(a) In addition to the requirements of §8.310
of this title (relating to Hazardous Liquids and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines
Public Education and Liaison), each owner or operator of each intrastate
hazardous liquids pipeline or pipeline facility and each intrastate
carbon dioxide pipeline or pipeline facility shall comply with this
section.
(b) This section applies to each owner or operator
of a hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide pipeline or pipeline facility
any part of which is located within 1,000 feet of a public school
building containing classrooms, or within 1,000 feet of any other
public school facility where students congregate.
(c) Each pipeline owner and operator to which this
section applies shall, for each pipeline or pipeline facility any
part of which is located within 1,000 feet of a public school building
containing classrooms, or within 1,000 feet of any other public school
facility where students congregate, maintain and upon request file
with the Division, the following information:
(1) the name of the school;
(2) the street address of the public school building
or other public school facility; and
(3) the identification (system name) of the pipeline.
(d) Each pipeline owner and operator to which this
section applies shall:
(1) upon written request from a school district, provide
in writing the following parts of a pipeline emergency response plan
that are relevant to the school:
(A) a description and map of the pipeline facilities
that are within 1,000 feet of the school building or facility;
(B) a list of any product transported in the segment
of the pipeline that is within 1,000 feet of the school facility;
(C) the designated emergency number for the pipeline
facility operator;
(D) information on the state's excavation one-call
system; and
(E) information on how to recognize, report, and respond
to a product release; and
(2) mail a copy of the requested items by certified
mail, return receipt requested, to the superintendent of the school
district in which the school building or facility is located.
(e) A pipeline operator or the operator's representative
shall appear at a regularly scheduled meeting of the school board
to explain the items listed in subsection (c) of this section if requested
by the school board or school district.
(f) Records. Each owner or operator shall maintain
records documenting compliance with the requirements of this section.
Records of attendance and acknowledgment of receipt by the school
board or school district superintendent shall be retained for five
years from the date of the event that is commemorated by the record.
Records of certified mail transmissions undertaken in compliance with
this section satisfy the record-keeping requirements of this subsection.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §8.315 adopted to be effective December 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 10749; 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 |