(a) Liaison activities required. Each operator of a
natural gas pipeline or natural gas pipeline facilities or the operator's
designated representative shall communicate and conduct liaison activities
at intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar
year with fire, police, and other appropriate public emergency response
officials. The liaison activities are those required by 49 CFR Part
192.615(c)(1) - (4). These liaison activities shall be conducted in
person, except as provided by this section.
(b) Meetings in person. The operator or the operator's
representative may conduct the required community liaison activities
as provided by subsection (c) of this section only if the operator
or the operator's representative has made an effort to conduct a community
liaison meeting in person with the officials by one of the following
methods:
(1) mailing a written request for a meeting in person
to the appropriate officials by certified mail, return receipt requested;
(2) sending a request for a meeting in person to the
appropriate officials by facsimile transmission; or
(3) making one or more telephone calls or e-mail message
transmissions to the appropriate officials to request a meeting in
person.
(4) If a scheduled meeting does not take place, the
operator or operator's representative shall make an effort to re-schedule
the community liaison meeting in person with the officials using one
of the methods in paragraphs (1) - (3) of this subsection before proceeding
to arrange a conference call pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Alternative methods. If the operator or operator's
representative cannot arrange a meeting in person after complying
with subsection (b) of this section, the operator or the operator's
representative shall conduct community liaison activities by one of
the following methods:
(1) holding a telephone conference with the appropriate
officials; or
(2) delivering the community liaison information requested
to be conveyed by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(d) Proximity to public school. Each owner or operator
of a natural gas pipeline or natural gas pipeline facility any part
of which is located within 1,000 feet of a public school building
or public school recreational area shall maintain and upon request
file with the Division the following information:
(1) the name of the school;
(2) the street address of the school; and
(3) the identification (system name) of the pipeline.
(e) Records. The operator shall maintain records documenting
compliance with the liaison activities required by this section. Records
of attendance and acknowledgment of receipt by the emergency response
officials shall be retained for five years from the date of the event
that is commemorated by the record. Records of certified mail and/or
telephone transmissions undertaken in compliance with subsections
(b) and (c) of this section satisfy the record-keeping requirements
of this subsection.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §8.235 adopted to be effective July 28, 2003, 28 TexReg 5864; amended to be effective November 24, 2004, 29 TexReg 10733; amended to be effective February 4, 2009, 34 TexReg 582; amended to be effective August 30, 2010, 35 TexReg 7743; amended to be effective January 6, 2020, 45 TexReg 121 |