail notice
of the appeal to each pipeline identified in the city's response,
at the address stated in the response, stating that the pipeline may
intervene in the appeal.
(f) Another pipeline with a pipeline facility within
public right-of-way in the city may file a motion to intervene in
the appeal within 30 days after any notice of the appeal is mailed
to the pipelines pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.
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